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Frank DeSimone becomes leader of the Los Angeles crime syndicate following the death of Jack Dragna .

March - Teamster's Union President David Beck is brought before the McClelland Committee where he is charged with misappropriation of union funds well as his ties to organized crime figures by Senator Robert Kennedy and is imprisoned later that year.

March 11 - Frank Costello is released from federal custody as his case is reviewed by the United States Supreme Court .

May 2 - Frank Costello , surviving an assassination attempt, retires as the leader of the Luciano Crime Family as Vito Genovese assumes control.

June 17 - Frank Scalise is killed after refusing to cease dealing in heroin and selling selling memberships.

October 25 - Albert Anastasia murdered at a New York barbershop on the orders of Vito Genovese and undeboss Carlo Gambino (backed by Meyer Lansky ).

November 10 - A meeting is held in Livingston, New Jersey , possibly in connection to the Apalachin Conference.

November 14 - Over sixty organized crime figures are arrested at the home of Joseph Barbara during the Apalachin Conference . Following this incident, authorities are forced to admit the possibility of the existence of organized crime.

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DEATHS

David Berman , Las Vegas mobster

June 17 - Frank Scalise , New York mobster

October 25 - Albert Anastasia , boss of the present day Gambino Crime Family