Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, MM
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 4/1/63
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/28/201

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-10207-10050

HQ

62-9-29-649

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

TO:

TITLE:

SAC, MIM

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE: 04/01/1963

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

CIP, GAMBLING, RACK AND SUBV

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/30/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

v9.1

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DIRECTOR, FBI (62-9-29)

SAC, MIAMI (92-515) (P)

CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

MIAMI DIVISION

A

WEEKLY SUMMARY

MM 509-C, on 2/12/63, advised that MILION "BUDDY"

SPITZER (Miami File 165-211) had taken over the operation™

of the Sunshine Raly Club, Miami Beach, which is a card

FLA

playing, bookmaking and gambling hangout. On 3/12/63, this

source advised that SPITZER only controlled the operations

of the Sunshine Raly Club about two weeks and gave it up.

Vendon, Miami Beach, Ela., for bookmäking. He said he learned -

there were two telephones in the apartment and that this was

a bookmaking operation controlled by SPITZER. MM 509-C, on

3/19/63, reported he heard SPITZER had recently been arrested

by the Miami Beach PD for bookmaking. On 3/26/63, this source

reported that he heard SPITZER was going to try to confine

his activities, hereafter to shylocking.

On 3/29/63, JOHN "SKIPPY"

AQUARTARONE (Miami File

165-6), was arrested by the Dade county Department of Public

Safety, Miami, Fla.

He was charged with vagrancy and failure

Bureau (AM)

Miami

REG 91.

629-59-649

RFF

EX-117

10 APR 3

150

1963

2 APR 12 1953

Approved: 105

Wales

Special Ageft in Charge

Sent

_M Per.

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MM 92-515

to appear on two old traffic charges. QUARTARONE was

also charged with operating a vehicle with an invalid driver's

license. Located in QUARTARONE's automobile was a sack of

25 cent slugs,

apparently prepared for use in telephones.

QUARTARONE said he had come to Miami several days previously

to stand trial with RALPH GEORGE SHEA (Miami File 165-6) as

both were charged on 2/13/62, with "Entering

without Breaking,

a Public Telephone Booth to commit a felony." This trial

however, has been postponed, to an undetermined date.

MM 609-C advised that subsequent to the arrest

of RALPH GEORGE SHEA, on 2/18/63, when he was charged with

"illegat dissemination of racing information" that SHEA is

again disseminating racing results, but the time lag is now

20 - 25 minutes after the horse race is run.

EDWARD SALEM, PCI, furnished similar information

to the above and added that SHEA has only a few bookmaker

clients for his race results, because they believe he istoo

prone to arrest and his race

¿outs are sometimes unreliable.

IRS, Miami, on 3/28/63, arrested NATHAN RANKEL...

1410 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, and FRANCISCRECO, 1512

Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, and were charged with accepting

- bets without purchasing a Federal gambling stamp. These two

were taking bets over a two-telephone set up in a house at

735 N.W. 123rd Street. IRS on the same date arrested JOSEPH

CHIERICO. operator of Sonny's Restaurant, 247 - 23rd St..

Miami Beach, which was the "check-in point" for this

operation

\CHIERICO reportedly is a partner in the alleged

operation with THOMAS ALTAMURA (Miami File 92-410).

FLA

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