Word: hoffa
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...recasting a union that the President's Commission on Organized Crime in 1986 tagged the "most controlled" by the Mafia, notably by New York City's Genovese family. Four of the union's past seven presidents have been indicted on criminal charges; three of them (Dave Beck, James R. Hoffa and Roy Williams) went to prison. "The Teamsters are probably the most Mob-controlled union in the country's history," says Joseph Coffey, a top investigator at the New York State Organized Crime Task Force. "And they could still tie the nation up in knots if they wanted...
...wild card at the convention will be labor lawyer James P. Hoffa, 50, son of the legendary Teamster leader who disappeared in 1975, eight years after he went to jail for jury tampering. A federal judge barred Hoffa last month from running for office because he has held a job "in the craft" for only half of the required two years. Even so, Hoffa aims to line up enough delegate votes to amend the union's constitution to allow him to seek the presidency. Meanwhile, jackets emblazoned with the phrase FRIENDS OF HOFFA, the slogan used by his father, have...
...Hoffa's father may have been a crook, but he looked out for the members' interests (and paychecks) like no Teamster president who followed him. He died, most federal agents believe, because he finally stood up to the Mob after years of acquiescing. "When Jimmy Jr. walks out on that floor, there will be a revival that only his father could command," says an FBI agent who is close to the scene. "Just the mention of his charismatic name may generate a groundswell of support...
...Hoffa's son has pledged to root out the Mob, and his attacks on the current Teamster leadership have been fiery. But last week Hoffa sounded highly conciliatory as he pondered whether he will have to grovel for support from the Durham or Shea camps for a rules change to allow him to run. "Everyone's heart is in the right place," Hoffa says now about his opponents, sounding more and more like the consummate politician his father...
Some people want to know who killed Laura Palmer, the Twin Peaks homecoming queen with a past, the identity of whose murderer has been kept secret nearly as long as that of Jimmy Hoffa. More people, it seems, want to know about David Lynch's eating habits. How many damn fine cups of coffee (lots of milk, gobs of sugar) does he drink each day? Does he share the cherry-pie fixation of his TV hero, Special Agent Cooper? On the Tonight Show, Jay Leno quizzed Lynch about his Guinness Book-worthy consumption of chocolate milk shakes...