Tag: New York
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FBI’s Most Vaunted
Sunday, October 5, 1997 By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer The Most Wanted List, an icon of a seemingly bygone era, started innocently enough. A wire service reporter asked the FBI in 1949 for a list of the toughest guys it would like to capture. The resulting story in newspapers around the nation…
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SAL WHO? Runs Strong 3rd
Wednesday, September 10, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and JERE HESTER, Daily News Staff Writers Maverick City Councilman Sal Albanese surprised the experts again last night with a strong third-place finish in the Democratic mayoral primary. The 47-year-old Brooklyn lawmaker had 21% of the vote with 99% of ballots counted — a good showing by…
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FLEETING INFAMY Many are called, but few are frozen in spotlight By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, Daily News Staff Writers
Sunday, May 4, 1997 Most people who grab fleeting notoriety — Sukhreet Gabel, the kid who stole the A train, Lady Bing and Yankee switcher Fritz Peterson — disappear quickly and quietly. Then there are those like Burton Pugach, resurrected at regular intervals, and Donald Trump, who never seems to leave the stage. Pugach has…
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PUSH TO LIFT TATTOO BAN; City Council votes for body art
February 26, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer New Yorkers may soon be able to get openly what they’ve been getting illegally for 35 years — tattoos. The City Council yesterday passed a law that would lift the official though little-enforced 1962 ban on tattooing. Councilwoman Kathryn Freed (D-Manhattan), who sponsored the…
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IN THE CITY, SEX IS A RICH EXPERIENCE; Borough Of Queens Sits Atop the Lust List
Monday, January 20, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN and PAUL SCHWARTZMAN, Daily News Staff Writers The rich are different from the rest of us and not just because they have more money. They have more sex, more fantasies about sex and more sex partners. But, then again, so do people living in Queens. Yes, Queens,…
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GUNMAN HIJACKS TRUCK ON ROUTE 46
A gunman hijacked a cargo-filled Caldor truck on Route 46 near the George Washington Bridge on Thursday night and then met up with an accomplice who took the driver to upstate New York, where he was released unharmed, authorities said.