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Biography on richard n deprizio chicago


Richard N. DePrizio, 36, had been shot several times in the head, and his body was found in a parking lot off Wolf Road in Westchester, said..


1955

O’Hare Airport opens for domestic commercial traffic.

The new airport is named after Edward H. “Butch” O’Hare, a World War II hero and pilot whose father was a mob lawyer gunned down after helping federal authorities convict Al Capone.

News clipping: Chicago Tribune

1961

A barrage of bullets from a would-be hitman rocks an ongoing corruption probe into the first multi-million dollar expansion program at O’Hare.

Richard N. DePrizio, 36, was shot several times in the head with a small- caliber handgun, and evidence at the scene indicated the heavyset man.

  • Richard N. DePrizio, 36, was shot several times in the head with a small- caliber handgun, and evidence at the scene indicated the heavyset man.
  • These and other dealings by Richard N. Deprizio, the firm's president, including suspicions of affiliation with organized crime, led the United States Attorney.
  • Richard N. DePrizio, 36, had been shot several times in the head, and his body was found in a parking lot off Wolf Road in Westchester, said.
  • DePrizio was set to be indicted on tax fraud charges.
  • The Chicago Outfit is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Chicago, Illinois, which originated in the city's South Side in 1910.
  • A 52-year-old electrical supervisor at the airport narrowly escapes death as five shots hit his car. A day later, a federal grand jury issues a subpoena for his testimony about an alleged bid-rigging conspiracy for airport contracts.

    The criminal investigation ends with no charges related to the airport.

    News clipping: Chicago Tribune

    1974

    Ald. Thomas Keane, 31st, longtime chairman of the Chicago City Council’s finance committee, is sentenced to five years in federal prison for conspiracy and wire fraud in an investigation of corrupt c