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Muggeridge came to this conclusion after reading seven books, ranging from Young John Kennedy, by Gene Schoor. to Of Poetry and Power, a collection of verse commemorating the deeds and the person of the late President. "A good deal of this grisly material," Muggeridge wrote, "had already been published before the Dallas tragedy, and to a jaundiced eye bears unmistakable signs of external direction. Certain episodes recur, narrated in almost identical words, in a manner which irresistibly suggests the existence of a cyclostyled* master-version. Anyone acquainted with the late President, or even with one or other of his intimates...
...stronger the man, the more self-restraint he must exercise," said New York Supreme Court Justice Saul S. Streit, counting out retired Heavyweight Champ Rocky Marciano, 39, who lost a decision to Gene Schoor, 45, author of the recent biography Young John Kennedy. Schoor claimed he was boffed by the Rock back in 1960, following an argument about a ghostwriting deal, and "my ears have been ringing ever since." Schoor's balm...
Captain Dick Schoor batted in the varsity's second run in the sixth inning with a long double which landed less than five feet inside the left field line. Catcher George MacDonald scored on the play...
...weeks later, just before the case came to trial, Schoor decided to pay a $12.50 fine. Having summoned the jury, however, the presiding justice of the peace let the prosecution call its witnesses. From the New York Aquarium came an ichthyologist to testify that no pickerel in his experience had ever shrunk more than a quarter of an inch. Indignantly Emil Schoor changed his mind about dropping the case, asked for a change of venue. The court refused the petition, clapped the defendant in jail. Released on bail, Schoor went to the State Supreme Court, got his change of venue...
...Schoor's experts stretched the maximum pickerel shrinkage to three-quarters of an inch. The jury was out two hours. Said the foreman: "Guilty." The judge: "$50." Emil Schoor threatened to appeal...