FBI Files - The Patriarca Papers - Entry 10 (Patriarca Takes Out an Ad)

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FBI Files - The Patriarca Papers - Entry 10 (Patriarca Takes Out an Ad)

In the early 1960s, there was a cat-and-mouse game between the FBI and the Patriarca Crime Family.  And, 50 years ago, there was a running battle between Patriarca and the Providence Journal.

Patriarca thought the Providence-Journal's coverage was unfair and, at one point, took out an ad in the newspaper criticizing the coverage.

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Patriarca's ad opened with:

“For many years past your newspapers have intermittently insinuated that I am the head of some vague underworld of crime. In your colored and slanted news columns, I have been gratuitously characterized by the most unsavory names.”

Patriarca announces he is suing the Providence Journal in the ad.

READ PATRIARCA'S FULL AD BELOW


FBI Files - The Patriarca Papers - Entry 10

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