I've seen some of those same reports. I think that once Aiuppa's health improved he took complete control over the daily affairs of the Outfit which allowed Accardo and Alex to more or less retire to Palm Springs and Fort Lauderdale, respectively. Obviously, they still made decisions and had control as evidenced by their later indictments; Accardo first in 1981 with the dental plan scam and Alex a decade later in with the Lenny Patrick crew.
Now I know that you have good knowledge in that particular era of the Outfit and I want to ask you this. When Aiuppa took full control of the organization, lets say 1975 or 76, the ruling panel was finished and Cerone took the position as underboss, right?
