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Pirated videocassettes nabbed
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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) - FBI agents in
raids Tuesday seized $15 million worth of pirated
video cassettes of such movies as Annie, Star Wars,
Poltergeist and Rocky III, officials said.
Neil Herman, spokesman for the FBII's office in
New Rochelle, said agents raided the Spring Valley
home of Leonard Shordone, 40, his business, Pelham
TV & Appliance in the Bronx, and.the Bronx home of
Salvatore Pascale, 35.
Neither man was arrested. Herman refused to
comment on whether they were cooperating with
authorities.
He said both Shordone and Pascale were present
when about a dozen agents arrived. Herman said he
did not know Pascale's occupation or whether he was
connected to Shordone's business.
An estimated 1,000 movie titles were included in the
cassettes seized, Herman said, including relatively
new film. The tapes were worth $15 on the market if
distributed to movie theaters or sold for use on homne
video recorders, he said.
Herman said Shordone and Pascale obtained the
bootleg tapes - copied from the master tapes of the
movies - often before the movies opened in theaters.
Herman would not say where the FBI suspects they
got the copies.
The pirated tapes were in most cases in-
distinguishable from the real thing, Herman said.
The FBI began its inquiry into the bootleg tape
business two years ago when federal copyright laws
were changed to make film piracy a felony
punishable by up to five years in jail and possible
$250,000 fines, Herman said.
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Rewards offered for
'1Monroe's secret diary
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LOS ANGELES (AP)- A former
coroner's investigator says he was
coerced into sighing a certificate in-
dicating Marilyn Monroe's death 20
years ago was a suicide, but the chief
coroner at the time disputes any coer-
cion.
Meanwhile, a fine arts dealer has up-
ped the ante on the search for a diary
purportedly kept by Miss Monroe, of-
fering $i00,000 for its recovery.-A detec-
tive agency has already posted a $10,000
reward for the journal.
Monroe died 20 years ago this week.
John Bowen made the $100,000 offer
for the diary Tuesday, saying it was for
an unidentified industrialist who wants
the book for a private collection.
Previously, Robert. Slatzer, a long-
time friend of Monroe's, and Milo
Speriglio, the head of Nick Harris
Detectives Inc., said they believe
Monroe was murdered, with the private
investigation team offering a $10,000
reward for the diary.
Speriglio cheered the larger offer,
saying it increased the chances the
diary will be found. Under the terms of
the offer, Speriglio would be allowed to
inspect the journal.
Pirouette
Ron Reagan, son of President Reagan, performs a pirouette while taping a
90-minute ballet television special in Montreal.
Former coroner's investigator Lionel
Grandison said Tuesday he believed
"there were circjmstances surrounding
Monroe's death that should have been
investigated," but at the time he "got
the impression there's where my future
lies, in following orders."
Grandison, then 22, said he didn't
want to sign the certificate because the
investigation wasn't complete.
Curphey, who was chief medical
examiner and coroner at the time, said
Tuesday that it is "absolutely not true"
that he coerced Grandison into signing
the certificate for the 36-year-old star.
Roger Richman, who represents
Monroe's estate, criticized those
making statements about the
possibility that she was murdered. He
said Tuesday that he accepts the
coroner's report that she committed
suicide.
Photos of
Marilyn,
Monroe
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most often requested among 12 million
news photographs in the library of Wide
World Photos, a subsidiary of The
AssociatedPress.
It shows Marilyn's dress billowing
upward in a scene from "The Seven-
Year Itch."
"WE WERE shooting on Lexington
avenue in New York, and bleachers had
been put up across the street for people
to watch," recalls film co-star Tom
Ewell. "Marilyn and I were walking
down the sidewalk, and neither of us
knew that a wind machine had been
placed in a subway grating.
"During the first walkthrough, the
machine blew Marilyn's skirt up-and
she didn't like to wear anything under-
neath. People across the street
cheered, and I tried to pull down her
skirt. The director, Billy Wilder, said to
me, 'You damned fool, you're ruining a
million dollars' worth of publicity!'
"Marilyn went into the lounge of the
Trans-Lux Theater where we were
filming and put on some panties. I
remember that Joe DiMaggio was
there, and he said to her, 'If you go out
there again, I'm leaving.' Marilyn said,
'I'm going,' and we did the scene on
film. "Shortly afterward, Marilyn and
Joe separated."
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