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- ↑ "Kansas City, Missouri Police Officers Memorial - Historical Section". www.kcpolicememorial.com. Archived from the original on 2005-05-08.
- ↑ "Salon People | Is the Mafia going the way of the great auk?". Archived from the original on 2000-01-18.
