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-_ NY 92-657 "Tne Gambino Mafia family, according to law en- - forcement agencies, includes about 1,000 members of organized. * . ' grime in a variety of rackets throughout and beyond the metropolitan area." a, On August 26, 1969 the following article appeared “snu,4 the Late City Edition of “The New York Times," page 44: ST aed . . "COURT WILL CHECK GAMBINO'S HEALTH _ "Doctor to Be Asked to Decide if Mafioso Can Testify aOR eo Sd at he ww tO pe *, eh tee ty feo "By Charles Grutzner "Whatever Carlo Gambino, reputed head of the largest -- Mafia family in the nation, may be able and willing to'tell a ‘elo. grand jury about reapportionment of the rackets formerly con- trolled by Joseph (Joe Bananas) Bonanno will have to await the results of a medical examination of the 67-year old Gambino. Al "Gambino, whose cardiac ailment has repeatedly de~- layed deportation proceedings begun 12 years ago, failed to appear yesterday before a Brooklyn rackets grand jury that had subpoenaed him. His lawyer notified District Attorney Eugene Gold that his client was too il] to testify. dee Mee OK Loo 5 me "A new subpoena, returnable Sept. 4, was served on + Gambino at his home in Massapequa, L.I. Meanwhile, the Dis- ; trict Attorney will designate a physician to examine Gambino. "A 1,000 Member Organization 3 , a OO “pole. renuted boss of 1,000 members of organized - _ erime, is Listed by the vepartment of Justice as-a lone-time member of the Mafia'ts nine-member national commission. As such, he would have taken part in the decision that ousted Bonanno as boss of a Brooklyn-based Mafia family in 1964. "That ouster led to the 'Banana War' in which ll shootings resulted in seven murders and several lesser casual- ties before Bonanno gave up his attempt to regain the varieu rackets that had been taken from him.