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Word: lordy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Strike Force. It would hardly be surprising if it is. New Jersey was for years the domain of the late Vito Genovese, and since his death its rackets have been under the suzerainty of Gerardo ("Jerry") Catena. Nearly two years ago, the office of Essex County Prosecutor Joseph Lordi began to study the relationship between city officials and Mafiosi. In January, the Federal Government got into the act. A strike force of investigators from several agencies descended upon the state. Working with state officials and information developed by Lordi and the Essex County probe, it secured bribery and conspiracy indictments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cities: Crackdown in New Jersey | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

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