January 18, 1968

5 held, NYC, on charges of illegal possession and criminal misuse of credit cards issued by 1st Natl City Bank in '67 and sent out unsolicited to its customers; many of the cards involved were never recd by intended recipients; bank spokesman says its loss will be under $100,000

group of NH Rockefeller backers plans write-in campaign; move seen threat to Romney and Nixon; Prof J A Beckett and 2 other Repubs file as candidates for delegates favorable to Rockefeller; Rockefeller urges Beckett to withdraw; asks friends in NH to back Romney

Dr P A Rinfret disputes Johnson assertion econ enters 8th yr of 'uninterrupted prosperity'

US Atty Morgenthau repts 22 suspended IRS agents, 4 former agents and CPA E Schnabel arrested on charges of bribing undercover tax inspector assigned to root out corrupt tax employes for data linking them to payments from taxpayers, Manhattan Dist; says special Fed grand jury hearings set; probe will involve returns defendants audited and accountants and taxpayers they dealt with; corruption probe took new direction in '66 when field agent A S Calavetta, who retired in Jan, allegedly gave inspector $100; defendants listed

Marcus and Itkin called by Dist Atty Hogan for questioning in new bribery case; G Spatafora arrested; complaint charges Spatafora acted with others to give $10,000 to 3d person for unnamed pub official in order to get emergency contracts from Water Supply, Gas and Electricity Dept for Vintray Enterprises Inc; alleged payoff was made, Aug '66, in office in which Itkin has his law offices; Vintray Enterprises was formed, Aug '66, for alleged purpose of getting emergency contracts from Water Dept; 5-10% kickback was to have been paid; Water Dept aide rejected co's request for certification for emergency contract work: new co, Vintray-Orlando-Daril Inc was then formed; it, too, sought certification but city records show it got no contracts; co stockholders and officers are listed as V Grillo, W Moultray, E A Orlando; Rappaport is listed as atty who filed inc papers; Orlando has signed several million dollars worth of contracts with Water Dept; is listed on contracts as pres of N A Orlando Construction Co inc; illus of inc ctf