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337 Index 116 Club (Washington, DC), 74 326 Club (East St. Louis), 96–99 Abbott Laboratories, 262, 298 abortion rights, 260, 294–95, 304–5 Abraham Lincoln Hotel (Springfield), 43, 56, 64 Abscam scandal, 254–55 Accardo, Tony, 131 acid rain legislation, 275–77 Adam, Joe, 34, 88, 89 Agnew, Spiro, 147, 215 “Al’s Pals,” 316 Alsup, John, 83 “Al the Pal,” 218 Andrews, Mark, 262 Apoian, Haig, 124, 125 Aring, Frank F., 31 Ariston Café (Litchfield), 41, 99, 163–64 Armey, Dick, 318–19 Army Navy Country Club, 322–23 arrest, 216 Arrington, W. Russell, ix–x, 52, 55, 68, 148–49, 150, 157–59, 194 assistant state’s attorney, 36–37 Augustine’s Restaurant (Belleville), 155 Axelrod, David, 308 Badgley, George, 27 Bakalis, Michael J., xii, xiv, 153–55, 203, 210–11 Baker, Bert, 79 Baker, David, 328 Baker, Howard, Jr., 246, 279–81 Baker, Joy Dirksen, 280 Baker, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, 280 Baldree, Dr. Charles “Pinky,” 2 Barefoot restaurant (Hardin), 138 Barger, Jo Ann, 213 Barrett, Edward J., 32–33, 43 Barrett, George, 25 Baur, Frank “Red,” 127 Baur, Mrs. Frank, 127, 128 Bayh, Birch, 274 Bayh, Evan, 274 Becker, Carolyn, 44–45 Becker, Charlie, 11, 44 Beddow, William, 329, 330 Belleville (IL), vii, 1–5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 20, 21–22, 29, 30, 36 Belleville City Council, 34–35 Belleville Daily Advocate, 88 Belleville Democratic Central Committee , 39 Belleville News-Democrat, vii Belleville–St. Louis Coach Company, 39 Bentley, Celine, 194, 214 Bertelsman, X. F., 30, 31 Better Belleville Party, 27, 29, photo gallery Biden, Joseph Robinette “Joe,” 264 Bidwell, Arthur J., 52–53 Bidwell’s Saloon (Champaign), 19 Bishop, C. W. “Runt,” 114 Block, John, 262 blue-ribbon candidates, 134 Bodega Wine and Liquor Company, 8 Boman, Howard, 123 Bone, Dorothy Anderson, 221 Bone, Maurice Edgar, 219–21 Bone, Phyllis Frick, 220 Bork, Robert. 297 Boschwitz, Rudy, 262 Boyle, Dr., 92 BRAC (Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission), 320–23 338 | index Brackney, Britta, 236, 238 Bradley, Bill, 314 Bradley, Gerald, 230–31 Brauer, Richard, 3 Braun, Carol Moseley, xvi, 295–96, 302, 307–8, 310, 311–12, 327, 328, 331 Briar Hill Country Club (Belleville), 127–28 Brickey, Frankie, 14 Brickey’s Bee Hive restaurant (Belleville ), 14 Broadview Hotel (East St. Louis), 96–99 Brooklyn (IL), 60–61 Brooks, C. Wayland, 25 Brooks Catchup Company, 13 Browning, Barney, 180 Browning, Joe, 180 Bruce, Terry, 309 Brueggemann, Pat, 13 Brussels (IL), 137 Bryan, Richard, 265 Bryan Cave law firm, 67, 236, 238, 281, 314–15 Bumpers, Dale, 274 Burning Tree Club (Bethesda, MD), 183–84 Burris, Roland, 271 Busch, August, Jr., 306 Bush, George H. W., 260, 265, 274, 275, 295, 297, 299, 319, photo gallery Bush, George W., 155, 278 Bush’s night club (East St. Louis), 102 Butler, Walker, 52 Buzbee, Kenneth, 114 Byrd, Robert Carlyle, 240–41, 246–48, 251, 275, 276 Cahokia Downs Race Track (East St. Louis), 48, 129 Calhoun, Harold V., 27, 34, 87, 89 Calhoun Herald, 137 Callaghan, James “Jim,” 175, 176 Callahan, Ann, 233 Callahan, Dan, 316 Callahan, Eugene “Gene,” xvii–xviii, 35, 69, 76–77, 135, 170, 171, 174, 178–80, 189, 191–92, 193–94, 195, 200–201, 204–8, 209–10, 211–12, 213–14, 218, 229–32, 233–34, 258, 291, 299–300, 302, 309–10, 316, photo gallery Callahan, Francis, 179, 299 Callahan, Joe, 134, 135, 179, 212 Calvert, Virgil, 62, 64 campaign contributions, 58–59, 61–64, 325–26 Cannon, Howard, 264 Cannon, Joe, 318 Canteen Corporation, 75, 76 Capone, Al, 51 Carnahan, Professor, 22–23 Carpentier, Charles F., 85, 106, 107, 108, 126 Carpentier, Donald D., 108 Carter, Jimmy, xv, 255, 261 Carter, Richard T. “Dick,” 25, 36, 95 Carver, Richard “Dick,” 231 Cassidy, John E., Jr., 134 Castro, Fidel, 131 Caterpillar Inc., 329, 330 Century Cigar Store/Smoke Shop, 36, 101 Cermak, Anton, 126–27 Chamberlain, William H., 107, 108, 126 Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, 218, 331 Chanute Air Force Base (IL), 319–20 Charleston, Lance, 211–12 Char-Main bar (Belleville), 87–89 Cheney, Richard “Dick,” 318 Cherrington, Seth, 187 Chew, Charles, Jr., 193–94, 227–28 Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), 289–90, 329 Chicago Daily Defender, 152 Chicago Daily News, 48, 70, 135, 152, 198–99 Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), 289–90 Chicago Sun-Times, 75, 86, 152, 154, 260, 263 Chicago Today, 152 Chicago Tribune, 75, 86, 152, 177, 288, 308, 327–28, 330–31 China Inn restaurant (Washington, DC), 257–59 chiropractors...

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