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Born 42 years ago in Rogers, Texas (pop. 1,030), to a laborer and his wife, who soon separated, Ailey remained with his mother and moved with her to Los Angeles when he was eleven. After a brief flirtation with romance languages at San Francisco State College, he began studying...
Nobody's home was ever so noisy. There are limbo, jazz and Gay Nineties joints scattered all along San Juan's quaint and narrow streets, Mexican, Cuban, Spanish and Italian nightclubs that rock nightly to trumpets and guitars. Last week Comic Jackie Mason held forth at the Caribe...
Ace in the Hole. The biggest draw of all is the gambling. In 1949, the government opened the door to gamblers, and there are many Puerto Ricans who rue the day. But not the hotelmen. The handle at the island's 13 hotel casinos is conservatively estimated at $50...
Hilton's own board of directors, composed mostly of Midwestern and Western businessmen, were appalled at the thought of moving out of the U.S. But they decided to let him have some hotels abroad as playthings; they voted him a paltry $500,000 and set up the international division...
Rigid Watch. Along with iced water, Hilton has introduced some handsome profits to the natives. Puerto Rico, for example, has racked in $18 million from its share of the Caribe Hilton. The usual Hilton arrangement is for local capital-either private or government-to supply the land, the building and...