Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, PH
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 03/18/1969
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10297-10042

RECORD SERIES : HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-6054-2564

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, PH

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE:

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

03/18/1969

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LCN, MEMBERS A/O ASSOC, TRA, INDUCTION, CEREMONY

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION :

Unclassified

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4

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Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/24/1998

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SAC, PHILADELPHIA (92-1027)

LA COSA NOSTRA

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T00: PHILA)

Re Philadelphia airtels to Bureau (copy - Newark),

1/21/69,1/24/69 and 3/7/69 captioned LCN; CARL JAMES CIVELLA,

aka; and VITO GENOVESE.

THE FOLLOWING IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE. HANDLE WITH

UTMOST CAUTION TO PROTECT INFORMANT

The following is to bring the Bureau and Newark up

to date in regard to induction of new members into the

Philadelphia Family of LCN.

Philadelphia airtel dated 3/7/69 reported the visit

to Philadelphia on 3/7/69 by JOSEPH SCAFIDI, a Capodecina in

the Philadelphia Family of LCN of Bridgeton, N. J., who had

been requested to come to Philadelphia for a meeting with

Philadelphia underboss IGNAZIO DENARO.

The purpose of this

meeting was to discuss plans for induction of new members which

had previously been scheduled for Vineland, N. J., 1/25-26/69.

Since date of this communication sourcehas reported

that the person that ANGELO BRUNO contacted on unknown date in

reference to JOSEPH RUGNETTA, Consilieri, Philadelphia Family of

LCN, who had refused to attend induction ceremonies if same was

held in New Jersey, was JOSEPH TRAINA.

As previously reported

Bureau (92-6054) (RM)

Newark

REC 1071

92-6054-2544

2 - 92-1203

( LCN)

1 - 92-1809

(JOSEPH SCHE IDI) )

1 - 92-2776

(JOSEPH PERELLA)

- 92--

(JOHN SIMONE).

SE3 MAR 19 1969

5 - Philadelphia

(92-1027)

JRP/mam

1 - 92-1331

JOSEPH SCAFIDI

SHAMELE

(13)

2 - 92-NEW

(JOHN GRANDE, AKA)

- 137-4049

Approved:

(PH 672-C- tent _

_M Per -

55 MAR 261969

Special Agent in Charge

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PH 92-1027

BRUNO's apparent instructions from TRAINA, who the Bureau

nows was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1928, for attending

* Mafia meeting, was to the effect that he could continue

with his plans

to induct new members but not to induct the

members behind the back of JOSEPH RUGNETTA: and that the .

induction ceremony should be amicable.

DeveLopments up to 3/1/69 had established that

sponsored by JOSEPH

TANNARELLA, Philadelphia, being

sponsored by PHILIT TESIA, a capodecina of the Philadelphia

Family and extremely close associate of ANGELO BRUNO, plus

an unknown subject from Trenton, N. J., being sponsored by

Capodecina JOHN SIMONE of that city, are being

"made."

On 3/17/69 PH 672-C-te furnished the following

information to SA J. ROBERT PEARCE:

On 3/15/69 source was advised by LCN member

ERNIE PERRICONE that PERRICONE'S Capodecina PETER MAGGIO

during previous week contacted him to inform him of the

PA

sponsored by FRANK "Chickie" NARDUCCI, LCN member of the

GRANDE works

for NARDUCCI

at his illegal numbers operation and is "doorman" in his

private after-hours club operated by NARDUCCI and PERRICONE

as a partnership. ALBERT "LU LU" ESPOSITO is sponsoring two

unknown subjects.

Source was told that the induction ceremony would

probably be held at the Buck Eye Athletic Club, 826 South 8th

Street, Philadelphia, Pa., which was the site of the October 9,

PERRICONE has been contacted by old-time LN member

HARRY RICCOBENE who is aware of the induction ceremony.

RICCO-

BENE is attempting to develop information to have FRANK SINDONE

blackballed.

RICCOBENE has

a dislike for SINDONE as does ERNIE

PERRICONE (note PH 599-C-te has previously informed that HARRY

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