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10 Bus on Globe Saturday, July 31, 1971 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR -a U. S. R. 20 convicted on evidence given by witness Teresa ALASKA JY i AnchoroQ Hiring Sea sQ AMCHITKA I UM NA (f rV UNIMAK Jo it KM 'ADAK ALEUTIAN ISLANDS II" -t-r'. -ill irlf LL.Ji- 5 1 1 11 vxOrjyp- ii r- i.ii, Man mnnoints Amchitka.

A 11 Amcnitka mast called too dangerous Frank "Butch" Miceli of East Pat-erson, N.J., formerly of Medford and Daniel Mondavano of Bcton, received sentences of 10 years and 15 years, respectively, for dealing in counterfeit securities. The aforesaid convictions occurred in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and were prosecuted by the Department df Justice. Carlo Mastrototaro of Worcester was convicted in the United States District Court in Maryland for transporting stolen securities in interstate commerce and was sentenced to nine years imprisonment. Robert Cardillo of Revere and Philip Waggenheim of Boston, along with David Iacovetti of Bridgeport, William LaRosa of Chicago and William Dentamore of Miami, were convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on security charges. These individuals are presently awaiting sentencing.

Unlike Joseph Valachi, the witness Teresa has not only leveled charges against important individuals connected with the syndicate in congressional sessions, but' has also testified successfully against such individuals in courts of law. EDWARD F. HARRINGTON attorney in charge, New England Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force Boston (Mr. Harrington is correct about the convictions resulting from Teresa's testimony. But the point the editorial tried to make was that both Teresa and another witness, not even identified at the time, had told of bribing judges, and that the Justice Department, "instead of initiating court proceedings is letting a congressional committee do its work." Ed.) Trinity Church as caught by the new Hancock building.

This is in reference to your editorial, "Using the Right Procedure," July 28, in which you charge that the Department of Justice has failed to initiate court proceedings based on the testimony of Vincent C. Teresa, but that the Department of Justice has allowed its work to be done by a Congressional Committee. Vincent C. Teresa was developed as a government witness by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and by the Department of Justice, Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force in early 1970. As a result of Teresa's testimony, 26 individuals have been indicted, 20 of whom have already been convicted.

The convicted individuals include: Marvin T. Karger of Newton, for pledging $1,700,000 in stolen securities, was sentenced to 12 years imr prisonment; Jacob Maislich, also known as Jack Mace, of New York City, for transporting United States Treasury Bills in interstate commerce, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment; John Cefalo of Lynnfield and Anthony Chiodi of Medford, who were each sentenced to five years imprisonment for dealing in stolen United States Treasury Bills; and Neglect at Monson After reading the article July 23 edition, by Jean Caldwell and Carl Cobb, about the deplorable conditions at Belchertown State School; I felt I must write to inform the state department of Public Health and the reading public of the gross neglect the retarded are suffering at Monson State Hospital. Monson State, where the patient population is 90 percent retarded and 70 percent severely physically handi-) capped, is and has been operating' under similar conditions for many years. Many of the residents have boils and funguses because of no clean linens or clothes available and not enough baths. There are constant injuries such as broken bones, human bites, black and blue marks and broken teeth.

Patients confined to beds or wheelchairs receive no physical therapy, because they do not have one physical therapist (they could use, at least, a half dozen). These immobile people just lay there, or sit there (if the under-staffed attendants have gotten them out of bed) day after day; while muscles and tendons stiffen and contractures form. Just last April they had an outbreak of pneumonia in the section of the hospital called 'Children's Colony'; these residents are all ambulatory and under 21 yrs. of age. We brought our own daughter home for a vacation and discovered she had pneumonia.

It took eight weeks to clear her very congested lungs, with expert medical care. The attendants, nurses and doctors at Monson were unaware of her condition at the time. When would they have discovered it? The only medical doctors that we have ever talked to concerning our daughter have been people of recent foreign extraction who speak little English. They also have a high turnover rate. Every time we ask to speak to her doctor we are sent to someone new.

We have only visited the other buildings on planned tours, but we are acquainted with some relatives of these residents; and they do not bathe them often enough, because most wards have one bath tub andor shower per 45 plus patients. Very often there is only one attendant per 90 to 130 patients, to dress them, feed them and pass medication. The most vivid recollections I have from the 'tours' are bruised faces, missing teeth, a strong smell of urine, a notable absence of toys and books and a sad autistic look on many faces. GAIL ZIMMERMANN Woodville Pacific Ocean site of nlanncd nuclear blast f-; 11 1 1 "1 i fl1 5 in 13 states and Canada. We do not know enough about the crust of the planet on which we livtf; to risk the earthauakes Cannikin may-.

ransp Such oarthmialrps anH th'Cr venting of radio-active material i leading to contamination of air, ocean, fish might make our natio.n appear a villain. Nothing could be more patriotic than to protest today against Projects Cannikin, demanding that the Presi-. dent call it off. ALICE FRANKLIN BRYANT Seattle, Washington Russia's global expansion Never before has it seemed so ur- gent that we think along global lines, And, never before have we been more preoccupied with our personal: problems: with Republicans Democrats; inflation and wages; noise and confusion; whites and" blacks; drugs and ecology; and other- distractions. Thus- we have little ergy left for "global thinking." In the 1930s Stalin said, "Europe-is only Russia's peninsula," which is' one indication of Russian thinking.

A few years ago Khrushchev said, will bury you," which is a further? look at their long range planning, from which they do not deviate very' Since 1945, many holes have beeri punched into Europe, as shown by the 31 Russian divisions holding down the satellite countries vei more than were used three years ago." As to Khrushchev's "bury you'" threat, consider the following partial list of facts: we lost our nuclear adI vantage; their navy, merchant ma rine, fishing fleet and oceanographic capabilities are more modern and merous than ours; they have spread their influence in the Arab Middle East and North Africa while we are-losing our bases in the Mediterrane an; they are developing bases in Aden, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan (which controls the approaches to the Red Sea), Mauritius, Ceylon, ancN several others, including Cuba; they are spreading their influence in Chile and other parts ofT South America. 7t2 A letter such as this cannot cover the full scope of the problem. There-" is, however, one other factor which should be touched upon, namely the" proposed visit to China by President-Nixon. China is facing roughly 41 Russian divisions along their 4500 mile common border, and Russia hass a policy of "containment" of Red China elsewhere in Asia. Will our contacts with China be to our benefit or will we end up swapping a min-'y now for a fish pier? Our middle age and older I so far as I can see, have shown little serious interest in these historical I trends and seem to say "Let George" do In the young voters it would I 11 1 (I 1 .1 ueuaueua cop out.

iow mat tne 15 year olds and up are going to vote (I hope) maybe they may find some time to study the history of the last 35 years. Prav that thev. too. dnn't cop out! FRANK MOORE Marshfield mirrors' mirrors" has become a commonplace expression of our sophistication a century later. This all came to mind as I walked up Stuart towards the new John Hancock building.

I know the criticisms of the project and have parroted them myself. It's too large to be crowded into that site. It's unfair to overwhelm the medieval ba-roqueness of Trinity Church and its neighbors. "It will not reflect the character of its area," one person said. But the late Col.

Stodare would be delighted with the feat of architectural legerdemain I have suddenly discovered taking place. For indeed the Hancock architects have taken a page from that old book and are presenting a building which is disappearing as it gains mirrored Just as the Colonel's accomplice hid his body behind mirrors between the table legs, so Hancock architects have conjured a structure that in truth reflects its neighbors and hides behind those reflections. It's a magnif icant and exciting project. JOHN T. FOSTER Boston Pray in private Many people are clamoring to have prayers returned to our schools.

These "holy than holier" Christian proponents read the words of Jesus and understand not at all. Hypocrites love to pray in public places so that they may be seen of men. We were instructed "to enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father in secret;" It is a mockery that Christians profess to believe in Jesus and yet reject what ne said. Is it better to have children mouth "required" wishy-washy prayers than to pray in the confines of your home? Public prayers, without meaning, are merely "vain repetitions." The troublesome generation of today are the children of yesterday that prayed in school and how did these public mumblings aid them? Parents are reluctant to pray with their children. It is the parent that could teach the true and beautiful meaning of prayer not the schools.

Oh ye of little faith that believe public prayer will aid us. Can't families pray together and bring deep and ever-lasting reverence to God even to the smallest child? MARY A. McARDLE Lawrence The underground nuclear explosion at Amchitka Island, "Project Cannikin," scheduled for about Oct. 1, is a five megaton blast, equivalent to five million tons of TNT. It is 250 times as powerful as the bomb which destroyed Hiroshima.

However, the Atomic Energy Commission assures us it will do no harm. After Rep. Chet Holifield (D-Calif.) conducted hearings on atomic radiation in 1957 he wrote: f'The Atomic Energy Commission has continually given out assurances that we have nothing to worry about, and yet we find, using testimony from their own experts, that there is reason to worry." The bomb-test on Bikini, March, 1954, spread far more radio-active material over the Pacific than was expected. A Hiroshima-sized explosion underground in Nevada last De- 'Offensive, insulting' As a Catholic who believes that the Pope is the successor of St. Peter and, as any spiritual leader worthy of respect, I found Bud Collins article (July 25) extremely offensive, ignorant and insulting.

That a sportswriter should view the actions of an N.F.L. president as those of a proud, capricious, unreasonable and, indeed unscrupulous person is his privilege in the secular world of sports and business. But when, to prove his point, he invades the sacred world of religion and creates "Pope he caricatures by analogy the Pope as the epitome of all those vices and evils; the proud, insensitive, unjust, power-mad, money-hungry wheeler dealer who should be made "to squawk for posterity." In this the writer oversteps his rights. I am shocked that a responsible newspaper like the Globe would offend the religious sensibilities of so many of its readers by this irresponsible, unprovoked and unjustified attack on the office of the Papacy. REV.

JOHN E. THOMAS Boston (The Globe regrets that Collin's article conveyed such an impression to any reader. It was not intended. Ed.) Youths and cars NOW, that Attorney General Quinn has ruled that young people 18 to 21 are eligible to vote where they are domiciled and where they choose to live, what happens to the thousands of cars being driven by these same young people with out-of-state plates and without being properly insured? IF they choose to vote where they live and thereby declare their domo-cile, why shouldn't they be required to register their cars in Massachusetts and carry compulsory automobile insurance similar to all Massachusetts residents over 21 years of age? EDWARD L. WE1SBERG Boston Tru Flex romTouraine to give you the GOOD NEIGHBOR REFLECTION mirror-like surfacing of the now-rising 6 It's all done with Among my books is a prized old volume out of the 19th Century titled "Modern Magic," and the flyleaf illustration is of "The Sphinx" an apparently bodyless but very animated and talkative human head with which a certain Col.

Stodare "first astounded the London public in 1865." The head rested atop a three-legged table, and of course everyone knows now how the illusion was created. In fact, "It's all done with The cost of drugs In his letter of July 24, Armistead M. Lee, director of economic research for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association, expressed considerable doubt that drugs purchased by generic name rather than trade name would yield significant savings for the consumer. A recent experience of mine might serve to reassure Mr. Armistead that the potential savings may well be more generous than he suspects.

On July 20, 1971 I entered a drug store and asked the pharmacist to state his retail prices for three popularly prescribed trade name drugs and their respective generic equivalents. He quoted the following: 1 CHLORTRLMETRON 4mg. (trade, name) 4c each; $4100. Chlorpheniramine maleat4mg. (generic name), 1.5c each; $1.50100.

2 SERAPASIL 0.25 mg. (trade name), 7c each; $7100. Reserpine 0.25 mg. (generic name), 2.5c each; $2.50100. 3 GANTRISIN 500 mg.

(trade name), 6c each; $6100. Sulfisox-azole 500 mg. (generic name), 3c each; $3100. The savings on these three preparations if purchased generically from this pharmacist range from 50 percent to 64.3 percent. While no one would dare suggest that all generically available drugs will provide savings of similar magnitude, it is realistic to express more enthusiasm for the potential savings offered in prescribing and dispensing generic preparations.

It is hoped that the new Massachusetts Drug Formulary which is soon to be released will aid the consumer in obtaining meaningful savings in his drug purchases. LEO R. PARNES, M.D. Alternate Chairman Massachusetts Drug Formulary Commission Waban I Quick action Sometimes all you have to do is ask! Tyco Labrotories Inc. on Route 128 in Waltham had iwo bright lights on top of their building.

They were at a bad angle for motorists going south on 128. I wrote and asked if these lights could be turned or shaded or something. I received a phone call and the situation has been very nicely taken care of. I think the Tyco people deserve a vote of thanks for their instant action. KATHERINE M.

BUCKLEY Roslindale Proper credit We stand corrected regarding the source of the painting of Dr. Solomon C. Fuller presented to the American Psychiatric Association in May, 1971. In our article published on June 8, we did not give proper credit to Dr. Charles Prudhomme who commissioned and presented the letter by Dr.

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