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Originally Posted by JimCraig
I believe the name is Barney Ross.
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What a surprise that the name on Gibbon's Cloverdale Social Club card was boxer Barney Ross.
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Originally Posted by Noir_Noir
Barney Ross was a lifelong friend of Jack Ruby. He testified as a character witness on Ruby's behalf at his trial for killing Lee Harvey Oswald.
Another old friend of Ruby was one Maurice "Frenchy" Medlevine. He was interviewed for the Warren Commission Report regarding his links to Ruby.
I wonder what Maurice was up to in the mid 1940's.
From an FBI General Crime Survey in 1945.
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My gosh . . .what a discovery
Noir Noir!
I found some interesting information on Irving "Ruff" Goldenberg (mentioned, above, with Medlevine)
and with a TYPO.
California Organized Crime Report 1957
This is where it gets real weird, folks.
After piecing together bits of information I believe that,
there is a slight possibility, Irving Goldberg is the father of. . .are you ready for this?. . . .Frank Gehry!
....(don't laugh)
You see:
....Frank Gehry's last name, before he changed it, was Goldberg. . .and Gehry's father's first name was Irving.
below: note the mention of slot machines.
encyclopediaofworldbiograhies
Here's a 2nd source that also mentions slot machines.
They had relatives with connections to mobsters.
And this is
very strange. Irving Goldberg was buried as Irving Gehry.
Why would they do that?
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