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Old-Time House Detective Fades From Hotels Says Motel Executive
CHICAGO Ill The house detective is rapidly becoming extinct says Dan Pavis general manager of O'Hare Inn adjoining O'Hare International Airport in Chicago Only about 5 percent of hotels and motels nationwide still employ that old Hollywood figure Motels and credit cards are credited with eliminating the role as travel and crime pressures ease and fewer incidents require a detective Pavis notes that large hotel lobbies once rife with pickpockets are less risky now and many owners run motels with little trouble He adds he cannot recall the last guest who ran out on a bill at O Harem Inn and believes such cases are rare in the industry
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