AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: COMMENTS : v9.1 } Docld:322796196 Page 1 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10216-10472 HQ 92-2918-23RD NR 96 Document Information FBI SAC, PG DIRECTOR, FBI 05/16/1961 2 SMO, GM, ASSOC, PRIMARY ELECTIONS PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 08/27/1998 INDEFINITE 53 5/28/201
On 5/16, | 5/16/61 TO; DIRECTOR, FBI (92-2914)(92-2918) PROM: SAC, PITTSBURGH (92-236)(92-228) SUBJECT: GABATEL, MANNAR ING, .aka. SAMUEL MANNARING,’ aka. AR on 5/16/61, Fa 615-0 advised SA| THOMAS G. FORSYTH, III, that he heard that KELLY MANNARING was backing ineumbent Mayor RAYMOND GQARDLOCK’ of New Kensington, Pa., in his efforts to seek . re-nomination in the Primary Elections on 5/16/61, while SAM MANNARINO was in favor of the nomination of opposing candidace Gl, PCI PETER BOMBIK, New Kensington, advised SA on 5/10/61, Hew Keneington Mayor RAYMOND GARDLOCK Visited the Bonfire Restaurant, Leechburg Road, Allegheny Township, | Weetmoreland Canty, Pa. He was confronted by SAM MANNARINO, who stated that GARDLOCK had “a lot of guts" coming to the vestaurant to see SAM. MANNARING ordered GARDLOCK off the premises and told him never te come there again. MANNARING added. that his greatest desire was to see GARDLOCK “lose the @lection by a landslide." Cé | Bureau ~~" 3. 92-2014 ‘ 63 Gp er i“ 137-941 a (72-2102 1 - 137-new (PETER BOMBIK) EGT RECORDED : 78 MAY 23 196! —Acecnnnme — emnnanminamnamncsnen eR | DoclId:32296196 Page 2 oN Fe \oRIGINAL FILED IN fi o
Kensington gree end forced to become a low-level part of the BURGART hae consistently 3 business has RG 32-236 | FO 92-228 ! when KELLY became fully aware ef the extent of BURGART's lucrative wegering bu 3s, he felt that BURGART should te. “pulled into line” with the other small operators in the Neu ization by turning im all wagers to MANNARINO eoliectors, fused, with the result that RELLY o— ereacingly annoyed and lately has been trying to steal - URGART's long-time custemers. He has done this threugh threats of physical harm, by spreading rumors that BURGART is not fin nedally able te pay wins, end by attempting to have New Kensingten police harass AP. This latter move has been unsuce cessful because of Bt RT's elose friendship with Mseyor RAYHOND GARDLOCK., On the other hand, the other methods used 10 have been more successful, and BURGANT's suffered @ lone of elmost one-half. es Because of the sbove, BUAGART is willing te aseist the PBI in any fashion, except that he is insistent that he will never, undor any oiponine vance es testify at any sort of proceeding, local or Federal. A PCE file will be opened concerning. BURGART. on 5/19/61, °G 615-¢ advised $A PORSYTM ap follows: SAM MANNARING has fixed up a room in the basement of the Bonfire Reataurant, near Leechburg, Pa., which looks ag though it could be used at a meeting piace. Informant will submit a craming of this room and ite relation ® other parts of the buliding. GAPRIEL MANNARING has acquired & mated pair of Robermean Pinschor dogs, along with tno o puppies. fhe older doge have been trained as “attack dogs." The price of the dogs is rumored to be in excese of $2,000. | Docld: 322796196 Page 3