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In 1956, an episode that seemed to glorify hoodlumism drew such a loud chorus of protest that some 30 newspapers suspended the strip.

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Racketeering in labor was simultaneously attacked when New York's Doctor-Senator Copeland left Washington with a committee to investigate hoodlumism in New York, Detroit, Chicago.

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Eight months ago, Goodman Quevedo went to work to stop youthful hoodlumism, started a kind of grown-up Boys Club for the zooters.

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A day after denying that such organized hoodlumism existed in Boston, Saltonstall ordered State police to investigate, prevent further outbreaks.

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In small towns hoodlumism is rife, and the hoodlums are usually the children of the best citizens.

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