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mm THE BOSTON GLOBE SATURDAY. APRIL 2. 1 988 23 NEW ENGLAND B1IIFS W. Peabody fugitive is suspect in murder 2 hurt, 1 seriously, in N.H. plane crash comment on the substance," said 'isffla u'iiiwhui i.

j'i i j.oj if tin's wife watched from the ground, police dispatcher Elizabeth Hopkins said. During takeoff the plane "hit 'a utility pole and crashed! into a fence at about 5:25 p.m., Hopkins said. The crash occurred at a part of Manchester Airport that "is in the town of Londonderry, 'Z The mechanic, Albert Scully, 55, of Billerica, was in serious condition in Elliot Hospital in Manchester with facial, chest and abdominal injuries, a hospital spokeswoman said. She said Fortin was in fair condition with "a fractured wrist and facial Associated Press LONDONDERRY, N.H. A' small plane being checked for engine trouble crashed yesterday on takeoff from Manchester Airport, authorities said.

Two people were injured, one seriously. The pilot of the single-engine Piper Arrow, Michael Fortin, 37, of Aylmer, Quebec, and his wife had taken off but returned to the airport after experiencing difficulty with the plane, Londonderry police said. A mechanic checked the engine, then boarded the plane with Fortin for a test flight while For- AP photo OVER AND OUT Simon Geller, 68, the owner and sole operator of WVCA-FM radio in Gloucester, says he is selling the station and preparing to start a new life in New York City. Cocaine bust defendants remain jailed until trial i By Kevin Cullen it Globe Staff Salvatore M. Caruana, a reput- ed Mafia drug kingpin from West Peabody who is one of the region's most wanted fugitives, is a sus-I- pect in the 1982 murder of his 1- friend and business associate, ac- cording to an affidavit filed by a federal drug agent.

1 Caruana's attorney said the al-legation, made as a passing refer-' 'm ence in an affidavit filed in con-'f nection with the government sei-- zure of an estimated $3 million in Caruana property, is "news to me" and discounted it as unfounded. In an affidavit filed in US District Court. Daniel M. Doherty, an agent for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, said: "Caruana Is a suspect in the 1982 murder of Larry K. Martin, a former close associate of Caruana's." Martin, who was 42 and lived in Wakefield, was found June 7, 1982, shot in the head and stuffed in the trunk of a car parked in the Holiday Inn in Somerville.

Martin, who ran a precious metals busi- ness that federal authorities allege was a front for Caruana drug money-laundering, had $83 in his wallet. Because of his associations with gangland figures, including Caruana, police theorized Martin was the victim of an underworld murder, but his killing has not been solved. Caruana, 48, who allegedly op-erated with the blessings of the late Mafia leader Raymond L.S. Patriarca to make $5 million im- porting marijuana between 1978 and 1981, has been called one of the region's biggest drug dealers. But he had never been publicly linked to murder before.

DEA officials declined to elaborate on Doherty's affidavit, saying the murder investigation Is being handled by local and state police. Somerville Police Capt. Robert Bradley referred questions to the Middlesex district attorney's of-flcerwhere assistant district attor- ney Thomas Samoluk confirmed the murder investigation was still open, but would not elaborate. "We're aware of the reference in the affidavit, but we have no By Ed Quill Globe Staff Four defendants charged in connection with an alleged $2.4 million cocaine distribution organization in Merrimack Valley and New Hampshire will remain behind bars until their trial because they are a danger to the community, a US magistrate decided yesterday. Concluding a two-day detention hearing.

Magistrate Patti B. Saris ordered that all four be kept in federal custody, despite extensive offers by relatives and friends to post their real estate properties as bail security. The four defendants are David R. Martin, 31, of Bradford, the reputed ringleader of the organization; Jeffrey Barry, 27, also of Bradford; George J. Vasiliades, 24, of Peabody; and John M.

Morway, 30. of Windham, N.H. The four are among 25 persons, including Haverhill detective Michael J. Fasulo, son of Haverhill Police Chief Daniel J. Fasulo, who were arrested last Friday in connection with the alleged cocaine operation.

Saris ordered the detention after listening in a private hearing to tape-recorded conversations, obtained by federal authorities 01 INCLUDES CHAIR LOVESEAT SOFA Samoluk. Joseph J. Balliro, Caruana'; attorney, said his client was not questioned about Martin's mur der, nor was the subject ever raised when Caruana's bail was set at $50,000 on the eve of his 1984 trial for importing marijua na. Caruana later jumped ball. "My memory is that they were very close," said Balliro, noting that Caruana helped pay for Mar tin's burial.

Balliro said Martin's wife "was asked about that once and said she was sure Caruana was not involved In the murder. According to Doherty's affida vit, in 1978 Martin gave $400,000 to Boston attorney Edmund Hur ley, who in turn gave it to the wife of a Bahamian government minis ter to buy a hotel in the Bahamas in the name of a dummy corpora tion set up by Caruana to launder drug money. The government minister quit following disclosures in 1984 that he had helped Car uana launder money. Doherty's affidavit also states that in 1979, Caruana allegedly took a $50,000 loan from the wid ow of Vincent Solmonte, a narcot ics trafficker who was among the five men executed In 1978 in a Boston nightclub in what became known as the Blackfriars Massa ere. The affidavit asserts that Car uana used the money for closing costs when he bought his home, The government has seized $3 million of Caruana's assets, in cluding property in Peabody and Maine, about $1 million of which is still being contested in court.

Some officials believe Caruana, who barely escaped capture twice in Connecticut last year, may have been killed by his gangland associates out of fear he would talk when caught. But others, like Paul Brown, the assistant special agent in charge ol the DEA in Boston, think he may have left $2,400 In cash. $200,000 in jewelry, and computer equipment behind in a Groton. inn to make au thorities think he had been ab ducted. "We still think he is alive, knowing him as we do.

I think he's a crafty individual," said Brown. A spokeswoman for nearby Brigham and Women's Hospital said two guards were admitted last night. Corbett said more than 800 residents were evacuated via the stairways after firefighters shut down the elevators in the building near the Mission Church and the Mission Hill housing project. Stapleton said the cause of the blaze and extent of the damages were not immediately known. Ed Collaku, a tenant In an 18th-floor apartment near the fire source, said he was watching a hockey game on television when a smoke alarm sounded.

"There was so much smoke, everyone went to the balconies Just so they could breathe." said Collaku. They were later evacuated by firefighters, he said, around the time the fire was brought under control. Clinton Devereaux, who was visiting Collaku, said he went into the hall and saw some packing boxes on fire. "It was blazing out there," said Devereaux. "Some tenant had left the boxes out there, and it looked like someone set them on fire." Devereaux said he tried to put out the flames but could find no fire extinguishers on the floor.

Contributing Reporter Michael Patrick Norton helped prepare this report. Protests continue on Curley house sale Letters and calls of interest and support continued to pour in yesterday to those trying to save the James Michael Curley house in Jamaica Plain from being sold to the highest bidder later this monthBoston City Councilor Thomas M. Menino and attorney David Finnegan have been inundated with calls from city residents who want the Curley house to become a monument to the former mayor and governor. Menino said yesterday he has received pledges of money. The 18-room mansion on the Jamaicaway, easily identified by its shamrock shutters, is owned by the Oblate Fathers, who have set an April 23 date to auction the home for a starting price of $1.5 million.

(Globe City Hall Bureau) Quincy parents get 6-month jail terms DEDHAM The parents of two young children, termed by a judge as victims of severe child neglect, have each been sentenced to six months in jail, according to prosecutors. Dorota Rauch Doyle, 24, and her husband, Richard Doyle, 57, of Quincy, admitted Thursday to neglecting their two young daughters including their infant, who weighed 4lh pounds after six months and who police said had one of her legs broken twice but never treated. Mrs. Doyle pleaded guilty Thursday in Norfolk Superior Court to two counts of assault and battery and one count of neglect of a minor child. Her husband pleaded guilty to one count of neglect of a minor child.

(AP) Divers recover body from R.I. river LINCOLN, R.I. Divers recov ered a car and body yesterday from the swollen waters of the Blackstone River, ending a five-day search. Investigators were working to determine whether the body was that of Pawtucket resi dent Carol Migliaccto, 27. Migliac-cio was driving the car when it ca reened off the Martin Street bridge last Sunday night.

A male com panion managed to escape, but Migliaccio is believed to have perished. Police said the car was re covered close to the bridge in a deep part of the river. Search efforts were hampered over the past several days by strong currents. Migliaccio was a key witness last month in a trial in which a Paw tucket man was convicted of murder. Police do not believe her testi mony and the accident were relat ed.

(UPI) SPRING ORIENTAL through a wiretap at Martin's apartment, in which a death threat reportedly was made against a witness. Saris later said federal courts have ruled that "narcotics traffickers bear a danger to the community" and noted that Barry had been arrested several times previously on drug charges! and that Martin "presented threats against those he perceived to be a threat to him." She referred to testimony Thursday by US Drug Enforcement Administration agent Herbert J. Lemon Jr. that a person in federal custody with Martin and Vasiliades had heard Martin threaten to kill an informant in a conversation last Friday after their arrest. DISNEY a EPCOT child w2 adults p.

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(UPI) Mass. urged to stock river with salmon SPRINGFIELD Massachu setts could have Its own Atlantic salmon fishery in five years if it begins stocking the Westfield River and its tributaries next spring, a federal official said yesterday. "It's a tremendous opportunity for the state," said Boyd Kynard of the US Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperative Fishery Research Unit. He said that if Massachu setts stocked 500,000 salmon fry in the Westfield River and its tri butaries next spring, it could ex pect at least 1 ,500 adults to return to spawn when those fry matured in four years, based on average returns of salmon in the Connecti cut River restoration project "With those kinds of numbers. you wouldn't have to wait five or 10 years to have a serious salmon stream and start a fishery.

You could have a one-week season the first year," Kynard said. "And these are conservative numbers. The river system could easily sup port 1 million fry." (AP) Canoeists line up for 25th Athol race ATHOL About 750 canoeists have readied life jackets and nerves for the silver anniversary today of the River Rat Spectacu lar, a town rite that began as a barroom challenge and is billed as the world zaniest canoe race. An estimated 15,000 canoeists and spectators are expected in Athol and Orange for the 25th running down the Millers River. (AP) SALE RUGS YES Check our Prices ftf lift JL By Brian C.

Mooney Globe Staff A smoky, four-alarm blaze on the 1 8th floor of a high-rise apartment building in Mission Hill in Roxbury last night injured two se- curity guards and drove hundreds of residents more to their balconies for air. Officials said security guards Stan Gray, 25, and Stefon Kosof, 22, suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation in the fire that broke out around 8:55 p.m. at the 21-story Bay State Manor. 75 St. Alphonsus St.

Boston Fire Captain Matthew Corbett said the security guards had taken an elevator to investl-" gate the fire. The elevator stopped when it reached the 17th floor, but the two guards managed to climb through an escape hatch in the elevator's ceiling and worked their way up the elevator shaft to the 19th floor where they opened the doors leading to a corridor. I Firefighters averted a potential tragedy by quickly knocking down flames that had apparently spread from an 18th-floor apartment to a corridor. They then conducted a room-to-room search of lithe upper floors where most tenants had fled to their balconies. "We're searching the top floors because of the heavy smoke condi-; tions up there," said Fire Commis-" sioner Leo -Stapleton.

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