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...investigation of Secretary of Labor Raymond Donovan came to an unsatisfying end last week. Less than a month after reopening his inquiry, Special Prosecutor Leon Silverman closed the case, saying, "I have been unable to corroborate the allegations made against him with sufficient credible evidence." But the prosecutor's exoneration of Donovan was something like the Scotch verdict of "not proven." Said Silverman: "I was, and I continue to be, concerned by the sheer number of allegations...
...future bill. Administration lobbyists also passed the word that the President would not fight for his extra $2 billion in defense funds in a subsequent measure. With those pledges, however, Reagan undercut his argument for vetoing the measure in the first place. "Why this charade?" asked Democrat Leon Panetta of California. "Why go through this process...
When he was investigating Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan last spring, Special Prosecutor Leon Silverman summoned a pair of mobsters to testify before a grand jury about their alleged past links with the Reagan Cabinet member. One of them, Philip Buono, reportedly denied even knowing Donovan; the other, Joseph ("Joe Hooks") Verlezza, claimed he was too ill to talk and never showed up. The names of both men have resurfaced: federal authorities consider them prime suspects in the slaying last month of Nat Masselli, 31, a Silverman informant and son of a mobster who has been a central figure...
...turns out, both Nat and William Masselli were crucial witnesses in the investigation, reopened in mid-July, into charges that U.S. Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan had dealings with organized crime when he was part owner of the Schiavone Construction Co. The investigation is being conducted by Special Federal Prosecutor Leon Silverman, who stated in June that there was "insufficient credible evidence" to prosecute Donovan. TIME has learned that Silverman's investigators had in fact questioned Nat Masselli at least once in the renewed probe. William Masselli was recently transferred from a prison near Lake Placid, N.Y., where...
Three years ago, Adler, director of the Chicago-based Institute for Philosophical Research, formed the Paideia Group, a panel of 22 educators and scholars who held a series of conferences seeking a new approach to public schooling. Among the participants: former Columbia University Provost Jacques Barzun, Bard College President Leon Botstein, Editor and Critic Clifton Fadiman...