Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM(Please Use Typewriteror Ballpoint Pen)U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESWashington, D.C. 20515(Any erasures, corrections, or changeson this form must be initialed by theauthorizing official.)To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:I hereby authorize the following payroll action:| Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)  | Effective Date || ---------------------------------- | -------------- || Richard A. Sprague                 | 11/15/76       || Employee Social Security Number    | Type of Action || 432 30 6455                        | title change   || Employing Office or Committee      |                || Select Committee on Assassinations | Appointment    |Salary AdjustmentTermination (At close of business on effective date)|(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)| Position Title             | Gross Annual Salary || -------------------------- | ------------------- || Chief Counsel and Director |                     |(If Committee Employee; complete appropriate item below.)1. Standing Committee: Staff- Clerical or Professional.2. Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 1557 of 94th Congress.3. Joint Committee.(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)Position Number__________ If applicable, Level ________ Step___I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of relatives.Date__________ December 2 , 195(Signature of Authorizing Official)Thomas N. Downing, Chairman(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)Select Comittee on Assassinations(Title-If Member, District and State)All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee employees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must be approved by the Committee on House Administration.APPROVED:Chairman, Committee on House AdministrationOffice of Finance use only:Office CodeMonthly Annuity $________.00Copy for Initiating Office or CommitteeNW 88326Docld:32244102 Page 7
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# PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM(Pl or Ballpoint Pen) U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Washington, D.C. 20515 bla ons, or changes In this form must be initialed by the authorizing official.)To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:6689I hereby authorize the following payroll action:| Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)  | Effective Date  || ---------------------------------- | --------------- || Richard A. Sprague                 | October 7, 1976 || Employee Social Security Number    | Type of Action  || 402-30-6486                        | Appointment     || Employing Office or Committee      |                 || Select Committee on Assassinations |                 |(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)| Position Title              |       | Gross Annual Salary || --------------------------- | ----- | ------------------- || Acting Counsel and Director | 02274 | $39,600.00          |(if Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)1.  Standing Committee: Staff- Clerical or Professional.2. Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 1540 of 94th Congress.3. Joint Committee.(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)Position Number If applicable, Level Step10 -7 76 PM 4:10HOF R. FINANCE OFFICEI certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of relatives.Date October 7, 1976![Signature of Authorizing Official]Thomas N. Downing(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)Chairman(Title - If Member, District and State)All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee employees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must be approved by the Committee on House Administration.APPROVED:![Chairman, Committee on House Administration]Chairman, Committee on House AdministrationOffice of Finance use only:Office CodeMonthly Annuity $ .00ORIGINAL - To Finance Office (For official personnel folder)NW 88326Docld:32244102 Page 8
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# RICHARD A SPRAGUEACTING COUNSEL AND DIRECTORHOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONSPROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE:Presently of Counsel to David Berger, P. A., Attorneysat Law, 1622 Locust Street, Philadelphia, engagedprincipally in private practice and trial counsel inmajor national and international litigation, i.e. anti-trust and corporate trial work; and serving as SpecialProsecutor for various District Attorneys in the U.S.Formerly the First Assistant District Attorney ofPhiladelphia County, Pa, from June 1966 until December,1974. After appointment to the District Attorney'sOffice in 1958, served as Chief Assistant DistrictAttorney-Chief of the Prosecution Division, Chief of theTrial Division and Chief of the Homicide Division. Rep-resented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as ProsecutingAttorney in more than 10,000 criminal trials, includinghundreds of murder cases, more than sixty of which werefirst degree murder cases, and obtained the death penaltymore than 20 times.Served as Special Prosecutor for Washington County, Pa.for the prosecution of the Yablonski murder cases. Alsoserved as Special Assistant to the Attorney General ofthe United States for the federal prosecution of W. A."Tony" Boyle.Acted as Special Prosecutor for Delaware County, Pa.from 1971 to 1974 to investigate allegations of govern-mental corruption.Prior to joining the District Attorney's Office, servedas a Voluntary Defender in the Defender Association ofPhiladelphia for more than 1 1/2 years.Lecturer on Trial Tactics in Criminal Trials andLecturer on Criminal Law Procedures at Temple UniversityLaw School, Philadelphia.Faculty member, American Trial Lawyers Association.ORGANIZATIONS:Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the U.S.Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and AmericanBar Association.Member of the Philadelphia Bar Association; from 1971to 1974, member of Board of Governors; formerly Vice-Chairman of Committee on Criminal Law and member ofnumerous committees and sub-committees.Formerly Treasurer of Philadelphia Regional PlanningCouncil of the Governor's Justice Commission.MILITARYSERVICE:Served in the United States Navy, Submarine Service,during World War II.EDUCATION:LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.B.S. from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.Attended Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 22, 1925
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# RICHARD A SPRAGUEACTING COUNSEL AND DIRECTORHOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONSPROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE:Presently of Counsel to David Berger, P. A., Attorneysat Law, 1622 Locust Street, Philadelphia, engagedprincipally in private practice and trial counsel inmajor national and international litigation, i.e. anti-trust and corporate trial work; and serving as SpecialProsecutor for various District Attorneys in the U.S.Formerly the First Assistant District Attorney ofPhiladelphia County, Pa., from June 1966 until December,1974. After appointment to the District Attorney'sOffice in 1958, served as Chief Assistant DistrictAttorney-Chief of the Prosecution Division, Chief of theTrial Division and Chief of the Homicide Division. Rep-resented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as ProsecutingAttorney in more than 10,000 criminal trials, includinghundreds of murder cases, more than sixty of which werefirst degree murder cases, and obtained the death penaltymore than 20 times.Served as Special Prosecutor for Washington County, Pa.for the prosecution of the Yablonski murder cases. Alsoserved as Special Assistant to the Attorney General ofthe United States for the federal prosecution of W. A."Tony" Boyle.Acted as Special Prosecutor for Delaware County, Pa.from 1971 to 1974 to investigate allegations of govern-mental corruption.Prior to joining the District Attorney's Office, servedas a Voluntary Defender in the Defender Association ofPhiladelphia for more than 1 1/2 years.Lecturer on Trial Tactics in Criminal Trials andLecturer on Criminal Law Procedures at Temple UniversityLaw School, Philadelphia.Faculty member, American Trial Lawyers Association.ORGANIZATIONS:Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the U.S.Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and AmericanBar Association.Member of the Philadelphia Bar Association; from 1971to 1974, member of Board of Governors; formerly Vice-Chairman of Committee on Criminal Law and member ofnumerous committees and sub-committees.MILITARYSERVICE:Formerly Treasurer of Philadelphia Regional PlanningCouncil of the Governor's Justice Commission.Served in the United States Navy, Submarine Service,during World War II.EDUCATION:LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.B.S. from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.Attended Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 22, 1925
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# RICHARD A SPRAGUEACTING COUNSEL AND DIRECTORHOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONSPROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE:Presently of Counsel to David Berger, P. A., Attorneysat Law, 1622 Locust Street, Philadelphia, engagedprincipally in private practice and trial counsel inmajor national and international litigation, i.e. anti-trust and corporate trial work; and serving as SpecialProsecutor for various District Attorneys in the U.S.Formerly the First Assistant District Attorney ofPhiladelphia County, Pa., from June 1966 until December,1974. After appointment to the District Attorney'sOffice in 1958, served as Chief Assistant DistrictAttorney-Chief of the Prosecution Division, Chief of theTrial Division and Chief of the Homicide Division. Rep-resented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as ProsecutingAttorney in more than 10,000 criminal trials, includinghundreds of murder cases, more than sixty of which werefirst degree murder cases, and obtained the death penaltymore than 20 times.Served as Special Prosecutor for Washington County, Pa.for the prosecution of the Yablonski murder cases. Alsoserved as Special Assistant to the Attorney General ofthe United States for the federal prosecution of W. A."Tony" Boyle.Acted as Special Prosecutor for Delaware County, Pa.from 1971 to 1974 to investigate allegations of govern-mental corruption.Prior to joining the District Attorney's Office, servedas a Voluntary Defender in the Defender Association ofPhiladelphia for more than 1 1/2 years.Lecturer on Trial Tactics in Criminal Trials andLecturer on Criminal Law Procedures at Temple UniversityLaw School, Philadelphia.Faculty member, American Trial Lawyers Association.ORGANIZATIONS:Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the U.S.Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and AmericanBar Association.Member of the Philadelphia Bar Association; from 1971to 1974, member of Board of Governors; formerly Vice-Chairman of Committee on Criminal Law and member ofnumerous committees and sub-committees.Formerly Treasurer of Philadelphia Regional PlanningCouncil of the Governor's Justice Commission.MILITARYSERVICE:Served in the United States Navy, Submarine Service,during World War II.EDUCATION:LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.B.S. from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.Attended Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 22, 1925
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local substation.## Select Committee on AssassinationsU.S. House of RepresentativesWASHINGTON, D.C. 20515① Richard A. Sprague 402 30 6486② THE PHILADELPHIAN2401 Pennsylvania Avenue③ Apartment 21 A2④ Philadelphia, PA19130$ 2222.00 gross$ 1608.46 netNW 88326Docld:32244102 Page 12
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MEMORANDUMOF CALLTO: BeckyYOU WERE CALLED BY- Kathy Hutton YOU WERE VISITED BY-OF (Organization) Finance officePLEASE CALL PHONE NO.CODE/EXT.WILL CALL AGAIN IS WAITING TO SEE YOURETURNED YOUR CALL WISHES AN APPOINTMENTMESSAGE Sprague.I have changed me SS Address in the computerRECEIVED BY Boss. DATE 2-14 TIME 11:35STANDARD FORM 63REVISED AUGUST 1967GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6NW 88326Docld:32244102 Page 13
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Select Committee on AssassinationsU.S. House of RepresentativesWASHINGTON, D.C. 20515THE PHILADELPHIANRot 21 A219130#2002 gross#1,485.25 net2,222.1,608.66NW 88326DocId:32244102 Page 14
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# Assassination Records Review Board## Final Determination NotificationAGENCY : HSCARECORD NUMBER: 180-10070-10161RECORD SERIES: STAFF PAYROLL RECORDSAGENCY FILE NUMBER :December 8, 1995Status of Document: Postponed in PartNumber of releases of previously postponed information: 7Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United States or to any individual.Number of Postponements: 6Postponements: All the postponements in this document represent Social Security numbers.Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion of privacy would be so substantial that it outweighs the public interest.Substitute Language: SSNDate of Next Review: 2017Board Review Completed: 10/24/95NW 88326Docld:32244103 Page 1Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Notel. Case#: NW 88326 Date: 2025
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# JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEMIDENTIFICATION FORMAGENCY INFORMATIONDate: 08/20/93Page:1AGENCY: HSCARECORD NUMBER : 180-10070-10161RECORDS SERIES :STAFF PAYROLL RECORDSAGENCY FILE NUMBER :DOCUMENT INFORMATIONORIGINATOR : HSCAFROM :TO :TITLE :DATE : 08/01/77PAGES : 7SUBJECTS :HSCA; ADMINISTRATIONSWENDSEN, LANCE W.DOCUMENT TYPE : PRINTED FORMCLASSIFICATION : URESTRICTIONS: 3CURRENT STATUS: PDATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/16/93OPENING CRITERIA :COMMENTS :Box 3.[R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED
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# PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM(Please Use Typewriter or Ballpoint Pen) U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Washington, D.C. 20515 (Any erasures, corrections, or changes on this form must be initialed by the authorizing official.)To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:I hereby authorize the following payroll action:| Employee Name (First-Middle-Last) | Effective Date  || --------------------------------- | --------------- || Lance W. Svendsen                 | October 1, 1978 || Employee Social Security Number | Type of Action      || ------------------------------- | ------------------- || 264-98-4630                     | * Salary Adjustment || Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee || ------------------------------------------ || Assassinations                             |AppointmentTitle ChangeTermination (At close of business on effective date)Leave without pay (Beginning with effective date above and ending close of business_.(If type of action is an Appointment, Salary. Adjustment, or Title Change, complete appropriate information below.)| Position Title | Gross Annual Salary* || -------------- | -------------------- ||                | $13,700.00           |* If employee is a civil service annuitant. (includes U.S. House of Representatives), the gross annual salary shown should include the annuity received by the employee plus the salary received from the employing office.(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)1. Standing Committee: Staff Clerical or Professional.2. Special (Investigative staff of Standing Committee) or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 956 of 95th Congress.3. Joint Committee.(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)Position Number If applicable, Level StepI certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of relatives.Date October 10 19 78(Signature of Authorizing Official)LOUIS STOKES(If appropriate, signature of Subcommittee Chairman or Ranking Minority Member) (Type or print name of Authorizing Official) Chairman(Type or print name and title of above official) (Title - If Member, District and State)All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em- ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must be approved by the Committee on House Administration.APPROVED:Chairman, Committee on House AdministrationOffice of Finance use only:Office CodeMonthly Annuity $ .00 as ofIDBenefitsPayroll (Revised: August 1, 1977)Copy for Initiating Office or CommitteeNW 88326DocId:32244103 Page 5
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# PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM(Please Use Typewriteror Ballpoint Pen) U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (Any erasures, corrections, or changesWashington, D.C. 20515 on this form must be initialed by theauthorizing official.)To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:I hereby authorize the following payroll action:| Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)          | Effective Date   || ------------------------------------------ | ---------------- || Lance W. Svendsen                          | December 1, 1977 || Employee Social Security Number            | Type of Action   || 254-98-4580                                |                  || Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee |                  || Assassinations                             |                  |* Appointment* Salary Adjustment* Title Change* Termination (At close of business on effective date)* Leave without pay (Beginning with effective date above and ending close of business__________)  Specify Date(If type of action is an Appointment, Salary Adjustment, or Title Change, complete appropriate information below.)| Position Title     | Gross Annual Salary* || ------------------ | -------------------- || Clerical Assistant | $11,000              |* If employee is a civil service annuitant (includes U.S. House of Representatives), the gross annual salary shown should include the annuity received by the employee plus the salary received from the employing office.(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)1. Standing Committee: Staff Clerical or Professional.2. Special (Investigative staff of Standing Committee) or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 465 of 95th Congress.3. Joint Committee.(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)Position Number__________ If applicable, Level___ Step____I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of relatives.Date December 1, 1977Louis Stokes(Signature of Authorizing Official)(If appropriate, signature of Subcommittee Chairman or Ranking Minority Member) (Type or print name of Authorizing Official)Chairmaneb(Type or print name and title of above official) (TitleIf Member, District and State)All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee employees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must be approved by the Committee on House Administration.APPROVED:Chairman, Committee on House AdministrationOffice of Finance use only:Office Code________ ID _______Monthly Annuity $________.00 as of Payroll ________(Revised: August 1 1977)Copy for Initiating Office or Committee........NW 88326DocId:32244103 Page 7
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# PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM(Please Use Typewriter or Ballpoint Pen) U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Washington, D.C. 20515 (Any erasures, corrections, or changes on this form must be initialed by the authorizing official.)To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:I hereby authorize the following payroll action:| Employee Name (First-Middle-Last) | Effective Date                                         || --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ || Lance W. Svendsen                 | 8/1/77                                                 || Employee Social Security Number   | Type of Action                                         || 264 98 4680                       | ☑ Appointment                                          || Employing Office or Committee     | ☐ Salary Adjustment                                    || Assassinations                    | ☐ Termination (At close of business on effective date) |(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)| Position Title  | Gross Annual Salary || --------------- | ------------------- || Xerox/Messenger | $9,500              |(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff- ☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.2. ☑ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 465 of 95th Congress.3. ☐ Joint Committee.(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)Position Number__________If applicable, Level_________ Step_________I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of relatives.Date August 1 1977Louis Stokes (Signature of Authorizing Official)Chairman (Type or print name of Authorizing Official)(Title-If Member, District and State)All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em- ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must be approved by the Committee on House Administration.APPROVED:Chairman, Committee on House AdministrationOffice of Finance use only:Office Code___Monthly Annuity $____.00Copy for Initiating Office or CommitteeNW 88326DocId:32244103 Page 8
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MEMORANDUMTO: ALL STAFFRE: Payroll CertificationThe Regulations and Accounting Procedures for Allowances and Expenses of Committees, Members and Employees of the U.S. House of Representatives require that, among other things, the Committee's monthly payroll certification include the relationship, if any, of each employee to any current Member of Congress. This certification is signed monthly by our Chairman.The following are the relationships to be included in the certification:fathernephewbrother-in-lawmotherniecesister-in-lawsonhusbandstepfatherdaughterwifestepmotherbrotherfather-in-lawstepbrothersistermother-in-lawstepsisteruncleson-in-lawhalf-brotherauntdaughter-in-lawhalf-sisterfirst cousinPlease complete the appropriate portion below, sign and date this form, which will then become a part of your permanent personnel file. If this status changes, you must notify the Committee's Budget Office immediately of the change.☑ I am not related to any current (95th Congress) Member of Congress.☐ I am related to a current (95th Congress) Member of Congress.(Please specify.)![Signature of Employee]8/2/77Signature of EmployeeNW 88326Docld:32244103 Page 9
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# Assassination Records Review BoardFinal Determination NotificationAGENCY: HSCARECORD NUMBER: 180-10070-10162RECORD SERIES: STAFF PAYROLL RECORDSAGENCY FILE NUMBER:December 8, 1995Status of Document: Postponed in PartNumber of releases of previously postponed information: 16Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United States or to any individual.Number of Postponements: 6Postponements: All the postponements in this document represent Social Security numbers.Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion of privacy would be so substantial that it outweighs the public interest.Substitute Language: SSNDate of Next Review: 2017Board Review Completed: 10/24/95NW 88326DocId:32244104 Page 1Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#: NW 88326 Date: 2025