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MIL obituaries 'B team' blamed DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, Rochester, N.Y., Feb. 24,1981 5B L. Savage, firefighter Gordon L. Savage, 66, who was active in the Gates Chili Volunteer Fire Department for 30 years and was a past president of the Monroe County Fire Chiefs Association, died yesterday. wife, Alice, said last night that Savage died after His a stroke.

Savage moved to Gates from the Boston area in 1947 and started the Algord Metal Repair Service before becoming a partner in Nova Finishing and UpholsterinSuring the past few years, Savage was a custodian for the town of Gates, his wife said, but firefighting was his main occupation. "He was a firefighter from way, way back," Mrs. Savage said. "We've both been very active in the department." Savage was a past battalion chief of Gates Chili Fire Department Company 2. He was past president of the Monroe County Volunteer Fireman's Association, the Gates Chili Fire Department Exempts and the Monroe County Fire Chiefs Association.

He was a member of the Volunteer Fireman's Association of the State of New York, the Western New York Volunteer Fireman's Association, the Northern Central Volunteer Fireman's Association, the International Fire Chief's Association and the Safety Committee of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. He was past chairman of the Monroe County Fire Advisory Board. He also served on the advisory committee of the Gates Exempts Fire Explorer Post and was a member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles, Aerie Post 52. Besides his wife, Savage is survived by a niece and nephew, Jean and Robert Sanders of Brockport; a great-nephew, Todd Sanders; and a great-niece, Christina Sanders. Francesco Liberty, Manchester mayor Manchester Village Mayor Francesco J.

Liberty, 62, died yesterday morning at Strong Memorial Hospital. Liberty, a Democrat, had been the village's mayor since April 1972 and had served on the Village Board since 1959. He had been suffering from vascular ailments for about eight months and underwent surgery twice this month, said his sister, Leta Marino. Liberty's death leaves the Ontario County village of 1,680 temporarily without a mayor and with an inactive Village Board. "It leaves us with one trustee and we can't do any business," said Village Attorney John E.

Tyo. The Village Board is empowered to appoint an acting mayor to serve until the next election in March 1982, but it can't act immediately because one member is in California and it lacks a quorum, Tyo said. The board consists of a mayor and two trustees. Liberty's wife, Mary, died early last year. He is survived by two daughters, Tina Clarke of Manchester and Carol Padellaro of Spencerport; his mother, Nazzarene Liberty of Manchester; two sisters, Mrs.

Marino of Manchester and Ida Ciardi of Geneva; and three grandchildren. David M. Brind, 20, national fishing champ David M. Brind of Geneva, a junior at Union College and a national champion fisherman, died Saturday in a car accident in New Canaan, Conn. was a pre-law student at Union College and planned to attend law school and then return to Geneva to practice with his father, David H.

Brind, Geneva's acting city judge, said Jane Stauff, Brind's secretary and a family friend. New Canaan police said Brind was passenger in a car being driver by Anthony Piotrowski, 21, of New Canaan. Police said the car left the road and hit a stone wall. Authorities said Brind was killed instantly. Piotrowski was listed in stable condition at St.

Joseph's Hospital, Stamford, Conn. Brind was a 1977 graduate of Geneva High School and was know for his fishing ability. He was a former U.S. National Amateur Bass Champion. He is survived by his parents, David H.

and Shirley H. Brind of Geneva; a brother, Charles, at home; a sister, Susan, of New York City; and a grandmother, Laura Wharton of Phoenix, Ariz. Michael J. Arcarisi, Michael J. Arcarisi, 55, a masonry worker who along with his two brothers founded Arc Construction Co.

25 years ago, died Saturday. A brother, Sam Arcarisi, said the death was caused by an abscess near the liver. Arcarisi was vice president of Arc Construction Co. until it was sold to Richard U. Wilson in 1973, his brother said, and he then started his own masonry contracting company.

"He started as an apprentice boy at 16," Sam Arcarisi said. "He's been in the mason trade for 40 years." Arcarisi was a World War II veteran, serving as a seaman aboard the U.S.S. Warren in the Pacific from 1941 to 1945. He is survived by his wife, Marion (Coffaro) Arcarisi; two sons, Michael and Mark; two daughters, Michele and Marla; two brothers, Sam and Rudy; three sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Vivian) LaMonaco, Mrs.

Nicholas (Rose Marie) Sacchitella and Mrs. Sam (Antoinette) Cialdella; and his father-in-law, Joseph Coffaro. Barbara J. Close, 32, Barbara J. Close, 32, a swimming instructor for the Greece YMCA, died Saturday at Park Ridge Hospital.

Her husband, Michael J. Close, said she died of cancer. Mrs. Close, who lived at 244 Stonycreek Drive, Greece, taught swimming classes for all age groups during the past 10 years. She also taught water ballet and life-saving courses.

Mrs. Close underwent an operation to remove cancer six years ago and recovered, her husband said. A second operation was performed about a year ago, and left her a quadriplegic. Close said she spent several months at home before returning to Park Ridge Hospital about four weeks ago. Besides her husband, Mrs.

Close is survived by a Michael; a daughter, Amy; her parents, Earl and son, Amy Jinks; two brothers, Roy and Lyn Jinks, and a sister, Judy Bardell. Insurance By NANCY MONAGHAN Staff Writer The insurance company says the Team is responsible for the explosion but two men on that team say the government informants did it. The defendants are scattered around the country in federal prisons and in the federal witness protection program, and not all the legal papers have been served yet. But Royal Globe Insurance Co. wants its $25,836 plus interest back.

Royal Globe, the insurance carrier firm wants to collect in '78 bombing for 1262-1266 Clifford has sued Rosario Chirico, Anthony Chirico, William Barton, Dominic Celestino, Francesco Frassetto, and Angelo Vaccaro for the money. The building, which housed the Social Club of Monroe, was damaged by a bomb on June 8, 1978 during the underworld war in which the Team fought for control of Rochester's rackets. The club was a Mafia-controlled gambling parlor. In January 1980 a jury in U.S. District Court convicted the Chiricos, insurance company, said Anthony helped the six men during the war.

Barton, Celestino, Frassetto and Vac- Chirico did not answer the complaint, caro of racketeering for their part in which was served on him in the feder- Rosario Chirico and Frassetto say the war. al penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pa. And in their legal papers that Bates and The civil lawsuit by Royal Globe ac- on Feb. 19 a judgment for the amount Starkweather, who entered the federcuses the six men of conspiring to of the lawsuit $30,101.50, including al witness protection in re- program bomb the building and Celestino, interest was filed against him. turn their testimony, are responsiFrassetto and Anthony Chirico of ac- The judgment hasn't been execut- ble for bombing the gambling tually planting the explosive device.

ed, D'Amanda said. parlor. The June 8 bomb blast was the Lawyers for Rosario Chirico and second at the Social Club of Monroe Frassetto have filed third-party ac- Royal Globe's complaint against during the war, and the club never tions against James Bates and Rod- the six men says the company paid reopened. ney J. Starkweather, who testified at the building's owners for the damLouis D'Amanda, lawyer for the the trial in federal court that they age.

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