Also found this:
https://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/servl...tation=portraitIt confirms what I had suspected earlier, that Gambino was at La Stella so he had knowledge of this supposed coup? I can't imagine anyone confronting Gambino, arguably the most powerful don at this time, and requesting that he step down.
La Stella was known as Little Apalachin too, right? Or am I confusing this with something else...?