Released. under the John F. _ Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act‘ of 1992 (44 ‘USC 2107 Hotey;. DATE :511-14-2017 . . | FD-36 (Roy. §-22-64) , ay 0 Date: 1/27/67 — s —_ o™ * : eo, ‘ . “NSN | wee ” a a may FBI | | | | Transmit the following in (Type in plaintext or code) Via AIRTEL AIR MAIL ; (Priority) ; Hee LLL a 4) yp 70: DIRECTOR, FBI (62-933) f >” FROM: an NEW ORLEANS (92-50) (P) SUBJECT: “CRIMINAL. INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM AALS NEW ORLEANS DIVISION ~~ Ley ; WEEKLY SUMMARY LA COSA NOSTRA AR i mf pfdss ; NO 92-365)  ¥| RDU ESE ee E advised during the past week on 1/22/67, JOSEPHXMARCELLO, SAMM A MARC JELLO, VINCE VINCENT ZCAMPO, JOSEPH= TRERA , JOSEPH CHIEMENTL , NOF ECORA, ! ERNEST PALMISANO, together with a Mr.’ "T", met at the 4 ( ! residence of CARLOS\MARCELLO for an apparent meeting. Accord- { . ing to informant, fir. "T" was. from the northern part of Louisiana anda native of Palermo, Sicily. It is felt that this information identifies possible members of the local La Cosa Nostra and it would tend to indicate these individuals were important members of the MARCELLO group. CARLOS MARCELLO | fo, - 4a psi ‘NO 92-36 92-36 NO 1291-C advised approximately 12/15/66 he re- v a ceived a telephone call from MARCELLO requesting that he Y meet with him at peer Citys La. Informant stated he. met G@ - Bureau (CED. Ger “hs Ment pews . 2— GS ° hn, 2 - New Orleans as i MAK: sam | io 4 Bho i ” asf Ea pproved: Kap a gm a. = Sent ___ COMM SPeer me ; Spécia WGent Th ih'Gharge ; a ad Docld: 32330805 Page 2?
eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collé@tion Act of 1992 (44 1st FIT Hotes. DATE: 411-14-2017 awe ce — NO 92-50 c ip I At fe with MARCELLO at the Town & Country Motel and was.introduced by MARCELLO to a group of individuals whose names he does not recall, who, according to’ MARCELLO, were the majority stock- holders of the Sawyer Downs Racetrack which is located in the Shreveport, La., area. Informant stated MARCELLO very firmly stated he had no financial interests in this racetrack but was endeavoring to assist the stockholders in the operation of this track. Informant stated: that MARCELLO and the stockholders wanted him to complete the building of the track and then wanted him to run the track. It was-his belief.that while MARCELLO stated he did not have any active interests in the track, he wanted to be in a position to control the hard ' gambling which would naturally follow from such an enterprise. KENNETH H. HINKLE WILLIAM GLYNN HINKLE _ ITSMV em NO 26-36646 : On 1/24/67, the New Orleans Office was alerted by Houston that subjects in captioned matter were considered prime suspects in the murder of Houston PD patrolman LOUIS L. SANDER on 1/21/67; a complaint had been filed charging the HINKLEs with ITSMV from Little Rock to Houston. Agents of the New Orleans Office, based upon information received from the Houston Division, were able to locate and apprehend the HINKLE brothers without incident during the early evening hours of 1/24/67. CRIME CONDITIONS CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA At the present time, a Report is circulating in Calcasieu Parish that Dr. HARRY SXSNATIC, former Coroner of the Parish;-wilt run against incumbent Sheriff HENRY*REID}~ JR. Dr. SNATIC has publicly accused the “Sheriff of starting a rumor in 1964 that Dr. SNATIC had been shot by an irate husband in a compromising situation and claims that he has statements and.depositions to the effect that Sheriff REID f started this rumor. Dr. SNATIC has previously been reported as a member of an insurance fraud ring presently being investi- gated by Postal authorities. - Docld: 32330805 Page 3