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Sources: Mobster Meyer Lansky Tries to Desert USA

Class Struggle in Hollywood 1930-1950; Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds, & Trade Unionists, by Gerald Horne, University of Texas Press: Austin, 2001.

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Nevada State Journal, “Lansky Asks Citizenship in Israel,” Jan. 24, 1971.

Nevada State Journal, “Ex-Flamingo Owners Indicted,” March 26, 1971.

Nevada State Journal, “Lansky Refuses Return to U.S.,” July 4, 1971.

Nevada State Journal, “Some Jews Gaining Sanctuary in Israel Are From Underworld in U.S., Elsewhere,” Dec. 29, 1971.

Nevada State Journal, “Israel Declares Lansky ‘Leading U.S. Mobster,'” March 24, 1972.

Nevada State Journal, “Extradition Out,” March 25, 1972.

Nevada State Journal, “Lansky Indicted by Grand Jury,” June 8, 1972.

Nevada State Journal, “Lansky Citizen Appeal Rejected by Israeli Court,” Sept. 12, 1972.

Nevada State Journal, “Lansky Told ‘Go,'” Oct. 30, 1972.

Nevada State Journal, “Refused Entry,” Nov. 7, 1972.

Reno Evening Gazette, “Warrant Issued for Arrest of Lansky,” Nov. 5, 1971.

Reno Evening Gazette, “Lansky Fights for Citizenship in Israel,” Dec. 18, 1971.

Reno Evening Gazette, “Israel Calls Lansky Threat to Public Order,” Jan. 14, 1972.

Reno Evening Gazette, “Israel Court Urged to Deny Lansky’s Bid,” March 22, 1972.

Reno Evening Gazette, “Lansky Seeks Right to Live in Israel,” June 9, 1972.

Reno Evening Gazette, “Israel Rejects Lansky Appeal for Citizenship,” Sept. 11, 1972.

The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and its Hold on America, by Sally Denton and Roger Morris, Vintage Books: New York, 2001.