Interesting there is no mention of Skinny D'Amato, dispatched by Sam Giancana to West Virginia with suitcase full of money (reports vary as to $50,000 - $150,000) - some would say at the behest of Joe Kennedy.
The sheriffs controlled the political machine in W. Va and were good friends and patrons of D'Amato who ran the 500 Club in Atlantic City for the mob. He was sent with a 'sweetener' to the sheriffs to make sure their support would not waver.
On the day JFK was inaugurated, D'Amato, Sinatra and other mob and rat pack people applied for their license for Cal-Neva Lodge in Nevada.
Ringa-ding-ding.
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