July 17, 1972

Alleged NYC Mafia leader T Eboli, also known as Tommy Ryan, is gunned down in traditional gangland fashion on July 16 on a quiet residential st in Crown Heights sec of Bklyn; Eboli's body is found sprawled face down with 5 bullet holes in his face and neck; killing is latest in series of underworld shootings that started with critical wounding of J A Colombo Sr in Columbus Circle in June '71 and include slaying of J Gallo in restaurant in Little Italy in Apr; since Colombo's shooting, at least 15 men with Mafia links, including Eboli, have been killed in continuous gangland war; police say that they have no witnesses to Eboli's murder and no suspects; illus; map of murder scene

Metropolitan Dimitrios, progressive who became an Abp in Feb, is elected on July 16 to succeed late Athenagoras I as Patriarch of Eastern Orthodox Ch; will be known as Dimitrios I; wins 12 of 15 votes by members of Holy Synod after Turkish Govt, seeking to keep Patriarchate under its control, strikes from list of acceptable candidates name of Metropolitan Meliton, outspoken progressive considered favorite for election; new Patriarch is Abp of Turkish Islands of Imros and Tenedos; is said to have been favored for leadership by Meliton; formal enthroning will be held on July 18; Dimitrios is expected to retain plans of Athenagoras, who died on July 6, for great synod of Orthodoxy to pave way for Orthodox and Christian unity; conflicts arising between Patriarchate and Turkish Govt following death of Athenagoras noted; method of election described

July 17: (McGovern Campaign—Labor Role) Survey of 100 delegates representing labor, the South and swing states of NJ, Conn and Calif, shows Sen McGovern has difficult 'but by no means impossible' road to Pres victory; labor seen as implacable in resistance to McGovern; G Meany will meet with Exec Bd of AFL-CIO on July 19 to press unions to refrain from supporting McGovern; some unions that are expected to endorse McGovern listed; in South, Pres Nixon appears to have possible landslide; only young in South are expected to work for McGovern; spokesmen in Calif, NJ and Conn see McGovern as underdog, but hold task of catching up is not impossible; illus of McGovern's SD vacation cabin

article on commercial radio stations that are playing vintage rock'n'roll; stations are prompted by commercial success of stations that pioneered in playing 'golden oldies'; Billboard magazine list of 100 most popular records contains about 20 'oldies'; comments of disk jockeys T Campbell (KLOK), D Liberatore (WZAK) and D Williamson (WIND), as well as comments by WIND program mgr R Moomey, Billboard exec D Ovens and '50s disk jockey D Clark noted; details on actions of specific stations; Williamson illus

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