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This FBI file concerns an extortion and anti-racketeering conspiracy case involving boxing manager Frank 'Blinky' Palermo and Jackie Leonard. The released Los Angeles records describe disputes over a proposed Sugar Hart-Don Jordan bout, including Palermo's demand for a financial interest in Jordan's boxing contract. A 1959 FBI account records Truman K. Gibson Jr.'s role in televised boxing promotions, telephone contacts involving Gibson, Leonard, and Palermo, and Palermo's May 1959 arrest after leaving the Beverly Hilton without paying his bill. The file includes a November 16, 1959 memorandum to the Assistant Attorney General concerning Gibson's complaint and an April 3, 1961 teletype concerning information related to a trial.

FBI file number: LA 92-642 | Documents span: 1959-1961 | Released in 4 parts
Names in this file: Frank 'Blinky' Palermo, Jackie Leonard, Truman K. Gibson Jr., Sugar Hart, Don Jordan, Virgil Akins, Gaspar Ortega, Paul John Carbo, Joseph Sica
Subjects: extortion, boxing, anti-racketeering, organized crime, telephone records, FBI investigation