Two Brooklyn Racketeers Indicted for Assault on Cop
Aug. 24, 1961 - Anthony (Tony Shots) Abbatemarco, 39, and Giovanni Seimone, 48, were indicted today for felonious assault with intent to...
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Aug 22, 2021
Actor and Musician 'Spade' CooleyGets Life Sentence for Murdering Wife
Aug. 22, 1961 - Donnell Cooley (right), the musician and actor better known as Spade Cooley, was spared the gas chamber and sentenced to...
Aug 21, 2021
Six Arraigned as Witnesses in Shooting of Cop, Attempted Strangling of Racketeer
Aug. 21, 1961 - In Brooklyn today, six men were arraigned as material witnesses in the critical shooting of a policeman and the attempted...
Aug 21, 2021
Attacks on NYPD Officers Increasing in Incidence and Viciousness
Aug. 21, 1961 - In the first 6 months of this year, 1,171 New York City policemen were attacked while trying to make arrests. From July 1...
Aug 20, 2021
Cop Shot, Mobster Nearly Strangled at Brooklyn Restaurant
Aug. 20, 1961 - In Brooklyn last night, Patrolman Melvin Blei, 35 years old, was seriously wounded in the face when he was shot outside...
Aug 8, 2021
Brooklyn Judge Gets Tough With "Wild Animal" Who Attacked Cop
Aug. 8, 1961 - In Brooklyn today, Kings County Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz (pictured) made good his threat to deal harshly with attackers...
Aug 3, 2021
FAA Authorizes Airlines to Arm Crews on All Flights
Aug. 3, 1961 - The Federal Aviation Agency authorized U.S. airlines today to arm their crews on all flights. Meanwhile, the...
Aug 3, 2021
Father-and-Son Team Try to Hijack Jet Airliner, Arrested by FBI
Aug. 3, 1961 - Leon Bearden (left), a 38-year-old former convict, and his 16-year-old son Cody (right) hijacked a jet airliner in the air...
Jul 31, 2021
NYPD Commissioner Murphy Denounces Attacks on Police
July 31, 1961 - New York City Police Commissioner Michael J. Murphy today denounced recent attacks upon policemen. Mr. Murphy said 1,780...
Jul 29, 2021
Six Picasso Paintings Stolen from Pittsburgh Home of Millionaire Industrialist
July 29, 1961 - Ten paintings by four masters of modern art were stolen from the Pittsburgh home of G. David Thompson (pictured), a...
Jul 28, 2021
Violence in Harlem, Debris Thrown at Police
July 28, 1961 - Scattered violence and milling crowds disrupted Harlem last night. A police riot call brought reinforcements to the...
Jul 19, 2021
Hoffa Setback in Chicago
July 19, 1961 - Drivers for Chicago's two major taxicab fleets have elected a reform local as their bargaining agent over a local backed...
Jul 19, 2021
"Capeman" Killer Agron Gets Stay of Execution
July 19, 1961 - A 90-day stay of the electrocution of Salvador Agron, which had been scheduled for the week of Aug. 7, was granted today...
Jul 14, 2021
Liston Barred from Boxing after Arrest
July 14, 1961 - Charles (Sonny) Liston, the top-ranking contender for the heavyweight boxing crown, was suspended indefinitely today by...
Jul 14, 2021
Pugach Guilty in Acid-Throwing Case
July 14, 1961 - Burton N. Pugach, a disbarred lawyer, was convicted today of arranging to have lye thrown in the face of his former...
Jul 12, 2021
"Capeman" Execution Date Set
July 12, 1961 - The New York Court of Appeals has set the week of Aug. 7 for the execution of 17-year-old Salvatore (Capeman) Agron...
Jul 10, 2021
Nazi Collaborator 'Axis Sally' Released from Federal Prison
July 10, 1961 - Mildred Gillars (pictured in 1949) was released from the Federal Reformatory for Women in Alderson, W. Va., today. The...
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