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[quote="JCB1977"][quote="Stroccos"]Didnt Brancato have operations in Weirton?[/quote]

I believe so...the biggest bookmaker that ran Weirton was Silvio "Birdie" Pinciaro who resided in East Liverpool[/quote]

yeah BRancato had his hands in so many different things I believe he was in WV at one time but maybe it was Wheeling That I am thinking of .

Guess who "owned" the Handcock Co. Prosecutor ;) Hear tell it was Joe Pecora :)

[quote="Stroccos"]Didnt Brancato have operations in Weirton?[/quote]

I believe so...the biggest bookmaker that ran Weirton was Silvio "Birdie" Pinciaro who resided in East Liverpool

Didnt Brancato have operations in Weirton?

Hi All,

I just wanted to post some links to OC activity that flourished in the cities of Weirton, WV and Steubenville, OH for close to a century.

http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=134068&relPageId=7&search=Weirton,_WV

http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=114451&relPageId=2&search=Weirton,_WV