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Stopping the Horse. Oates dropped out of the university after three years and took a Greyhound bus to New York City to study acting. He checked coats at "21," tested gags for Beat the Clock, and even washed dishes between minor television roles. When television moved west in the mid-1950s, he borrowed $50 and drove to Hollywood. He worked mostly in westerns, although at first the only way he could stop his horse was by running into a tree. Gradually he moved from "the fifth horse to the horse closest to the camera." By 1962 he was a series...
...Indonesian capital of Djakarta, the municipal government last year took in $6,000,000, a third of its revenue, from three licensed casinos, numerous slot machines, horse racing, greyhound races, jai alai and a local lottery. The Casino Pix, located on the 13th floor of the Sarinah Department Store, is hardly plush as casinos go. The clients are apt to shun tie and jacket for open sports shirts. There is no alcohol, no floor show, no music-but big winners are provided with a ride home to protect their cash. "Elsewhere it is the bandits who benefit," says Djakarta...
...that as my Greyhound pulled out of the terminal after Saturday's consolation game, while some new snow was coming down, that I had this irresistible tendency to flip the bird right through that dirty window to Syracuse. Sure it was immature, but even if we're only young once we can be immature forever. And the immaturity of the act was so clearly outweighed by its emotional appropriateness. Besides, how much can an impending eight-hour bus trip enhance your perception of good taste? So I flipped the bird...
...trip because of marauding aircraft. At the end of his run, a driver unloads his cargo at a transfer point and heads back for more. Each section, called a binh tram (logistical support) system, is under a separate command. "The man who runs a binh tram system is Mr. Greyhound," says a U.S. Air Force officer. "He says 'Send them down' or 'Hold them.' " Shipping time for any one load: about two months...
Carlo and I saw him off at the 34th Street Greyhound station. Upstairs they had a place where you could make pictures for a quarter... Dean made a profile shot and looked coyly-around... Dean was wearing a real Western business suit for his trip back to Denver... blue with pencil stripes, vest and all-eleven dollars on Third Avenue...