The Howard Johnson's Rendezvous & Multi-City Gambling Raids

In this vivid 1961 memo, Fred Pastore details staging raids from a Howard Johnson's parking lot—where bystanders mistook his agents loading canvas money bags and crowbars for bank robbers. He recounts mob tip-offs in Taunton taverns, persuading a syndicate operator to return hidden machines, and pushing back against IRS brass accusing him of chasing publicity.