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[31]JFK Assassination System
[32]Identification Form
[34]Agency Information
[35]HSCA
[36]180-10104-10294
[37]NUMBERED FILES.
[38]HSCA
[40]Document Information
[41]HSCA
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[46]BINION, BENNY.
[47]CAMPISI, JOE.
[48]JAFFE, MILTON.
[49]INS, FILES.
[50]CIVELLA, JOSEPH.
[52]OTHER TEXTUAL.
[53]Unclassified
[55]3
[57]Redact
[59]01/27/1997
[61]INS file review; typed notes. Box 250.
[63]NW 60326 Docid:32260736 Page 1
[65]Date:
[67]10/6/201
[70]INS File
[74]ae Howard Shapiro
[75]Hdduec
[77]Reviews
[79]A. Benny Binion File #A8 952 077
[81]DOB: 11/20/04
[82]POB: Pilot Grove, Texas
[83]FBI #206 216
[85]General Information:
[87]Took over policy in Dallas after Freiden killed in
[88]1936 ~- ex-boss of Dallas million dollar policy
[89]racket -- had 40% of Herbert Noble's take -- in
[90]protection racket he had trouble with Noble, bitter
[91]enemies -- 7 attempts to kill Noble -- Noble's wife
[92]killed 11/29/49 when she started her car.
[94]DPD Lt. reportedly tapped phone calls and miked room --
[95]BB supposedly knew who killed Noble's wife and would
[96]have him killed in jail as good-will gesture if Noble
[97]let BB back into Dallas rackets. BB fled Dallas in
[98]1946.
[100]Record: ‘charged in Freiden killing but released 12/28/36.
[101]charged concealed weapon 9/30/32.
[102]homicide conv. of bootlegger 5/25/32; got
[103]suspended sentence.
[104]12/6/53 news clip:
[106]- BB pays ‘$516,541.93 in back taxes
[107]- Still got 5-year sentence on tax evasion rap.
[109]1956 invest. satisfies INS that BB is U.S. citizen
[110]through birth as he claimed and will not be deported.
[112]7/8/55 INS memo:
[113]- BB currently prisoner at Leavenworth.
[115]BB file also contains reference to invest. of Harry
[116]Remer Urban. DOB: 9/9/06; Dallas
[118]NW 80326 Docid:327260736 Page 2
[120]Howard Shapiro
[122]INS File Reviews...page 2
[124]B. R.D. Matthews File #Al14 529 111
[126]- 3/23/65 report:
[128]RDM was born 9/26/20 under the name Russell Douglass
[129]Boyd, Jr. and later changed his name in court.
[131]Says RDM has been arrested many times since 1948.
[132]INS concludes that RDM appears to be U.S. citizen.
[134]Name change was in Dallas court on 11/17/60 (Bureau
[135]of Vital Stats Certificate #39787 #5139).
[137]Attached affidavit from RDM's mother:
[138]- Says RDM served in Marines in WW-II
[140]- RDM used Matthews after father died and mother
[141]remarried.
[143]NW 60226 Docid:32260736 Page 3
[145]Howard Shapiro
[147]INS File Reviews...page 3
[148]Cc. Joe Campisi File #Al12 531 109
[150]- 8/5/69 letter
[152]- Says JC, Peter J. Piccola, and Jimmy I. Maggiota are
[153]of interest to 0.C. and racket section of Justice
[154]Department.
[156]- 3/7/62 report:
[158]- Verifies JC's citizenship (through his father and
[159]school records).
[161]- Carlo Campisi - says he came to U.S. with wife in
[162]1907 to La. Moved to Dallas in 1917.
[164]- Lists JC as a gambler, making bets in excess of
[165]$1000 on baseball games and says he knows many
[166]influential people in Dallas city government and DPD.
[168]- 11/7/61 memo
[170]- INS investigator lists Dallas residents who are
[171]involved in gambling rackets and/or liquor rackets:
[173]JC
[175]S. Campisi
[177]Jimmy Maggiotta
[179]Joe L. Tinnerrello
[180]Joseph J. Colletta
[181]John Michael Carcelli
[182]P. Piccola
[184]Johnny Patrona
[186]NW 88326 Docld:322760736 Page 4
[188]Howard Shapiro
[189]INS File Reviews...page 4
[191]D. Sam Campisi File #A12 531 043
[192]DOB: 5/20/20
[194]- 10/23/63 memo:
[195]- Lists individuals identified as LCN members:
[197]sc
[199]Charles P. Manicchia
[200]Ross Peter Interrante
[201]Luke Cortemeglia
[202]Jimmy Maggiotta
[203]Phillip Municchia
[205]NW 88326 Docid:32260736 Page 5
[207]Howard Shapiro
[209]INS File Reviews...page 5
[211]E. Joseph Civello File #All 302 676
[212]DOB: 2/3/02, Port Allen, La.
[214]- 9/9/59 - memo
[216]- Original family name was Shivera; changed to
[217]. Civello in 1932.
[219]~ Few news clips on Civello and Appalachia meeting.
[220]- 5/22/59 memo
[222]- Says Civello and Frank Desimone claim to be cousins.
[223]INS Unable to verify this.
[225]- 3/13/59 news clip
[226]-~ JC won't testify before L.A.
[227]g-j. - his attorney sayd he's uneducated and confused.
[229]g-j. - will give him another chance before contempt
[230]rap.
[232]-9/11/58 report
[233]- Ross Musso is JC's brother-in-law.
[234]Civello's file contains testimony given by John Cusach, Narcotics
[235]Agent, on 1/19/58 before N.Y. Joint Legis. Comm. on Govt.
[237]Operations.
[239]- This text runs down list of top Mafia men in 1958 with
[240]brief bio sketches.
[242]- Civello is mentioned; says he was convicted in Dallas in
[243]1937 (on narcotics rap?) and got 15-year sentence -
[244]commuted and released from prison 11/6/48. Now he has
[245]pardon application pending.
[247]- Gabriel Mannarino is mentioned: DOB - 10/31/16, Pau
[249]- Says he runs numbers and slot machines with brother
[250]Sammy in Westmoreland Cty, Pa.
[252]- In 1950 word was that GM was going to move in on
[254]Pittsburgh numbers racket and let "Cuban mob" take
[255]over in New Kensington.
[257]NW 68326 Docid:32260736 Page 6
[259]Howard Shapiro
[261]INS File Reviews...page 6
[263]E. Joseph Civello. (Cont'd)
[265]- Info that Mannarino has concession at Sans Souci in
[266]Havana (owned by Trafficante).
[268]- 11/26/57 report
[270]- Lists murder arrest for JC on 7/14/23 - later
[271]exonerated.
[273]NW 60226 Docid:32260736 Page f
[275]‘Howard Shapiro
[277]INS File Reviews...page 7
[279]F. Milton Jaffe File #A13 093 381
[280]DOB: 8/19/95, Braddock, Pa.
[281]- 6/4/63 report
[282]- Lists prior residences as:
[284]- 5725 Torkes Ave., Pittsburgh
[285]- 6308 Pennsylvania Ave., Pittsburgh
[287]- Employment last five years:
[289]- Owns 2% interest in Karat, Inc, dba Stardust
[290]Casino, L.V.
[292]- Prior occupations: gambling, 6308 Penn Ave.,
[293]Pittsburgh.
[295]- Details Jaffe family history -nothing startling.
[296]" =. 2/18/63 memo
[297]- Lists MJ as important figure in L.V. gambling
[298]circles along with: B. Rothkopf
[300]M. Rubin
[303]NW 88326 Docid:327760736 Page 3
[305]Howard Shapiro
[307]INS File Reviews...page 8
[309]G. Pedro Digno Fox-Zamora File #Al2 479 246
[310]FOB: 6/13/13, Havana
[312]- Copy of PF's naturalization certificate - #38033; 3/15/68
[314]~ Signed Pedro Rudy Fox (wants name changed to this)’
[315]- Lists DOB as 10/24/09
[316]- Admitted to US 11/29/61
[317]- Res.:. 302 Beacon Blvd., Miami. .
[318]- Says since 5/29/61 he has never left U.S. for more
[319]than six months. ,
[320]- Last place of foreign residence is Tropicana
[321]nightclub.
[322]- Present occupation: restaurant captain at
[323]Deauville Hotel.
[324]- Denies Communist affiliation and criminal record.
[326]- Other names used: Rudy P. Fox
[327]- Was general manager at Tropicana.
[329]~- Records show entry into N.Y.: 5/18/60
[332]- Passport #14776
[334]- Fox applied for immigrant visa at American Embassy in
[335]Mexico City.
[337]- Says he is a merchant.
[339]- Lists assets as: $ 5,000 cash
[340]81,200 bank deposits
[341]15,000 real estate
[342]10,000 investment
[344]- Residences: 1924-29 Havana
[345]1929-39 Miami
[346]1939-60 Havana
[347]1960-date Miami
[349]NW 88326 Docld:32260736 Page 9
[351]Howard Shapiro
[353]INS File Reviews,...page 9
[355]H. Martin Gabriel Zamora-Fox File #Al2 416 893
[356]DOB: 3/18/96, Matanzas, Cuba
[358]- 3/25/66 letter to Social Sec. Adm.
[360]~ Says MF is Pedro Fox's brother.
[362]- MF entered U.S. 7/2/61 at Miami from Mexica as permanent
[363]resident. .. ,
[365]- This is response to Pedro Fox 3/23/66 request for info
[366]so his brother can get Medicare benefits; note on
[367]request says applicant is mentally ill -- don't know
[368]if this means Pedro or Martin.
[370]- 7/2/61 immigrant visa application
[372]- Martin has passport #13603
[373]- Lists occupation as real estate owner
[374]Assets: $ 15,000 cash
[375]50,000 bank deposits
[376]30,000 real estate
[377]- Martin was always in Cuba.
[379]- 6/26/61 letter from Pan American Bank, Miami to U.S.
[380]Consul, Mexico City
[382]- Says MF has had checking account with substantial
[383]deposits since October 1952.
[385]NW 88326 Docld:32260736 Page 10
[387]Howard Shapiro
[389]INS File Reviews...page 10
[391]I. Luis Eusebio Balbueka-Calzadillo File #Al12 854 523
[393]- Naturalization certificate #47462 - 5/1/70
[395]DOB: 12/15/28; Guantanamo, Cuba
[397]Denies Communist affiliatons and criminal record
[399]Residence: 450 N.W. 45th Ave., Miami
[401]Has lived in U.S. since 7/6/62
[403]Lawfully admitted 8/23/64
[405]Previous U.S. addresses: 927 SW 3 St., Miami
[406]918 SW 10th St., Miami
[408]- Employment in U.S.:
[409]1/68 Aero Cast, Inc.
[410]9/65 - 1/68 Air Craft Casting
[411]2/64 - 9/65 Spring Lock Scaffol
[412]3/63 - 2/64 Singer Co.
[413]10/62 - 1/63 Richards Dept. Store
[414]- Occupation:: caster
[416]- Worked for U.S. Government, Guantanamo Bay, from
[417]1943 - 10/61.
[419]- Untitled documents:
[420]- States LB can't return to Cuba for political reasons.
[422]- 10/4/62 report - Lists LB as anti-Castro "founder of
[423]anti-Castro Patrionatas de Libertad in Oriente Province."
[425]“ex-member of MRR," "connected w/Nino."
[427]NW 68326 Docid:32260736 Page 11
[429]Howard Shapiro
[431]INS File Reviews...page 11
[433]J. Edward Browder, Jr. File #All 876 213
[435]- 6/8/60 letter from INS to Browder (at 6300 Snapper Creek
[436]Drive, Miami)
[438]- Informs EB that he is not to depart from U.S. to
[439]Cuba until further notice.
[441]NW 603276 Docid:32760736 Page 12
[443]Howard Shapiro
[445]INS File Reviews...page 12
[447]K. Norman Rothman File #All 885 359
[449]- 6/11/63 memo from Bureau of Narcotics to INS
[451]Lists Cuban types mixed up in narcotics
[453]NR listed as violator and suspect along with others,
[454]including: Trafficante
[456]Tourine
[458]Lanally
[460]Lists associates of NR:
[462]Michael Morrison
[463]Jean Baptiste Croce
[464]Josef Albert Bistoni
[465]Paul D. Mondolini
[467]States NR spends much time around Havana casinos.
[468]Was associated with Lucien Rivard in operation of
[469]El Morocco casino in Camagney, Cuba into which he
[470]imports slot machiens from U.S.
[472]INS recommends deportation from Cuba to U.S.
[474]- 6/13/60 - news clip
[476]Says George Mecalling has revealed himself as true
[477]owner of Biltmore Terrace Hotel in Miami and will
[478]ask for Fed. bankruptcy.
[480]- Hotel is described as haven for Batista Cubans and
[481]NR described as big-time builder in Cuba under
[482]Batista and as front man at hotel until
[483]Mecalling's disclosure.
[485]- Says NR was convicted in Feb. in case involving
[486]smuggling weapons into Cuba - now on appeal.
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[490]Howard Shapiro
[492]INS File Reviews...page 13
[494]L. Dominick Bartone File #A10 190 157
[496]- 10/28/ © memo
[498]- DOB: 8/8/13; N.Y.
[499]Res.: 25 Lansdowne Rd., Toledo, Ohio
[501]~ Mentions DB's long record and some specific raps
[502]- "Unconfirmed rumors have circulated for years that
[504]during the late 1950's he was involved in some capacity
[505]w/the CIA."
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[509]Howard Shapiro
[511]INS File Reviews...page 14
[513]M. Edward Ivan Arthur File #A13 137 451
[514]DOB:. 6/15/35
[515]SS #290-28-2188
[516]Res.: 92 Belpre Pl., W.,
[517]Waterville, Ohio 43081
[519]- File only contains correspondence between Arthur, his
[520]attorney (Robert E. Cesner, Jr.) and INS on Arthur's
[521]FOIA request for his files.
[523]- Only thing in the file is FBI report (10/30/63) deleted for
[524]HSCA due to 3rd agency rule.
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