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...aging bosses seated at the defense table in the packed federal courtroom in lower Manhattan look harmless enough to be spectators at a Sunday-after noon boccie game. Anthony (Fat Tony) Salerno, 75, the reputed head of the Genovese crime family, sits aloof and alone, his left eye red and swollen from surgery. White-haired Anthony (Tony Ducks) Corallo, 73, the alleged Lucchese family chief, is casual in a cardigan and sport shirt. Carmine (Junior) Persico, 53, is the balding, baggy-eyed showman of the trio. Elegant in a black pinstripe suit, a crisp white shirt...
According to Lisa Salerno, director of development at Americares, "Melendez made the road smooth for us in Colombia...
...communities are buying door bolts, locking windows and organizing neighborhood watch groups. The killer is believed to be a man with curly hair between the ages of 30 and 35. Police have been pursuing him with a task force led by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sergeant Frank Salerno, who in 1979 helped solve the "Hillside Strangler" sex slayings of ten female victims. Last week police said they believe the Night Stalker traveled north to San Francisco earlier this month, where he entered an open window and attacked a sleeping couple, shooting to death Accountant Peter...
This last charge focuses largely on Anthony ("Fat Tony") Salerno, 73, boss of the Genovese family, whose health could also become an issue. His Manhattan celebrity lawyer, Roy Cohn, expressed outrage when Giuliani said Salerno suffered only from obesity, and had been on "fat farms." Snapped Cohn: "That's not true. Mr. Salerno suffers from hypertension. He had three strokes. He walks with a cane. He has heart trouble." Before they grapple with more serious matters, lawyers on both sides apparently will have to answer a preliminary question: "How sick...
...West Pointer and third-generation soldier, Clark was wounded as a captain in France during World War I but did not see action again until the landing in Salerno in September 1943. He first piqued the nation's imagination a year earlier, when he was smuggled into Algeria by submarine on a mostly successful cloak-and-dagger mission to win French support for the imminent Allied invasion of North Africa. Known for his humor and daring, Clark was nearly killed on several occasions while leading his troops; he once personally spearheaded an attack on 18 German tanks. His polyglot...