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...Congress so lacking in clout with the voters that his legislative program could with impunity be delayed, hacked to bits or ignored. But when Congress reconvened last week, the President looked more like a political Charles Atlas, transformed by foreign crises from a 97-lb. weakling into a muscleman whose wishes had to be respected. Said House Democratic Floor Leader Jim Wright of Texas, using a different metaphor: "Members who 60 days ago considered Carter an albatross around their necks now consider him a life jacket...
...takes care of her insides, but the harmony is provided by Paul Novak, the man she has lived with since 1954. A native of Baltimore and a former muscleman in her Las Vegas act, Novak, who claims to be 45 but looks closer to 55, is friend, amanuensis, and bodyguard. Though two of the three huge diamond rings Mae sports are false, one is real, weighing in at 22 carats, and Novak never escorts her without a protective .38. He seems totally devoted to her and nods agreement at whatever she says. "I never argue with her," he notes, "because...
According to Fratianno, Bompensiero's murder was sanctioned by three Los Angeles Mafia chieftains, Don Dominick Brooklier, Under Boss Sam Sciortino and former Boss Louis Tom Dragna. The killers, says the informant, were Mob Muscleman Thomas Ricciardi and Jack Locicero, the present consigliere of the West Coast crime syndicate. Another of their associates, Mafia Enforcer Mike Rizzitello, has not been connected with Bomp's murder, but will be charged with extortion in the same indictment. All six will be tried under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Law, which provides penalties of up to 20 years...
Much of the mob activity involves unions. Hotel and restaurant-employees are being recruited by Teamsters locals from Philadelphia and northern New Jersey with the blessing of Mafia Muscleman Anthony ("Tony Pro") Provenzano, who operates out of semiretirement in Hallandale, Fla. The Association of Public and Private Labor Employees, known as Apple and run by New York Mafiosi, has been organizing employees of Atlantic City's private detective and guard services. A Cincinnati union with ties to Chicago Mafia Boss Anthony ("Big Tuna") Accardo has been signing up bartenders...
According to Government informers, Provenzano and his muscleman, Salvatore Briguglio, ordered in early January 1973 that $500,000 in cash be delivered to a White House courier in Las Vegas. Provenzano allegedly told an associate he had collected the money at Fitzsimmons' request and that another $500,000 had been provided for Nixon -also on Fitzsimmons' orders-by Allen Dorfman, a convicted Chicago labor racketeer and adviser to the Teamsters Union pension fund. Provenzano was quoted further as saying the cash had been requested by White House Aide Charles Colson, who handled the Administration's relations with...