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SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2013 The Boston Globe Metro B3 Gomez, Markey making final push for votes Gabriel Gomez made a campaign stop at the Swanton Street COLM O'MOLLOY FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE Diner in Winchester Friday. Secretary of State William F. GaMn has predicted low turnout on Tuesday, but Markey dismissed that forecast by turning to the seniors standing around him and posing a question. "Are you all going to vote on Tuesday?" he said, to a chorus of cheers. Asserting he has 15,000 volunteers working for him, Markey said, "We're going to do our best to have a very high turnout." Gomez campaigned in Peabody, then at the Winchester diner, where he sat down for an egg sandwich and a fruit plate with the diner owner, Mario Navarro, who was born in El Salvador.

Many in the breakfast crowd came specifically to see Gomez and asked him to pose for photos with them. "We need him so desperately," said Karen Ann Martino of Sandwich. "And I think he can do it. He can reach across and fix a broken system. We need something new and different." Despite long odds a new poll showed Gomez down by 20 points the political newcomer is banking on his appeal as a fresh face with a remarkable resume to beat Markey.

Gomez, 47, of Cohasset, a son of Colombian immigrants, served both as a Navy pilot and SEAL, then went to Harvard Business School and became a private equity investor. Still, despite the dispiriting poll numbers, Gomez sought to project confidence, asserting on WRKO that the race is now in the "low-single digits" and that he can win Lynn, Lawrence, Dorchester, Chelsea, and other traditionally Democratic strongholds if Latinos, veterans, independents, and conservative Democrats come out to vote for him Tuesday. Gomez went to Gloucester Friday to receive the endorsement of recreational fishermen, then met Latino voters in East Boston and held a campaign rally with veterans in Revere. Stephanie Ebbert can be reached at ebbertglobe.com. Follow her on Twitter stephanieebbert.

Michael Levenson can be reached at mlevensonglobe.com. Follow With the available muscle of the state's Democratic field operation, the Markey campaign has an ambitious agenda for the weekend. More than 15,000 volunteers plan to campaign for Markey, attempting to reach 3 million voters either by phone or by knocking on their doors. On Friday, Markey held rallies with supporters in Pitts-field and Springfield after kicking off his day with an event at a housing complex for the elderly in Quincy, where he accepted the endorsement of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. As about two dozen seniors looked on, Max Richtman, the president and chief executive of the committee, presented Markey with a pair of red boxing gloves and praised the congressman for opposing cuts in Social Security.

"I want to thank you for vot-ing right for seniors, every time," Richtman said. "Congressman, I know you're a fighter." Markey's event was designed to motivate elderly voters, one of the most reliable voting demographics, even in low-turnout elections. "I'm going to be battling for them for the next four days, and then on the Senate floor, I will be battling to protect their families," Markey declared. Markey, 66, highlighted his opposition to the chained Consumer Price Index, a proposal supported by Gomez and by President Obama that would change the way cost-of-living adjustments are calculated for Social Security benefits. Obama argues that the change would more accurately reflect the cost of goods.

But Markey contends it would cut payments to seniors. "Chained CPI is to Social Security what a chain saw is to a tree," he said. "We're just going to be cutting down the available revenue for seniors to be able to live with dignity." Even though the event was the only one Markey held in the Boston area Friday, just days before the election, the Globe was the only news organization to attend, a reflection of the limited interest in the race. CAMPAIGN Continued from Page Bl incumbent congressman. "Ed Markey has had 37 years to get something, anything done in Washington, and he hasn't," Alcivar said.

"Gabriel Gomez doesn't need 37 years. He's just asking for 17 months." Seventeen months is the remainder of the Senate term that the winner of Tuesday's election will serve, before facing reelection. The winner will replace John F. Kerry, who stepped down to become secretary of state. Alcivar said the campaign has seen a surge in fund-raising in recent days, following the final debate Tuesday night, that has generated another $300,000 to pour into a television ad on the "17 months" theme.

Throughout the campaign, Gomez has suggested that Markey is an absentee politician who has become more of a creature of the Beltway than of his Maiden hometown. "You are Washington, D.C.," Gomez told Markey during a debate. On Friday afternoon, Gomez again poked fun at Markey's residency on WRKO-AM radio. "You don't need a third senator from Maryland," Gomez said. "I'm sure he's also happy that the Orioles are climbing up on the Red Sox right now." That message seems to have resonated with some of the vot-ers who came out to meet Gomez Friday morning at the Swanton Street Diner in Winchester, a town that narrowly voted for Brown in the last two Senate elections.

"Ed's a nice guy, but you never see the guy," said Danny Strange, who said he had an office right across the street from Markey's district office. "He hasn't lived in that house in Maiden since Moby Dick was a minnow," said Danny's mother, Roberta Strange. "I don't get any warm and fuzzies." Markey is trying to use Gomez's 17-month challenge against him. Markey's new tele-vision ad, released Friday, shows Gomez appealing for a chance at 17 months in the Senate, as a voice-over intones: DEBEE TLUMACKI FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE Edward Markey spoke with Mary Beth Worrick (left) and Jeanne Gunning in Quincy. which he said he could vote to confirm a Supreme Court justice who would overturn Roe v.

Wade. "If they're prolife, I'll vote for them," Gomez said. The ad, however, omits the rest of his comments: "If the him on Twitter Alleged Bulger victim tells of ambush judge comes in front of me and they follow the Constitution and they're ethical and they're prochoice and they've done a good job, I'll vote for them," he also said. "There should be no litmus test." in April 1973 when his parents decided it was not safe for his family to stay in the Boston area, so his mother abruptly moved to California with him and his brother and sisters. His father stayed behind.

Days later, on Angeli's 14th birthday, his father, Joseph Notarangeli, was shot to death in Pewter Pot cafe in Medford Square. Bulger is not charged in that slaying. Martorano, who served 12 years in prison for 20 murders in exchange for his cooperation with the government, admitted he killed Joseph Notarangeli while dressed in a white meatcutter's coat. The following year, Martorano shot Al Notarangeli. The wife of another victim, James Sousa, told jurors Friday that he vanished in October 1974 after leaving her Cohasset home to meet Bill Barnoski, a Winter Hill gang associate.

"He didn't call me, and I knew something was wrong," Barbara Sousa testified. Martorano told jurors that James Sousa was involved in the botched robbery of a dentist with Barnoski and a Winter Hill gang member, and after his arrest they feared he would cooperate with authorities. They called Sousa to a meeting at the gang's hangout, Marshall Motors in Somerville, where Martorano said he shot him in the head. He said Bulger arrived later and helped clean up because "the blood went everywhere." He said other members of the gang buried Sousa, whose remains have never been found. Shelley Murphy can be reached at shmurphyglobe.com.

Follow her on Twitter shelleymurph. Milton Valencia can be reached at mvalenciaglobe.com or on Twitter "Why would we ever trust Gabriel Gomez to represent us?" The ad then highlights his opposition to an assault weapons ban and abortion, showing his comments in a debate in DAY 8 The trial at a glance FRIDAY Jurors heard from Frank Capizzi, who was wounded in the North End shooting that joung inai a Bulger 1 killed Al Plummer, a Bulger rival, in March 1973. Capizzi said he later fled the area for fear of his life. Barbara Sousa testified that her husband James went missing in the early '70s; Barbara Sousa he was allegedly ordered killed by Bulger. James Marra, an agent with the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General, said Bulger had an informant file with the FBI.

EXPECTED MONDAY Marra is expected to discuss Bulger's relationship with his FBI handler John J. Connolly who is in prison for providing Bulger information that led to the alleged killing of an informant. Also, jurors could hear from John Morris, a former FBI supervisor who admitted to pocketing bribes from Bulger and Flemmi and leaking information to them in the 1980s. Morris was never jailed; he was granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for his cooperation. ONLINE For live and past coverage, go to bostonglobe.combulger.

one of Angiulo's bookmakers. Martorano said Winter Hill was tipped that Notarangeli was at a restaurant on Boston's waterfront and thought they had him in their crosshairs when they followed the car 1 wA driven by Plummer and opened fire on the occupants. Martorano said he and Howie Winter were the triggermen, while Bulger and other members of their gang were in a "radio" car, using walkie talkies to coordinate the Capizzi, a balding man with a white pony-tail, was a colorful figure on the witness stand. He drew puzzled looks from jurors when he announced that he suffers from "audio interruption," a condition he said delays his ability to comprehend words because sometimes he hears them in "Sicilian" even when they are spoken in English. He often paused for a while before answering questions.

Capizzi, who was born in Boston, is the son of Sicilian After surviving the shooting, Capizzi said, he quickly moved out of state and changed his named. "My wife and children were living in the throat of the dragon for 40 years without any help from anyone," he told jurors. Capizzi said he now writes screenplays and paints in oils andwatercolors. He was testifying under a grant of immunity, which prevented him from being prosecuted for anything he said, yet still balked at answering questions about his involvement in crimes. During cross-examination by defense attorney J.

W. Carney who sought to portray him as less than an innocent victim, Capizzi acknowledged that he was friends with Notarangeli. Carney asked Capizzi whether he knew there were gang wars going on in Boston at the time. "The question would be, 'Who didn't know Capizzi said. Notarangeli's nephew, Joseph Angeli, testified Friday that he was in the eighth grade BULGER Continued from Page Bl filming a movie in Boston, briefly attended the trial during the morning.

When asked why he was there, Duvall said, "Just thought it was interesting, that's all." His appearance caused a stir, even capturing the attention of Bulger, who generally does not look toward the spectator section. As the former gangster dressed in jeans, sneakers, and a long-sleeved powder-blue shirt was led into the courtroom by deputy US marshals, he glanced toward a row reserved for the public, where Duvall sat in a dark suit. Bulger, 83, is charged in a racketeering indictment with participating in 19 killings, including Plummer's; extorting drug dealers, bookmakers, and businessmen; money laundering; and building an illegal arsenal of guns. He is accused of running a sprawling criminal enterprise from 1972 to 2000, first as part of the Somerville-based Winter Hill gang and later setting up headquarters in his native South Boston. Bulger was captured in Santa Monica, two years ago after more than 16 years on the run.

Earlier in the week, former-hit-man-turned-government witness John Martorano testified that he and other Winter Hill gangsters, including Bulger, had been gunning for a different man, Alfred "Indian Al" Notarangeli, when they ambushed Capizzi and the others. The Winter Hill gang, said Martorano, was enlisted by New England Mafia underboss Gennaro "Jerry" Angiulo to kill Notarangeli because he had been encroaching on the Mafia's gambling business and was suspected in the killing of.

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