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...Dwyer, the committee charged, had contributed directly and indirectly "to the growth of organized crime, racketeering and gangsterism in New York City." It accused him of playing footie with Underworld Big Shot Frank Costello (who also came in for a sharp dressing down) and with failing to do his full duty as Brooklyn's district attorney before becoming mayor...
...began with his 2,900-word interview with Gambler Frank Costello, which International News Service syndicated across the nation last month. In Florida (where "your New York correspondent" spends his winters), the Knight-owned Miami Herald ran the Costello interview in full. But it also printed a flood of protests from readers, with such headlines...
...Orleans, a federal grand jury indicted five men for contempt of Congress for their refusal to answer some of the crime investigators' questions. Among the defendants: Dandy Phil Kastel, Frank Costello's New Orleans gambling partner, and Carlos Marcello, described by Kefauver as "one of the most important criminals in the country...
...Washington, twelve more, including Costello and New York-New Jersey Racketeer Joe Adonis, were cited for contempt by a unanimous vote of the U.S. Senate. The Senate extended the Kefauver committee's life for 30 days to give it time to write its final report...
...Miami Beach, Racketeer Frank Costello gave a 2½-hour audience to Walter Winchell in a Roney Plaza cabana. Costello thought that big-time gamblers like himself could be driven out of business only by legalizing gambling: abolishing horse races or ball games wouldn't do the trick. "The Weather Bureau says tomorrow will be sunny," explained Costello. "So you're a long-shot guy and you take a price it will rain. Isn't everything in life a gamble...