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...Vegas, where the game grinds on 24 hours a day, San Juan casinos do not open until 8 p.m. and close at 4 a.m. The government keeps a whacking 37% of all casino profits, and makes dead-eye sure everything is on the up and up. It even collects mug shots and a record of all well-known Las Vegas lowlifes, and fingerprints every casino owner-including the likes of Conrad Hilton and Laurance Rockefeller. The government's Gambling Control Section trains and licenses the croupiers, sends inspectors to watch all tables and settle all arguments-usually in favor...
...Cambridge youths, apparently drunk, attempted to mug a Business School student yesterday afternoon and then caused a motor scooter accident while trying to make a getaway...
Last year a couple of cat burglars named Chuck McKinley and Dennis Ralston sneaked off with Australia's prize silver: the Davis Cup. The mug had been in the family for most of 13 years, and the Aussies did not take the abduction kindly. So off to Cleveland last week trotted two of Australia's finest: Roy Emerson, the world's No. 1-ranked amateur, and Fred Stolle, ranked No. 2. "We'll win 4 to 1," predicted Aussie Captain Harry Hopman, as always the soul of confidence-and not without cause...
Vanishing Indians. In many a subdivision house and functional apartment, the most cherished object is an old store sign or a circus poster, a shaving mug, a spinning wheel or an ornate mailbox, a collection of cast-iron toys or a bridal bouquet under glass. Many once worthless objects, such as Victorian dolls and samplers, brass coal scuttles and decorated washbasins, are greeted with glad, excited cries of discovery. A cigar-store Indian in good condition-if you can find one-fetches up to $1,500 today...
...handsomest, most dangerous twelve-meter yachts to visit U.S. waters. Some time between now and the start of the America's Cup races on Sept. 15, the Royal Thames Yacht Club as challenger will choose either Sovereign or Kurrewa V to wrest away the ugly "auld mug" that has been in U.S. hands ever since the competition started 113 years and 18 fruitless challenges...