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...skull on the cover and the title: "Welcome to Fear City." Inside were morbidly detailed instructions on how to avoid crime and other hazards in New York: "Do not walk. If you must leave your hotel after 6 p.m., summon a radio taxi by telephone or ask the hotel doorman to call a taxi while you remain in the hotel lobby ... Avoid public transportation. You should not ever ride the subway for any reason whatsoever." Calling the pamphlet a "new low in irresponsibility," Beame obtained a court order to prevent its distribution. New York's basic problem still remains...
...defendants. That argument, however, is discredited by many expert observers. The jurors range in age from 27 to 68 (average: 52). Their occupations span a wide spectrum, including a loan specialist for the Department of Agriculture, a dime-store saleswoman, a logistics coordinator, a retired domestic and a hotel doorman. The jury is overwhelmingly female (nine to three). After they were selected, fully half the jurors told Judge John Sirica that they had reservations about convicting Richard Nixon's underlings in view of Nixon's pardon, but vowed that they would set aside such sentiments in judging...
When two well-dressed strangers turned up at a sleek apartment building on Chicago's Gold Coast, the doorman called the cops. The men explained they were anthropologists from the University of Chicago, anxious to study rich families. "The policeman couldn't believe it," said one of the men. "He looked first for my Encyclopaedia Britannica, then for my vacuum cleaner and then asked what was the gimmick...
None of the men bears a familiar face, but viewers would recognize Music's voice - he is the unseen doorman, Carlton, on Rhoda. As for Brooks, his cackle can be heard in the audience of many MTM shows, breaking up at his own jokes. With two good reasons: the gags are hilarious and, more significant, they are worth about $1,000 per punch line. Not so long ago, Brooks' rates were far less inflationary. He broke in as a junior writer at Wolper Productions. "The senior documentary writers used to call the juniors 'the animals...
...Ford reminded her daughter that she must still take care of her potted plants. "Don't I always?" Susan retorted. "And when I'm away, well, I'll find somebody. Maybe Mr. Harriston, he's so nice . . ." Mr. Harriston, a White House doorman, is probably never near the third-floor solarium, but Susan's enthusiasm may prove irresistible...