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- ↑ Cox, Harold (November 3, 2004). "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1983–1984" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
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- ↑ Ex-councilman Asks Federal Judge For Freedom Leland M. Beloff Was Jailed For Extortion. Prosecutors Said He Should Serve His Full Term, The Philadelphia Inquirer , February 23, 1993.
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- ↑ "Beloff's Wife Makes Guilty Plea Gets Probation For Two Years". The Philadelphia Inquirer . July 26, 1988. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Disgraced Ex-City Councilman and Wife Sue "Luxury" Drug Rehab". Philadelphia Magazine. January 14, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Ex-con still plays politics in S. Phila". November 5, 2003. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ↑ Schneider, Howard. "Beloff Planning To Keep Seat", The Philadelphia Inquirer , June 30, 1986. Accessed November 19, 2013. "During a 20-minute interview in the den of his Longport home, Beloff, a former actor and prize-fighter - unshaven from his court appearance the day before and clad in a brightly colored striped bathrobe - offered no explanation or theories for the arrests."