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The Buffalo News from Buffalo, New York • 10

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10 VIVS Laugh It Off Wife Testifieson His Behalf in WingSlayingTrial time of WURLITZER MUSIC STORES ACTORY as CLEARANCE SALE! Thurs ri Sat Sunday March 13 thru March 16 5 Never Before So Many eatures or So Little Money COUPON Js be to All Styles Ail urniture inishes INSULATION spend a day in your attic EsSlwi and save about ffiOlBra I $150 a year Holing and cooling iovmg with a iT LOOK OR Marked Low To Get The Economy Moving ISM LUMBER SALE a RANKAMERICARD 14 'i 00060000 4 1 Jl your V' AT BOTH STORES BUALO'S ONLY ULL SERVICE BUILDING MATERIALS CENTERS said he time of OR YOUR SPECIAL NEEDS Off SAVE $128 ay 1 MON RL 8 AM 5:30 PM (GENESEE ST CLOSED Wd PM) SATURDAY: 8 AM 2:30 PM STANLEY HAND TOOLS BLACK DECKER POWER TOOLS CUPBOARD DOORS AND DRAWERS PORCH STEPS STAIRS SPECIAL DOORS OR WINDOWS ter Barbara for birthday cake Mrs Mordino testified WHY MOVE? IMPROVE YOUR HOME! LET US HELP YOU THE TIME 5 4 1 INSULATE NOW! Plenty of free parking in the Wurlitzer lot Drive out to the factory on Niagara alls Blvd for fabulous once in a life time bargains Enter through the front door of the Wurlitzer factory If you missed the first factory sale this is your opportunity to save on outstanding values (10 (10 Over 200 Instruments to Choose rom Engineering Units Test Units NEW USED WURLITZERS Plus many other manufacturers Doors open daily Record low prices on all pianos and organs Hours: 10 9 Thurs ri 9 6 Saturday and Sun day Hurry! WURLITZER INANCING UNDER URTHER question ing from the defense attorney Mr Perrigo admitted he is the only person who can explain incomplete records kept on some drug evidence and that if he were "not around" there would be record" of the eventual disposition of some drug evidence Earlier Mr Perrigo told KILN DRIED UTILITY (GOOD QUALITY) WHITEWOODS Wt: jf VISIT THE WURLITZER ACTORY OR THIS SPECIAL SALE 1 4 THE AMOUS WURLITZER TOWER IN NORTH TONAWANDA NEAR MELODY AIR Niagara alls Blvd 852 4072 the witness said he ran a gas station at Grant St and Auburn Ave and that his brother sold cars there "Where did he get the cars Mr Cleary asked bought them wholesale from the Mr Mordino answered he have a li the prosecutor asked the witness replied just went out and bought the cars according to you and sold them off your lot?" Mr Cleary continued Mr Mordino respond ed MR PERRIGO said he did not believe however that he could have overlooked 334 grams of heroin Gristmacher is accused of taking from the lab on eb 24 1970 in response to a question from Mr Murphy Thar quantity of heroin was never recovered Gristmacher 50 of Cornell Ave began a non jury trial be fore Justice Doerr Tuesday on drugs possession and miscon duct charges stemming from that alleged theft He was dismissed from the police force in April 1972 and indicted in June 1973 following a probe of alleged drug thefts from the lab The trial his second in four months stems from the inabil 'r I QVW! EDITION A 4 LEONARD MORDINO went back to construction work in 210" after his brother went out of business in Septem ber 1971 Joseph Mordino said same union that Tas carella belongs to?" Mr Cleary asked was the reply MR BOREANAZ asked her how long she was in the compa ny of her husband "I would say from 5 until the following the witness replied Mrs Mordino 22 presently resides on Harlem Rd Cheek towaga with the in fant daughter Mordino is in custody in the Erie County Holding Center Earlier Wednesday an ill agent admitted that Anthony Marinaccio a key prosecution witness identified the third man involved in the Ing Wing killing as and not defendant Robert Brocato Marinaccio an BI inform ant now in protective custody testified Tuesday that Mordino Brocato and Dominic (Dim) Tascarella the third defendant SPECIAL SALE! ALUMINUM COMBINATION DOORS By GRYTA Omissions ind discrepancies and one notation which doesn't make sense" exist among rec ords of drug evidence main tained in the Buffalo Police Lab its director testified in State Supreme Court Wednes day afternoon In one instance drug evi dence was not physically de stroyed by Inb personnel until two weeks after records on the case said they were Robert Perrigo told Justice John II Doerr Undergoing cross examina tion by Robert Murphy attorney for former Buffalo narcotics detective Alvin Gristmacher the lab director said he passed the case of the drug evi dence which he had premature ly marked destroyed We'll also cut lumber and plywood to your exact sizes "Service" is our motto ity of a State Supreme Court jury to reach a verdict on the counts following a month long trial which ended Dec 8 1974 He was found innocent on 10 of the 12 counts in his indictment at the end of that trial WEDNESDAY afternoon Mr Murphy questioned Mr Perrigo on records involving a number of instances in which one time police chemist Joseph Vaughn had signed drug evidence out of the lab for police which was never marked in lab records as having been later returned to the lab On July 11 1967 Mr Vaughn who now lives in San rancis co turned drug evidence in one case over to the State Police and Mr Vaughn listed in lab records the destination of the drugs as taken to Mr Perrigo testified Under questioning from Mr Murphy Mr Perrigo admitted the entry even make He testified the evidence in that case as in several other instances involving Vaughn was later listed as having been destroyed though records do not indicate the material was ever listed being returned to the lab 1 a SINGAPORE TEAK PRINT REG $639 WHITE OR BROWN CORK INISH ON HARDBOARD GRADE REG $1 147 LIGHT MALIBU LAUAN REG $469 DARK MALIBU LAUAN REG $569 By PETER SIMON Mrs Mary Mordino testified late Wednesday that she and her husband Leonard were celebrating i birthday the evening Ing (Sam) Wing was slain Mordino 25 is one ol three men on trial in Stale Supreme Court for the robbery murder of Mr Wing or June 10 1971 Mrs Mordino testifying in her behalf said she was with him from 5 PM June 10 until Inte the next morning Previous testimony has failed to establish the exact the crime A medical examiner could not estimate the Mr Wing's death Two prostitutes who say they accompanied the three defendants to Mr apartment at 26 Grant St said West Side stores were still open MILL INISH $3715 REG $4130 PREINISHED WHITE $4725 REG 5250 DECORATOR CORK 8 Sq (4 Pos $515 pkg (5 00O000 and it was daylight when the murder took place MRS MORDINO said she and her husband were celebrat ing the 23d birthday of Vincent tepera who less than a month earlier liad been the best man at the wedding Harold Boreanaz repre senting Mordino produced a birth certificate Mrs Mordino said verified that Mr Lepera was born on June 10 Mrs Mordino said Mr Lep era and his wife Susan picked up the Mordinos nt 10 Maple view Rd Cheektowaga where they then lived She said the two couples drove to a restaurant on Pine Ave Niagara ails where they met Mr and Mrs rank Lepera parents and his brother After dinner they went to the home of Vincent Lepera's sis ORDERS OVER 25 873 8500 893 8500 WHITE BUCK COLONIAL $5435 REG 6095 WITH TEMPERED PRE HUNG SAETY GLASS CASH CARRY Wurlitzer Acceptance Corporation is the i nancing Division of Wurlitzer Co We offer these advantages to our customers 1 No penalties for early payoff 290 Days same as cash 3 Local credit branch pay where you buy 4 Up to 60 months to pay 5 Low down payment 6 1 st payment not due till 45 days after purchase 5 I 1000 uninsulated oNtc SEE US OR DETAILS! Look over 5000 square feet of factory space authorized for this special sale Hundreds of quality instruments sold at special prices Great Values! COM4 IN OR PLYWOOO SHORTS TIMBERS IN STOCK Douglas ir 4x4 to 8x8 Jubtice Doerr he remembered signing the drugs out of the lab because the two men and a lab chemist had a few laughs over other evidence in the case which dated back to May 10 1967 Gristmacher took the drugs from the lab at 9:20 AM eb 2 4 1970 according to his records) Mr Perrigo testified and the drugs were still miss ing from the lab during a January 1972 inventory taken specifically to track down miss ing evidence Under cross examination by Mr Murphy Mr Perrigo ad mitted discrepancies existed in identification numbers on some lab records ft ft TWO QUANTITIES of heroin seized in unrelated cases were first brought to the lab for analysis on May 11 1967 Mr Perrigo testified Responding to objections voiced by Asst Dist Atty Paul Hurley over the introduction of evidence from the other drug case Murphy told the court: "Both (quantities of heroin) were turned in on the same day and both contain substantial amounts of heroin trying to see if the files were in fact mixed Due to the relocation of Wurlitzer Manufacturing to Mississippi we are authorized to clear as many pianos organs as possible at record low prices SALE ENDS SAT MARCH 22 1 975 oVLr'm BEN 31375 Uitirbcjay March 13 1975 REE DELIVERY 1941 ELMWOOD AVE BETWEEN HERTEL AND HINMAN 1670 GENESEE ST CORNER WEST BAILEY LUX ORNAMENTAL PLASTIC PANELS Largest Stock in Western New York OQ EA AND UP Dozens of Colors and Patterns all admitted to him their in volvement in the robbery murder ft ft 'HIE TRIAL is taking place before Justice rederick Marshall and a jury brother testified early Wednesday that the defendant sold couple dozen cars in 1971 even though he did not have a license The brother Joseph Mordi nn 28 called to the stand as the first defense witness for his brother said Leonard was not short of money when Mr Wing was killed The defendant received few thousand in gifts when he was married on May 15 1971 and won mately at a Toronto area race track the following Me morial Day week end Joseph Mordino said ft ft CROSS EXAMINED by Asst Dist Atty Thomas Cleary A 918 A $422 A 512 WITH COUPON Errors in Drug Records Of Police Lab Admitted NIAGARA ALLS BLVD NEAR MELODY AIR TEN MINUTES NORTH YOUNGMANN EXPWY they make him wear a mask because he PREINISHED WALL PANEL SALE ALL HARDWOOD LUMBER SHORTS Ash to Walnut (also Softwood) 25 REG PRICES PIBERGIAS RO Oil LUmBER I I I 11 a I A H't '5 I A I 8 I I I jNftMbfcw Kai nrsT1 rta WLS ret I I iwM Wm I I I i 'X' lul 'A2 1 I I II i I i i 'i 3 I i 1 I A 1 If" 1 4 A ft' Blue Book SALE Resole PRICE Hammond 143 Early American Maple 695 475 Hammond 2 Drawbar Spinet 895 650 Hammond 6 Chord Organ 300 145 Hammond 103 Like New rench Prov 895 675 Hammond 212 Drawbar Wai Spinet 1495 1200 Hammond 110 Mah Spinet 695 495 Choose rom This Special Stock Blue Book sale Resale PRICE Wurlitzer 4573C 3 Manual Console 4315 3295 Wurlitzer 4570 2 Manual Console 3225 2100 Wurlitzer 4075 2 Manual Spinet 1635 1100 Wurlitzer 4020 2 Man in Beautiful Cond 1295 600 Wurlitzer 4300 Large 2 Manual Spinet 1300 900 REED ORGANS MANY IN STOCK ROM 50 Wurlitzer 4800 Single Manual Organ 795 550 Wurlitzer 4602 Like Brand New 1195 750 GulbronsenE Console 25 Pedal 1295 850 Gulbransen Spinet 13 Pedal 2 Man 695 575 Gretch Spinel Auto Rhythm 2 Man 895 599 Conn 625 ull Console 1395 11OO Baldwin61P ull Size Spinet 695 485 Baldwin (3 51P 2Manl3Pedal 795 599 Baldwin81R Wai Spinet wKeyed Rhythm 1095 850 Baldwin 74L Spinet 2 Man 895 668 Baldwin 46H ull Console 25 Pedal 1995 1500 Melosonic465 Chord only 6 Mo old 565 300 Hammond Electro voice for beginners 395 245 Wurlitzer 4460 2 Manual Spinets 4 in Stock 1095 700 Wurlitzer44IO 2 Manual Spinet 3 in Stock 695 400 Wurlitzer 4370 Big 2 Man Spinel 2 in Stock 2095 1 650 Wurlitzer 4300 Like New in Wai inish 1495 1200 Wurlitzer 4300 DR Like New Wai wRhythm 1 595 1200 Wurlitzer 4250 Big Spinet 4 in Stock rom 195 Wurlitzer 4075 Mahogany Spinet 1295 995 Wurlifzer4037 3 Man Spinet like new 1895 1500 Wurlitzer 4030 2 Man Spinel 13 pedal 995 795 Wurlitzer 530 like new 2 Man Spinet 1795 1 325 Wurlitzer 1710 Spinel Piano Brand New 9 in Stock 1245 795 Wurlitzer 1610 Spinet Repoed only 6 mo old 700 Bradbury 490 Console Piano 25 in stock 1245 899 Lowery Holiday Mah Spinel 595 365 Lowery JLO Walnut I 995 695 Lowery LSA 2 Mon Mahogany Spinet 595 345 Kimbal200 Wai Spinet 495 300 id: iz ifii ildJEER PIECE OP 5120 $140 $160 ZsifEEJEIECE LZ2 L5Q 210 240 frmfJECE 160 240 280 320 2IQ PERPIECE 250 300 350 400 I 420 480 M''V rf 4 A 4 ii' your.

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