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l * .iumn.i uinGANGBUSTER WiCOMING BACKNilt;ca tAlthough the I residen ink - done little about thecrim in the st reets which 1'Vii made a campaign issue, he Justice Department un-d,. ■ Attorney General Mit-hell is about two moveagainst the overlords of or-ani zed crime the .any I a d e r ^ who control dope 1.1 affic, prosritution, gam -biin: , biytime bootlegging,and sirrilar highly profitable rackets. JIMitchell is forming sespecial task forces in key excities to carry out this in campaign much like I lliot tit Ness did against Chicagohoodlums in the days of mt i nhibition. i hey'11 use tr o\*ry available weapon si against the gang bosses, s.:from electronic gadget ry to beiuconn lax returns. tlI he crackdown will be- piunder the general super- 1-vision ol Henry 1 etersen hlt;of tin J usi ice Department’s a| organized crim section, a:who has been itching to ti} c to run the Mafia out ot business. He wasn t al- tl lowed to do so under De- ‘ mocratic Attorney General U K a m s e y C la rk, who strongly opposed the widespread use of wiretaps even . against underworld figures.I urther, Ramsey felt kthat the rapid increase in j crime in the streets over i the past several years was a a p rob 1 e m o f m o re i m med i - tate urgency to the Justice f Department as well as tothe public.Attorney General Not- chell disagrees, believes lt;■that local governmentsbear the chief responsibility for fighting street• crimes, and that the federal government should concentrate on organized crime beyond the reach of local authorit ies.kiI
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Monahans News
Monahans, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 03, 1969
Page 6
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Madison H.
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