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...Assisi. At Milwaukee's Cardinal Stritch College, music students flock to them; and for the children of St. John's School for the Deaf, the day they come to teach is the high point of the week. The sisters (who are twins) can feel the smiles that greet them as they rustle into a room. But they cannot see the smiles, for they are almost totally blind...
...attract not only overnight travelers, but vacationing families who prefer informal, inexpensive living to dressing up in a hotel. Max Mosko's Hi-Way Motel in Denver has a fenced-in playground for children and a day nursery with a free doll-lending service. Many Florida motels greet customers with a free glass of orange juice; in Dallas, the Town House gives guests a taste of Texas hospitality by serving them breakfast in bed. In California's desert areas, air-conditioning is routine equipment in the best motels...
When Galo Plaza arrived at Washington's airport in George Marshall's luxurious Constellation, not only President Truman but Vice President Barkley and the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, Interior and Agriculture were there to greet him. That evening, Harry Truman gave a state dinner (trout, squab and four kinds of wine) attended by some 50 top Washingtonians at the Hotel Carlton. Next evening, Dean Acheson gave another black-tie banquet for Galo Plaza; the guests included a lot of the faces the Ecuadorian had seen the night before. Afterward, the visitor, who had no work...
Arky got into the gang almost on a fluke. Up for a manslaughter charge, he drew unexpected mercy from Judge Greet, who made him his chauffeur. To Arky's surprise, Judge Greet, admired civic leader, was also the local racket boss. Out of loyalty, Arky became his trusted agent...
...downfall of Arky and Judge Greet is the subject of Little Men, Big World, a speedy tabloid novel. The mob is beset by two enemies: a big-city gang trying to muscle in, and a dull but startlingly honest police commissioner who is trying to clean up the town. In a flash-bang climax, the judge is killed by the rival mobsters, Arky avenges the murder in a downtown hotel, is caught by the cops, slips away, is caught again. In the end, facing the chair, he feels a sudden surge of relief, which may even be the first...