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Dr. McDonald’ Prefers Silence9By A. J. RL'TTKNBER NEWS Staff WriterHe says he's a man without a country.He doesn't talk about the fact that records tend to show that he has at least three wives.He’s an interesting person to talk to — the kind that if he’d open up — the story which would come out‘would make a novel.A Nice Place to Uve Among Nice People. Bay shore Gardens Homes Priced from flS.790 to fit. SM. Open nine to the morning uo-dJ Dark. Oa new OS 41 be two— Sarasota mod BradentonI’ve been offered to sell my j story but I'm not talking,’’ is his ; quick answer when you try to pry ! into the life of Dr.” Gordon Me- | Donald, whore real name is George 8. Talincoffi,,Warms Slightly Interviewed before being transferred from the relatively cool city jail to the county jail where he’ll be in company with some high ranking felons. McDonald warmed up only slightly about all his troubles.Currently facing a grand larceny charge of bilking a local widow out of $700, McDonald says:| “Wait until I get Into court andthen you'll really hear a story.One wonders if he’ll explain the wife in Sarasota, the one in Montreal, Canada and the possibility of one in Pensacola, Fla.McDonald, bitter over being kept in jAll for 14 days in what he said (but never explained) was a violation of his civil rights did *d-mit to spending 10 years in the federal pen in Leavenworth for mall fraud.What kind of mall fraud,” was the question.All Kinds Of Fraud “I’m not talking/’ was the warm-up answer to the follow up: There are all kinds of mall fraud.Why If you write a letter to yourbrother and tell him you want to *borrow |2,000 because your wifeis sick and then use the money tobuild a porch on your house, you are guilty of mall fraud.”We guessed that he’d built a lot of porches to rack up a 10-year term but McDonald shot back with I served my time.’* ’The brown-grey haired man who disputes the records that he’s 61 and does look more like 51 is quite a talker about medicine.(Continued on page 8)
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Sarasota News
Sarasota, Florida, US
Sun, Jul 10, 1960
Page 1
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