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| ORGANIZED CRIME WEBSITES AND MORE.... Posted: 07 Dec 2010 10:00 PM PST  Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (February 28, 1906 June 20, 1947) arrives in Las Vegas to set up the Trans America race wire service, gets a piece of the El Cortez, and then develops the Flamingo Hotel and Casino after buying it from Billy Wilkerson.  Siegal's House in LA Sam Giancana became boss of the Chicago Mafia organization in 1956. After a roller coaster career, he was assassinated in 1975. Born May 24, 1908 (or June 15, 1908, as reported by the FBI), Giancana grew up in the 42 Gang on Chicago's west side. He was arrested often in the late 1920s (22 times in 1928 alone). Some of those arrests were on serious criminal charges, but none of the cases made it to trial.  He did serve time in prison 1930-31 for burglary and was behind bars once again in 1939-42. Those sentences helped earn him notice among the big-time Chicago Mafiosi. In 1933, he became a bodyguard for Outfit bigshot Tony Accardo. In 1948, with Accardo then the big boss, he graduated to the position of the family's primary enforcer. By 1950, he was specializing in gambling and associating with Hollywood stars. When Accardo began losing a battle with the Internal Revenue Service, he turned the Family operations over to Giancana. Giancana is believed to have had connections with the Kennedy family of Massachusetts and to have assisted in John F. Kennedy's Presidential election in 1960. Some sources have claimed that Giancana and Kennedy shared mistresses and passed information to each other through their women.  The McGuire Sisters and Sam (Momo) Giancana Sam Giancana stepped from the plane at Chicago`s O`Hare airport looking more like someone's little old uncle from `back home` than the man who was once one of Chicago`s most powerful crime bosses. He was tired and disheveled looking after his flight from Mexico, he was wearing a blue shirt which looked two sizes too big for his frail torso and a pair of green trousers, no belt, and on his feet a pair of house slippers.  Sam Giancana Real Deal Mafia dot com How had one of the American mafia`s most powerful bosses departed from an international flight looking like this? The previous night he had been arrested at his villa by the Mexican authorities, he never got time to change out of the slippers and pajamas he had been wearing before being taken to spend the night in jail in Mexico City. Next morning he was handed a cheap $2 shirt and a pair of green trousers to wear. He was escorted to the airport where he was placed on an American Airlines flight to Chicago. It was the 19th July 1974 he had been gone some eight years from his home in the US, now he was back, back to where it all started many years before. MAFIA INTERNATIONAL New York's Trial of Lucky Luciano American Mafia Top Ten Mobster Movies  |
| COOL YULE - GALA TOYS FOR TOTS FUNDRAISER Posted: 07 Dec 2010 02:56 PM PST  COOL YULE - GALA TOYS FOR TOTS FUNDRAISER THE FAIRLANE CLUB BALLROOM  Meri Slaven Photo: by Thomas Richardson Thursday, December 9th, 2010 5000 Fairlane Woods DriveDearborn MI. 48126 313 336 4400 Price: $20.00 In Advance - $25.00 At The Door 6:00pm - 10:00pm Meri Slaven will be singing, Standards & Jazzy holiday music From Mary Slaven: Don't miss this fabulous annual event that takes place in the Grande Ballroom in the Beautiful Fairlane Club. $20.00 and a new, unwrapped toy gets you in the door! Food, Auction, Raffles, Prizes, Fun, Music, Cash bar....and more! Enjoy the jazzy vocals of Meri Slaven and Paul King, Duncan McMillan at the keys, and Jordan Schug on bass! They will be crooning Sinatra faves, some holiday music, and other selections from the great American Songbook. All for a great Cause! FOR RESERVATIONS 313 982 1758 Go ahead and dress up a bit for this one ;)  |
| LET'S CELEBRATE BOXING DAY IN THE US! Posted: 07 Dec 2010 10:34 AM PST  Boxing Day Deals in Brisbane Boxing Day is a day the higher classes gave gifts to the lower classes. Before or on December 25th people of similar class would exchange gifts to celebrate the Christmas season. Gifts were not exchanged with the lower class until the next day called Boxing Day. It is also known as St. Stephen's Day.  Boxing Day Boxing Day is also a bank and public holiday commonly occurring on 26 December. It is observed in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ghana, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Kenya, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations with a mainly Christian population. In South Africa this public holiday is now known as the Day of Goodwill.  Elaine's Boxing Day Page While stories of the origins of Boxing Day sometimes conflict, the holiday (which falls on the first weekday after Christmas - usually December 26 - and coincides with the Feast of Saint Stephen) is celebrated in Britain, Canada and several other countries. Take a moment to observe the holiday. Read more: How to Celebrate Boxing Day  A group of orphans receiving gifts in East London, 1921 Topical Press Agency / Getty Boxing Day is a day the higher classes gave gifts to the lower classes. Before or on December 25th people of similar class would exchange gifts to celebrate the Christmas season. Gifts were not exchanged with the lower class until the next day called Boxing Day. It is also known as St. Stephen's Day.  Boxing Day History Whether you are in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Hobart or Adelaide or somewhere else in Australia we hope to have you covered for what you want in your Boxing Day. A holiday is also observed in Austria, Germany, Greenland, Norway, the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, and Switzerland. In continental European countries, the day is often known as "Christmas II" or "Second Christmas Day". Though it is not an official holiday in the United States, the term "Boxing Day" is used by some Americans, particularly those that live near the Canada – United States border. In Canada, Boxing Day is listed in the Canada Labour Code as an optional holiday. Only in the province of Ontario has it been made a statutory holiday where all workers receive the time off with pay.  Make your own Christmas Crackers Years ago I had a lovely friend named Eve. Eve was an elderly woman from London who was here visiting her stepson. I did her nails at the mall and we became pen pals once she went back home.  Carmen Maria's English Blog Eve told me about Boxing Day and how cool it was and explained the services/charity behind it. It was a lovely idea to do something nice for someone less fortunate at this time of year. One Boxing Day I received a large cardboard box from England.  It was lovely! The box was packed full of goodies from London. Bobby (policeman) ornament, a few wooden ornaments that were hand painted, tons of crumpets, jams, teas, and little cookies. Of course there were lots of "poppers" as we call them, Christmas Crackers in London. You pull a string out of each end of the cracker and they "pop!" Such a marvelous gift... I'll never forget that day and how wonderful Eve was to send it. Sadly Ms Eve passed on but what a gift it was for me to meet her.  Read More about Christmas traditions in England like why do they wear those paper crowns on their heads?? HERE The paper crown hats they wear are found inside their Christmas crackers.  History of Boxing Day Some historians say the Boxing Day developed because servants were required to work on Christmas Day, but took the following day off. As servants prepared to leave to visit their families, their employers would present them with gift boxes. Boxing Day is just one of the British bank holidays recognized since 1871 that are observed by banks, government offices, and the post office. The others include Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, Whitmonday (the day after Pentecost), and the banking holiday on the last Monday in August.  The Feast of St. Stephen also takes place on December 26. St. Stephen was one of the seven original deacons of the Christian Church who were ordained by the Apostles to care for widows and the poor. For the success of his preaching and his devotion to Christ, St. Stephen was stoned to death by a mob. As he died, he begged God not to punish his killers. How to Celebrate Boxing Day  |
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