A lot of guys get the date of the ceremony wrong. Even if they seem very sure about it. Michael Franzese insists that he was made on Halloween 1975, for example, but if you actually do a little bit of digging you find that can't be true.

First, you have the accounts and FBI files from the time that identify inductions resuming in 1976. Then you have Franzese's claim that Andrew Russo was already a captain when he was made. We know that Russo was among the first batch of 10 Colombo members made in 1976 so how could he have been a captain in 1975? Franzese also describes the underboss position as being vacant at the time of his ceremony, but we know that Anthony Abbatemarco was underboss from 1972 to 1977, when he was shelved. The underboss position was then vacant until Carmine Persico was released from prison in 1979. So, based on those three claims already (inductions resuming in 1976, Russo being made in 1976, Abbatemarco being underboss until 1977) we must assume that Franzese got the date wrong and he was made between 1977 and 1979.

We also know that Franzese was made with Vincent Angellino, Gerard Clemenza, Vito Guzzo, John Minerva, Joseph Peraino Jr, and Salvatore Miciotta. Miciotta later told authorities that he was made on Halloween 1978 after the March 1978 murder of Americus Scotese.

Therefore, it's clear to see that despite how sure Franzese is that he was made in 1975, the facts just don't add up and he must have been made on Halloween 1978.

I feel a similar situation is likely with everyone else who claimed to be made in the early 1970s (Casso, Cafaro, etc.) a part from Alphonse Persico, who we know was made into the Bufalinos and transferred over.