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Couple posed as Communists for FBI for seven years
Mrs. John Tichonuk and her husband served as undercover Communists in Philadelphia from 1955 to 1962, reporting weekly to FBI agents. The pair, later living in Potsdam New York, say the undercover stint ended when he joined the St. Lawrence Gas Co. as a technician near Potsdam. Their three children were unaware of the activity. Henry Butzel, 92, longtime Michigan Supreme Court justice, died in Detroit.
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Potsdam
N.Y
John Tichonu
FBI
Philadelphia
Subversive Activities Control Board
New York City
Tichonuk
New York
Air Force
Watertown
Tichonuks
Communist Party
Mrs. Tichonuk
Mike
Arthur
St. Lawrence Gas. Co
Henry Butzel
Detroit
Mich
Michigan Supreme Court
Detroit Bar Association