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Old Feud Seen Finished I 1 i 1 New Gam 0 i me War i I i I i 'It i I i 4 i Hub PoHce Gird for Violence From New Power Struggle By RONALD A. WYSOCKI With Charlestown's Stevie Hughes, 38, last of the at-large McLaughlin gang gunmen, dead, police felt today that gangland's bloody two-year-old McLaughlin-McLean feud was over. ting slips was found in the car, leading investigators to believe that the Revere man was making collections from Greater Lawrence bookmakers and returning to Boston with the money. It was theorized also that Hughes was acting as a guard. Last March, Stevie Hughes was gunned down in front of his brother's Maiden home but survived.

Connie ran away. The older Hughes brother 1868, Glob Newspaper Co. The toll was 32 dead. But authorities now girded for a fresh outbreak of violence from the splintering of the surviving group, composed of four different factions, in a new struggle for power. Hughes and Samuel Lin-denbaum, 67, of 405 Broadway, Revere, were killed A Venue 8-8000 10 PAGES 10 CENTS McLean fell from a shotgun blast when he walked from a Somerville cafe last October.

Edward J. (Punchy) McLaughlin, leader of his family and organization, was killed only nine days earlier while he stood at a West Roxbury bus stop on his way to his brother George's murder tria? in Suffolk Courthouse. George McLaughlin, last of his family of three brothers, is in Death Row at Walpole State Prison. SLAYINGS Page 3 SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, 19C6 was the principal suspect in the killing of James (Buddy) in a hail of armor-riercirir McLean, Somerville tough bullets fired from a rifle nd McLauKh" brothers' in a passing black sedan No' 1 enemy- OLD FRIENDS President Johnson plays with Kimberly, the family beagle, during relaxing moment at LBJ ranch.

President was on hand for party given by Mrs. Johnson for women from towns near ranch. (AP) Luci's Wedding Films Big Hit at LBJ Ranch as the two men drove along Rte. 114 in Middle-ton at 2 p.m. yesterday.

Two women witnesses said they saw three men and a woman in the black sedan. Stevie's finish was almost identical to that of his brother Cornelius, 36, of Maiden, last May. Connie Hughes was slain as he drove along the Northeast Expressway in Revere by the same kind of bullets fired from another car. Hughes had $55 in his i ZJ JOHNSON CITY, Tex. Gerard P.

Nugent, and his (AP)-President Johnson wife- Phyllis- v. i Lt Nugent, who couldn't be and his family staged a best man at the wedding be- hugs-and-kisses reunion at cause he was on war duty, the LBJ ranch, then wel- getting to know his brothers corned to the fold a young in-laws. BOBBY LEO Crimson Ace BRENDAN MCCARTHY B. C. Fullback i 'i actor friend George Hamilton, tt Under the live oak trees on the front lawn, Mrs.

Johnson took over as master of ceremonies to thank the women who have shown more than 83,000 visitors through the historic Johnson homes. REUNION Page 3 Mr ii aUa'ir 7 wi pocket when he was killed. He was also carrying a snub-nosed 38-caliber revolver. Positive identification was delayed for several hours because he carried no papers. Lindenbaum had $1200 on his person.

A quantity of bet- marine just back from Viet Nam. The occasion was a lawn Missing was Lynda Johnson, who was at a Hollywood dinner party given by her Local Gridirons Start to Sizzle GANGLAND VICTIMS Stephen J. Hughes, left, and Samuel Lindenbaum, shot to death from passing car in Middleton. Charges Lack of Control Consumer Unit Hits High Hospital Rates party yesterday to salute 250 neighbor women who have served as tour guides at the President's boyhood home and his reconstructed birthplace. The women not only received printed certificates of gratitude from Mrs.

Johnson, but also got a ringside seat for the family reunion. Anti-Poverty Posts Go Begging Only 90 Seek 120 Jobs By RAY FITZGERALD The Fall air is crisp and quarterbacks throughout New England will be heaving long "cool ones" for Alma Mater today as the local intercollegiate football season roars into full swing. Ohio University invades the Heights for a game with Boston College, Lafayette will entertain Harvard, Ithaca is at Tufts and Bridgeport squares off against Northeastern in Boston area games. in North hood Association Dorchester. By JANET RIDDELL Although anti-poverty elections are scheduled for next Tuesday in the Roxbury-Dorchester area, only 90 persons have signed up to run for 120 available positions in six area sub-committees.

Lack of communication and discouragement seem to be among the reasons. "I didn't know I could run. How do you run? Who do you call? People don't know said Mrs. Vashti Hall, who is treasurer of her Neighbor poor a voice in the anti-poverty program," says Vincent Haynes, an anti-poverty community organizer. Anyone, no matter what his income, is eligible to run in the coming Roxbury elections as long as -he is an adult, lives in the Roxbury-North Dorchester anti-poverty target area, and can collect 25 signatures from residents on a petition.

APATHY Page 2 The stale Consumers Council and the Massachusetts "Hospital Assn. were locked in a bitter controversy today over state chargps that various hospital officials have been ineffective or asleep in controling soaring hospital costs. Touching off the rhubarb was a council charge that it "detects a lassitude on the part of some hospital trustees and administrators in the area of cost control." Patrick Carroll, director of information for the hns- pital group, retaliated the charge was reckless because the council had nqt undertaken any effort to consult with hospital officials. In a report to Gov. Volpe.

the council flatly blamed soaring Blue Cross costs on the hospitals. The council declared it would like to see periodic reports from the hospitals outlining cost saving programs and efforts to curb unnecessary expenditures. HOSPITALS Page 2 And they were invited to watch the "world premiere" in a ranch airplane hangar of an hour-long, color documentary-style film of the wedding of Luci Johnson and Patrick J. Nugent. The wedding film brought tears to the newlyweds' eyes.

Luci told the audience, "I didn't cry at my own wedding, possibly because I didn't see it, but I can guarantee you that tears came to both our eyes today." "I'm. disgusted, and. discouraged, and I think most people feel the same way," said Mrs. Rita Tyler. She served last year as an elected representative, but doesn't think she will run again.

She feels that once elected, the power of the representative is limited. The purpose of electing representatives "is to give the Boston College, after stumbling around in a loss to Navy, was looking for revenge against Ohio University, also a first-time rival. Northeastern was home to Bridgeport, and Boston University, a 34 to 0. loser last Saturday, was at Maine. In Lafayette, Harvard was clashing against a team that has had five losing seasons.

The Leopards have been known as a passing team, which is what you do when you're trying to catch up. This season, though, the emphasis has boon on running, with halfback Rick Craw the principal ingredient. FOOTBALL Tage 4 Such highly publicized backfielders as Vic Gatto and Bobby Leo of Harvard, Gene Ryzewicz and Mickey Beard of Dartmouth and Brian Dowling and Brian Hill of Yale were making their debuts. Football also came to Greater Boston today after an opening week of starvation. Boston College and Northeastern have home games and hope the touchdowns come in more abundance than in their road openers.

Both were beaten badly. Harvard, starting its 91st jtrason, took on Lafayette at the Stadium, the first time the trams had ever met. Tufts also opens with Rocky Carzo making his coaching start against Ithaca at the Oval. 3 Girls, 8 Firemen Felled by Smoke Bomb Mrs. Johnson had just flown In from New Mexico and the President from Washington.

Luci and Nugent had driven from their new home in Austin. 70 miles away. And they welcomed some special guests to the ranch Nugent's brother, Marine Lt A smoke thrown into a Brookline apartment house by a prankster affected three young women and eight lirooklme firemen at 5:50 this morning. The women were asleep when the door of their apartment was forced open and the canister tossed in. Quitting the apartment were Carolyn Shanks, 27; Martha Stage, 25, and Thyllis Mrchfskl.

21. A police officed kicked the smoking canister into the street, but the firemen, dashing into the huilding. were, stricken by the fumes. Taken to Peter Rent Brig-ham were Deputy Kire Chief William Murphy. Capt.

John McEnaney. Lt. James Fallon, Lt. Richard Davis. Pvt.

Jamca Duggan. Pvt. George Barrett, Pvt. Hoy llession and Pvt. Leonard Harris.

All complained of heaj nausea and throat lriV ASK THE GLOBE Badge Proves It Eskimo Lawman Is Hot on Crime Th promt of flatting in intrttt long' tima rtttdtnt who navtr hat barn tnlltd. Aik tha Cloha plaini how lhi tan happan tation. BRIXIKIINC far 3 Thev were treated at Urtn Israel Hospital for throat INSIDE HEADLINES FAIRBANKS. Alaska (AP) Law and order has been rc-jtored to Anaktuvuk Pass, and village marvhnl Jack Ah gunk Is going to get a bade to prove it. Anaktuvuk Is an Eskimo f- -i I on Poi 2.

Kidnaped Man Held 3 Days In Car Trunk NoimiAMPTON tlTl)-State Police had a seven-state alert in elicit today for the abductor of a Northampton Commercial College senior said he was locked In the trunk of his car for three days without food or water. What Is It? DEMOCRATS fNlTK-raity leaders im-rt with youth groups to form solid runt for campaign. WAR say LIU's $10 biHiri estimate of war costs is too Inw, rharjje public not bcinfi tUl the farts. l'ae 2 MAY FOOD SOl'Rl'F. The otoans ntp a vast tin-tapped reservoir of food for the world's expanding population.

pac( 7 RUt MAM! I. The mluhtv battleship MassaihuHttl pets new taste of champagne in 25th anniversary of its christening. SKARCIl ON HKAC1I Marines check Vict Cong suspctt in QuaiiR Tri province after amphibious landing three miles south of tlcmilitaiiml zone in move against North Vietnamese troops massing in buffer zone. (UP1) B-52s Hit N. Viet Truck Parks; Other Jets Pound Buffer Zone I4.

Hurt rt.Kl village of 150 prrtnn nhnut 2.0 mile northwest of Fairbanks. It' legally dry. Ahgnnk wrote 1o state peine here: "One person ordered Rome liiiior. but 1 Mop it at Hetties Fipld." Hctllra in the next vil-Ince to. the nouth.

"Alu there was Mtne raid playing." Ahgonk iil. "They wait until I go to Merp." AhgooW asked for badgd "to make it official looking State pulne an nfllcff to Anaktuvuk lo investigate. The village council had outlawed gambling and imposed a $25 fine for 1, he Mid in hii report. So: "Some of lh men pay their 123 to the villaEf council, then go play card." ThnV another group huh went Ihtee tnilea out of council Jurisdiction. avl plrd i-anU Ihrie Tim gioup ln luilnl nui't of the nnu in the villain.

Hie piti' man mi1 It aUo ltn ludrd the memlx ia the Village court ii' ami Miti'hM Ahgonk, The iii mum explained the Uwa mi li'iimr and lambling to hp vill.igm. and IPtumerl to Fan tnk. Then lie ant a catalog to Anaktuvuk Mai thai Ah gook could it led badge. the onre attack on nevcral anli-aircrift between ntcs. SAIGON (AD Waves of c1 Iwnnhnis gave United Mates 52 hoinbeis drmililiiiird one to i North mid South Viet Nam a going mrr, pminding even Nmlli Vutnaitire ttmage Jeremy Steele, 21, of East-hampton told polue Friday he was "kidnaped by a young man who jumped in front of hM car In Hatfield Tuesday and demanded a tide In Huston.

Mlirn he refused the man a rlilr, Merle aid. the man pulled a gun, bwkrd Mm In niei In I he 'tie. Hook Budge TV-Nadir 4 Theairr- II Twntagiam Wuii.rn Id lr Crane 4 F.ditot mis ft Crl-iluaii-'s S.oin 4. Star Cer raided North Vi Nam today for the thud time in four day. The fume Mrntff Is flying fthove lh' weather, utiuik htitin In tlie nouttiein end Niih Vict N.itn )u liulrs lonth nf the driiuli-ltirt iie.

Thi Vnt Ad placed In The hjr a Hmbury man. i arlllng tht tnnunlrd brail, anllqu bonk cae. and dnnra cau he nrrda apart In hit den. lnnt tirfW mote In ina ('. in tti tna'Vrt "'l ltfff ilwrtlmit.

lli' Ii l.t r-f iatrir.1 1.1 I lmr tr rlif a'1 tln iu i nii'prtiii'i r.L.l.r Ijxiii'ii ts NW I t'WM' fill 'IvMllHI'K IM'illlllll. Call 282-1500 plat a la illd Adl. lit Iht Mnl t'oinm ('to'. a'h. The United State command announced that the recently at tivid nttth Light Infantty ItntMili' wr in atlnm for Ihe fliM tiii.e.

Tin- muni of t' plane lie I nvi i Nnith Viet Nam. nf jestt'iihiy. The ihi-ltiilcs II pirvl ou ly IimiiI A I'l'ki sinan said 12.1 VJ pl.mes have hnn in action uvrr Smith Virt Nam. II.T WAR In Sfiilli Viet un. ground fiKlUing mm rm.ill and scat ll-M il iil.it(c, hw hum; ihii llf tailiii.nl Mini-- find mi'iK of Th.oilt lion in N'Ulll N.illl 'IrliliiV.

at- l.nktd pnwer pl.mt. iiM lion vn aiul anil tiui ia(t gnu rmi'l ii rim nt t'oidr I.IumI llmiver of Wil-biati itu. j. lid Fight' the trunk and drove ofT. Steele said be tcttu.inrd in the trunk until Friday morning when the man topped on lite 121 in Ihe IWIham area, teleasrd him.

said: AiintmoN rie 1 WI.ATIII I and cool. Tonight-Upper Inland. Sunday Some cloudiness, warmer. High tide lonliht 1.3 ull if PlU flft I. The Immlirts hit ('miumi-nll Infitlrallnn rmitrs, Iruik pxrks and slnraie drp'l.

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