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    F R ?· EM A N for LA EXAMINER ?╟÷ Pictorial Living ?╟÷ Marilyn Lee SANDS MOST HEAVILY TRAFFICKED RESORT IN WORLD ON FOURTH ANNIVERSARY Las Vegas, Nev (November 15).........Just 4 years after it opened its doors in a Hollywood-type opening which saw the owners throwing the front door keys down into a Time Capsule to be buried for 100 years, to signify that its doors would never close, The Sands in Las Vegas, according to figures released today, is the most heavily trafficked resort hotel in the world. As of December, 1956, more than 100 ,000,000 seconds of continuous operation have seen 10,000,000 people visit the Highway 91 showplace of the stars on an average of one person every 9 seconds, day and night, year in and year out, for an average of nearly 53,000,ftMftx*x|t week. To demonstrate the aspect of big business that the operation of a resort hotel in legalized gambling atmosphere of Nevada, producer Jack Entratter of the Sands released a statistical report this week which showed that nearly 900,000 buftbs, lights, flxutures and spotlights of all kinds have been used, bought, broken or replaced by the Sands so far in its 15 acres of installations. 44 9 SOUTH BEVERLY DR IV E DEVERLY HILLS, CAL. CF??-^2