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KHASHOGGI'S FALL: A Crash in the Limo Lane by Dominick Dunne Vanity Fair September 1989

Arabian Nights — from penthouse to dungeon, Adnan Khashoggi lives a life of extravagence and intrigue by Michael Moss The Vancouver Sun BC, Canada (Newsday) Apr 22, 1989

Restraining the Media at the CIA Stephen Kurkjian, Globe Staff and Jeff McConnell, Special to the Globe, Boston Globe August 22, 1989" "WASHINGTON - A former public information officer for William H. Webster, the head of the CIA, told a Harvard University audience last month that improved relations between the press and the CIA had helped him to persuade three major newspapers or their reporters to kill, alter or delay articles concerning CIA operations. "About a year ago, when the story broke with the arrest in West Germany of retired Army Sgt. Clyde Lee Conrad, Baker said he informed the Times reporter, who was able to produce "a lengthy account of the espionage ring and the arrests." The reporter waited until March, however, to publish the account of Conrad's tricking of the CIA to pay him $50,000 [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/10/world/ex-us-sergeant-s-spy-case-is-said-to-grow-in-seriousness.html] for useless information."

Mob War Erupts In Saugus Wounding of Mafia heir linked to Conn. slaying / Ferrara at Center of Storm by David Liscio and Tom Dalton Daily Evening Item June 17, 1989 page 1

Mob War Erupts In Saugus Wounding of Mafia heir linked to Conn. slaying / Ferrara at Center of Storm by David Liscio and Tom Dalton Daily Evening Item June 17, 1989 page 20

Two linked to Mob shot in 2 attacks. One wounded in Saugus second dead in Conn. by Kevin Cullen The Boston Globe Sat, Jun 17, 1989 Page "In what authorities fear is the opening salvo of an underworld gang war, [It wasn't.] masked gunmen firing from a car yesterday sprayed bullets at a Sharon man who the FBI describes as a rising Mafia solider seriously wounding outside a Saurgus pancake house."
Two linked to Mob shot in 2 attacks. One wounded in Saugus second dead in Conn. by Kevin Cullen The Boston Globe Sat, Jun 17, 1989 Page 8 and Shootings may signal the start of a power feud by Elizabeth Neuffer

Joseph Russo, 67; Was Mafia Hit Man By Hartford Courant June 4, 1998
With the assistance of disaffected mobsters in Hartford and Springfield, Mr. Russo’s crew killed William “The Wild Guy” Grasso of New Haven, the family’s underboss. They riddled Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme — Grasso’s righthand man in Boston — with bullets, but Salemme miraculously survived.

The Bulger Mystique Whitey and the FBI page 1 by Globe Spotlight Boston Globe September 20, 1988

The Bulger Mystique Whitey and the FBI page 18 by Globe Spotlight Boston Globe September 20, 1988

The Bulger Mystique Whitey and the FBI page 19 by Globe Spotlight Boston Globe September 20, 1988

Seeking a Knockout Punch for the mob's new leadership [Vincent Ferrara] by Kevin Cullen and Dick Lehr Boston Globe April 17, 1988

$6 million in art stolen from [Colnaghi] Gallery on the Upper East Side New York Times Februrary 10, 1988

[Colnaghi] Art Gallery Raid Involved Daring Acrobatics New York Times Februrary 11, 1988

French Give Paintings to Meese : U.S. Gets Custody of Art Marcos Allegedly Stole Los Angeles Times January 7, 1988
PARIS — French police quietly turned over nine valuable paintings to Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III at the U.S. Embassy in Paris on Wednesday after seizing them from Saudi Arabian businessman Adnan Khashoggi, according to French government and legal sources.

Ex-thief [Myles Connor] says his "collecting" days are over Daneiel Golden Boston Globe February 12, 1989;

The information underworld by Dick Lehr Boston Globe Oct 16, 1988 October 16, 1988 Page A27 Police reliance on criminal inforamants is a dangerous game for both

Informers by Dick Lehr Boston Globe Oct 16, 1988 October 16, 1988 Page A28 Continued from page A27

Khashoggi Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous February 23, 1985

Angiulo Reminisces About Sixties Gang War Boston Globe September 7, 1985

Race-fix jury told of 2 more beatings by William Doherty Boston Globe May 11, 1979 page 21
Race-fix jury told of 2 more beatings by William Doherty Boston Globe May 11, 1979 page 25

"76 art theft informer [Myles Connor] held on parole violation"" by Richard Connolly Boston Globe August 30, 1979

A Growing Concern Over Theft of Art Boston Globe September 19, 1976

Connor held as bail jumper at Charles Street Jail Boston Globe September 16, 1975

Deal for stolen Rembrandt made in jail cell. Boston Globe January 9, 1976

Portrait of an art ransom terms for return of Rembrandt stolen in Hub dictated in jail cell Boston Globe January 8, 1976 Page 1
Portrait of an art ransom terms for return of Rembrandt stolen in Hub dictated in jail cell Page 8 Boston Globe January 8, 1976 Page 8

Singer Connor given 4-year term in theft of Wyeth paintings worth $165,000 ("charged with receiving stolen property that had been carried across state lines") Boston Globe January 5, 1976

Rembrandt Stolen in Boston Recovered by New York Times Januray 4, 1976

Reward offered to retrieve Rembrandt by Robert J. Anglin Boston Globe April 29, 1975
The owners of a 1632 Rembrandt painting stolen from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts two weeks ago are ateempting to ransom it.

Boston Police Expect Break in Rembrandt portrait heist Boston Globe April 16, 1975

Hub police have art theft clues, descriptions April 15, 1975

Early Portrait by Rembrandt Stolen In Armed Robbery at Boston Fine Arts New York Times April 15, 1975

Gunmen Flee Museum with stolen Rembrandt April 15, 1975

Early Portrait by Rembrandt Stolen In Armed Robbery at Boston Fine Arts New York Times April 15, 1975

$1m Rembrandt taken from Boston Museum by Robert Anglin and Robert Ward Boston Evening Globe April 14, 1975

Some Stolen Wyeth Paintings Recovered Lewiston Daily July 19, 1974

Hardened criminals enjoy soft treatment in Bay State
Parole-violating gangland figure is back at his old job in Medford, MA by Richard J. Connolly Boston Globe November 10, 1977

3 Men accused in Medford fire by Boston Globe May 25, 1973
Police observed two men [Robert Donati] leaving the shop, closed for the night and arrested them. Minutes later the shop burst into flames.

Witness tells how he planned 1968 Boston Brink's robbery by Robert Walsh Boston Globe February 2, 1971
John Kelly opened his testimony by identifying the four men on trial including Carmello Merlino.

Brink's Guard Fired in Wake of December Hi-jack Boston Globe January 29, 1969

Armored Truck Hijacked on Canal Street in Boston $500,000 Hub Brinks Holdup Machine Gun Pair Robs Messenger by Rober Smith, Willam Davis and Andrew Blake Boston Globe December 29, 1968

Woolworth's Estate Robbed of Paintings Valued at $250,000 April 26, 1972 [First Woolworth Estate Robbery]

Police Arrest 9 [Robert Guarente]in Hub As Bank Robber Gang by Robert Kennedy Boston Globe February 21,1969

500,000 Hub Brinks Holdup [Carmello Merlino later convicted of being a lookout] Boston Globe December 29, 1969 page 1

500,000 Hub Brinks Holdup [Carmello Merlino later convicted of being a lookout] Boston Globe December 29, 1969 pag2

Three get 25-40 years for Brink's holdup [Carmello Merlino] by Boston Globe February 13, 1971

Police Arrest 9 Boston Area Men Alleged Bank Robbery Ring Inluding Robert Guarante [Guarente] Boston Globe February 21, 1969 page 1
Police Arrest 9 Boston Area Men Alleged Bank Robbery Ring Inluding Robert Guarante [Guarente] Boston Globe February 21, 1969 page 12

Robert Guarante [Guarente] arrested in Natick Bank Holdup Boston Globe September 22, 1968

3 men [Donati] accused in Medford fire Boston Globe May 25, 1973

Natick Mother, the Daughter of a judge and 3 week old Baby Held Hostage (by Robert Guarante [Guarente]} Boston Globe September 21, 1968