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...does not know how the information was passed on to Mafia leaders. But as a result of the leak, one of the largest Mafia gatherings since the celebrated Apalachin, N.Y., meeting in 1957 took place on Feb. 18 and 19 in Miami. Assembling on the beach near the Fontainebleau Hotel and in a closed restaurant, at least a score of top Mafiosi discussed gang affairs, including ways to blunt the FBI probe. In addition to Scotto, the investigation is chiefly aimed at two other powerful I.L. A. officials, George Barone and William Boyle, both of Miami...
Kabul, the largest city and capital of Afghanistan, is situated in and outside a triangular gorge between two towering mountain ranges, the Asmai, and the Sherdarwaza. The ranges, which run in a southeast and northwest direction, nearly meet just west of the old town and leave a narrow passage traversed by the Kabul River and local roads...
Wyandotte Cave, located in southern Indiana's Crawford County, is a limestone cavern with five levels of passage. Its "Monumental Mountain," which is about 135 feet high, is believed to be one of the world's largest underground "mountains...
...decision about which package--the tuition tax credit or the student aid bill--to invest in is turning into a power struggle on Capitol Hill as both sides race to gather supporters and maneuver into position for the decisive votes. Either option means asking for the largest one-time increase in federal aid to education since 1956. Both packages call for about $1.5 billion in additional aid by 1980, which is almost half of what the federal government currently spends on higher education. Supporters of the student-aid bill say they have an advantage here, however, because they...
...activities, offenses for which he was later banned from holding office or owning any publication. Amnestied in 1952, he built an automotive magazine into a press empire that now embraces 27 publications. Hersant's purchase of Figaro, and in 1976, of France Soir (circ. 443,100), Paris' largest afternoon daily, doubled the size of his holdings. It has been widely reported that leading right-of-center politicians, including former Premier Jacques Chirac and National Assembly President Edgar Faure, helped arrange the sales to keep the papers firmly in the hands of the governing camp. Whatever happened, Hersant...