Word: mobster
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wilson did make some remarkable admissions during the interview with Beaty: he acknowledged receiving help from an alleged mobster ("It wasn't much money") and said he had used his influence to help his supporter ("We tried to help with a Government-guaranteed loan but it didn't work, and they had to get the money from the Teamsters...
...being one of our largest domestic news bureaus, in terms of the population and territory it covers (from North Dakota and Minnesota south to Oklahoma), the Midwest bureau is also the oldest. It was established in 1929 and counts as the first cover it reported a 1930 piece on Mobster Al Capone. Nowadays the big stories that occupy the bureau can range from projects involving long-term reporting, like our November 1978 cover on "The New U.S. Farmer" to this week's fast-breaking examination of "Grain As a Weapon." Such high-pressure assignments can be tough...