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    FREEMAN COMPANY pubf/c/sts 2 m When the Sands opened In December 1952* producer Jack Entratter* one of the main owners who had come here from a half-ownership in Hew York?╟╓s Copacabana, startled the blase Vegas show producers with his own ideas in entertainment that had helped project the Cops in Hew York Into the #1 spot in America* Bn tr at ter brought in Danny Thomas for his furst nightclub engagement *surrounding him with 11}. beautiful CopaGirls in costumes and production numbers that cost more than Danny?╟╓s salary ?╟÷ and the mad rush was on| Visitors to Las Vegas fought to see the Sands show* news of which had spread from mouth-to-mouth as "the best show in town*?╟Ñ When the other complacent hotels missed many customers that had been satsifled previously to see a mediocre show simply because there wasn?╟╓t a single outstanding production in town* they started looking the situation over and the competition started* which resulted in sky-high bidding for talent* rising to offers of #lj.0*000 and #50*00 a week for individual stars* But Entratter had forseen the mad rush and gathered around him most of the nightclub stars who had already proven to be big business-getters in bistros and cafes throughout the world* signing them to three and five year contracts* When the smoke had cleared after the first frantic rush, six months after the Sands had opened Entratter W,LSH,RE BLVD. ?╟≤ BEVERLY HILLS, GAL. ?╟≤ BRADSHAW 2-8611