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2 Boston Eveclrj Globt Tuesday, February 10, 1970 PROFILE OF A 'BUSINESSMAN' Ask the Globe The Fox' was a careful man almost always ASK THE GLOBE serves readers pettixg answers, sol ring problems and cutting red tape. Telephone SSS-1SJS ang time; dap or night; or write to "Ask the Globe Boston Globe. Boston, Mas. 02107. Questions rill be answered in the Evening Globe and in the Sunday Globe Magazine, it Ml 7.1 mass, prosecutor, Asst.

Atty. Gen. Albert E. DeRobbio, had not agreed on a new trial date. It was Varone, as defense counsel during the tax evasion trial, who asked to see the so-called Patriarca papers to determine if the charges against Mr.

Taglianetti were based on tainted evidence. At the time, "bugging" was not legal. A number of "bugged" conversations involved "The Fox," whom Mr. Patriarca said had found many "locations" for his firm's cigarette machines. Mr.

Taglianetti, who said he derived his livelihood from Mr. Patriarca's business and pari-mutuel betting, ereported income of $26,075 in the years 1956-1958. The Internal Revenue i I am registering ownership of a now unregistered ear to my ion in another state. Can I get temporary reg titration and insurance just long enough to drive the ear way? B.H., Wakefield. A Sorry, not in Massachusetts.

Deputy Registrar Bob Capasso says that although some states allow temporary registration, Massachusetts doesn't. You must pay a two-year registration fee of $12, which is not refundable, and pay for insurance, which will be partially rebated once you no longer need it ment in Cranston. R.I. Bullets also killed his girl friend, Elizabeth McKenna, 26, whom he is Relieved to have been visiting. (APJ END OF THE ROAD Shotgun and a pistol wero used by slayers to finish tho career of Louis (Tha Fox) Taglianetti.

Ho was murdered as he stepped from door of apart By Richard Connolly Globe Staff They used to call Louis J. Taglianetti 'The Fox" because he was always so careful. He knew it didn't pay to be careless in his particular social circle on Providence's turbulent Federal Hill, where he was a close business associate of Raymond L. S. Patriaca.

Their business was crime, as was shown at Mr. Taglianetti's tax evasion trial in 1967 when the prosecution revealed how Mr. Patriaca's alleged Cosa Nostra headquarters had been "bugged" by the FBI for three years. It was terribly embarrassing for Mr. Taglianetti, Mr.

Patriarca, their other business associates and some of the public officials whose names were recorded by the FBI agents. Many people thought that Mr. Taglianetti should have been more careful, because it was at his insistence that the FBI transcripts were introduced in U.S. District Court at Providence. But it could have been worse.

As it was, only 10 days of FBI transcripts were made public. The "bug" had been in operation from Mar. 6, 1962, until July 12, 1965. The rest of the FBI's intelligence on the alleged Cosa Nostra operation, as viewed from Mr. Patriar-ca's office at 168 At wells Federal HilL has remained impounded by the court.

At the end of the trial, during which Mr. Patriarca testified that Mr. Taglianetti was a "goodwill" man for his cigarette vending machine business, "The Fox" was sent to jail for seven months. He was released last Summer, returned home and had been active in the Federal Hill business until about 10 o'clock last Friday night when he suddenly became the late Mr. Taglianetti.

He was 67. Death came as he stepped from the rear door of a girl friend's apartment in Cranston, R.I. At least two men fired a pump-type 16-gauge shotgun and a .38 caliber pistol at him. His long-time friend, Elizabeth McKenna, 26-year-old former daughter-in-law of B. A.

Dario, president and treasurer of Last April I had a tax specialist make out my tat income tax return. After I sent in a check for what computed I owed, I found that ho had included as income interest on bonds, which are exempt from state taxation. We then corrected it, and even though the state admitted the overpayment I still have heard nothing. Can yon help? M.O'R., Quincy. A The income tax bureau has approved your refund, and the disbursing office has been authorized to issue a check.

i 1 MR. TAGLIANETTI "Fox" wasn't careful Lincoln Downs racetrack, also was slain. Miss McKenna was clad only in a black slip, a thigh-length pink chemise of nylon-like material and bedroom slippers. Police said she either had escorted Taglianetti to the door at the end of his visit, or rushed there when she heard the shots which killed him only to be murdered herself. There have been a number of possible motives discussed by police but the most repeated one is that someone wanted to seize control of Taglianetti's bookmaking operations.

Investigators have asked his wife, Mary (Moretti), and his sons, Stephen 20, and Donald 15, if they could provide them with any information. AWAITING TRIAL Mr. Taglianetti, who lived at 48 Montgomery Warwick, was described by police as a bookie with a criminal record ranging from drunken driving to murder. "The Fox" was awaiting trial in Providence Superior Court on a charge of murdering John F. "Jackie" Nazarian, who was once accused of murder himself.

Nazarian was shot on Federal Hill in 1962. Five slugs were fired at him as he walked near St. John's Church in Providence. He had been known as a Federal Hill "muscle man." Mr. Taglianetti had been scheduled for trial Feb.

2 but the murder case was postponed. His lawyer, John Varone, and the "horse" money. But his total cash-on-hand would average about $10,000 which he borrowed from several banks or loan companies at 8 percent interest to finance his gambling. "The money I borrowed from the banks I cannot touch for anything at all," he explained. "It's used expressively (sic) to finance my horse betting at the tracks I cannot, in no way, touch that money, even to buy food, for I would be licking myself." Names in Globe Wire Services I worked psrttlme at 170 Hancock st.

as a social worker for the Boston Welfare Dept. from Feb. 24 to Sept It, 1969. 1 have not been paid for July, August, and September. Is there any hope that 111 ever get my money? M.H., Holbrook A Parttime payrolls travel a long way before they finally reach the end of the road.

Yours has finished the route and your check will be mailed the last week in February. 'rs-i 9W MR. PATRIARCA crime his business Service set the figure at closer to $46,951. Evidence at his trial showed that he lived modestly. He and his family lived in a rented house until 1957 when they moved into a house inherited by his wife and sister-in-law.

He used to own a late-model Cadillac and traded it for a Lincoln. He owned no stocks, bonds or life insurance but had a $2000 sickness benefit policy. He had failed physically in recent years (he had suffered a heart attack) and was trying to keep his weight down. In his pocket when he was killed was a carbohydrate diet counter book. Investigators never found a checking or savings account in his name.

They recalled that his wife started a savings account with $1 in 1957 and in the I I following year had deposited $212.50. In 1956, she wore a fur coat that was six years old. The FBI's transcripts revealed Mr. Taglianetti's attempt to avoid going to trial on income tax evasion charges. Mr.

Patriarca was quoted on one occasion as saying "The Fox" was considering "feigning a heart attack" in order to postpone the case. Even Mr. Patriarca was quoted as suggesting that Mr. Taglianetti pretend getting hit by a car or simulate a heart attack and take three or four months "to recuperate" and thus postpone court action. Another entry indicated an attempt to shake-down two groups of doctors in Brooklyn and New York City.

The FBI reported: "Taglianetti apparently intends to shake down the doctors in these associations and made the comment, 'We'll get in there somehow sires that someone to doctors Louis de- Frankie get threaten the and further points out that the doctors scare easily." 'HORSE' MONEY Invariably, "The Fox" carried at least $300 in From his appearance Friday, the last day of his life, it seemed that Taglianetti had been doing pretty well. A roll of $100, $50 and $20 bills, found in his shirt pocket, totaled $1143. He wore a cashmere overcoat and a wrist watch made from a $20 gold piece. One other possession added a touch of irony to the death of "The Fox." In one of his pockets was a silver medal of St. Jude the patron saint of hopeless causes.

news 4x LINDA ZACCH1NI Can gou give me soma background on Commr. of Welfare Robert Ott? Where did ha go to school, what qualifications does he have, and who appointed him Welfare Commissioner H.J., Jamaica Plain. -A. Gila to be working mother Pop singer Cilia Black is expecting her first baby toward the end of July and has canceled all her late Spring and Summer appearances, it was announced in London today. Cilia rose to fame after the Beatles discovered her in their home town of LiverpooL Bobby Willis, husband and personal manager of the 26-year-old singer, said there was no possibility that she would retire professionally after starting a family.

The couple married a year ago. A Robert Ott received his B.A from Boston College in 1934 and his master's decree from its School of Social Work a year later. He then went to New York where he became a COMR. OTT case worker for various Catho lic charitable agencies and rose to become director of Catholic Charities in Albany. He came to the Mass.

Dept. of Public Welfare in 1949 as director of the Division of Child Guardianship. He was named director of the Family and Child Care Services for the United Community Services of Metropolitan Boston in 1961. In 1963, Gov. Volpe appointed Ott Commissioner of Public Welfare.

i it Stk I CILLA BLACK We were without heat for about three dayi here on Darius ct in the Old Colony Housing Project. Why docs it take so long to find someone who's interested in the tenants? R.A., South Boston. A A spokesman for the Boston Housing Authority says that there have been minor problems with boilers at Old Colony but in each case repairs were made without delay. The Housing Authority has a 24-hour complaint service now in effect and problems are handled promptly. Last September I sent a $1 check to Premium Sales and Service 1078 Post Darien.

Ct, for a Jaguar grooming The kit never arrived. What happened? A.W, Milton. A Premium's general manager, Joseph DiRienzo, says he cannot check on your individual order, but is ending you a new kit. 01 1 11 11 1 ihiii hhipi in ip ihmsi mmmmmmm imw 1 (. i i i ss90Olm i I 1 1 1 'Cannonball' Linda improving Linda Zacchini a human cannonball hurt in a circus performance still is in double traction for a broken neck and a fractured leg, but partial paralysis is disappearing.

Linda and her 26-year-old husband, Emanuel, collided in midair last Wednesday night after both had shot from a cannon at 100 miles per hour during a performance with the Ringling Bros, and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Zacchini himself suffered a spine fracture and torn muscles in the collision. But he said he hopes to bounce back in time for a date in New York's Madison Square Garden opening on Mar. 24. Antonioni fined in drug case Italian film director Michaelangelo Antonioni, 57, pleaded guilty today to marijuana possession and was fined $240.

He said he bought the marijuana from a man in Los Angeles but had never smoked any. Customs agents searched Antonioni, whose best-known film is "Blow-Up," as he arrived at London's Heathrow Airport Monday night. He had come from the premiere of his latest movie, "Za-briskie Point," in New York. Miss Claire Pep-loe, 28, who was with Antonioni, was fined $72 for bringing an eighth of an ounce of marijuana into Britain in a fountain pen. ISixon honors physician President Nixon pinned the stars of a new brigadier general on the uniform of his official physician, Dr.

Walter R. Tkach, in a White House ceremony Monday the doctor's 53d birthday. It was a private ceremony with friends, relatives and former associates pres-sent Tkach, an Air Force officer from Mon-ongahela. was elevated to his new rank by the President and the promotion was confirmed by the Senate last week. Tkach first came to the White House in 1952 as as assistant to President Eisenhower's personal physician, Gen.

Howard Snyder. YALE DOCTORS who discovered virus so deadly they have no stopped research en it. From left, Jordi Casals, Research halted on Sonja Buclley and Wilbur G. Downs at work in laboratory, (AP) deadly virus A bad depression in the state-maintained section of Main st in front of ray house prevents the water from draining properly into the catch basin at the corner. I have written to the DJ.W.'s district office in Tannton for four years to have this condition repaired.

When will something be done? T.B., Walpole. A George Bennetti, maintenance foreman at the D.P.W.s "pif in Walpole, says a department engineer checked your drainage problem last year and recommended installation of additional drains at a cost of $1500. The DP.W. overruled such installation, however, because of the expose. How does one go about getting a traffic light fixed? The one at the corner of Gloucester and Marlbor tts.

has been out for a long time. The traffic department has been notified but the light has not been repaired. S.B Back Bay. A Boston's Traffic and Parking Dept was waiting for parts. Parts are now cn hand.

Work will be dona Immediately. laboratory worker at Yale University have died, the Times said. Lassa Fever, named after the small Nigerian village where it was first reported, produces a temperature as high as 107 degrees, mouth ulcers, a skin rash with tiny hemorrhages, pneumonia, infection of the heart leading to card.ac failure, kidney damage and severe muscle aches. Yale researchers have written to laboratories ii Africa warning of the virus. Associated Press NEW YORK Doctors have halted research on a newly discovered virus because it killed three cf the five Americans it infected last year, the New York Times reports.

The newspaper said in today's editions that the virulence of the virus, called Lassa caused American doctors to fear more infections might occur if research American missionary nurses la Nigeria and a.