 It was beaten by rival Menendez's Alliance Civic Association ticket, which won 57% of the vote, effectively doing away with the remnants of William Musto's political machine.After serving three and a half years, Musto was granted early parole to a Manhattan halfway house in 1987, where he stayed for two months.In 1941, Musto met his future wife Rhyta Palmerini, a medical technician at a Trenton hospital who hailed from Waterbury, Connecticut, at Fort Dix, when he was an artillery officer who was soon to ship out to war.