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Slaying of oilman Ryan leaves investigators stumped
Evansville police, federal agents probe the death of Ray Ryan, a jet setting oilman linked to actors and mobsters. A car bomb exploded near the Olympia health resort as Ryan left after a workout, with authorities calling it a possible professional assassination but lacking concrete links to organized crime. IRS records and past investigations into Ryan’s cash dealings blur the motive, while connections to Mount Kenya Club and appearances by John Wayne and William Holden surface in the case.
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Evansville, Lad
Ray Ryan
Indiana
Ryan
Olympia Health and Beauty
Richard TenBarge
City Police
Internal Revenue Service
Hubert G. Davis
IRS
Indianapolis
Watertown
Wis
Evansville
Crossville
Palm Springs
Calif
California
Africa
Dean Martin Leroy Lewis
John Wayne
William Holden
Mount Kenya
Safari Club
Kenya
Pacific
Washington, D.C
Justice Department
Swiss
Federal Tax Administration
Commercial Credit Bank of Zurich
Carl Hirschmann
Holden
George Barnett
Barnett
Los Angeles
Marshall Caifano
Charles Delmonico
Caifano
Delmonico
Gerardo
Jerry Catena
Thomas Eboli
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Costa Nostra
Vito Genovese
Frank Erickson
New York
Lyndon B. Johnson