Visiting Lucchese 1963

[Angelo Santino]

The Gens are hard, no two ways about it. The Gams are nearly done, Kid and B are working on Bonanno and San Jose, figured I might as well get the Luccheses and Colombos going.

B - Lucchese
U - Stefano La Salla
C - Vincent John Rao

Capodecina
Charles Chambello/Ciro Giampaolo
Antonio Corallo
Salvatore Curiale was still alive but may have stepped down by this time.
Joseph Laratro
Joseph Lucchese
John Ormento
Biagio Pizzolato - NJ captain
James Plumeri
Joseph Rosato
Salvatore Santora
Carmine Tramunti
Paul Vario was either captain or acting captain.

Soldiers on 63 chart-
Frank Arra
Joseph Bendenelli
Nicholas Bonina
Frank Callace
Frank Campanello
Paul John Carbo
Frank Cintrano
Sam Cavalieri
Paul Correale
Dominick Bianco
Donato Laietta
Edward D'Argenio
Thomas Dioguardi
John Dioguardi
Charles DiPalermo
Vincent Corrao (Isn't he Gambino?)
Joseph DiPalermo
Salvatore Granello
John Ormento
James Plumeri
Joe Emanuel
Anthony Lisi
Salvatore LoProto
Salvatore Maneri
Neil Migliore
Andinno Pappacia
Dominick Petrillo
Anthony LoPinto
Vincent Potenza
Calogero Rao
Salvator Shillitani
Joseph Silesi (Gambino)
Nicholas Tolentino
Angelo Tuminaro
Joseph Vento
Anthony Vadala
Tom Valente
James Vintaloro

Is there an FBI list of soldier for the 60s? Having trouble finding one on MF.

[B.]

- Biagio Pizzolato was NJ captain

- Paul Vario was either captain or acting captain. Salvatore Curiale was still alive but may have stepped down by this time.

- Charles Chambello = Ciro Giampaolo

[InCamelot]

Were Corallo, Santoro, Tramunti and Ormento crews always separate crews since '31 or did they go through a period of mixing and matching?

[B.]

Vario crew:

Peter Abinanti - Ventimiglia, Palermo
Alfonso Curiale - Joppolo Giancaxio, Agrigento
Salvatore Curiale (former captain) - Joppolo Giancaxio, Agrigento
Paolo Danna - ?, Agrigento (not sure town)
Luigi Sacco - Joppolo Giancaxio, Agrigento
Rosario Sacco - Joppolo Giancaxio, Agrigento
Joseph Schiavo - Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani
Paul Vario - Vita, Trapani
Salvatore Vario - Vita, Trapani

[Angelo Santino]

Are we able to break down the decine or is Vario a one-off?

[B.]

We could do NJ.

Giuseppe Abate - Marsala, Trapani
?-Onofrio Abate - Vita, Trapani via Tunis (unconfirmed)
Giuseppe Accardi - Vita, Trapani (deported)
Settimo Accardi - Vita, Trapani via Tunis (deported)
Anthony Dolasco - Castelferrato, Enna?
?-Onofrio Milazzo - ?, Trapani (Sicilian transfer, allegedly came to US later but one record suggests it may have been earlier)
Biagio Pizzolato - Vita, Trapani
Leonard Pizzolato - Vita, Trapani
Vito Pizzolato- Vita, Trapani
?-Michael Russo - Cerda, Palermo (unconfirmed)

[Angelo Santino]

Works, when I did the Gams I broke them down by neighborhood, I'll do the same for this and Colombos. Amazingly most of the Gens can be crewed and you and kid are crewing up the Bonannos. We work with what we have.

[B.]

The NJ guys I listed were all with one crew, so either way they're grouped they'll be together.

Same thing with Vario crew. Most of that crew was in Brooklyn near Queens. I forgot Carmine Taglialatella who was an East Harlem-based member of that crew but not sure when he fled to California and was more or less on the shelf.

Little Italy crew is easier to figure out later when it's one decina, but no idea how it broke down since both Plumeri and Giampaolo are listed here and operated in that area.

Have to leave Bronx, East Harlem, Queens, and Long Island to someone else. They all run together and I know little about them, will be interesting to see where those guys come from.

[B.]

Little Italy -- a few of these guys may have moved elsewhere by 1963.

?-Salvatore Benanti - Marineo, Palermo (likely the "Dutodo" Benanti ID'd as a member by an FBI source)
Charles DiPalermo - Marineo, Palermo
Joseph DiPalermo - Marineo, Palermo
Peter DiPalermo - Marineo, Palermo
Frank Dioguardi - Baucina, Palermo
John Dioguardi - Baucina, Palermo
Thomas Dioguardi - Baucina, Palermo
Ciro Giampaolo - ?, Palermo (not sure if province or city)
Joseph Lagano - Calabria
Carmelo "Willie" LoCascio - Baucina, Palermo
Peter LoCascio - Baucina, Palermo
Frank Nuccio - San Giuseppe Jato or San Cipirello, Palermo
John Nuccio - San Giuseppe Jato or San Cipirello, Palermo
Vincent Nuccio - San Giuseppe Jato or San Cipirello, Palermo
Vincenzo "James" Plumeri - Regalbuto, Enna

[B.]

Don't know if he was in the NJ decina, but another NJ-based member was Salvatore LoProto. I think his family came from Marineo but couldn't confirm. He was erroneously listed on a chart as "Salvatore DiPalermo" which might lend itself to the Marineo tie.

I don't think it's a coincidence Antonino Cecala was a high-ranking Morello member from Baucina. Along with the later guys from Baucina, Marineo, and San Giuseppe, there were a number of older guys active with the Prince Street faction (deceased by this time) who came from those villages. Eld had a good list here if anyone's interested: https://theblackhand.club/forum/viewtop ... 52#p186352

Also interesting Joe Silesi got misidentified as a Lucchese as he was originally from Manhattan with heritage in Marineo.

[Antiliar]

Salvatore Mauro came from Baucina and Loiacono came from Marineo, so interesting to see the continuity.

[PolackTony]

John Ormento: B. Giovanni Ormando in 1912 in NYC to Gaetano Ormando and Concetta Cala, both of San Cataldo, Caltanissetta. As of 1940, lived at family apartment at 217 E 107 (3rd Ave) and stated that he was unemployed.

A family friend of mine who is almost 100 and grew up in East Harlem told me that 107 St was “all Sicilians”. That’s the impression of someone from the neighborhood way back in the day, at least. She also personally knew Vinnie Rao and had family connections to a bookmaking operation by 107 and 3rd run by Lucchese guys.

[B.]

Salvatore Mauro came from Baucina and Loiacono came from Marineo, so interesting to see the continuity.

We talked about it on a call, but Vinnie Mauro's father was another Salvatore Mauro from Baucina so I'll be curious to see if others from there ended up with the Genovese or if they tended to go with the Lucchese. Either way might show that common root like Corleone.

CC found the Gambino LoCascios were from Baucina like the Lucchese ones. On the Ravenite tape where LoCascio talks about being made very young Gotti's comments suggest Frank had older relatives in the life.

[B.]

Anyone seen anything about Gaspare Mangiaracina?

He's on one Lucchese member list from the 1960s, though it's from a set of lists that have a few errors.

Newark underboss Sam Monaco's business partner was a "C.Mangiaracina" which could have been Newark resident Calogero Mangiaracina from Camporeale, but no way to confirm. Wondering if it could have been Gaspare Mangiaracina given the Vita/Trapani guys close to Monaco ended up w/ the Luccheses.

[JoelTurner]

Here’s a possible member: Angelo Taccetta

- He’s listed as a member in a 1983 report (https://books.google.ca/books?id=12hHAwjxXgYC&pg=PA257)

- He was born in 1921, even though he wasn’t really on lists from the ‘60s, I’d speculate that he would have been made in the late 50s rather than the 70s.

- This was his census information (https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-con ... 22294:2442). His family was from Villarosa, Enna, Sicily.

- He was Michael and Martin’s father.