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Frank Sinatra through the years has been associated with some of the most infamous individuals of modern times. During the 1930s when he was growing up in New Jersey he was reportedly befriended $ Cindi Ad edie ae sa BA Wea OT ee oh wa w yr ¢ oe by Willie Moretti, former underworld boss of Bergen County, New Jersey and cousin of the notorious Joe Adonis. In later years Sinatra sang at the wedding of Willie Moretti's daughter. In the 40s Sinatra's name was linked with such well-known hoodlums as Joseph and Rocco Fischetti, members of the Capone gang, Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano, and. James Tarantino, associate of Benjamin “Bugsey" Seigel and edito and publisher of the magazine “Hollywood Night Life." oe Newspapers on February 20, 1947, reported that FPmak Sinatra had been-ip Havana, Cuba, for four days the previous week and that “his companion in public and private was Luciano, Luciano'‘'s bodyguard “md a rich collection of gamblers and high-binders." The article indicated that Luciano and Sinatra were seen together at the racetracks, the gambling casinos and at special parties. A September 11, 1947, column of Westbrook Pegler reported that when Frank Sinatra flew to Havana, Cuba, on February 11, 1947, he was accompanied by Joe and Rocco Fischetti. In recent years considerable information has been reported concerning Sinatra thies with Sam Giancana. Reports of the use of Sinatra's Palm Springs home by Giancana and Phyllis McGuire and Giancana's disappointment in Sinatra's inability to get the administration to tone down its efforts in the Anti-Racketeering field constitutes the most significant information developed. On at least two occasions in past years Sinatra has been in Atlantic City taking over an-entire floor of one of the major hotels for a, private party which lasted several weeks and included hoodlum guests such as Giancana, the Fischettis and Joe Bonanno of Phoenix. Until he was recently ordered to sell his interests in Las Vegas, Sinatra owned a percentage of the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas and was 100% owner of the Cal-Neva Lodge at Lake Tahoe. Informants have speculated that Sinatra was merely a front for hoodlum money invested in these gambling casinos. During the last year of operation, the Cal-Neva Lodge was managed by Paul "Skinny" D'Amato, longetime friend of Sinatra who aiso has a hoodlum background and has for years operated the 500 Club in Atlantic City. Hs aS ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED “tes ON HEREIN rT Babe pat bate CeO OD cai) co Z —— v - ? / f an 5 \ 39!