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- ↑ "5 Indicted in Latest Inquiry Into Corruption in Chicago". The New York Times . 20 December 1990.
- ↑ "Silver Shovel's Mole Admits He's Covered With Dirt". chicagotribune.com.
- ↑ "Probe Unearths Another Load Of Graft at Chicago City Hall". pqarchiver.com.[ dead link ]
- ↑ "An Admission Of Corruption Probably Isn't Chicago's Last". The New York Times . 19 April 1996.
- ↑ "Chicago Tribune : SILVER SHOVEL CORRUPTION PROBE WIDENS". forensic-intelligence.org.
- ↑ "In Federal Indictment, Trust Is a Victim". The New York Times . 10 July 1997.