Word: scelba
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rome, a visiting British M.P. wondered why those who held the reins of power in Modena had not tried to stop the strikers without shooting. "Why do you never use water hoses?" he asked Minister of the Interior Mario Scelba. "They make people ridiculous without hurting them." Answered Scelba: "You see, we have no water in so many places...
Glorified Crime. The Giuliano issue of Oggi was a swift sellout (1,200,000 copies). It had barely hit the streets when the conservative // Tempo accused its rival of "basically indecent" conduct in consorting with a bandit. Embarrassed Minister of Interior Mario Scelba fired Palermo's chief of police, ordered the Mi-Jan police to arrest Meldolesi, Rizza and Editor Rusconi. The charge: "aiding and abetting banditry and glorifying crime...