Originator: FBI
From: LV
To: HQ
Document date: 07/14/1964
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/23/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-90088-10116

RECORD SERIES : HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

CR 92-7677-1

Released under the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act o

1992(44 USC 2107 Note]. Case#:NW

64578 Date: 12-14-2022

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM:

LV

TO: HQ

TITLE :

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

07/14/1964

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BENJAMIN BINION

FORT LUCINDA INC.

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/14/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

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LV 92-1332

Enclösed for the Portland office are two (2)

photographs of PATRICK SHANNON, two (2) photographs of

•OTIS P. JORDAN, Jr., one (1) photograph of JOHN FRANK DREW,

one (1) copy of a letterhead memorandum regarding JOHN FRANK

DREW, and one (1) copy of a letterhead memorandum regarding

OTIS P. JORDAN, JI.

In the letterhead

memorandum regarding OTIS P.

JORDAN, JI. reference is

made to an organization which

maintains records of businesses in the Portland, Oregon

area, this organization is Dunr and Bradstreet.

AlSO

in this letterhead memorandum reference is made to a local

law enforcement officer.

This officer is Captain ARD PRATT

(National Academy), Multnomah Sheriff's Office.

LV 118-PC advised Special Agent MARVIN I. BELL

in November, 1963 that in connection with the new Lake

Mead Motel - Marina - Casino, the following were scheduled

to appear on the license:

ROBERT F. CAUDILL, JOHN FRANK DREW, OTIS JORDAN,

and PATRICK SHANNON, Chicago attorney who was brought in to

the group by JOHN DREW.

LV 118-PC advised in January, 1964 that there

had been a recent newspaper article wherein the Nevada

Gaming Control Board had approved a request for two gambling

tables in the Gold Strike Inn near Lake Mead and that

OTIS P. JORDAN, JI. of Portland, Oregon had been approved

as the

fourth

partner at the Gold Strike Inn.

PCI TONY DE MARCO advised in April, 1964 that JOHN DREW

and ROBERT CAUDILL, as well as attorney PATRICK SHANNON,

from Chicago, had been quite active in looking over the

neW

construction work in connection with the new Lake Mead

resort casino being constructed adjacent to the Gold Strike

Inn.

PCI TONY DE MARCO stated that the construction program

was in the initial stages and that expenditures are expected to

run to $2,000, 000.00 and that the total projected program would

be in the neighborhood of $5,000,000.00.

LV 118-PC advised in April, 1964, that the new casino

at Lake Mead will be named Ft. Lucinda and that the owners

appear to be OTIS P. JORDAN, PATRICK SHANNON, ROBERT CAUDILL,

and JOHN DREW.

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LV 92-1332

LV 118-PC stated that JORDAN who knows nothing about

the gambling industry has put approximately $3,000,000.00 and

will have approximately. 51 per cent of the place.

LV 118-PC advised in June, 1964 that JOHN DREW,

MILTON JAFFE, and MIKE BENEDICT, all Stardust Hotel Casino

officials, seem to have taken over complete control of

the development and construction of the Ft. Lucinda complex

at Lake Mead.

IV I18-PC stated that it is apparent that they have

removed ROBERT CAUDILL from the action.

LV 118-PC stated that JORDAN is still investing.

heavily in the operation but that the casino will be operated

by the above-mentioned people.

Records of the Clark County Sheriff's Office

reflect that the Nevada Historical Restoration Society, Inc.

(NHRS) with headquarters at 112 North Third Street, Las

vegas, listed the following corporation officers:

OTIS P. JORDAN, Jr., President, 9906 NE Campaign,

Portland, Oregon, 45 per cent;

VIRGIL H. WEDGE, Vice-President, 1 East First

Street, Reno, Nevada, 5 per cent;

PATRICK J. SHANNON, Secretary-Treasurer, 9430 South

oakley, Chicago, Illinois, 45 per cent;

JOHN F. DREW, 333 Desert Inn Road, Clark County,

Nevada, 5 per cent;

Records of the Gaming Control Board, as searched on

June 2, 1964, reflect the following officers

for the Lake View,

Inc. corporation at Highway 93 and 466, four miles east of

Boulder City, Nevada.

The Lake View, Inc. applied for a

state gaming license

for a Chuck-A-Luck, one Wheel

of Fortune,

43 slot machines, for a total of

45 games. Officers are

listed

as follows:

JACK A. RICHARDSON, President, 11ll Rancho Circle,

Las Vegas, Nevada, 25 per cent;

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