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...York, the basics-plus a bewildering range of electronic paraphernalia-are sold at Lou Tannen's, the largest magic shop in the world. "Our business has never been better," says Co-Owner Tony Spina. "We gross $500,000 a year, and many days we have no room or time for all our customers...
Scarcely less Foxy than Karrell are the salesmen at Lou Tannen's magic shop. All are masters at the special effect of separating an onlooker from his money. "We have kids come in here who never quit buying," says Tony Spina. "Twelve-, 14-year-olds think nothing of spending $50, $100 on magic. Anything new becomes an instant sellout...
...during the years he remained unconscious of it. His friends and relatives have grown old without him, and he himself has grown old as if at once, without sensing the passage of time. Only when he receives an unexpected visit from the woman he once loved, the Countess Matilde Spina, does he finally reveal his sanity, at first only to his servants, but eventually to the rest of the company...
...belief appears to be well founded. City officials and police are casually assumed to be on the take. Last year Newark Police Director Dominick Spina was indicted for "willful failure to enforce antigambling laws." His acquittal did nothing to convince Newarkers that their city was well policed...
Newark Police Director Dominick Spina was recently indicted for failing to enforce gambling laws. He was acquitted. Mayor Hugh Addonizzio...