Wow didnt realize those guys were still operating not to long ago and even still kicked up. Pretty cool. Oscar as far as Altoona goes, would you say they were probaly the smaller of the pittsburgh factions that they had?
Lawrence Amodie from New Castle was Mike Gulino's partner, Gulino took over all of Capo Joe Regino's booking and extortion rackets. Gulino & Amodie had a 7 county gambling operation and Amodie was a guy who was younger that could have been bigger if Lenny Strollo from Youngstown wasn't so threatened by him. Strollo bad mouthed Amodie to Henry Zottola and Pat Feruccio. Altoona/Johnstown is considered one faction, so it was bigger than Wheeling, WV. But WV had all the big moneymakers illegal casinos along Rte 30. FriendofHenry spent a lot of time in some of those clubs, I believe Donald "Moosey" Caputo had the licenses grandfathered in and had a few casinos without licenses. Youngstown/Warren/Canton was a very big faction because the area was much bigger, higher population.
