Word: sam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Halleck's "Clinic" or Lyndon Johnson's princely rumpus room can be as important as any committee hearing or party caucus. Even House Speaker John McCormack, a teetotaler, has decided as a matter of legislative policy to continue the gently liquid "Board of Education" meetings held by Sam Rayburn and earlier Speakers...
Such combinations as John Wylde and Gustafson, Bob Inman and John all new men, will probably replace the usual doubles teams of Sullivan and number four man Frank Ripley, or Niederhoffer and Sam Edelman, number...
...brother in a shantytown slum. Like the others, Jackson at first declined the invitation to be a murderer. But in the course of their two talks, Resnick discovered that Jackson passionately wanted to start a car-wash station of his own. The promised $200-enough to start his business, Sam pointed out-did the trick. Clemmie agreed, but absolutely refused to do the deed alone. He enlisted his brother and three other Negro youths to help him-and then, on the night of the murder, Clemmie backed out. The other four stuck together. Explained Spurlock later: "There...
...Jackson, Clemmie's brother, "and even if we did, we wouldn't none of us known how to use it." Alarmed, Resnick glanced around to see if any neighbors were looking, then quickly got into the car. Driving aimlessly around, the five men finally decided that Sam Resnick should die by garroting...
...Sam Resnick so eager to die? As of last week, that question remained unanswered. He had a personal-injury insurance policy with Lloyd's of London, which would pay $50,000 in the event of his death. But it was also payable for the loss of an eye or limb. "Why would he go that far," asked his son Martin Resnick, "when he could have arranged an accident to lose an eye or limb just as easily?" Even his story of being a cancer victim did not hold up. An autopsy disclosed that he was suffering from a heart...