Fritzie Reynolds, Reno.
I remember a couple of times when Reno came out of "the city" to play some of our spots. We were setting up in a shopping center in upstate NY. The head of the detective squad approached me and told me, "If you have "those" games here like you had in other places you've played....YOU'RE going to jail." I made a call to Reno telling him that the spot was sloughed for flatstores. He said, "Like hell it is!" When he showed up on opening day, he was walking around with the detective like they were best friends. The detective couldn't look me straight in the eye. LOL
Another time, we were covering the Great Barrington Fair for Gooding's New England unit. The chief of the town police showed up and closed all the games, except my machine gun joint, punk rack and bust one balloons. The rest.....two 8 man flats, two line-up flats, a splashdown and my two alibis were shut down. Reno took the chief aside but the man was being unreasonable and the joints stayed closed opening day. The next day all were opened and banging away. Seems that since it was a state recognized agricultural fair, the local police didn't have any jurisdiction on the grounds. The captain of the local Troop of State Police was our "new Best Friend" that week and the local fuzz was pratted out of the picture.