Gun Smuggling, Castro’s Cuba, and the Pittsburgh Mafia by Richard Gazarik Indie read-aloud rhymes encourage literacy and

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Gun Smuggling, Castro’s Cuba, and the Pittsburgh Mafia by Richard Gazarik Indie read-aloud rhymes encourage literacy andA Thrilling Lost Chapter of Mob Rule Western Pennsylvanias New Kensington was in the grips of Mafia control throughout the 1950s, with a bevy of bookie joints, gambling casinos and brothels. An outgrowth of the Pittsburgh mob, New Kensingtons Costa Nostra ordered a group of Mafiosi to break into a National Guard station in Ohio and steal a shipment of weapons. The guns were destined for Fidel Castro, who was waging guerrilla war in Cuba. The