Page 12, The Herald, Tuesday, April 10, 1984

Pizza Connection used.

NEW YORK (AP) —
Ttaly’s most . wanted
criminal’ used a Mid-
western “pizza con-
nection” ina ring that
smuggled more heroin
into the United States
than even the notorious
French Connection — $1.6
billion worth over five
years, authorities said.

Thirty-one pecple were
charged Monday with
participating in a con-
spiracy that imported 748
kilograms of heroin from
Sicily, shipped it to
mobsters in New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia
and Detroit, and hid the

Interest rates up

TORONTO (CP) — Two
of the Big Five chartered
banks raised the annual
interest rates offered on
their term deposits
Monday to compete with
the trust companies.

The Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce In-

creased its rate by one.

percentage point to a
per cent for 30-o-59-day
term deposits, 1% points
to 8.75 for 60 to 89, 144 to
nine per cent for 90 to 119,
one point to 6% for 120 to

249 days, three-quarters:

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9% for one to two years,
half to 10 for two to three
years and one quarter of a
point to 11 per cent for
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Federal officials said
they learned of the
when two FBI agents.
infiltrated the Bonanno
crime family of New
York.

“It is the most
significant case involving

heroin trafficking by

traditional organized
crime that the federal
government has ever
developed,” sss,

Atlorney General William
French Smith said at a
Manhattan news con-

ference announcing the

charges.

There was no change in

the rates the Commerce .

pays for deposits of three
to four and four to five
years, They are still 10%
and 1014 respectively, |

The Royal Bank of
Canada matched the
Commerce rates with
some exceptions. It
raised its 00-to-119-day
term deposit rate by 14%
points to nine per cent.
The Royal's three-to-four-

year rate rose a quarter -

to 10% per cent and the

four-to-five a half to. 11.

per cent.

The Royal also lifted its
150-to-179-day rate a point
to 944 per cent and its 180-
to-260+lay rate one to 9%

per cent.

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US. Attorney Rudolph :
Giuliant said thecase was -
ting. bigger ‘than the French .'

Connection,” the “name
given in the early 19708 to
the sm by French

‘nationals of hundreds of
kilograms of drugs: by.
Catalano on Monday in

hiding them in luxury
cars being shipped to the
United States,

The new ring’s crucial

link “Was a group of

Stellian-born -pizza shop

- operators: in’ Midwestern -
communities. including —
Oregon, D., and: Milton, -

Wis., aificials sald.

Discussions” about

seemingly .- innocuous
' -topies such as cleaning :
- pizza. parlor. tables or
. Gelivering’ flour were -

used as codes for drug
deals, - officials — said,
“Oven,” for: example,

was sald to be code for a -

kilogram of heroin.

Officials declined to say
exactly how the heroin
was smuggled into the
United States, But
Giuliani, alluding to the

Midwestern ties, said it

was imported “in areas
where we would not
necessarily. be as wat-
chiul” as in larger cities
such as Chicago o1 or r New

2 York. .
Gaetano Badslamenti,

“the most wanted man in

Italy” and leader of 4

Sicilian Mafia family,
was at one end of the

_connection, Giuliani said.

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At the other. end: was.
Salvatore Catalano,
whom authorities, called
the boss of a faction of the

, Bonanno family.

Badalamenti, 50,. was
Sunday”: in
Madrid, - Spain, . and
New York, where he runs
a bakery and pizzeria.
Gluliand said 24 of the 91.
men were in custody
when the charges were
announced,

Catalano, his lawyer”
said ata hearing Monday,

. “works at that bakery 12-
hours a day, six days a

week” and drives a
ing car, .

‘charges,
lener’ said, ‘were. based
on “innuendo, speculation

‘and a’ lot-of unnamed.

sources,’

U.S. District Judge
Milten Pollack set ball for
Catalano at $5. million.
Bail for a co-defendant —~.
Giuseppe _Ganci, iden- .
tified by authorities: ‘as
Catalano’s tap assistant
— was set at $7.5 million:

The Sicilians. in the
Midwest: “were the . go-
betweens’* who would
drive to New York with
the heroin, sald Giuliani...

"An? FBI. affidavit:.aid --

the case’s key: develap-.:
ment ‘occurred last year,
when undercover agents
bought heroin from one of
the suspects, Benito Zito *
of. Philadelphia, . who’:
allegedly was ageiting

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heroin trom the Catalano

group. .
The affidavit said FBI
agents” saw .
carrying a -.variety _ of
sacks, bags, ‘pizza boxes -
and. briefcases ‘around, '
exchanging ° ‘money for
heroin. - :
In one two-year period,
from October. 1880 - to:
September’ ‘1982, the
group allegedly sent more
than $25 million in cash.
from New York City to
Bermuda, Switzerland

Petro- Canada warns hands of

OTTAWA (CP) =

' Petro-Canada; the federal

government's - oil’ -com-»
pany, says . Ottawa's
aniltrust watchdog should
keep his : ‘hands off the
industry. °

The’ oll : industry”

‘already competitive and
‘needs no help from .a

Combines .
“the

tougher ~~
Investigation Act,

‘company said in- its
submission to — the
. Reatrictive Trade

Practices Commission.
Like its. multinational
competitors, Petro-Ca- ,
nada took strenuous issue
with recommendations to
the conimission © from:
Lawson Hunter, director

i

Safety
tips

This is: the time of year
that many people begin

. grass, leaves and _other
debris.

-“People. should | be-

; extremely careful,

however, to ensure their

’ fires will not escape”,
- says Al Gorley, Regional

_ Fire Prevention Coor-
™ dinator.

.- {The early snowmelt
has left some areas very °

~~ dey and fire in dry grass
cerns camnepresd 317:
- very fast if a wind rises.”

Before lighting fires,
people should. consider
what might happen if the
wind comes up. .‘'Look
- around. and see if the
surrounding area is dry
‘and likely to burn. Could
it spread to your neigh-
bours’ property . or
threaten to burn buildings
or other improvements?"

A shovel and. garden.
hose should be standard.
equipment to have on

,« band for even very smail

burning’ projects says
‘Gorley.. If you are
planning a lot of burning,
- be sare you have enough
help available to control
any escapes, .

‘ Beginning on April 15th,
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boundaries. People living -
? in organized areas should
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suspects --

~ The
‘petroleum

and other - countries.

‘Defendants opened — ac-

counts at brokerage
houses like Merrill Lynch

Pierce Fenner and Smith’

and EF. Hutton /and
made:’ sophisticated
business

Charges of conspiracy

‘to violate :federal drug

lawa were lodged against

31° people: -Eight. defen-
‘dants, including Catalano .

and. "Badalamenti, also
were. _ chargéd with

of. “the ‘combines in: .
‘ves ations, .

But the? ‘stati-ovmed
company, ‘which has used
an aggressive. policy . of

acquisitions: to leap’ te

major status - ‘in the in-
dustry, used none of. the
often - vitrolic. : language

used by the other majors.
to...
_Tecommendations ~

attack | Hunter's
_ for
tougher legislation
governing -the industry.
commission's

industry
inquiry has been going on
for more than two years
and- now -is® . Working

- toward conclusion. Tt

final ‘report: is -expected
this year. | :

Hunter said the major
companies,, integrated
from oil well to gas pump.
use a akein of practices to
restrict competition and
mee prices artificially

But Petro-Canada says
Hunter’s. proposals would
lead to less , competition
and higher prices,

Hunter proposed that

investments, —
“, court papers allege. .

. such

conducting @ criminal
enterprise and could face
life imprisonment.

Officials said charges
against several other
people were filed in other
cities.

‘The documents said the
main Midwestern contact
was Pietro Alfano, 48,
who runs a pizza business

in Oregon, Ill:, and whois.
believed -

to
Badalamenti'’s - nephew.

Other members of what,
‘the: FBI termed The

_gas station operators be
allowed to sell more than
one brand of gasoline,
that.the present industry-
wide practice of tying
dealers to long-term and

“exclusive | supply con-
tracts limited com-
petilion. -

In the case of dealers
leasing © Petro-Canada
stations, -"the recom-
mendation gives no

consideration to the in-

_vestment in facilities and

brand promotion and
proprietary rights are
disregarded in a way that
amounts fo nothing less
than . expropriation
without’ compensation,”
the company says.

The integrated com-:

panies work out
arrangements between
emselves to swap
gasoline from _ their
refineries. Hunter said
exchange

agreements allow the
industry io control
competition by tying up
the supply of refined
petroleum in the hands of

drug smuggling |

Group were.
as Samuel’
46, of ‘Tem-:

Midwest
identified
Evola,

perance,’ Mich,, whose. :

wife’ is Badalamenti’s |
niece, and .. Emanuele
Palazzolo, . 37, -
operates a pizzeria ip :
Milton, Wis.

Catalano was’ identified: 7

at a 1993.U,8.. ‘Senate,
hearing and lator. taken |

he: over by Carmine Galante} .

who was gunned down .a€
a Brooklyn restaurant
1979. am

the major companies..

Petro-Canada. ~... ‘sai
exchange . agreemen
“have served ‘the’
sumer well by increas

competition - and
ficiency." .
‘It peints to the situation: e

in New Brunswick where

Irving Oi) does not like to °
supply other companies
from its refinery there.

Petro-Canada says that if:
Hunter's argument was
true, prices in the Saint™.
John area should be lower:

and market participation’

by independents. should?
be higher, .

wtio

"Tt is mot. a simile oo

coincidence that retail”
prices and marging are -
high in the Saint John, °
New Brunswick, .,
market,” Petro-Canada's .

brief says, noting ‘that,

independents ‘and other’ .
companies without *”

refineries in the regioh’

have a lower market.

share than in markets .

where exchange. . :
agreements are in wider”
currency. mo

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