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Of the many precious pictures I have from my summer as a Congressional intern in Washington, none is quite as memorable as the one with Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio), perhaps because it was so darn hard to get. Unfortunately, after his conviction in federal court last week on 10...
It is an American tragedy that Traficant, age 60, faces up to 63 years in prison and $2 million in fines. He has represented the people of Youngstown, Ohio in the House for the past 18 years. In that time, he has made his mark as an independently-minded Democrat...
Traficant appealed not only to bored C-SPAN viewers but also to a dying steel community like Youngstown, where his energy and enthusiasm for “banging away in D.C.” made him immensely popular. This is all the more remarkable because Traficant has persevered in the...
Traficant continued in the same vein in his recent trial—again acting as his own counsel—arguing that the FBI has been out to get him ever since he beat their rap in his first case. The charges brought against him this time—that...
DIED. MARIA FELIX, 88, sultry screen siren of Mexican cinema's golden age whose career spanned 47 films; in Mexico City. Best known for classics of the 40s and 50s like Dona Barbara, La Cucaracha and Enamorada, Felix married four times and had numerous lovers, the painter Diego Rivera among...