Word: localization
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...mayor including the mayor of Boston--who believes in the asininity that local officials cannot end racketeering in his town in either a liar or a moron," claimed Ray Sprigle, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, at last night's Law Forum...
...Southern District of New York, on the topic, "Crime in the United States," Sprigle said, "Ten honest aggressive cops could wipe out the rackets in Boston. When you hear anyone asking for federal laws to end racketeering, remember that it exists only with the permission and cooperation of local law enforcing bodies...
Nichols, outlining the duties of the F.B.I., said he looked forward t the day when his organization did not need to concern itself with investigations to the present extent, but could serve instead as a kind of central information service for responsible local law enforcing groups...
Sprigle attempted to destroy the public "misconception" of nation-wide racketeering syndicates which operate with boards of directors from lavish underground haunts. "Rackets--that is, gambling, prostitution, etc.--are by nature local," he stated, "for they depended on local politics for their existence...
...award to donated by a group of local businessmen in honor of the late tobacco mogul who died in 1941. It is given to a player in the New England area, and last year went to John Toner, Boston University captain whose position was taken over by Harry Agganis...