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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Alioto last week denied any illegality or impropriety and depicted the brouhaha as a Republican plot to kill off his political chances. It began in 1962, when 15 Washington State public utility districts hired State Attorney General John O'Connell and his assistant. George Faler, to manage their antitrust suits against electrical manufacturers accused of price fixing. O'Connell in turn retained Alioto, then a private citizen, to handle the suits in court. Alioto's fee was to be 15% of damages won, up to a limit of $1,000,000. He proved so successful, however, that...