Tony Pro on Murdered Shop Steward: “He Was Accident-Prone”
May 29, 1963 - Anthony (Tony Pro) Provenzano (pictured), 45, president of the Teamsters Union’s 13,000-member Local 560, expressed grief...
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- May 28
French Nightclub Owner Guilty in NYC Heroin Case
May 28, 1963 - Francois Paul Scaglia (pictured right with an NYC police detective after his 1962 arrest), a 35-year-old French nightclub...
- May 27
Gov. Hughes Orders All-Out Probe of Union Murder
May 27, 1963 - An all-out investigation by the New Jersey state police into the cold-blooded Hoboken murder of maverick Teamsters shop...
- May 26
Nazi-Minded Tough Guy Has Day in Court
May 26, 1963 - An arrogant, Nazi-minded tough guy, arrested for roughing up a detective during a melee at a Yorkville hate rally...
- May 25
Tony Pro Kin Held in Hoboken Murder
May 25, 1963 - A relative by marriage to the Provenzano clan was held today as a material witness in the slaying of Walter Glockner, 27,...
- May 24
Tony Pro Foe Murdered in N.J.
May 24, 1963 - A young Teamsters’ Union shop steward who opposed the president of his local, Anthony (Tony Pro) Provenzano, was fatally...
- May 22
French TV Star Admits Heroin Conspiracy
May 22, 1963 - Jacques D. Angelvin (right), a Parisian television performer, admitted in New York State Supreme Court today that he had...
- May 20
Mob Roundup in Brooklyn
May 20, 1963 - In the wake of an early morning shooting attack on two Profaci mobsters, Brooklyn detectives last night rounded up the...
- May 16
Comedian Lenny Bruce Convicted of Heroin Possession
May 16, 1963 - Comedian Lenny Bruce (pictured left with John Marshall, his attorney) was convicted by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury...
- May 13
Dr. Sheppard Faces Legal Setback
May 13, 1963 - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected today a plea from Dr. Sam Sheppard (pictured right in 1954) that he be allowed to take a...
- May 8
New Strangling Victim in Boston
May 8, 1963 - A young music teacher was found strangled tonight in her apartment just off Harvard Square, confronting the police of the...
- Apr 24
Search Is On for Slayer of Baltimore Mailman
Apr. 24, 1963 - In Attalla, Alabama today, state and county authorities began a massive search for the slayer of a white Baltimore...
- Apr 23
Prison Break in Michigan, Four Hardened Convicts At Large
Apr. 23, 1963 - Four hardened criminals, two of them convicted murderers, escaped today from the maximum-security section of the nation’s...
- Apr 14
Mentally Disturbed High Schooler Charged Admits Murdering Olympic Skier
Apr. 14, 1963 - A mentally disturbed high school boy who Utah authorities said tried to strangle a 15-year-old Salt Lake City girl less...
- Apr 13
Arrest Made in Murder of Olympic Skier
Apr. 13, 1963 - A lanky, 18-year-old high school youth was booked tonight for the dismemberment slaying of skier Sonja McCaskie in Reno,...
- Apr 6
Nashville Millionaire Killed with Samurai Sword, Wife Held for Questioning
Apr. 6, 1963 - Financier John B. Wilson died with a Japanese samurai sword through his heart in his Nashville mansion today, and police...
- Apr 6
Olympic Skier Brutally Murdered in Reno
Apr. 6, 1963 - The dismembered body of a young British Olympic skier was found last night in her Reno, Nev., apartment, police announced...
- Apr 4
Brooklyn Hoods Face Wrath of Government and Underworld for Attack on FBI Man
Apr. 4, 1963 - Four Brooklyn hoodlums accused of attacking and stomping an FBI agent outside a church just before the funeral of Carmello...
- Apr 3
FBI Agent Beaten by Mafia Thugs
Apr. 3, 1963 - An FBI agent was severely beaten and stripped of his pistol today while observing a funeral gathering outside a Brooklyn...
- Mar 22
Missing Persons Report Filed on Johnny Mathis
Mar. 22, 1963 - A missing persons report was filed with the police today on singer Johnny Mathis, 27, who reportedly hasn’t been seen...
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