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  • 50 years after disappearance, files reveal final photos of Jimmy Hoffa

    07/29/2025 5:18:36 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 19 replies
    NBC 5 Chicago ^ | 7/29/26 | Chuck Goudie
    Jimmy Hoffa’s final morning on earth, in late July 1975, began with a photo session at his suburban Detroit lakefront home, and thanks to government files, we can see those images 50 years after his disappearance. The portly labor icon posed for photos on July 30, 1975, and then drove to a scheduled luncheon meeting with a pair of hoodlums from Detroit and New Jersey. The mobsters never showed, standing up Hoffa, and the famed labor leader himself was never seen again. Hoffa remained officially missing for seven years, and was declared dead in 1982.
  • Patrick aides hint at Tocco's removal

    10/16/2007 9:39:50 AM PDT · by Disturbin · 35+ views
    The Boston Globe ^ | October 16, 2007 | Frank Phillips
    Governor Deval Patrick, determined to exert control over the University of Massachusetts system, is undaunted by his failed bid last month to remove UMass board chairman Stephen P. Tocco and is still planning his ouster, according to administration officials. Patrick aides have been testing sentiment among UMass trustees and said they expect the governor to have sufficient support to remove Tocco in a matter of months. Patrick was publicly stung when his allies on the board could not muster enough votes last month to force out the influential Tocco, who is an appointee of Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican, but...