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Re: Pittsburgh wars

by JCB1977 » Thu Jul 07, 2016 8:43 am

Here is a link to the 1960 Pittsburgh numbers racket war:

1. http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html ... sburgh_War

Re: Pittsburgh wars

by FriendofHenry » Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:40 pm

JCB: You may recall that when RC was convicted he then realized that Cleveland was done in Youngstown. Much to his credit, he provided for at least 2 of his trusted employees (a dealer in several of his poker games and the owner of a popular night club on Market St. in the uptown) jobs at the Tropicana. Pat as a dealer and Joe as a host. I can't tell you if either one is still there or if they're still alive.

Re: Pittsburgh wars

by JCB1977 » Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:07 pm

Here are a few more links regarding the history of Pittsburgh and players involved in the wars:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yU ... occa&hl=en

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1 ... 031,922644

http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate ... obnow6.asp

http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate ... nbank1.asp

Re: Pittsburgh wars

by JCB1977 » Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:34 am

Some links to the Pittsburgh-Cleveland War:


1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5h ... occa&hl=en (Cleve-Pitts War- Youngstown article)

2. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=69 ... +war&hl=en (Pittsburgh Takeover)

3. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wp ... +war&hl=en (Cleve-Pitt Mob war)

Re: Pittsburgh wars

by JCB1977 » Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:29 am

willychichi wrote:
JCB1977 wrote:The Pittsburgh-Cleveland War started in 1977 and lasted until 1983. 12 or 13 bodies dropped.
JCB can you post a list of who was taken out?
It's already been posted in one of the other threads.

Re: Pittsburgh wars

by JeremyTheJew » Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:03 am

And a and b wars was rochester. Not pits as i previously asked

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Re: Pittsburgh wars

by JeremyTheJew » Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:02 am

Okay so this is in the 80s? Who was the admins on both sides?

Pittsburgh came out on top righr?

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Re: Pittsburgh wars

by phatmatress777 » Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:08 am

JeremyTheJew wrote:Is pittsburgh and Cleveland war same as a and b war in pitts?

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No it was not within the family. Pittsburgh encroached into Cleveland territory and wanted to control all of Youngstown... Which at the time was a cash cow. After the Danny Greene and big ang flipping the Cleveland fam was in no shape to do much of anything


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Re: Pittsburgh wars

by JeremyTheJew » Mon Jul 04, 2016 8:17 pm

Is pittsburgh and Cleveland war same as a and b war in pitts?

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Re: Pittsburgh wars

by Hailbritain » Mon Jul 04, 2016 6:37 am

Pogo The Clown wrote:
Hailbritain wrote:The Rochester wars were dubbed the A and B wars , it was simular to the Colombo situation with Vic orena , the bosses were sent to prison and Sam russotti placed Thomas didio in as acting boss , it all went to his head and he didn't want to relinquish control , when the bosses were released from prison on a technicality that's when the war started

Yead the Valenti's also tried to take back control by backing Didio since they themselves had been deposed by Russotti, Sammy Gingelo and Rene Piccarreto some years earlier. A ew years later there was another war when another rival faction (the C team) tried to take over some of the rackets.


Pogo
Yeah torpey and Taylor were part of the so called c team

Re: Pittsburgh wars

by Pogo The Clown » Mon Jul 04, 2016 6:13 am

Hailbritain wrote:The Rochester wars were dubbed the A and B wars , it was simular to the Colombo situation with Vic orena , the bosses were sent to prison and Sam russotti placed Thomas didio in as acting boss , it all went to his head and he didn't want to relinquish control , when the bosses were released from prison on a technicality that's when the war started

Yead the Valenti's also tried to take back control by backing Didio since they themselves had been deposed by Russotti, Sammy Gingelo and Rene Piccarreto some years earlier. A ew years later there was another war when another rival faction (the C team) tried to take over some of the rackets.


Pogo

Re: Pittsburgh wars

by willychichi » Mon Jul 04, 2016 5:58 am

JCB1977 wrote:The Pittsburgh-Cleveland War started in 1977 and lasted until 1983. 12 or 13 bodies dropped.
JCB can you post a list of who was taken out?

Re: Pittsburgh wars

by JCB1977 » Mon Jul 04, 2016 5:37 am

The Pittsburgh-Cleveland War started in 1977 and lasted until 1983. 12 or 13 bodies dropped.

Re: Pittsburgh wars

by Hailbritain » Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:40 am

The Rochester wars were dubbed the A and B wars , it was simular to the Colombo situation with Vic orena , the bosses were sent to prison and Sam russotti placed Thomas didio in as acting boss , it all went to his head and he didn't want to relinquish control , when the bosses were released from prison on a technicality that's when the war started

Re: Pittsburgh wars

by JeremyTheJew » Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:31 pm

Pogo can u do who what where on rochester wars then?

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