Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 DATE: 11-14-7017 JFK Assassination System _ ‘ Date: Identification Form Agency Information Use 2107 Hote). 4/23/201 AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90088-10013 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 62-9-35-464 Document Information ° ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: OC TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 07/08/1966 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : BENJAMIN BINION . CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact ‘DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 07/14/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: AT v9.1 Docld: 32329833 Page 1.
’ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19392 (44 USC 2107 Hotes. DATES tds tsn2at7 | ac rns | | | | FBI 8 Date: 7-8~-66 | 6 | Transmit the following in (Type in plaintext or code) | AIRTEL — AIRMAIL | Via ____| \ (Priority) | Poo bie _ 7 TO: | DIRECTOR FBI (62-9-35) | | reoNT Zac OKLAHOMA CITY (92-52A) (P) : | | Oentinan INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM WEEKLY SUMMARY Ge ANTI-RACKETEERING are OKLAHOMA CITY DIVISION ft Remyairtel 7-1-66. = OC 416-PC has advised that Toi YARD is a bookie and gambler at Lawton, Oklahoma... WARD has been engaged in this business for many years and has a wide acquantance in the gambling element. Two or three years ago, WARD made a visit to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he lost his limit at the ee tables in the ~ orseshoe Club. “WARD has casually known BEN BINION, owner of the Horseshoe Club, for a number of years. his occasion, . BINION asked WARD if he wanted a little credit, and how much — Nie he wanted. WARD said he would like to have "five," meaning % $500. BINION promptly told the cashier to extend $5,000 credit’ CP Me Be to WARD. WARD accepted this credit without question and then nn’ Wb proceeded to lose the whole sum at the gambling tables. About Ry! Va year went by and then WARD started receiving letters wanting the $5,000. Due to many other debts, WARD claimed he was % «7? unable to pay. | Two or three months ago WARD received word that ah nless he paid this debt, something might happen to him. This ee Pnora came via, a telephone call received at WARD's home and was ) i TORNNINGS, who was there at the time. The caller Vv ewe te t ace ¥. 7 2 ert 4 Sars fr Gj» Bureau . REC- -21 Ga- a ~ “7 7 MLL ~ 1 - Oklahoma, . City, 1 i Ceti ye taken by J cata avn JUL Lt 1966 Approved; ___ ee —CSC*sCSSw nt a ‘ Special Agent in Charge Docld: 32329833 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 wd 2 ce oe . C) ‘ fs . 4 : o° 2» OU 92-52A told JENNINGS something to the effect that he should tell WARD to take care of his debts or he “would have a visitor." As a result of this call, WARD is fearful that something will happen to him someday. WARD claims he still cannot pay the $5,000 debt because of other pressing debts, including one to the Internal Revenue Service. This information has been furnished to the Las Vegas Division. LEROY DALE HINES, aka, IGA, BuFile 162-1073 JACK RITTER, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, formerly an informant of this office, and subject of Oklahoma City file 165-84, advised 7-7-66 that he had been a gambler for about 35 years. He admitted that during the football season of 1965 he received. his line and football cards from LEROY DALE HINES, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He said that HINES sent the cards and line sheets to him every week via bus, and that he picked them up in an envelope at the Oklahoma City bus station. Occasionally, when HINES was in Oklahoma City for gambling or other reasons, he would leave the cards and line sheets with the barmaid at the Thunderbird Inn, Oklahoma City, where he would pick them up in person. He said he called HINES on a weekly basis in order to get the line. He said that LOUIS BOND EGBERT, an employee of HINES, usually answered the phone and gave him the line. Docld: 32329833 Page 3