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- ↑ "FBI: Tip on Jimmy Hoffa prompts search". CNN . Atlanta, Georgia: Turner Broadcasting Systems. May 18, 2006. Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
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- ↑ "HOFFA ABDUCTORS REPORTED NAMED". The New York Times . December 5, 1975.
- ↑ Waldron, Martin (1979-07-11). "Provenzano Gets A 20‐Year Term In Rackets Case". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ↑ "Tony Pro, Thomas Andretta, Stephen Andretta, Gabriel Briguglio | Dengrove". archives.law.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ↑ "U.S. v. LOCAL 560 (I.B.T.), (D.N.J. 1991) | D.N.J. | Judgment | Law | CaseMine". www.casemine.com. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ↑ "The Cast of the Hoffa Mystery Today". The Washington Post . 2019-01-24.