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    Freeman company PUBLIC RELATIONS Another unusual statistic revealed by Entratter was the sum of $115, 000 spent in 3 years operation to furnish complimentary cigars and cigarettes to casino patrons, at an average of 600 cigars a day. Entratter also disclosed that he has purchased $4? 630, 000 of actual live talenffor his Copa Room productions and Lounge entertainment, including 727 musicians, 427 different Copa Girls r who are the highest paid nightclub chorus girls in the world earning a total of $165 a week, and 27 different top stars in the 36 months of operation. More than 1, 092, 000 Las Vegas visitors have seen the Copa Ro9>m shows at the Sands since it opened, with an estimated total of 146, 000 reservation requests for the shows turned down for lack of seating room at an average of 1, 050 per week. The total operational expenses for the Sands were set at $26, 281, 000 for an average of $24, 000 per day, $10, 000 of which was for actual payroll daily. The Sands employs 697 people, 81% of whom are married with an average of two children per family, and a total of 64% of the married Sands employees own their own home. In its 95, 608, 000 seconds of operation, a total of 7, 400, 000 people have passed through its doors, the Sands report stated, for an average of one new person entering the showplace every 12 seconds of the night and day. # # # # Al Freeman 449 SOUTH BEVERLY DRIVE - BEVERLY HILLS. CAL. - CR 4-4125