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Private Eyes Watchful Guards Rule Private Security
Irving A. Goldfarb leads undercover work for Burns, Pinkerton, and Wackenhut as private security booms. Industry revenues neared $177 million in 1967 with about 176000 guards, many in uniform, securing plants, stores, and exhibitions while fighting employee theft and pilferage.
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Phil Thomas
NEW York
Irving A. Goldfarb
Goldfarb
Manhattan
William J. Burns International Detective Agency, Inc
Burns, Pinkerton’s, Inc
Wackenhut Corp
Burns
New York State Department of Corrections
W. Sherman Burns
Pinkerton's
Jesse James
Sam Bass
Pinkerton’s
the Fair Inc