@NYMafia.
Thanks for the information.
Out of all the 1970's/1980's bosses...
Seem's like Rusty dealt with the most internal family turmoil then any of his contemporaries.
Castellano; Corallo; Gigante and Persico didn't have to deal with that....
Also it's been said; Galante and Rastelli had been friends since the 1940's... Most people forget that.
Yes, I have to agree with your assessment of NYC's underworld landscape during that era.
The Colombos did have a lot of internal turmoil during the early 1970s, (think Joe Colombo's assassination attempt in 1971, Joey Gallo's subsequent "payback" assassination the following year, in 1972, and the general housecleaning the Colombos did by killing Gallo Gang members during that same era.)
But they stabilized themselves after that, for awhile anyway. Unfortunately, for some time to come, on and off, the Bonanno crew saw a lot of blood and turmoil.
Lilo came home, and his ruled the Bonanno's with an iron-fist, until he didn't anymore....They killed him, and that was that.
The Colombos had their problems while Carmine was away. But once he came home by early 1979, they stabilized themselves all over again....until they didn't. Lol
Over the years both Brooklyn-based borgatas saw a lot of blood and destabilization....
The Brooklyn crews were always wild men. lol
