Jack Newton had won about $40,000 from Archie Chandler in a card game. Chandler was one of Bennie Binion’s men. Gene Gunter and Richard Jenkins, two of Binion’s enforcers, caught up with Newton later that night and robbed him, not only of the $40,000 but an additional $15,000.

The next night, seemingly unpreturbed by the robbery, Newton joined Candy to go bar hopping.

While they were out on the town, at about 1:30 AM a knock came on the door of a room at the Blue Top Inn on Davis Avenue. When Gene Gunter came to the door, a shotgun blew his head off.

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Born in Grayson County, Texas in 1904, Binion was the son of a horse trader and he spent his sickly youth traveling with his father. His schoolhouse was the campgrounds where horse traders gathered to awat market days. The subjects he studied were how to judge the age of a horse by looking at his teeth and gambling with cards and dice. He earned an “A Plus” in both courses. He nevere darkened the door of a church or a real schoolhouse.

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Jacob Leon Rubenstein, born 1912, was reared by a “low” Jewish family on Chicago’s South Side. It was a tough area of poor families where it was not safe for “good people” to go. His mother was illiterate and his father an abusive drunk.

American Jews are divided into two classes. A “low” Jewish family’s ancestors came from the Balkan area of Europe, where Arab blood had mixed in. The “high” Jew had more Jewish blood mixed with western blood. The “highs” look down upon the “lows”, much the same as a Negro with white blood considered himself better than a full blooded Negro.

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A big 2-sided sign on the Colony Club’s sidewalk pictured a gorgeous blond in a white cowboy hat, her 36-23-34 torso covered with a blue cowboy top and shorts, wearing empty gun holsters. The blond had her 2 Colt 45s pointed toward the camera. Beneath the sign the beautiful lady was identified as Candy Barr.

At the ticket office, a small sign warned that one must be at least 21 to enter the establishment. Each student purchased a five dollar ticket and entered the club. It was a slow night, half full or half empty, depending on your point of view. In the stage a young girl was traipsing around on the stage, swaying to the music of the small orchestra and slipping of pieces of her clothing. When her dance ended, the lights came up for intermission. Thomas and Fred ordered fifty cent soft drinks and waited for Candy Barr to appear. Suddenly all hell broke loose. A passel of Dallas cops poured in ans began arresting the college boys, including Thomas and Fred.

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When Travis told Candy he was moving to Brownwood to manage the club, candy contacted Gloria Carver at her house on Lake Brownwood. Gloria, now alone, invited Candy, and Ray, and the dogs to come live with her. To Candy, the arrangement was similar to the small block house she grew up in, crowded with so many brothers, and sisters, and hound dogs.

Story continued on Page 408 of Candy Barr, The Book.

Juanita Dale Slusher, Alias Candy Barr,Jack Ruby, Mickey Cohen, Bennie Binion, Joan Collins, Billy Graham, J. Edgar Hoover, Burt Lancaster, John Conley, Hugh Hefner- All names straight out of the history books. George A. Day has gathered names, places and facts in this book to describe the life of America’s first porn star and how a love affair in Dallas created a trap that landed her in Prison. A Pleasure to read with exciting revelations.

Adrian Nn Turnbow, PHD
Professor of Political Science, U of C, Berkeley

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For those of us who retain an interest in murder of Jack Kennedy on November 23, 1963 in Dallas, George Day, with information gleaned from the notorious stripper Candy Barr, bares it all and weaves an impressive account of what really happened that day. Candy Barr and Jack Ruby although never intimate were long time “platonic friends”, only because of the fact that Jack Ruby was gay. Day recounts the events leading to their close relationship and presents names, dates, and facts that solve the mystery of the assassination of a president. This book will leave you spellbound and amazed.

Fred P. Seato
Deaf Smith County Herald

K. Algonquin Calhoun
Editor, Cedar Hill Mountaineer

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Clem Alexander – Stowers Corner Windmill Gazette

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