◆ SpookStack

Arturo Rodriguez for violation of the Selective Service Act. On September 10, 1968, Arturo Rodriguez was intereviewed by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at New York, New York, concerning the then recent series of bombings in New York City which began April 22, 1968. Rodriguez admitted he was a propagandist and until the end of August, 1968, was a spokesman for "Cuban Power" in New York City. Rodriguez denied participating or involving himself in any bombing and stated that he merely made releases concerning the bombings by "Cuban Power" then a Miami based Cuban exkmile anti-Castro group. On September 24, 1968, Rodriguez was arrested by the New York City Police Department while attending a demonstration outside the Henry Miller Theater on West 43rd Street, New York City, where the production "The Cuban Thing" was playing. Rodriguez was charged with Reckless Endangerment, Disorderly Conduct, and furnishing a false report in that he was allegedly shouting inside the theater "there is a bomb inside". On October 23, 1968, Rodriguez was among ten individuals arrested by the New York City Police Department in connection with the bombings that had been occurring in New York City since April, 1968. At this time, Rodriguez was charged with Second Degree Arson and Conspiracy to Committ Arson, Second Degree. At this time, Arturo Rodriguez Vives' common law wife, Marilyn Rivera, 1370 University Avenue, Bronx, New York, was also arrested for Possession of a Deadly Weapon in that she was in possession of a .22 caliber automatic Selecta at the time of Rodriguez's arrest on October 23, 1968. On April 16, 1974, Arturo Rodriguez Vives was shot twice in the head by an unknown male assailant in Vives apartment. On April 23, 1974, was interviewed at her request in her home at Apartmen New York, New York. ~1 QO -2-