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...resplendent in white linen suit, white shoes and lavender tie, had planned for everything, down to the brass band waiting to toot out a welcome at the Las Vegas station. Or had he? Passengers taking in the scenery suddenly noticed a 1923 Chrysler touring car and a 1925 brewery truck following the train on an adjacent road. Rival Hoodlum Barney Weiss apparently had dispatched his own welcoming party to greet Big Jim. From a machine gun mounted on the back of the truck, a Weiss torpedo named Charley Ice fired several bursts at the passing coaches. Two other goons opened...
...peaceable times, a medieval life had more civilized compensations than smug modern man imagines. Until the great castle halls fell into disuse, master and servant ate congenially in common. At table (regularly spread with fresh linen), two people often shared a bowl, helping themselves with fingers. But a strict etiquette governed the sharing, and hands and nails were expected to be scrupulously clean. Plumbing in the larger castles, the authors say, was better than that of 17th century Versailles: every floor had a washing area-some with running water, even baths. Latrines were often conveniently perched out over the castle...
...been inevitable charges of favoritism. Each Greek house has a code painted near the front door, consisting of a letter followed by a number. Final selection has been accomplished by a sort of raffle. Unless a house had been looted, the refugees found it was fully furnished down to linen, clothing and dishes. The fleeing Greek families had stopped only long enough to scoop up money, jewelry and blankets...
...cape; and much of it came together in the drawing rooms of Paris and Rome couturiers. The soft-goods departments in stores from Tokyo to Beirut are beginning to look less like hospital wards than fashion salons, with towels by Pierre Cardin, sheets by Saint Laurent and table linen by Finland's Marimekko...
None of the Johnson men remembers any written orders to the FBI or the CIA on all this dirty linen. The material just came in, and Johnson seemed to understand. But then there came a day when that changed, at least with the FBI. After Johnson had announced that he would not seek re-election in 1968, he learned from an intelligence report that Anna Chennault, widow of famed World War II Flying Tiger General Claire Chennault and a money raiser for the 1968 Nixon campaign, had got in touch with the Saigon government. It was suspected, at the least...