Word: aguas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Businessman. Bugsy went right to work. He moved in on the gambling at Redondo Beach, took a cut of the profits at the Agua Caliente race track, muscled in on the numbers racket, cut himself a slice of the offshore gambling fleet and the Culver City dog track...
...expensive at $425-four rooms. Often there was a demand for "key money," say $200, to speed negotiations. We saw only two apartments that had no dirty dishes in the sink. It was not that the maids were lazy. Rio as usual was suffering from a falta d'agua (water shortage). All but two had a bathtub of rusty water with a saucepan nearby for a dipper. Water ran briefly only at morning & night...
...irreverent New York Daily News suggested: "Why not put the UNO world capital in the northwest corner of Mexico . . . somewhere in the neighborhood of the famous Mexican towns of Tijuana, Agua Caliente, Mexicali (Mexicali Rose, I Love You), and Ensenada? . . . [This] would be close to Hollywood, through whose portals pass the most beautiful blondes, brunettes and redheads. The younger and handsomer of the UNO male secretaries could spend alternate weekends in Hollywood and Mexico, entertaining and being entertained...
...Santa Anita, California's famous race track, would be near by; and who knows but what, with all that UNO salary money in circulation in the area, gambling at Tijuana and Agua Caliente might stage a glorious revival...
Take It Easy. Her legend is prodigious. Once she went to Agua Caliente with Columnist Louella Parsons and Husband Docky Martin. In the gents' room of a Caliente tavern, Docky became involved with several brawling Mexicans. Miss Parsons, hearing the rumpus, asked Florabel what to do. "Hell," shouted Florabel, "rescue the poor bastard!" Forthwith, she dived into the room, grabbed Docky by the arm and hauled...