Word: petit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...papers keep hammering away. Last April, when baby-faced Reporter Don Petit of the News told his managing editor that he had some inside tips on Miami racketeering, he got the go-ahead. The Petit crusade was well-timed: a new grand jury was starting to investigate gambling and alleged police protection. For three weeks, Newsman Petit vanished from the city room into the underworld...
Last month, the News broke Petit's exposé under Page One headlines: RACKETS THRIVE WITHOUT FEAR; WHO GETS THE PAYOFFS? Don Petit's story was detailed enough to make even blasé Miamians take notice. It listed the addresses and telephone numbers of bookie joints, houses of prostitution and numbers-game headquarters. And it flatly charged that these rackets were operating with the connivance of the Miami police, who were paid off with "ice money," i.e., graft...
When the News series appeared, some of the joints on which Reporter Petit had boldly put the finger closed with a bang. But Miami's cops were not so ready to turn in their badges. Last week, after the News had refused to retract its charges, 55 of the city's 63 detectives filed a $1,000,000 suit for libel. That was just what the News wanted. In court, it would have the chance to prove Reporter Petit's story-and get some action at last...
...redolent with the smell of stale fried potatoes. He works there at a plain wooden table littered with typescript. He is the head of the "Association for the International Registry of World Citizens and People's Assembly." His admirers-in France they are legion-call him le petit homme. In the 26-year-old, carrot-topped, pleasant, shrewd and slightly corny Air Forces veteran they profess to see an authentic symbol of a scared and muddled generation. His intellectual baggage may be designed for air travel, but Garry Davis is no dope. He has a clear, canny mind which...
...France's best male dancer, Jean Babilée-and a new star The Creation had created overnight: 17-year-old, almond-eyed Leslie Caron, a half American, half French girl who had never even seen a ballet until after the war. (Leslie's mother, Margaret Petit, once danced in New York...