[3] During the Great Depression he worked as an usher at the Ambassador Theater where he met movie actress Ginger Rogers; the two became lifelong friends.
[4] After Fara died in July 1973 John married Mildred Joyce Allen on August 4, 1973, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
They moved back to Saint Louis, Missouri to start their family together, Including Mary Michelle Vitale, who was age 13 at the time.
[5] According to St. Louis investigative reporter John Auble, Palazzolo allegedly had an ongoing quarrel with a man named Walter Mushenick.
[8][9] The St. Louis crime family held financial interests in the career of Sonny Liston, a professional boxer.
[13] In February 1959, he was called to testify regarding mafia-controlled coin machine rackets, but invoked the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution against self-incrimination.