Beyond The Mafia: Italian Americans And The Development Of Las Vegas

Index

Index Numbers in italics refer to photos. A A Cassaro Plumbing, 85 Abbatichio, Ray, 55 Abrams, Hyman, 27 Adler, Sanford, 16 Adonis, Joe, 27 Agosto, Joe, 69 Aladdin, 27 Alba, Richard, 111, 127 Albini, Joseph, xv Alderman, Willie, 27 All American Mafioso. (Rappleye), 28 Allison, Donald, 71 Allotta, Alice, 125 Allotta, Tony, xii, 114-15, 120, 125 Alo, Vincent, 27 Anderson, Russ, xii, 67 AmelIo, AI, 48-49 Anjoe's Cafe Continental, 24 Anka, Paul, 77 Annillo, Carmen, 126 Anthony, Peter, xiii, 35, 39, 78, 119, 131 Antonucci, Marty, 34 Apache Hotel, 10 Aquilina, Nick, 55 Arcadipane, Leonard, 108, 109, 110, 113,119 Association of Italian Catholics (AlC), 117-18 Augustine, Kathy Alfano, 95 Augustus Society, 120-22, 124-25, 127 Avalon, Frankie, 35 Baker, Sam, 22, 41 Balboni, Alan, ix Balboni, Donna Shandler, xv Baldassore, Mary, 125 Baldwin, Bobby, 71 Ballard, Kaye, 37 Banking industry, 47-50, 88-90 Barbuti, Pete, xiii, 35, 37-38, 39, 78 Baring, Walter, 110 Barozzi, Aldo, 53-54 Barozzi family, 13-14 Bartoletti, Gino, 127 Baruffi, Andy, 64 Basil, Louis, 39 Battista's Hole in the Wall, 80 Bayley, Warren "Doc," 23 Becker, Ed, 28 Bell, Rex, 116 Belli, Melvin, 93 Bennett, Bill, 33 Bennett, Tony, xviii, 34, 77, 107 Berman, Davie, 27 Bianchi, Dominic, 45,107 Bible, Alan, 110 Big AI's Speakeasy, 69 Big Hat, 22 Bingham, Gary, 94 Bingo Palace, 33 Binion, Benny, 23 Bivona, Gus, 37 Black Book, 25, 39, 53, 58-59, 101-2, 104, 120, 134 Bocce, 114-115, 127 Bommarito, Joan, 31-32 Bommarito, Pete, 31, 65, 71, 106, 112, 116 Bommarito, Ted, 65-66, 69-70 Bonaventura, John, 95 167 168 Index Bonaventure, Joseph, 94, 123 Bongiovanni, Gerald, 94, 123 Bootlegger, 79 Bossi, AI, xii, 31, 53-54, 106-7, 110-11, 113,116 Boulder Dam, 6-7 Bove, Pat, 111 "The Boys," ix. See also Mafia Brady, Pete, 29, 31-32 Briggs, Mitzi Stauffer, 68, 69 Brothers Plumbing Company, 85 Brusa, Frank, 52 Bunker, Richard, 102 Buonantony, John, 74 Burgess, Dean Hugh, 87 Burgess, Hugh, 86 Caesars Palace, 26-27, 71 Cahill, Robbins, 53, 55 Cahlan, AI, 11 Caifano, Marshall, 28 Calabro, Tony, 26 Canarelli, Larry, 83-84 Canino, Antonio, 26 Canino, Joe, 26, 71 Canino, Ted, 26 Canino, Tony, 26 Canino's Comer (Denver), 26 Cannon, Howard, 110 Cantania, Frank, 23 Capone, AI, 28 Cappelletti, Gino, 74 Capurro, Lewis, 90 Capurro, Randy, 90 Carabas, Thymios, xv Carlino, Beverly, 96 Carlino, Florence, 124-25 Carlino, Phil, xii, 95-97, 98, 108-9, 113, 119, 124-25, 128 Carpi, Leonard, 112 Carrao Construction Company, 82 Carrao, Lud, 82 Carroll, Frank, 45 Carson, Didi, 96-97 Casarotto, Al, 65, 67-70, 71 Casinos: career patterns within, 65-72; skimming from, 63-64, 101-2. See also Gaming industry; Strip hotels Cassaro, Angelo, xii, 85, 125, 128, 131 Cassella, Dan, 70-71 Catalano, Ruth, 120 Catania, Frank, 113 Catello, Carmine, 84 Catello, Chuck, 83-84 Catello, Joe, 83-84 Catello Tile and Marble, 84-85 Cava, Emil, 52, 118 Cavaretta Developing and Investments, 85 Cavaretta, Gary, 85 Caviglia, Caesar, 99-100 Champo, Manuel, 4 Champo, Stella, 8 Charitable causes, 78 Chason, Max, 44 Chiero, John, 70, 71, 128 Circus Circus, 33 Claiborne, Harry, 23, 49, 50 Clark, Pat, 15, 16, 56 Clark, Wilbur, 26 Club Bingo, 26 The Club. See Italian American Club Coblentz, Alexander, 56 Cocuzza, Charles, 113, 127-28 Cohen, Burton, 67 Cohen, Carl, 27, 29, 67 Cohen, Sammy, 25, 74 Cohen,Yale, 63 Colombo, Joseph, 120 Colonna, Jerry, 35 Colucci, Carmine, 120 Columbus Day Ball, 128 Columbus Day Parade Association, 127-28 Conigliaro, Julius, 54 Coniglio, Frank, 88 Coniglio, Louis, 41, 132 Construction industry, 43-47, 81-87 Index 169 Consul,Vince, 122 Cooper, Pat, 37 Comero brothers, 8 Comero, Tony, xii, xvii, 9, 15-16, 20-22, 26 Corradetti, Al, xvii, 6, 14-15,56 Costello, Frank, xviii, 27, 133 Cragin, Ernie, 15, 16, 56 Cristina, Rosario, 127 Dahlberg, Tim, 69 Dalitz, Moe, xviii, 27, 28, 31, 38, 53 Damone, Vic, 34, 107 Danolfo, Nicholas "Peanuts," 63 Dante Society, 108 Darin, Bobby, 37 De Gregorio, Syi, 24 DeAngelis, Bill, 38 Debaco, Dom, 74 DeBiase, John, 46-47 Del Webb Corporation, 61 Delaney, Joe, 35, 37, 38, 77-78 Del Papa, Frankie Sue, 128 DeLuca, JoOO,.14-15, 42 Demaris, Ovid, 44, 72 Demman, John, 51-52 DePalma, Jerry, 122 DePalma, Roseanne Gargano, 121 DePaulis, Al, 109 DeSantis, Peter, 108 Desert Inn...