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...Scott Bingham. Bob Wieck and Steve Richter have all been hitting over .300 against EIBL pitching, but Woodworth feels that his team will be decidedly weaker against a lefthander. Roz Braton will be on the mound for the Crimson and with a 7-0 record and a 0.00 E.R.A. he is more than just a lefthander--he is the best pitcher in the league...
Suggestion. While hospitalized with a painful spinal problem in 1969, Bingham had complained to his wife about their problem of trying to make ends meet on his modest annual salary of about $5,000. She suggested that they "go to the Russians." Whereupon he wrote out a note stating his name, rank and naval assignment as an antisubmarine warfare and torpedo specialist at the British naval base in Portsmouth, and Maureen delivered it to the Russian embassy in London. After he left the hospital, the Soviets invited him to London for a meeting. Over vodka, they gave...
...Bingham delivered exposed films to the Soviets by leaving them at one of seven "dead drops" in or near the town of Guildford, including a tree, a hollow under a bridge, and a car door in a rural trash heap. In turn, the Soviets left a "parcel"-a hollow sphere made of putty and shaped like a stone, containing a fresh supply of film, instructions and sometimes money...
Despite their new source of income, the Binghams were unable to get out of debt. A finance company threatened to report them to the police for selling a car before they had completed payment on it. Bingham was becoming desperate, and was eventually even driven to pawning the camera the Soviets had given him. He also felt increasingly guilty about selling secrets to the Russians. One day last August, he sought out a senior officer aboard his ship in Portsmouth. "I am and have been for a number of years a Soviet agent," he declared. (Actually, according to the Attorney...
...told the Daily Mail. She also declared that "I was the one who passed on information through the dead drops. I shall never know why I was not charged." Britain's Director of Public Prosecutions also was puzzled, and ordered an investigation. At week's end Maureen Bingham was charged under the Official Secrets Act and released on $1,200 bail...