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Memorar@um f- to =: MRL A. naif,» ‘ pate: May 1, 1962_ Tove fr 4 / A | . 7 FRoM : MR. G. H. SCATTERDAY ny | ty @ LL INFORMATION 9 i " " HEREIN IS UNCLASS? susject: CHARLES "SONNY" LISTON | be 0:33 BY SYNOPSIS: ite a _ DATES 30:38 ; News item 4-28-62 indicated three District of ColiMpia Boxi Commissioners considering issuing license for Sonny Liston to box -her Both Miller and Lee recommend license be issued. Osterman indicated Bsc review New York Commission investigation before deciding. | Directo requested summary on Liston and others, ; PEAS: sy ted, oy ‘iaseles g&_ Liston born 1927, Arkansas. Grew up under hardship -cpnditi “pe ens -actorg-arr ith charges such as e 950 deve , ’ ° ife An 3SO0 nitentiary in ed ability as boxer and with encoyragenéff of Father Stevens, Prison Chaplain, and Negro newspaper publisher 7 Mitchell was released on paro e and followed career in Golden Gloves tournaments. He became U.S, Golden Gloves champion and later inter- natimalchampion, Following this, he became a professional boxer and lie into the hands of St. Louis hoodlums, He has continued to be ow 1SSOUW at least in part by various hoodlums in New_York, St. Louis, and Pennsylvania, such as Joseph Barone, Frankie Carbo, Blinky Palermo, John Vitale and others, , Vitale in testimony before congressional committe to comment on his interest in Liston. Various individual listed as his manager, the last one of record was GeorgeMatz as of Hi. March, 1962, Katz is an old-time fight promoter from Philadelphia, Newspaper accounts during the past two years have indicated the probability of a match between Liston and Floyd Patterson, present heavyweight champion; however, Liston, because of his criminal record associates, has been turned down in New York and other citie ing considered_as chpice places to hold the match, cd 10n concerning Lis . previously furnished to then Deputy Attorney General Byron R, White On Sr8-6hs opi =p Or ae NMS LY, sco | e STIS pe gs y 157! WS q ; for the Director's information, _ 1 - - Belmont 1 - 1 er “ Section osen tAC - 7 MAY 11 1962 F-*°