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Justice officials, TIME has learned, now regard it as certain that Flood will be indicted. Says one Government investigator: "We have 175 possible cases." According to Elko, the mustachioed Congressman who represents blue-collar Wilkes-Barre was Congress's most successful "muscler," an official who used his considerable influence to direct federal contracts to people and companies that said "thank you" in cash. Other Congressmen and many friends of Flood's will probably be touched by the investigation, which is already becoming known as "Floodgate." The House ethics committee is expected this week to name a special counsel and staff...
...Haled into a Manhattan court was Irving ("Schnitz") Davidson, boss of an organization called "The 200 Characters," who could be had to dance in aisles, make a fuss over celebrities arriving in railroad stations, mob people for autographs, carry instruments for orchestra players. Charged with assault on a muscler-in on his trade, Boss "Schnitz" was let off with a suspended sentence and a warning to break...
...Strangler Ed Lewis, onetime heavyweight wrestling champion of the world: A bout in Madison Square Garden with Matin Plestina, Chicago muscler, by pushing him in the face with fingers outspread until Plestina no longer objected to being flopped over...
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