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    "ocrText": "OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY\nPARISH OF ORLEANS\nSTATE OF LOUISIANA\nDECEMBER 29, 1966\nSTATEMENT OF:\nJOSEPH Do. OSTER, WM, age 38\nRESIDING AT:\n809 Audubon\nTELEPHONE NO.\n525-4205\nIn about 1956, Guy Banister and I went in business\ntogether in the private investigating firm known as Guy Banister\nand Associates, Inc. At that time, we wexe in the Balter\nBuilding on St. Charles Street in New orleans. During the\ncourse of time I was in business with Banister, I met Jack\nMartin and others.\nSubsequently, I left Banister and formed my own\ncorporation in 1958. It was known as Southern Research\nCompany, Inc. now Joseph A. Oster and Associates, Inc.\nDuring the time I was in business with Banister, I\nhad occasion to visit his home on Argonne Blvd. At that\ntime, Banister had to my knowledge a number of rifles and also\na 357 Magnum. I can vaguely remember that he had a .30\ncaliber bolt action rifle also a shotgun, also, an over and under,\nI don't know what caliber. The .30 caliber bolt action had a\ntelescopic sight. I know Banister carried a 357 magnum with\ngold initials (I think the initials were WGB). What happened\nto these guns, I don't know.\nDuring the course of my friendship with Banister,\nfrom the middle of '62 to the end of '63, I met Joe Newbrough,\nBill Ninski, Delphene Roberts and Jack Martin, x was also\nintroduced to Dave Ferrie and two Cuban exiles. I don't\nremember their names. one I know was employed in the Audubon\nBuilding for an engineering firm on the 5th floor. He was\ntall, thin, dark hair, (Jorge Ramirez - engineer for Warren\nMoses - 524-1277). and I vaguely remember he was a draftsman\nor some kind of engineer. He was approximately 30 to 32 years\nold. At the time x met them, they were driving an old Ford.\nThe other Cuban was short, stocky, moustache and appeared to be\nhighly educated. He was about 45 years old. When Banister\nintroduced me to theme he told me they were Cuban exiles\nand had been run out of Cuba by Castro. ne also told me\nthey were the heads of some kind of exile movenent here in\nNew orleans, and they were trying to get some king of program\nstarted."
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