The task is to identify if a given passage or sentence has proper punctuation. This includes proper capitalization and the use of punctuations such as commas, semi-colons and full-stops. The answer is True if all punctuation is properly applied, else the answer is False.

appeared in The Dallas Times Herald on November 15, 1963.
False

When he appeared before the Commission, Michael Paine lifted the blanket
False

The conviction that he would escape had taken so firm a hold of him,

False