vol AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : NW 35923 Dold: 32260736 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information HSCA 180-10104-10294 NUMBERED FILES. HSCA Document Information HSCA 00/00/0000 14 BINION, BENNY. CAMPISI, JOE. JAFFE, MILTON. INS, FILES. CIVELLA, JOSEPH. OTHER TEXTUAL. Unclassified 3 Redact 01/27/1997 INS file review; typed notes. Box 250. Page i Date: 10/6/201
See Howard Shapiro siduae INS File Reviews A. Benny Binion File #A8 952 077 DOB: 11/20/04 POB: Pilot Grove, Texas FBI #206 216 General Information: Took over policy in Dallas after Freiden killed in 1936 ~- ex-boss of Dallas million dollar policy racket -- had 40% of Herbert Noble's take -- in protection racket he had trouble with Noble, bitter enemies -- 7 attempts to kill Noble -- Noble's wife killed 11/29/49 when she started her car. DPD Lt. reportedly tapped phone calls and miked room -- BB supposedly knew who killed Noble's wife and would have him killed in jail as good-will gesture if Noble let BB back into Dallas rackets. BB fled Dallas in 1946. Record: ‘charged in Freiden killing but released 12/28/36. charged concealed weapon 9/30/32. homicide conv. of bootlegger 5/25/32; got suspended sentence.. 12/6/53 news clip: - BB pays ‘$516,541.93 in back taxes - Still got 5-year sentence on tax evasion rap. 1956 invest. satisfies INS that BB is U.S. citizen through birth as he claimed and will not be deported. 7/8/55 INS memo: - BB currently prisoner at Leavenworth. BB file also contains reference to invest. of Harry Remer Urban. DOB: 9/9/06; Dallas NW 55923 Doold:32260736 Page 2
Howard Shapiro INS File Reviews...page 2 B. R.D. Matthews File #Al14 529 111 - 3/23/65 report: RDM was born 9/26/20 under the name Russell Douglass Boyd, Jr. and later changed his name in court. Says RDM has been arrested many times since 1948. INS concludes that RDM appears to be U.S. citizen. Name change was in Dallas court on 11/17/60 (Bureau of vital Stats Certificate #39787 #5139). Attached affidavit from RDM's mother: - Says RDM served in Marines in WW-II - RDM used Matthews after father died and mother remarried. NW 55923 Dooid:32260736 Page 3
Howard Shapiro INS File Reviews...page 5 E. Joseph Civello File #All 302 676 DOB: 2/3/02, Port Allen, La. - 9/9/59 - memo - Original family name was Shivera; changed to . Civello in 1932. - Few news clips on Civello and Appalachia meeting. - 5/22/59 memo ~ Says Civello and Frank Desimone claim to be cousins. INS tinable to verify this. - 3/13/59 news clip ~ JC won't testify before L.A. g.j. - his attorney sayd he's uneducated and confused. g-j. - will give him another chance before contempt rap. -9/11/58 report - Ross Musso is JC's brother-in-law. Civello's file contains testimony given by John Cusach, Narcotics Agent, on 1/19/58 before N.Y. Joint Legis. Comm. on Govt. Operations. - This text runs down list of top Mafia men in 1958 with brief bio sketches. ~- Civello is mentioned; says he was convicted in Dallas in 1937 (on narcotics rap?) and got 15-year sentence - commuted and released from prison 11/6/48. Now he has pardon application pending. - Gabriel Mannarino is mentioned: DOB - 10/31/16, Pauw - Says he runs numbers and slot machines with brother Sammy in Westmoreland Cty, Pa. - In 1950 word was that GM was going to move in on Pittsburgh numbers racket and let "Cuban mob" take over in New Kensington. MW 55923 Doold: 32260736 Page 6
Howard Shapiro INS File Reviews...page 6 E. Joseph Civello. (Cont'd) - Info that Mannarino has concession at Sans Souci in Havana (owned by Trafficante). - 11/26/57 report - Lists murder arrest for JC on 7/14/23 - later exonerated. NW 35923 Doold:32260736 Page 7
‘Howard Shapiro INS File Reviews...page 7 F. Milton Jaffe File #Al13 093 381 DOB: 8/19/95, Braddock, Pa. - 6/4/63 report - Lists prior residences as: ~ 5725 Torkes Ave., Pittsburgh - 6308 Pennsylvania Ave., Pittsburgh - Employment last five years: - Owns 2% interest in Karat, Inc, dba Stardust Casino, L.V. - Prior occupations: gambling, 6308 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh. —~ Details Jaffe family history -nothing startling. ' =-.2/18/63 memo - Lists MJ as important figure in L.V. gambling circles along with: B. Rothkopf M. Rubin J..GottlLieb . NW 35923 Doold:32260736 Page 8
Howard Shapiro INS File Reviews...page 8 G. Pedro Digno Fox-Zamora File #Al12 479 246 FOB: 6/13/13, Havana - Copy of PF's naturalization certificate - #38033; 3/15/68 ~ Signed Pedro Rudy Fox (wants name changed to this)? - Lists DOB as 10/24/09 - Admitted to US 11/29/61 - Res.:. 302 Beacon Blvd., Miami. - Says since 5/29/61 he has never left U.S. for more than six months. . - Last place of foreign residence is Tropicana nightclub. - Present occupation: restaurant captain at Deauville Hotel. - Denies Communist affiliation and criminal record. - Other names used: Rudy P. Fox - Was general manager at Tropicana. ~ Records show entry into N.Y.: 5/18/60 " " " " Miami: 3/13/60 - Passport #14776 - Fox applied for immigrant visa at American Embassy in Mexico City. - Says he is a merchant. - Lists assets as: $ 5,000 cash 81,200 bank deposits 15,000 real estate 10,000 investment - Residences: 1924-29 Havana 1929-39 Miami 1939-60 Havana 1960-date Miami NW 35923 Doocld:32260736 Page &
Howard Shapiro INS File Reviews...page 9 H. Martin Gabriel Zamora-Fox File #A12 416 893 DOB: 3/18/96, Matanzas, Cuba - 3/25/66 letter to Social Sec. Adm. ~ Says MF is Pedro Fox's brother. - MF entered U.S. 7/2/61 at Miami from Mexico as permanent resident. _. - This is response to Pedro Fox 3/23/66 request for info so his brother can get Medicare benefits; note on request says applicant is mentally ill -- don't know if this means Pedro or Martin. - 7/2/61 immigrant visa application Martin has passport #13603 Lists occupation as real estate owner Assets: $ 15,000 cash 50,000 bank deposits 30,000 real estate Martin was always in Cuba. - 6/26/61 letter from Pan American Bank, Miami to U.S. Consul, Mexico City - Says MF has had checking account with substantial deposits since October 1952. MW 55923 Docld: 32260736 Page i0
Howard Shapiro INS File Reviews...page 10 I. Luis Eusebio Balbueka-Calzadillo File #Al2 854 523 - Naturalization certificate #47462 - 5/1/70 - DOB: 12/15/28; Guantanamo, Cuba -~ Denies Communist affiliatons and criminal record - Residence: 450 N.W. 45th Ave., Miami - Has lived in U.S. since 7/6/62 ™ - Lawfully admitted 8/23/64 - Previous U.S. addresses: 927 SW 3 St., Miami 918 SW 10th St., Miami - Employment in U.S.: 1/68 Aero Cast, Inc. 9/65 1/68 Air Craft Casting 2/64 - 9/65 Spring Lock Scaffol 3/63 - 2/64 Singer Co. 10/62 1/63 Richards Dept. Store - Occupation:: caster ~ Worked for U.S. Government, Guantanamo Bay, from 1943 - 10/61. - Untitled documents: - States LB can't return to Cuba for political reasons. - 10/4/62 report - Lists LB as anti-Castro "founder of anti-Castro Patrionatas de Libertad in Oriente Province." "ex-member of MRR," "connected w/Nino." MW 55923 Doold: 32260736 Page ii
Howard Shapiro INS File Reviews...page 11 J. Edward Browder, Jr. File #All 876 213 - 6/8/60 letter from INS to Browder (at 6300 Snapper Creek Drive, Miami) - Informs EB that he is not to depart from U.S. to Cuba until further notice. NW 35923 Doocld:32260736 Page i2
. . Howard Shapiro INS File Reviews...page 12 K. Norman Rothman File #All 885 359 - 6/11/63 memo from Bureau of Narcotics to INS - Lists Cuban types mixed up in narcotics - NR listed as violator and suspect along with others, including: Trafficante Tourine Lanally ~ Lists associates of NR: Michael Morrison Jean Baptiste Croce Josef Albert Bistoni Paul D. Mondolini - States NR spends much time around Havana casinos. Was associated with Lucien Rivard in operation of El Morocco casino in Camagney, Cuba into which he imports slot machiens from U.S. - INS recommends deportation from Cuba to U.S. - 6/13/60 - news clip - Says George Mecalling has revealed himself as true owner of Biltmore Terrace Hotel in Miami and will ask for Fed. bankruptcy. - Hotel is described as haven for Batista Cubans and NR described as big-time builder in Cuba under Batista and as front man at hotel until Mecalling's disclosure. - Says NR was convicted in Feb. in case involving smuggling weapons into Cuba - now on appeal. NW 35923 Doocld:32260736 Page is
Howard Shapiro INS File Reviews...page 13 L. Dominick Bartone File #A10 190 157 - 10/28/ ~ memo - DOB: 8/8/13; N.Y. Res.: 25 Lansdowne Rd., Toledo, Ohio ~ Mentions DB's long record and some specific raps - "Unconfirmed rumors have circulated for years that during the late 1950's he was involved in some capacity w/the CIA." MW 55923 Doold: 32260736 Page i4
INS File Reviews...page 14 M. Edward Ivan Arthur Howard Shapiro File #A13 137 451 DOB:__ 6/15/35 SS Horatio) | Res.: 92 Belpre Pl., W., Waterville, Ohio 43081 - File only contains correspondence between Arthur, his attorney (Robert E. Cesner, Jr.) and INS on Arthur's FOIA request for his files. - Only thing in the file is FBI report (10/30/63) deleted for HSCA due to 3rd agency rule. NW 35923 Doold: 32260736 Page 15