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The Jimmy Hoffa connection
Roving editor records Hoffa’s death ruling and recounts years of alleged ties with the Purple Gang. Hank Fine details meetings in Detroit and Chicago, methods to pressure management, and the rise of Hoffa within the Teamsters amid mob influence and political pressure.
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Fred Farris
Jimmy Hoffa
Hank Fine
Hoffa
Red Fox
Detroit
Anthony Provenzano
Anthony Giacalone
Jimmy
Bert Brennan
Fort and 12Th Street
Billy
Purple Gang
Chicago Teamsters Organization
Frenchy
Chicago
Paul Dorfman
Dorfman
National
Frank Fitzsimmons
The
Teamsters
McClellan
Bobby Kennedy
Walter Sheriden
Kennedy
Milwaukee
Dave Beck
United States
Bobby
Fitzsimmons
Union