Gambling and mob influence in Nevada under Kefauver
Senator Estes Kefauver surveys Nevada gambling, noting Las Vegas and Reno as mob hubs. He cites Bugsy Siegel, Benny Binion, and Harold Noble, detailing licensing loopholes, the Last Frontier and Golden Nugget ties, and the paradox of regulation amid violence. He warns legalized gambling fuels crime while legitimate business suffers.
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Las Vegas
Reno
Bugsy Siegel
New York
Murder, Inc
California
Lester
Benny) Binion
Dallas
Binion
Texas
Harold Noble
The
Cat
Noble
Nevada
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Nevada State Tax Commission
Denton News Briefs and Local Obituaries
Coasting on Denton hill drew young crowds while road travel stayed hazardous early week. Rev. Howard Adams of Dagsboro Del died Thursday and will be buried in Denton. Bids opened in Dover for Greenwood-Lickman State road segments. December blizzard disrupted travel in the East. Denton area saw about 12 degrees on Tuesday. Denton’s Porter buys Peninsula Hotel in Salisbury. Francis Yeoman runs the Denton Hotel. Eugene M. Bonwill dies at 85 in Still Pond. survived by children in Kent and Queen Anne’s counties. Rebecca LeCompte’s body moved to Greensboro for burial. she died of heart trouble at 82. Oaks school attendance readers listed. Local hog weights recorded. Harper Young dies after vehicle injury. Royal Arch banquet held at Parish House. Edenton Chapter 36. Fischetti gang figures and Bugsy Siegel era noted in crime column. next week on lobbying and mob scenes in California. Condensed from Crime In America by Estes Kefauver.
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Denton Hill
Howard Adams
Dagsboro
Del
Denton
S. L. Adams
T. H. Towers
Hobbs
Greenwood
Charles R. Porter
Salisbury
Harry Phillips
Porter
Francis I. Yeoman
Eugene M. Bonwill
Still Pond
Rebecca LeCompte
Harvey Dobson
Wilmington
Greensboro
LeCompte
Dobson
Glenn Spicher
Oaks School
Wilson Smith
George Adams
Paul Oros
Lester Smith
Norman Adams
Artley Clark
Wilson Jopp
Marvin Butler Dawson Sapp
Verna Henzen
Mary Wright
Celeste Clark
G. L. Jopp
I. N. Smith
Sam Price
Isaac Starkey
Harper Young
James Young
Goldsboro
Easton
M. IX. Church
C. R. Curtis
Edenton Royal Arch
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Crime In America
Estes Kefauver
United States
Tax Commission
William J. Moore
Last Frontier
Moore
Sen
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Life Blood of Gambling
Rudolph Halley
Commission
Clifford Aaron Jones
Pioneer Club
Golden Nugget
Jones
Robert E. Jones
Siegel
Lucky Luciano
Frank Costello
Joe Adonis
Flamingo Hotel
Moe Sedway
Nevada Wire Service
Virginia Hill
Beverly Hills
Calif
East Coast
Chicago
Journal of
Fischetti Brothers
Chicago - Capone Syndicate
Frank Erickson
Detroit
Bugsy
Flamingo
Morris Rosen
Stearns Brothers
Santa Anita Club
Frontier Club
America
Estes Kefauver. Cor
Doubleday, Inc
General Features Corp
WNU
Mevem
Local Trademarks. Inc
SRE
Hamilton
Bulova
Elgin
Seth Thomas
Sterling Flatware
Stieff
C. Elward
Candlewick
Westmoreland Milk Glass
Vicks VapoRub
Vicks
Clinton Morris
TAK KL
Ahabghiye
Chevrolet
Fisher
Uni
Fifth & Gay Streets
Denton, Maryland
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