News and Views of Literary London
Date: 09 October 1938
By HERBERT W. HORWILL
Herbert HORWILL
Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger Jr. (October 8, 1938 – June 29, 2022) was an American outlaw biker who was a founding member of the Oakland, California charter of the Hells Angels in 1957. After forming the Oakland charter, Barger was instrumental in unifying various disparate Hells Angels charters and had the club incorporated in 1966. He emerged as the Hells Angels' most prominent member during the counterculture era and was reputed by law enforcement and media to be the club's international president, an allegation he repeatedly denied. The author Hunter S. Thompson called Barger "the Maximum Leader" of the Hells Angels, and Philip Martin of the Phoenix New Times described him as "the archetypical Hells Angel", saying he "didn't found the motorcycle club ... but he constructed the myth". Barger authored five books, and appeared on television and in film.
Barger served a total of 13 years in prison, following a conviction for heroin trafficking in 1974, and a 1988 conviction for conspiracy to bomb the clubhouse of a rival motorcycle club, the Outlaws. He was also acquitted of murder in 1972, and of racketeering in 1980. Barger rejected accusations from law enforcement characterizing the Hells Angels as an organized crime syndicate, and maintained that the club should not be held accountable for crimes committed by individual members.
Læs mere...8. oktober 1938 var en lørdag under stjernetegnet for ♎. Det var 280 dag på året. Præsident for USA var Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Date: 09 October 1938
By HERBERT W. HORWILL
Herbert HORWILL
Date: 09 October 1938
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Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Date: 08 October 1938
C. E. BACON.HAROLD E. WILLMORE.ARTHUR C. HOLDEN.RUSSELL GORDON CARTER.W. G. WEISBECKER.NATHANIEL PHILLIPS.HARRY ELMORE HURD
C. BACON
Lr on boat yards hit by hurricane
Date: 08 October 1938
Date: 09 October 1938
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Date: 08 October 1938
B Cederoth joins staff
Date: 09 October 1938
By HENRY R. ILSLEY
Henry ILSLEY