ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : _ RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 45354 Docld: 32298747 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10224-10027 HQ 63-50-1, 2, 3 Document Information FBI SAC, PG DIRECTOR, FBI 10/05/1953 14 Date: 5/28/201 Peleased under the John Kennedy &ssassination Records Collection Act of n992 (44 USc¢ 2107 Note). ase#:NW 45654 Date: ii-i6-2017 SMO, BKG, INTV, ASSOC, REL, CRIMINAL ACT, B/F INT, GAMBLING ACT PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4; 11(a) Redact 01/29/1999 | INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS INC 2 MEMO, ADMIN PAGE Page 1
HW 45354 ae ee Se nd, - a N . ee ee ay oe co an Ver ee 2 STANDARD FORM NO. ; oo, p LY f : | «Office Memoria ilum e. UNITED ‘STATES GOVERNMENT yee 2 Director, FBI Fo lee DATE: “April 1, 1955 SAC, Pattghureh (94-172 Sub M) | a SAMUEL sSerthanrNo, was. GIIF (TOP HOODLUM PROGRAM). Re SAC Letter 53—58 dated August 25, 1953, and Pittsburgh letter to the Director dated December 17, 19546 ) a \ . On January 18, 1955, PO-545-6, of known reliability, advised that he | i heard that Sam MANNARINO borrowed $40,000 ‘from the Deposit Bank of Arnold, Arnold, Pennsylvania, and that he and his brother were to invest this money in real estate. On March 31, 1955, informant made available a clipping which he stated appeared in the "New Kensington Dispatch'y, a local newspaper, dated on either January 17 or 18,-.1955, which repotts that the New. Kensington Sales and Rental Corporation, 1263 Third Avenue, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, was. formed and approved by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The incorporators were listed as] SAM MANNARINO and Victor/) SARIUCCT, 201 Highland Avenue, and WILLIAM) AMS, 1017 Edgewood Road, New Kensington,-Pennsylvania. The corporation Had been chartered to deal in personal property of éve every name and nature, including stocks and securities of other corporations, and- to lend money and to sell, assign and release such securities. The informant also advised on January 18, 1955, that Mayor GARDLOCK and. Councilmen KRUPA and BORDONARDO of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, who are well known to be under the.influence of MANNARINO, were planning to attend * the inauguration of Governor Elect LEADER in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, ‘ later in the month. PG-545-S stated that Mayor GARDLOCK entertained Governon LEADER in New Kensington during the-election campaign. He also ; advised that (GARDLOCK is now a Deputy Sheriff of Westmoreland County and . BORDONARDO is now a | County Detective. No other pertinent information ‘concerning this hoodlum has come to thef attention of the Pittsburgh Division since the last referenced report. JRA:flnh ‘ * Ue : Rey | y: Bop : at ii reat Me 7 i. ago ae "ee sey <1 “Nea, J vig ge TiN = . Fr, 1 fei ang, oe. & up 6 APR? ‘< 1958 | = eS DoclId: 32298747 Page 2?
“ah . . he afr, ‘ Ne ‘eet “ 7 rx TO : Director, FBI FROM: SAC, Pittsburgh RE ¢ SAMUEL MANNARINO, was. GIIF (TOP HOODLUM PROGRAM) . ew JEK Act 6 in New Kensington. and he did not deny that it was controlled all or ea part by his brother GABRIE or hims wa a pee BL Cidade Sete 4 trrrbecrertant. lereren “reading-madam, advised & ; Jae gett Rae that the Club 30, ‘located at Chester, West Virginia, - @ notoripus open gambling spot which¥ under the direct management .of~ mo" CHARLES MER, who was reportedly the President of the, Sans Souci Club, Havannéh » Cuba, Cuba. with which the subject was connected Pee owned by a syndicate “comprised of some ten leading racketeers in the Western . ~>PennsyIvania-West Virginia area, of “hich SaM MANNARINO is ’ member. a a ey ata Ey a wn Ei, Ate cee PASE Bh Ae s Pe segs ee el 8 On September JA 1954, — ‘oR snot reliability, vised that TONY, cS /VREPEPA, CHUCRY TEEVER , SA and KELLYAMANNARINO , DOMINICYAANZALONE and JOHN 5: _LAWROCC CCA. all own ert of Glub 30 in Chester, “West, Virginia, where gambling ° See gett tS is. wide open. ~ i “oe a ' ; = ~3- HW 45354 Docld: 32296747 Page 3 (4)
RE 2 SAMIEL MANNARINO, was. ) Sain GTI (roP HOODLUM PROGRAM) ae “ in New: Kensington and he did net deny that at was controlled ali or in . . : "| part by his Grother GABRIEL or himself, —_’ - Om December 6, 1954, Pi vtatmeghis Leading roadem, advised Si JOHN R. ACKERLY that the Club 30, located at Chester, West Virginia, /& notorious open, gambling spot which is under the direct minagement of GHARLES WEEMER, who was reportedly the President of the Sans Soucd Glub, Hevemmah, Cuba,.with which the subject wad connected, is owned by a syndicate compriged of seme ten leading racketeeré in the Western PemnayLvania-West Virginia area, of which SAM MANNARINO is a member; On September 14, 1954, Pa=509-0, of imown rellebility, adviced that TONY REPEPI, CHUCK THEMER, SAM and KELLY MANNARINO, DOMINICK ANZALONE and JOHN LA ROCCA all, .own part of Club 30 in Chester, | West Virginia, where gembling. 4s wide open, oe N a : ) . 4 \ No, 4 HW 45354 Docld: 32296747 Page 4
q PG 62-1643 ‘PG 511-C in August, 1951, advised that she is very well acquainted with a J. PATI who resides in New Kensington and who is a cousin of SAM MANNARINO, PG 511-C stated that from PATI she had learned that the MANNARINOS have been short of funds lately and have borrowed as- high as $25,000 from friends in New Kensington. She related that the: MANNARINOS, CHARLES MARGIOTTI, former Attorney General for Pennsylvania, and others suffered terrific financial reverses as a result of the lost of certain patent rights used. in the manufacture of juke boxes, a On December 12,.1951, some 22 slot machines, consul type, were confiscated by Pittsburgh agents at the NuKen Novelty Company, 1242 - 4th Avenue, New Kensington, Pa. This confiscation was on the authority of USA EDWARD BOYLE on the basis these machines were moved from a 7th Street address in New Kensington after passage of the Gambling Device Law without proper marking or identification in violation of Public Law 906. P.K. JONES, Attorney at Law, New Kensington, Pa., advised that the records at the County Clerk's Office, Greensburg, Pa., showed that the following persons own the New Kensington Novelty Company, New Kensington, Pa., doing business as the Nuken Novelty Company: SAMUEL MANNARINO, GABRIEL MANNARINO, TOM TANNAS, ALBERT SAM, and F. W. ZOGG, The ownership, distribution® | and servicing of slot machines was not the sole business of the NuKen ,_ Novelty Company and it is still operating, its interest lying in vending © and pinball machines in the New Kensington area. (os es of unknown reliability, having been acquainted with. the MANNARINO setup in New Kensington, confidentially advised SAs JOHN H. BROOKS and MICHAEL McCANN on September, 1953, that a large crap game is operating at 12th and 5th Street, New Kensington, under the management of MIKE HAGEDAKIS and controlled by the MANNARINO organization, There is a reported $50,000 bank to this game, [~~] who operates the City News Stand for_______] of the MANNARINO organization, stated that the subject recently lost a very considerable sum of money in Florida or Cuba but in exactly. what type of venture this money was lost is not known. He stated that at the present time gambling is wide open in New Kensington and the MANNARINO organization is running ite In February, 1950, Sergeant HELFENSTEIN of the PSP advised that a small horse room had opened up in Greensburg, Pa. This room was . reportedly established under the auspices of Attorney PAUL MC CORMICK, who represents the gamblers brought up before the Westmoreland County Court. The operations of the horse room were initially supervised by ROCCA BUFFONE, a known member of the MANNARINO organization, and to be- x subsequently turned over the local operators. However, the establishment | was also believed to be set up as a "lay off" spot for heavy bets obtained through the MANNARINO controlled horse room in New Kensington ° -operated by BUFFONE, ce, 7 . ~4- ie es HW 45354 Docld: 32296747 Page 5
JEK Act 6, (/4) | PG 62-1643 a PCI of the Pittsburgh Division of unknown ‘reliability, advised that the Arrow ‘Treasurer Ticket, a lottery, vis back in full swing in the New Kensington area and in his _ opinion the MANNARINOS are the force behind the sale of these tickets but the informant had no positive proof of this. In August of 1953 _ [___ reported that SAM MANNARINO had returned to New Kensington or good as his. business interests ‘had been lost in the gambling casino San Souci in Cuba. Mainly, through the efforts of the Westmoreland Ministerial Association and its program called."Operation Crusade" in the latter half of 1952, a large amount of publicity was given to the corrupt conditions existing in New Kensington, and because of this most of the gambling activities were voluntarily curtailed. During the same period it was reported through several non-authorative sources that the MANNARINO control in the area has been greatly lessened and that other factions were ready to step in and operate when the town again opened Up. . As has been reported it appears that New Kensington is again wide | open and it further appears that the MANNARINO organization is still in control of all gambling in operation even though the subject and his brother GABRIEL MANNARINO spend a great deal of time out of the - eity in Miami, Florida. Hangouts and Places of Amusement The Ken Mar Hotel is the headquarters for all activities of the MANNARINO organization operations in the area. This is a hangout for the top racketeers and hoodlums in the area, The Lateus Club, unauthoratively reported to be owned by SAM MANNARINO, ‘which is located near the Ken Mar Hotel and is an after-hours Spot and gambling establishment, The City News Stand owned: by TOM LATEOS and headquarters . for the MANNARINO numbers operation in the area, The Greek Club and . the Bachelors Club, after-hours clubs and gambling establishments, both “located in New Kensington. The Sans Souci Club, Havana, Cuba, wherein the subject is reported to have a large ‘interest. The description and the identification record of the subject is set forth, It is to be noted that the description was obtained from the files of the Allegheny County Workhouse where the subject was received on January 18, 1935, to serve a sentence from 1 to 2 years, which is the most recent authorative description available, HW 45354 Docld: 32296747 Page 6