Fall Guy Claims Extortion Plot In Dallas Case
James Hollis Jones 49 says he is the fall guy in a $200,000 extortion plot against 20 Dallas Jewish families. He told reporters he was drunk when he met a couple at a tavern and cannot recall details of how the money package was set up, while his brother Ralph faces similar charges. FBI agents closed in after a dart fired at the money package, with a letter threat to wealthy Jewish families.
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Dallas
Texas
James Hollis Jones
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dallas County
FBI
Ralph Franklin Jones
U. S
Famil W. Madden Hill
Rich
George Schepps
Julius Schepps
James Hollis
Two South Korea Candidates Arrested for Abusive Criticism
National Police Chief Kim Chang Hung said two independent candidates Lee Yung Man and Sul Hwan Choo were arrested on charges of using abusive language in criticizing President Syngman Rhee's government.
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South Korea
National Assembly
Syngman_ Rhee
Kim Chang Hung
Lee Yung Man
Sul
Hwan Choo
Two Critics for McCarthy Face Hearing in Wisconsin
In Baraboo Wisconsin two leaders of the Joe Must Go Club testified as witnesses in a John Doe hearing over possible violations of the Wisconsin corrupt practices act. Leroy Gore Sauk City editor and club founder and treasurer Carl Lachmund were subpoenaed. Gore claimed backers of McCarthy would seek action against the recall drive while aiming to discover the initiator of the proceedings. District Attorney Harlan Melley refused to reveal details, saying only the matter concerns potential violations of campaign and election conduct.
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Baraboo
Wis
Wisconsin
John Doe
Leroy Gore
Sauk City
Sen
McCarthy
B.-Wis
Carl Lachmund
Gore
Sauk County
Kelley
Screen Play and Novel From FDR Notes About John Paul Jones
Hollywood reports Elliott Roosevelt and Robert Nolan using Frank lin D Roosevelt notes to finish a film scenario and a novel titled I Have Just Begun to Fight. The works honor the national naval hero, Jones, with negotiations ongoing with a studio and a publisher.
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Hollywood
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elliott
Robert
Nolan
John Paul Jones
Roosevelt
U. S. Navy
Paramount
Adolph Zukor
Iaid
Sétenario
Fdr
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