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- 1 2 "In Camden, Another Mayor Is Indicted on Corruption Charges". New York Times . March 31, 2000. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
Mr. Milan, who was elected in 1997, was the third Camden mayor to be indicted in the preceding 20 years. He was ensnared in a rolling investigation into drug dealing and official corruption that federal officials have conducted for more than a year.
- ↑ "Congressman, Mayor of Camden And 2 Indicted in Abscam Inquiry". New York Times . May 28, 1980. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
The indictment also charged Mayor Angelo J. Errichetti of Camden and two lawyers in Philadelphia, Howard L. Criden and Louis C. Johanson, with aiding and ...
- ↑ "George E. Brunner, Camden Ex-Mayor". New York Times . February 9, 1975. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
George E. Brunner, who was Mayor of Camden, N.J., from 1936 to 1959, died yesterday at This home in Haddon Township; N.J. He was 79 years old. ...