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...occasion was a $100-a-plate benefit dinner for the Salvation Army. As a big contributor, Frankie had been appointed one of 123 vice chairmen of the Army's current fund-raising drive. The invitations were clearly inscribed "sponsored by Frank Costello," and Frankie hoped people would come. They...
...Frankie Costello is an underworldling with a difference: he has more money than most bank presidents and he never seems to be around when any rough stuff is going on. This enables him to maintain a snug Manhattan apartment and a big house in the Long Island countryside, to contribute to worthy causes, and to control as many Tammany politicians as he finds convenient...
...outside the know really knows just how many gambling joints in Florida and Nevada, how many slot machines in Louisiana, how many bookie joints and policy rackets in New York and New Jersey Frankie Costello* owns, operates, or controls-except that the number is large. But last week, New Yorkers could take a quick count of Costello-conscious politicians in the nation's biggest city...
Cornered, Supreme Court Justice Thomas A. Aurelio conceded that he had been there: "I don't care to say more." Justice Aurelio had good reason. In 1943, the District Attorney's office had tapped a conversation on Costello's private wire the morning after Aurelio's nomination by the Democrats. It went like this...
...Costello: "Congratulations. It went over perfect. When I tell you something is in the bag, you can rest assured...