Word: ransoms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...letters in your Jan. 21 issue of Lieut. Lerch and Mr. Ball [who angrily commented on the U.S. paying $120,000 ransom to Hungary for the release of four U.S. flyers] were very much to the point. Although only an ex-Hungarian, I felt very much ashamed for such a gangsterlike extortion by my former country, and now these two letters make me act. I am sure the only proper thing for anybody who is a Hungarian, or ever has been one, is to find the money to cover the amount of this brazen blackmail, and to refund...
...Colt revolvers, Mauser automatics and bandoleers. Their leader, a slim, handsome man whose badge of office appeared to be a pair of brown leather gloves, made a short speech. Money, said he. Stanton was ordered to send his lifeboat back to the Wing Sang, to pick up $10.000 in ransom, and a passenger or two as hostages...
...starting Lineup has Bob Ransom at number one, Captain Gerry Iannelli at number two, and Lou LeFevre at three...
Captain Jerry Iannelli provided four scores for the losers and paced their rally in the final chukkers. Bob Ransom with two goals, and Lou LeFevre with one, completed the Crimson line...
...This is nothing but blackmail, and could well be the beginning of another Barbary Pirate Affair ... If I were imprisoned under such circumstances ... I would rather spend a year in jail than to have the U.S. spend one cent in ransom...