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Airmont, Bruno
3, local multimillionaire, known throughout the dairy industry as the Al Capone of Cheese; Radio-Cheez, "the basis of Bruno Airmont's fortune," 83; "too high up for personal comfort," 87; meets Al Capone, 87;
Airmont, Daphne
3, daughter of Bruno Airmont, with whom Hicks “has a history”; "the cheese heiress ticket again," 77; "the clarinet player," 80; the boat ride with Hicks, 80; "stuck with a stag line of know-nothings," 85; "li'l Daffodil," 90;
Airmont, Vivacia
90, wife of Bruno, and mother of Daphne;
Alcatraz Island
74, in the San Francisco Bay in California; Alcatraz in the 1930s marks the very beginning of its mythic status as "The Rock," America’s most infamous maximum-security prison. In 1934, the island was converted into a federal prison, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Wikipedia
Arlene's Orchard Lounge
16, where April Randazzo sings
Aunt Peony (aka Peony Flaschner)
28, Hicks' maternal aunt, married to Uncle Lefty; her Surprise Casserole)
Austro-Hungarian submarine
"an outward and visible expression of paths not taken, personal and historical," 71; historical details, 72; "Officially there never even was a U-13, skips directly from 12 to 14," 72;
