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...Racket Squad (Thurs. 10 p.m., CBS-TV) declares TV war on the nation's confidence men by showing "real life" stories of ingenious swindles. In the first episode, steely-eyed Police Captain Braddock gives the case history of an "innocent" businessman who was fleeced of $30,000 by sharpies pretending to have advance information on race results. Since the victim had begged to be let in on the deal, televiewers might have been somewhat disconcerted to find him presented as the hero of the piece. Presumably, they had less trouble with the sponsor's message: "Believe in yourself...
...punch last week at U.S. doctors who violate the ethics of their ancient profession by cooperating with one reputed to be even older. "The physician who examines prostitutes and gives them certificates implying freedom from venereal disease," said the A.M.A.'s Journal, "is a collaborator in an unlawful racket. He aids a business which degrades morals, causes corruption and spreads dangerous infections...
Though he did not know it at the time, he was already in the racket. That very morning the Corporation had met and picked Whitney Griswold to be Yale's 16th president. "Pull up your socks, boy, and get on with it," Dean Acheson told him. With some misgivings, Griswold...
...series of columns, he wrote that the local policy racket, long known as the "bug," was flourishing more than ever. Its headquarters, wrote Collins, had shifted from Atlanta to nearby Clayton County, where residents complained of "prostitution, bootlegging . . . brawling in the roadhouses and occasional slayings." Said Collins: the local cops are doing nothing about it. In high dudgeon, Clayton County's Sheriff W. L. Dickson wrote the editors challenging Collins to prove that there was anything wrong in the county. Said Collins: "That made...
Arky got into the gang almost on a fluke. Up for a manslaughter charge, he drew unexpected mercy from Judge Greet, who made him his chauffeur. To Arky's surprise, Judge Greet, admired civic leader, was also the local racket boss. Out of loyalty, Arky became his trusted agent...