Word: cheech
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Voloshen's activities have stirred other interest. A federal grand jury in New York is investigating telephone calls he made from the Speaker's office to the Justice Department in an attempt to gain the release from jail of Frank ("Cheech") Livorsi, an eastern Mafia leader, because of the mobster's ill health. Another is looking into the roles of Sweig and Voloshen in a contractor's efforts to add $5,000,000 to the $11 million cost of a garage under the Rayburn House Office Building...
Valachi's testimony was little more than entertainment. His stories about "The Clutching Hand," "Three Finger Brown," and "Cheech" captured a large national audience and provided publicity for the committee's members, particularly its chairman, Senator John McClellan, who faces a tough reelection campaign. But they did not provide the Senators with any new information on or new insights into the nature of organized crime in the United States...