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Politicians / Politics: U.S. Senator (TN) Estes Kefauver


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Quick Fact - Kefauver in Hot Springs
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Quick Fact - Kefauver in Hot Springs

1924 Senator Carey “Estes” Kefauver (D-Tenn.), the driving force behind rooting out illegal gambling and organized crime in the United States in the 1950s with his famous eponymous committee, decades earlier had taught math and…

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December 15, 2017

Public Relations Nightmare for Nevada Gambling
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Public Relations Nightmare for Nevada Gambling

1951-1952 Gambling boomed in Las Vegas, Nevada immediately following Senator Estes Kefauver and his committee’s nationwide investigation into organized crime. The 27 hearings the group conducted in 14 United States cities in 1950 and 1951…

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July 13, 2016

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