Being Oscar (41 page)

Goldwater, Barry,
156

Goodell, Roger,
260

Goodman, A. Allan

     
career,
10
,
17
,
23–24
,
104

     
death/funeral,
104
,
105

     
Oscar moving to Las Vegas and,
21–22
,
104

     
Oscar’s childhood and,
11
,
12

     
play investment and,
13–14

Goodman, Cara

     
bat mitzvah,
77
,
78

     
childhood,
39–40
,
45
,
77
,
78
,
84
,
85
,
202
,
273

     
college/as adult,
188
,
200
,
273

Goodman, Carolyn

     
adopting children/as mother,
39–40
,
42
,
66–67
,
272

     
background/parents,
19
,
40
,
41

     
gambling/poker,
21
,
22
,
35
,
250

     
Las Vegas mayoralty and,
274–275
,
276

     
Meadows school,
12
,
84–85
,
181
,
241
,
274

     
meeting Oscar/dating,
40–41

     
move to Las Vegas,
17–19
,
21

     
Oscar’s law cases/career and,
30
,
32
,
36
,
46
,
66–67
,
109–110
,
135
,
148–149

     
Oscar’s mayoral campaign/terms,
3
,
5
,
187–189
,
206
,
213
,
226
,
227
,
244
,
246

     
Prada bag/Oscar and,
254–255

     
requests to Oscar,
271–272

     
wedding,
41–42

Goodman, Eric

     
as adult,
273

     
childhood,
39–40
,
66
,
67
,
84
,
202

Goodman, Ericka,
11
,
41

Goodman, Laura

     
background/description,
11

     
in hospital,
209

     
Nicky Scarfo, Jr. and,
168

     
organizing hunger strike,
12

     
on Oscar,
132
,
196

     
Oscar moving to Las Vegas and,
21–22

Goodman, Lona,
11

Goodman, Oscar

     
acting,
134
,
195–201
,
202

     
description,
xi–xiii
,
186
,
188
,
195

     
drinks/drinking and,
xi
,
16
,
32
,
153
,
189
,
202
,
238
,
241
,
256

     
on family,
40
,
42
,
271–274

     
gambling,
14–16
,
50–51
,
100
,
189–190
,
249–250

     
Haverford College/classmates,
13
,
15
,
40
,
41

     
relationship with clients/staff,
134–135
,
136

     
trip/move to Las Vegas,
17–19

     
University of Pennsylvania law school,
16–17
,
41

     
U.S. Senate and,
226
,
231

Goodman, Oscar/childhood

     
activities,
10
,
11
,
14–15
,
86–88
,
199

     
father/courtroom trial,
23–24

     
parents/sisters and,
10–11
,
21
,
23–24
,
87

Goodman, Oscar/defense attorney career

     
client examples/diversity,
65–66

     
client gifts and,
203
,
205

     
daily routine with,
239–240

     
Dino/accident,
24–26

     
family and,
65–67

     
fees,
172–173

     
first mob case/effects,
35–39

     
former teacher on,
xii–xiii

     
government surveillance on,
76–77

     
jury selection and,
164–165

     
justice and,
10
,
23–24
,
115–116
,
173

     
move to Las Vegas/office,
18–19
,
21
,
22

     
opponents on,
70
,
76–77

     
oral surgeon client/trial,
65
,
85–86

     
Rolls Royce and,
168–169

     
University of Pennsylvania law school/bar and,
16–17
,
18
,
41

     
as wiretap/laws expert,
46
,
47
,
52
,
54

     
See also specific cases/clients

Goodman, Oscar, Jr.

     
as adult/on parents,
272
,
274

     
childhood,
39–40
,
67
,
84
,
202

Goodman, Oscar/Las Vegas mayor

     
after being mayor,
275–276

     
baseball team/throwing out first pitch,
3–6

     
brand,
xi
,
3–4
,
176
,
208
,
223
,
240
,
255–256
,
257

     
campaign/debates,
185–190

     
criticism/media and,
206
,
207–208
,
211
,
215
,
216
,
221
,
223
,
224
,
234
,
236
,
238–239
,
244
,
264

     
former clients and,
186–187

     
graffiti and,
233–236

     
homeless people and,
214–216
,
223–224
,
233

     
honoring bartenders/waitresses,
192

     
if Benevolent Dictator,
263–270

     
life as mayor,
190–192

     
as match,
ix

     
pay/hours,
203

     
professional sports team and,
249
,
252–254
,
257–262

     
“public perception” and,
203
,
205–206

     
reasons for running,
181–182
,
184–185

     
running decision/reactions of children,
185

     
satisfaction with,
xi–xii
,
xii
,
190
,
191–192
,
221–222
,
239
,
240

     
wins/terms,
190

     
See also
Las Vegas downtown revitalization

Goodman, Ross

     
as adult,
189
,
206
,
272–273

     
childhood,
39–40
,
67
,
84
,
202

Gordon, Jack,
68

Gore, Al,
156

Gotti, John,
203

Gravano, Salvatore “Sammy the Bull,”
171

Greenspun, Hank,
151
,
157

Guilfoyle, Paul,
199

Hacienda,
x
,
22
,
35
,
78
,
120
,
210

Hamlet, Floyd,
31
,
32

Hanley, Andy Granby/Tom,
112–113

Harrelson, Charles/wife,
33
,
106
,
107

Harrelson, Leonard,
33

Harrelson, Woody,
33
,
106

Hefner, Hugh,
244

Herbert, Bob,
236–237

Hitler,
23
,
26
,
244

Hodges, Joe Henry,
251

Hoffman, Walter,
151

Hogan, Frank,
17

Hole-in-the-Wall Gang,
121–122
,
123
,
130
,
131
,
137

Holmes, Larry,
88–89

Holyfield, Evander,
92
,
93

Hoover, J. Edgar,
17

Horowitz, Mel “the Professor,”
35–37
,
44
,
50

Hughes, Howard,
69

Hundley, Bill,
49

Hunt, Roger,
58
,
60
,
61

Jackson, “Action,”
74

Jackson, La Toya,
68

Jacobson, Nate,
21

James, Jerry Ray/wife,
109
,
111
,
112–114

Jerbic, Brad,
197–198

Jerde, Jon,
223

Kane, Marty “the Jew,”
50
,
51–52
,
118

Kay, Bobby,
65

Kennedy, Anthony,
149

Kennedy, Robert,
49

Kentucky Derby,
97
,
98

King, Alan,
197

King, Don,
88
,
89
,
92

King, Rodney,
231

Knowlton, Ellen,
212
,
213

Laine, Frankie,
21

Lamb, Ralph,
80
,
81
,
202

Lane, Mills,
92

Lansburgh, Morris,
47

Lansky, Meyer,
x
,
17
,
36
,
47
,
48–49

LaRue, Eddie,
145–146
,
151

Las Vegas

     
in 1960s,
19–21
,
28
,
80–81

     
“best/worst of” contest,
216–217

     
Carolyn Goodman mayoralty and,
274–275
,
276

     
centennial celebration,
242

     
description,
ix
,
x
,
6–7

     
divorce regulations,
20

     
elections procedure,
186

     
work cards/criminal records,
217–218

     
See also
Goodman, Oscar/Las Vegas mayor

Las Vegas downtown revitalization

     
agora and “river,”
210–211
,
214