Excellent try, Fanucci! "Eddie Levine of Newport" was really Eddie Levinson of Covington, KY, a big-time gambler whom Meyer Lansky cut in on some of his Havana action. Levine later became the manager of the Fremont Hotel/Casino in Vegas. As far as I can tell, there was no real-life equivalent of the "Pennino brothers," though there was no paucity of Italian gangsters operating in pre-Castro Havana. Albert Anastasia himself was negotiating with Cubans over a piece of Havana gambling on the very day he was assassinated in a barber shop.
Q. What was the main logistical reason that the Mob used Joe Barbara's home in Apalachin, NY, for the famous November 1957 meeting? (Hint: this is in addition to the fact that Barbara's true identity as a Mafioso was almost unknown outside Mob circles, and that the upstate NY location was less conspicuous than a big-city venue.)