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JFK Assassination System Date: 10/62201
Identification Form
Agency Inforation
AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER = 180-10104-10294
RECORD SERIES NUMBERED FILES.
AGENCY FILE NUMBER : HSCA
Document Information
ORIGNNATOR : HSCA
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DATE: 00/00/0000
PAGES : 14
SUBJECTS
BINION, BENNY .
CAMPISI, JOE.
JAFFE, MILTON:
NNS, FILES:
CIVELLA, JOSEPH:
DOCUMENT TYPE : OTHER TEXTUAL:
CLASSIICATION Unclassified
RESTRICTIONS 3
CURRENT STATUS Redact
DATE OF LASTREVEW 01/27/1997
OPENNNG CRITERIA
COMMENTS : INS file review; typed notes Box 250.
Xeleasedunder the JohnF. Kennedy
Assassination Records CollectionAct of
992 (44USC 2107 Note) Case#NW
38326 Date; 2025
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A= Benny Binion File #A8 952 077
DOB : 11/20/04
POB : Pilot Grove , Texas
FBI #206 216
General Information:
Took over policy in Dallas after Freiden killed in
1936
K ex-boss of Dallas million dollar policy
racket F A
had 408 of Herbert Noble 1 S take
P
in
protection racket he had trouble with Noble, bitter
enemies 7 attempts to kill Noble Noble 1 S wife
killed 11/29/49 when she started her car
DPD Lt. reportedly tapped phone calls and miked room
BB supposedly knew who killed Noble s wife and woula
have him killed in jail as good-will gesture if Noble
let BB back into Dallas rackets _ BB fled Dallas in
1946.
Record: charged in Freiden killing but released 12/28/36 _
charged concealed weapon 9/30/32 _
homicide conv of bootlegger 5/25/32 ; got
suspended sentence.
12/6/53 news clip:
BB pays ,S516,541.93 in back taxes
Still got 5-year sentence on tax evasion rap.
1956 invest. satisfies INS that BB is U.S_ citizen
through birth as he claimed and will not be deported_
7/8/55 INS memo :
BB currently prisoner at Leavenworth.
BB file also contains reference to invest. Of Harry
Remer Urban. DOB : 9/9/06; Dallas
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B. R.D. Matthews File #A14 529 lll
3/23/65 report:
RDM was born 9/26/20 under the name Russell Douglass
Boyd , Jr_ and later changed his name in court-
Says RDM has been arrested many times since 1948_
INS concludes that RDM appears to be U.S . citizen.
Name change was in Dallas court on 11/17/60 (Bureau
Of Vital Stats Certificate #39787 #5139) _
Attached affidavit from RDM' s mother :
Says RDM served in Marines in WW-II
RDM used Matthews after father died _and mother
renarried .
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C Joe Campisi File #Al2 531 109
8/5/69 letter
Says JC , Peter J_ Piccola , and Jimmy I Maggiota are
Of interest to O.C, and racket section of Justice
Department.
3/7/62 report:
Verifies JC ' s citizenship through his father and
school records)
Carlo Campisi says he came to U.S _ with wife in
1907 to La. Moved to Dallas in 1917
Lists JC as a gambler , making bets in excess of
S1000 on baseball games and says he knows many
influential people in Dallas city government and DPD _
11/7/61 memo
INS investigator lists Dallas residents who are
involved in gambling rackets and/or liquor rackets:
JC
S Campisi
Jimmy Maggiotta
Joe La Tinnerrello
Joseph J Colletta
John Michael Carcelli
P_ Piccola
Johnny Patrona
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D Sam Campisi File #Al2 531 043
DOB : 5/20/20
10/23/63 memo :
Lists individuals identified as LCN members :
SC
Charles P Manicchia
Ross Peter Interrante
Luke Cortemeglia
Jimmy Maggiotta
Phillip Municchia
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E_ Joseph Civello File #All 302 676
DOB : 2/3/02 , Port Allen, La.
9/9/59 memo
Original family name was Shivera; changed to
Civello in 1932_
Few news clips on Civello and Appalachia meeting_
5/22/59 memo
Says Civello and Frank Desimone claim to be cousins _
INS unable to verify this.
3/13/59 news clip
JC won t testify before L.A.
g.j. L
his attorney saya he ' s uneducated and confused.
g.j. will give him another chance before contempt
rap.
-9/11/58 report
Ross Musso is JC's brother-in-law.
Civello'8 file contains testimony given by John Cusach , Narcotics
Agent , on 1/19/58 before N.Y. Joint Legis_ Comm _ on Govt_
Operations
This text runs down list of top Mafia men in 1958 with
brief bio sketches .
Civello is mentioned; says he was convicted in Dallas in
1937 (on narcotics rap?) and got 15-year sentence
commuted and released from prison 11/6/48 _ NOw he has
pardon application pending_
Gabriel Mannarino is mentioned: DOB 10/31/16 , Pau
Says he runs numbers and slot machines with brother
Sammy in Westmoreland Pa .
In 1950 wora was that GM was going to move in on
Pittsburgh numbers racket and let "Cuban mob" take
over in New Kensington _
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E Joseph Civello_ (Cont'&)
Info that Mannarino has concession at Sans Souci in
Havana (owned by Trafficante)
11/26/57 report
Lists murder arrest for JC on 7/14/23 later
exonerated _
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F . Milton Jaffe File #Al3 093 381
DOB : 8/19/95 , Braddock, Pa.
6/4/63 report
Lists prior residences as:
5725 Torkes Ave. Pittsburgh
6308 Pennsylvania Ave. , Pittsburgh
Employment last five Years:
Owns 28 interest in Karat, Inc , dba Stardust
Casino, L.V.
Prior occupations: gambling , 6308 Penn Ave. ,
Pittsburgh.
Details Jaffe family history ~nothing Startling.
2/18/63 meno
Lists MJ as important figure in L.V. gambling
circles along with: Ba Rothkopf
M Rubin
J, Gottlieb
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G. Pedro Digno Fox-Zamora File #Al2 479 246
FOB : 6/13/13 , Havana
Copy of PF ' s naturalization certificate #38033 ; 3/15/68
Signea Pedro Fox (wants name changed to this) .
Lists DOB as 10/24/09
Admitted to US 11/29/61
Res . 302 Beacon Blva _ Miami _
Says since 5/29/61 he has never left U.S. for more
than six months
Last place of foreign residence is Tropicana
nightclub-
Present occupation: restaurant captain at
Deauville Hotel.
Denies Comunist affiliation ana criminal record_
Other names used: Rudy P_ Fox
Was general manager at Tropicana _
Records show entry into N.Y. 5/18/60
Miami: 3/13/60
Passport #14776
Fox applied for immigrant visa at American Embassy in
Mexico City.
Says he is a merchant.
Lists assets as; $ 5,000 cash
81,200 bank deposits
15,000 real estate
10,000 investment
Residences : 1924-29 Havana
1929-39 Miami
1939-60 Havana
1960-date Miami
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H. Martin Gabriel Zamora-Fox File #A12 416 893
DOB : 3/18/96 , Matanzas , Cuba
3/25/66 letter to Social Sec _ Adm _
Says MF is Pedro Fox s brother
MF entered U.S. 7/2/61 at Miami from Mexico as permanent
resident-
This is response to Pedro Fox 3/23/66 request for info
so his brother can get Medicare benefits; note on
request says applicant is mentally ill L " don t know
if this means Pedro or Martin.
7/2/61 immigrant visa application
Martin has passport #13603
Lists occupation as real estate owner
Assets : S 15,000 cash
50,000 bank deposits
30, 000 real estate
Martin was always in Cuba
6/26/61 letter from Pan American Bank , Miami to U.S.
Consul, Mexico City
Says MF has had checking account with substantial
deposits since October 1952_
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I_ Luis Eusebio Balbueka-Calzadillo File #Al2 854 523
Naturalization certificate #47462 5/1/70
DOB 12/15/28 ; Guantanamo , Cuba
Denies Comunist affiliatons and criminal record
Residence: 450 N.W 45th Ave. Miami
Has lived in U.S. since 7/6/62
Lawfully admitted 8/23/64
Previous U.S. addresses : 927 SW 3 St.
1
Miami
918 SW 1oth St., Miami
Employment in U.S.:
1/68 Aero Cast, Inc _
9/65 1/68 Air Craft Casting
2/64 9/65 Spring Lock Scaffol
3/63 2/64 Singer Co _
10/62 1/63 Richards Dept_ Store
Occupation: : caster
Workea for U.S _ Government , Guantanamo from
1943 10/61-
Untitled documents:
States LB can't return to Cuba for political
reasons.
10/4/62 report Lists LB as anti-Castro 0 founder of
0I anti-Castro Patrionatas de Libertad in Oriente Province.
" ex-member Of MRR , " "connected w/Nino: n
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J Edward Browder Jr . File #All 876 213
6/8/60 letter from INS to Browder (at 6300 Snapper Creek
Drive, Miami)
Informs EB that he is not to depart from U.S_ to
Cuba until further notice.
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K Norman Rothman File #All 885 359
6/11/63 memo from Bureau Of Narcotics to INS
Lists Cuban types mixed up in narcotics
NR listed as violator and suspect along with others ,
including: Trafficante
Tourine
Lanally
Lists associates Of NR:
Michael Morrison
Jean Baptiste Croce
Josef Albert Bistoni
Paul D. Mondolini
States NR spends much time around Havana casinos _
Was associated with Lucien Rivard in operation of
El Morocco casino in Camagney_
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Cuba into which he
imports slot machiens from U.S _
INS recommends deportation from Cuba to U.S.
6/13/60
P news clip
Says George Mecalling has revealed himself as true
owner of Biltmore Terrace Hotel in Miami and will
ask for Fed. bankruptcy-
Hotel is described as haven for Batista Cubans and
NR described as big-time builder in Cuba under
Batista and as front man at hotel until
Mecalling' s disclosure.
Says NR was convicted in Feb. in case
involving
smuggling weapons into Cuba now on appeal _
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L= Dominick Bartone File #Alo 190 157
10/28/ memo
DOB : 8/8/13 ; N.Y.
Res . 25 Lansdowne Ra _ Toledo, Ohio
Mentions DB 9 long recora ana some specific raps
"Unconfirmed ruors have circulated for years that
during the late 1950 's he was involved in some capacity
I w/the CIA
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M_ Edward Ivan Arthur File #Al3 137 451
DOB : 6/15/35
SS #290-28-2188
Res. : 92 Belpre Pl., W. ,
Waterville, Ohio 43081
File only contains correspondence between Arthur, his
attorney (Robert Ea Cesner Jr.) and INS on Arthur s
FOIA request for his files_
Only thing in the file is FBI report (10/30/63) deleted for
HSCA due to 3rd agency rule.
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