Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, MM
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 08/24/1962
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

4/28/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

RECORD SERIES :

124-10194-10174

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 62-9-29-577

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, MM

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 08/24/1962

PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS :

CIP, ASSOC, BUSS, GAMBLING, ACT

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 12/15/1994

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Date: 8/24/62

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AIRMAIL

Via

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

TO:

Director, FBI (62-9-29)

FROM:

SAC, Miami (92-515) (P)

RE:

CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

MIAMI DIVISION

Weekly Summary

MM 509-C on 8/8/62, advised that the individual who

has been associating with ANTHONY SALERNO (Miami 92-406) at

Sonny's Restaurant and George's Newsstand, Miami Beach, Fla.,

was NEIL, BASIL, an alleged importer at the Seville Hotel in

Miami Beach.

•On 8/14/62, he advised that JOSEPH CHERICO, a close

associate of THOMAS ALTAMURA (Miami 92-410), is going to bank-

roll SOL WAX in the operation of Gino's Restaurant only and

not the contemplated gambling and bookmaking operation, which

is to be handled by a Chicago group when it goes into effect in

October. He learned that WAX originally came from Chicago and

that AL SHAYNE, a gambler who mingles with the criminal ele

ment, is host at this restaurant.

WAX, he was told, spends

most of his time playing cards at the Patio Bridge Club in

Miami Beach.

This source also advised he learned that JOE/

MORRISON, close associate of MICHAEL COPPOLA (Miami 92-101)

and part of the COPPOLA-MORRISON gambling and bookmaking

group, with WILLIAM DARA, a burglar and jewel thief (Miami

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Releaset under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 144 USC 2107

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DATE: 11-14-2017

MM 92-515

87-8078), have acquired "The Apartment," a tavern and

lounge located at 175th St. and Biscayne Blvd., North

Miami Beach, Fla.

This tavern is located under the same

roof with two other taverns and lounges, which were

owned by JOE MILLSTEIN, a Shylock. He understood MORRISON

is a silent partner in

the operation and that DARA is at

the tavern every night.

MM 819-C* on 8/23/62, furnished information

that JOSEPH INDELICATO made an

appearance at the Harold

Solomon Bail Bond Office in Miami Beach and in a discussion,

GEORGE LEVINE related that the operators of the Hotel

Ambassador in the Dominican Republic wanted a quarter of

a million dollars for same and that he was going to New

York and then to the Dominican Republic to look it over.

MM 833-C on 8/15/62, advised that the Hotel

Ambassador, Santo Domingo, has 175 rooms.

MM 814-PC on 8/23/62, advised he heard that BING

WEINSTEIN, an associate of MAX EDER (Miami 92-467) who did

an extensive bookmaking business at the Fontainebleau

Hotel the winter season before last, is in a mental hospital.

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