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2. Frankie LaPorte - Wikipedia

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   Frank "Frankie" LaPorte (October 7, 1901 – October 30, 1972) was an Italian–American racketeer in the Chicago Outfit. [1] He was the Chicago Heights caporegime during the early 20th century. His closest associates in bootlegging included Ross Prio, Louis Campagna and onetime Outfit boss, Al Capone. [2]

3. List of people from Chicago - Wikipedia

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   20th Governor of Illinois: Hometown was Chicago John Ashcroft: May 9, 1942: U.S. Attorney General Born in Chicago Henry Moore Bates: Mar 30, 1869: Apr 15, 1949: Attorney Born in Chicago Rod Blagojevich: Dec 10, 1956: Congressman; governor of Illinois: Born in Chicago James Bowler: Feb 5, 1875: Jul 18, 1957: Chicago alderman; U.S. Congressman ...

4. Newspapers of the Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   Chicago Herald-American, 1939–1958 (became Chicago's American) Chicago Herald-Examiner, 1918–39 (became Herald-American) Chicago Journal, 1844–1929 (absorbed by Chicago Daily News) Chicago Mail, 1885–1894; Chicago Morning News, 1881 (became Chicago Record) Chicago Morning Herald, 1893–1901 (became Record-Herald) Chicago Post, 1890 ...

5. Lerner Newspapers - Wikipedia

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   At the last moment, the Booster, News-Star and Skyline titles were sold to the Wednesday Journal, another Chicago-area weekly group. [17] [18] In March 2009, the Wednesday Journal announced that it was dropping the News-Star and the Booster, along with the Bucktown/Wicker Park edition of the Chicago Journal (into which a Booster edition had ...

6. Charles Panici - Wikipedia

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   Charles "Chuck" Panici (December 26, 1930 - December 20, 2017 ) was mayor of Chicago Heights, Illinois from 1975 to 1991. He was also head of the Bloom Township Republican Party from 1978 to 1992. He was born in 1930 in the "Hungry Hill" section of Chicago Heights, a south suburb, which was the home to mainly Italian immigrants in a heavily ...

7. History of Walmart - Wikipedia

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   Responsible for the purchase and maintenance of signage, Walton's assistant, Bob Bogle, came up with the name "Wal-Mart" for the new chain. [2] By 1967, the company grew to 24 stores across the state of Arkansas , and had reached $ 12.6 million in sales, and by 1968, the company opened its first stores outside of Arkansas in Sikeston, Missouri ...