Santa Monica had to contend with the rumor that some cities
were giving their charity cases a one way Greyhound ticket to "Skid row by the
sea," and Los Angeles had a scandal about patients being dumped on Fifth Street,
so if the rumors about increase in the size of the Shattuck army of panhandlers
is true, other writers can do the extensive amount of reporting that the topic
will require; meanwhile this columnist will start checking the logistics for
tackling other topics such as this year's Running of the Bulls or the 24 hour
sports car race at Le Mans.
In "Death in the Afternoon," Ernest Hemingway wrote: "There are two things that are necessary for a country to love bullfights. One is that the bulls must be raised in that country and the other is that the people must have an interest in death."
Now the disk jockey will play "Frankie and Johnnie," Jerry Lee Lewis' "I wish I was 18 again," and the Plimsouls' "You cant judge a book (by its cover)." We have to go see if LIFE magazine wants to assign us to write "The Dangerous Summer on the road to the Hemingway Days in Key West" story. Have a Botellazo free week.
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