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Roosevelt / Stock Swindling / Assassination #225998

CBS Evening News for Wednesday, Oct 03, 1973
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(Studio) Last month convicted stock swindler Louis Mastriana involved former President' son Elliott Roosevelt in plot to kill Bahamas' prime minister Roosevelt appears before Senate subcommittee to deny allegations.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(DC) [Another convicted swindler Patsy LEPERA - links Roosevelt to other stk. swindling escapades.] [ROOSEVELT - denies all charges, claiming Mastriana and Lepera committed perjury before subcommittee ] Roosevelt concedes knowing underworld figures. [ROOSEVELT - charges underworld owns Miami Beach, Florida.]
REPORTER: Bruce Morton

Reporter(s):
Cronkite, Walter;
Morton, Bruce
Duration:
00:01:50

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