Word: palming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...five days a week) marks his first sustained public appearance since he lost out in his bid for the U.S. Senate last fall. Enforced leisure-and particularly, enforced silence-bore heavily on a man who, in top form, could reel off 250 speeches a month. Knight sunned awhile at Palm Springs, caught up on years of neglected reading ("I had never read Whittaker Chambers' book,*and I found it fascinating"), rented a Los Angeles apartment and bought into an insurance firm. When KCOP-TV proposed the commentator's stint, Knight was happy to have a new platform...
Between the Lines. In Toronto, Ont., Palmist Jean Long read a young woman's palm, "You'll be successful and helpful to others." next day was fined $25 for fortunetelling when her client turned out to be a policewoman...
...pulsating glow of Los Angeles fills the night sky 75 miles to the west, and the velvety oasis of Palm Springs is only 16 miles away. But Cabazon, Calif, (pop. 855) is a seamy, sun-seared desert slum. A drab procession of beatnik churches, hamburger stands, service stations and motels, Cabazon straddles the confluence of three major highways. The blast-furnace winds of the Colorado Desert roll in through San Gorgonio Pass, and on winter nights the temperature drops to subfreezing levels...
Working Man. The $100,000 Club Cabazon failed to attract the expected bonanza of customers from Palm Springs, and its franchise passed from hand to hand like the Hope diamond, bringing bad luck to everyone who held it. But under the direction of Tallent-appointed Police Chief Robert ("Doc") Morton, an ex-chiropractor, Cabazon quickly won and richly deserved a reputation as the worst speed trap in Southern California. Last year traffic tickets brought in $27,985, while all business license fees returned only $5,817. Explains Morton, who has since broken bitterly with Tallent: "It was all Tallent...
...movie was filled to capacity with a bronzed, relaxed audience. In the swimming pool near by, energetic types were splashing away at water polo. From the "Bikini" bar came the clink of glasses and the hum of bar babble, and in the soft glow cast by indirect neon lighting, palm leaves fluttered...