The Nation - News from Aug. 14, 1987
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A former leader and two members of the Jewish Defense League pleaded guilty in New York to racketeering charges that they used the organization to carry out bombings, extortion and fraud. Former JDL national chairman Victor Vancier, 30, and associates Jay Cohen, 23, and Murray Young, 59, each face up to 20 years in prison and $25,000 in fines. A fourth member pleaded guilty to aiding a tear-gas attack that disrupted the performance of a Soviet dance troupe in New York.
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