Moses, who once slept on the floors of those bold enough to give him shelter, is greeted politely by white clerks at Greenwood's Best Western motel when he comes to town.

To document the bogus heiress's existence, he dressed up as a woman and checked into the Best Western motel in Little Falls, N.Y., under her name.

When it was first produced in the 30's the furniture was often found in Spanish revival homes and Western motels.

"All the extra law enforcement in town is causing more tension than the Rainbows," said Francies Leyba, 40, a night manager at the Best Western motel in Eagar.

"We may lose an election or two, but we'll be back," says Pastor Fox, speaking to his congregation, gathered at the Wichita Best Western motel.

At the Best Western motel where the Clarks were turned away, Mr. Sellers said, individual desk clerks turned people away based on "their own personal preferences, idiosyncrasies and stereotypes."

She said that during the night she spent with him at the Best Western motel on Pacific Avenue, the man massaged her and obsessed about her shoes, slip-on Skechers.

After the two stars had a shouting match, Willis stormed out and installed himself in the Best Western motel across the street.

In a campaign planned for next year, he said, Best Western motels will use him to compare its effort to upgrade its lodgings to the Soviet Union's attempt at economic restructuring.

At the age of 16 he had started helping out at home by working as a cook at the Best Western motel in town, a job he kept all through college.