Laverne Eugene Daugherty (July 31, 1922 - January 17, 1971): Difference between revisions
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The image to the left was unknown to me until 2006. The time is uncertain but presumably late 40s | The image to the left was unknown to me until 2006. The time is uncertain but presumably mid to late '40s. The ones below are all 1970.<br><br> | ||
Laverne had a high IQ, but was unable to find a better use for it than sporadic jobs and various criminal hustles, the largest of which resulted in the | Laverne had a high IQ, but was unable to find a better use for it than sporadic jobs and various criminal hustles, the largest of which resulted in the | ||
bust reported in the Chicago Tribune, Feb 13 1965 to the right. 2020-03-04 I retrieved it and some similar articles from that paper and they | bust reported in the Chicago Tribune, Feb 13 1965 to the right. 2020-03-04 I retrieved it and some similar articles from that paper and they | ||
put some things in context. He had been given probation for a '49 dope charge so there was a minimum 10 year sentence in '65, from which | put some things in context. He had been given probation for a '49 dope charge so there was a minimum 10 year sentence in '65, from which | ||
he was released by presidential pardon in late '69 due to cancer (where the IQ report of 160 was a factor). <br><br> | he was released by presidential pardon in late '69 due to cancer (where the IQ report of 160 was a factor). <br><br> | ||
A charismatic individual whose demeanor | A charismatic individual whose demeanor didn reflect the common desperation as exemplified in his particular circumstances, despite a lack of a socially acceptable career, he had | ||
very solid bourgeois values, similar to other siblings who were raised by a very strong single parent mother who was said to be a | very solid bourgeois values, similar to other siblings who were raised by a very strong single parent mother who was said to be a | ||
bootlegger in the prohibition, owned an apartment building and imparted those values to her sons, who unlike my father were successful | bootlegger in the prohibition, owned an apartment building and imparted those values to her sons, who unlike my father were successful | ||
entrepreneurs in various working class areas such as construction, etc. <br><br>You might think that due to the aforementioned | entrepreneurs in various working class areas such as construction, etc. <br><br>You might think that due to the aforementioned | ||
circumstances he was considered a failure but this is actually the opposite of the case. While his life was not long it was lead with | circumstances he was considered a failure but this is actually the opposite of the case. While his life was not long it was lead with | ||
enough dignity and style to command respect and not just by his family. | enough dignity and style to command respect and not just by his family. Although he apparently was my primary caregiver after | ||
birth by an early age | birth by an early age, as a result of the family psychodrama, there was a mutual antagonism from as early as I can remember which did not abate while he was alive. | ||
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