The Nation - News from Nov. 7, 1985
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Charges against one of nine reputed organized crime leaders on trial in Kansas City for allegedly skimming more than $2 million from Las Vegas casinos were dismissed. Prosecutors and defense attorneys refused to comment on why Carl Angelo DeLuna, 58, is no longer a defendant. Eight other reputed mob figures are accused of skimming gambling profits and dividing the money among mobsters in Las Vegas, Chicago, Milwaukee Kansas City and Cleveland.
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