MODERN LIVING: Airport Hotels

One great disadvantage of the Air Age appears the moment the passenger gets back to earth. The weary traveler is set down on airfields far on the city's outskirts, usually miles away from downtown hotels. Businessmen in town for short conferences spend more time getting to and from appointments than conferring. Travelers waiting between planes often spend most of the night in an airport chair. Last week the air passenger was finally getting a break on the ground.

At the Los Angeles International Airport, a luxurious ranch-type hotel with a palm-fringe'd patio and swimming pool opened for business, was already...

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