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#ValachiPapers

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Tom Hunt<p><a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/OrganizedCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganizedCrime</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a>: <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/MurderStable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MurderStable</span></a> owner is murdered, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Luciano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luciano</span></a> is deported from <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cuba</span></a>, production begins on <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/ValachiPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ValachiPapers</span></a> movie, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/KansasCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KansasCity</span></a> and <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Milwaukee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Milwaukee</span></a> bosses plan <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/LasVegas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LasVegas</span></a> skim operation, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philadelphia</span></a> boss Bruno is questioned, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> keeps Benny Eggs out of its casinos.</p><p><a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/MafiaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaHistory</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mafiahistory" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mafiahistory</span></a></span></p>
Thomas HuntOn or about this date in 1972, production began on The Valachi Papers movie.<br> <br> Read the story of the movie here:<br> <a href="https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/valachis-life-the-motion-picture?r=12oapz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/valachis-life-the-motion-picture?r=12oapz</a><br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ValachiPapers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ValachiPapers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Movies?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Movies</a> <a class="u-url" href="https://pixelfed.social/@MafiaHistory@a.gup.pe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MafiaHistory@a.gup.pe</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/OTD?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OTD</a>
Thomas HuntBy early 1966, news leaked that the federal government was preparing to allow publication of a book written by imprisoned turncoat mafioso Joseph <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Valachi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Valachi</a>. The plan drew widespread opposition, as it was feared the book would "slur all Italian Americans" (Quote from Il Progresso editorial of Jan. 9, 1966). Many complaint letters were sent to officials and legislators.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/OTD?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OTD</a> (Feb. 1) in 1966, a delegation of Italian Americans, including four U.S. members of Congress, met with Attorney General Katzenbach and two aides to oppose publication of the unseen Valachi manuscript. The Lyndon Johnson Administration soon reversed itself and decided to block publication.<br> <br> Journalist Peter Maas, initially brought into the project as Valachi's editor, was informed on Feb. 8 that publication would not be permitted. The government attempted to reach a cash settlement with <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Maas?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maas</a>, but he refused. Maas decided to work around the government's obstacles and publish his own book based on Valachi's information.<br> <br> Much more about Joseph Valachi is contained in The Treacherous World of Joseph Valachi (Informer, 2024), available as a hardcover, paperback and electronic book, and as a printed and electronic magazine. See: <a href="https://informer-journal.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://informer-journal.blogspot.com/</a><br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/MafiaHistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaHistory</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ValachiPapers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ValachiPapers</a>
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