Hoodlum Joe Valachi last week wound up his solo performance before the McClellan Committee in Washington, was quickly hustled off to his maximum-security cell to rest his throat until his instructive services are needed again.
During his five days of Senate testimony, Valachi, if nothing else, enriched the language with his litany by enabling the Justice Department to compose a list of the nicknames of killers, thieves and pimps in Cosa Nostra. Among them:
Little Tony, Tough Tony, Fat Tony, Tony Boy, Tony the Bum, Tony the Sheik, Tony the Geep, Tony Bananas...
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