THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 9, 1950

• The golden age of gangsters - mob - crime bosses
• Frank Costello - Meyer Lansky - Ralph Capone
• Joe Adonis - Mickey Cohan - racketeering inquiry

The top of front page has a one column heading: "COSTELLO ON LIST OF 150 RACKETEERS IN U.S. CRIME QUEST" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 60 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.

Background: Authorized on May 8, 1950, by Senate Resolution 202 under Chairman Estes Kefauver, the Kefauver Committee was a landmark inquiry into organized crime and racketeering whose primary significance lay in exposing nationwide syndicate networks to the American public through the new medium of live television. Traveling to 14 major cities and interrogating over 600 witnesses—including notorious mob bosses like Frank Costello and Meyer Lansky—the televised hearings captivated an estimated 30 million viewers, shattering the myth that organized crime was merely a localized issue and revealing deep-seated political corruption and gambling racketeering. Ultimately, this national reckoning not only transformed public perception and catalyzed federal law enforcement priorities, but it also laid the conceptual and legislative groundwork for future anti-racketeering statutes, most notably the groundbreaking Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act of 1970.