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SB O BArc,av 7*5371 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - LIFE MAGAZINE NEW YORK, N. Y. AT THE DUNES MINSKY DISPLAYS GIRLS IN THE FULL REVEALING STYLE OF PARIS NIGHTCLUBS. HEADLINES ARE FROM "VARIETY?╟╓' AND THE LAS VEGAS "SUN in the full majesty of a plush Parisian show. The east-siders who had big money in stars and fully costumed girl shows launched a cam- paign against west-$ide indecency. ''Nudity is bad publicity,?╟Ñ said one, presenting his girls (below) in demure costumes. They were re- inforced unwittingly by the bishop of Reno, who banned the nude shows to all Catholics in Nevada. An old hand, fan dancer Sally Rand, put the fuss in a historic perspective of sorts. Said Miss Rand: "I think this trend away from the Victorian attitude is very healthy.?╟Ñ On the outskirts of Las Vegas last week, along a stretch of road called The Strip, which is the city?╟╓s nightclub center, there arose a resound- ing fuss over the extent of show-girl nudity that is both decent and lucrative to display. The Strip is lined on both east and west by nightclubs, and each side has taken opposite views in the controversy. Three nightclubs of the west, led on by burlesque king Harold Min- sky whose nude shows have been a success for a year, announced that they would dress their girls "in hat and shoes?╟Ñ and display the figure ?√ß?√ß ?√ß111 ill SPOOFING STRIPPERS, Actress Carol Channing does east-side take-off on girl whose zipper sticks. DEFENDING MODESTY, chorus line in the east- sideSands^ub wegr conservative cocktail dresses,