The Nation - News from Jan. 14, 1986

Teamsters Union President Jackie Presser will not be compelled to testify at the federal trial in Kansas City of five men accused of skimming untaxed gambling profits from Nevada casinos. The agreement was worked out in a telephone conference call between the attorney for defendant John Cerone, a reputed Chicago crime boss, and Presser’s attorney, said John Miller, law clerk for U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Stevens Jr. Details of the agreement were not made public.