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Forrest Duke LAS VEGAS LIMELIGHT By Barney Glazer Johnny Carson opens Oct. 31 at the Hotel Sahara and Johnny fits the goblins and spooks eve with some of the goofiest gim- ?╟≤ micks in showbiz, Bitingly blase, with Wry wit and punning humor Carson occupies-; the Sahara?╟╓s showroom, stage to the last two weeks of his annual four- week Sahara '?╟ vacation?╟Ñ engage- ment. - Barbara McNair opens Hal- loween night with?╟╓ Carson. The recording and tv star rates as v one of today?╟╓s top femme jazz vocalists; Following the pair?╟╓s midnight show, the hotel hosts an invita- tional masquerade ball for 2,000 Las Vegas entertainers and , friends. This ball really should be a balL Don Rickies, who- scares his patrons without a mask or pumpkin night tricks, continues reign in the Sahara lounge by raining insults on the average guy or dignitary. RAMON NAVARRO, one of the screen?╟╓s. aU - time great romantic leading men, recently, visited Caesars Palace. Thiiy should answer the question of* many readers who regularly ask, ?╟úIs Ramon Navarro still alive??╟Ñ The former star wa s visibly impressed by the Caesars Palace architecture. He said it looks like all of -Cecil B. De- Mille?╟╓s sets rolled up into one. AL FREEMAN adVises* t h,at\ Jack Jones signed a two - year contract with Jack'Entratter tos- sing in the Sands. Hotel?╟╓s- Copa- Room. Jones will appear six to eight weeks each-year:; The Sands is building, a huge replace- ment for Frank Sinatra?╟╓s exit. The rumor persists that' Sinatra will show he?╟╓s still friendly with the Sands jnanagement by re- | turning to play a farewell en- gagement. If he does that, Frank will show" he?╟╓s a bigger man than those.who have been put- down since the Sands ^ iffs. ; P^DON ARDEN, director-stag- er of the Desert Inn, Stardust and Paris Lido shows, is creep- ing up on a record 40 yeans in * showbiz. He attributes much of- his success to three famous gals -r Sophie Tucker, Helen ^or- gan and Texas Giiinan.. T h.ey gave him considerable enctmr- ?√ß agement when the road -bufpped the most. As a result, Arden is | one of the leaders tedav in hiv?? Held. try May 3, 1968 Madame Bluebell, who recently arrived from Paris, demonstrates aistep for some of the dancers in her famous Bluebell Gifts troupe which appears in the Lipo Jpsvue at the Stardust. ,Her dancersperformjn ieading European musical shows and at .the Stardust show. -DATELINE: LAS VEGAS ?╟÷i PodqD [p[?8@?½ - The show was tremendous. t t It was the premiere of the eighth edition of Le Lido de Paris at the Stardust and the audience reaction was stupendous* You can continue to hang the stars from the skies at the Stardust because this is an Oo-La-La hit." ?√ß:j You .know me. I'm not much of a chap for Strip shows. You see one bare bosom and 15 seconds later it?╟╓s a question only Of when the acrobats | come on. I admire the terpischore?╟÷that?╟╓s dancing, chum?╟÷and a magi- cian can always flay me with all those dead pigeons until it?╟╓s time to go to the men?╟╓s room. _ , ' % J, 4- But for reasons to be pursued in about 13 seconds, ?╟úThe Lido?╟╓* 4s ; a breathtaking, completely enchanting and one damn fine entertainment, j Frank Sennes has scored again and Bonn Arden performed wonderfully well as the director,and impresario. Good for Frank Sennes and Bonn Arden. They have earned their keep at what may be the. most popular boarding house on the Strip for many months to come. *J ?╟÷?╟÷^?╟÷ l ?╟  s . v But I wasn?╟╓t thinkings about Sennes and Arden when the glories of the ?╟úentertainment?╟Ñ unfolded. There was one hell of a man standing in the background. Without him, there wouldn?╟╓t have been any Lido de Paris, any Stardust?╟╓ dr maybe a treasure trove of other things we take for granted in Las Vegas: : ?·>t > | - ?╟≤,4,,' 1 4-.4 - 1 He didn?╟╓t get any applause like the ?╟úBoy Baneers,?╟Ñ ?╟úNitwits^ ?√ßj YThe Balloon Clowns?╟Ñ and a gorgeous .creature named Marya Lmem With whom any deaent man would immediately fall madly in love. 1 |jw He was only the guy who made it all possible. His name is Moe Dllitz. ---------- ' .y The ?╟úSlave Maidens?╟Ñ paraded across the new Stardust stage. Binder and Binder performed ?╟úMoments Incredible,?╟Ñ Rudy Schweitzer presented ?╟úTricks plus Personality?╟Ñ and all the luscious femmes wiggled, waggled and bounced in a spectacle of great theater. At least, I assume the names and presentations are correct Be- cause Old Critic was guided only the program and there obviously were some last, minute changes that baffled the audience. H?║ > (Who, -for ;instance, was the wondrous gentleman who did such dazzling tricks with hats, cigar boxes and the bouncing ball? Splendid, splendid, splendid?╟÷even if unheralded in the billing, sheet.) And I wondered what thoughts wandered through the mind of Moe Dalitz, the man who made a dream come true. * It was almost exactly 10 years ago?╟÷opening night of the Stardust?╟÷ that the first edition of Le Lido de Paris was presented..1 It was shocking! The girls paraded, in a completely delight!#*?½ state of, undress and everybody said'?╟úHave you seeji the French show at the Stardust??╟Ñ11 ?½ ", If they hadn?╟╓t they soon did* | ' Ahd I would never pretend to be a moralist, but the" audiences g soon learned that the main attractions,come in all sizes, shapes and sdicoftO; that nudity could be, in' effect,, an art form and that .a 'juggler was a darn-sight more entertaining. Moe took a little heat, -as .1 recall. .' ?√ß But he broke the barrier and the,entertainment set a new standard for Las Vegas and through the years millions of visitors have been enticed-to this town to?╟╓brave the breastworks and ogle .?╟╓the-, greatest entertainments offered in all the world. You1 credit that one to Moe Dalitz ,, ! This is not intended as a sloppily sentimental column. But I remember when Moe Dalitz first came to town and was the mastermind of the Desert Inn. Who needs to relate the success story of the DI? Then he and his associates took over the Stardust and they-* were instrumental in building the glories of Las Vegas. Listen, and listen well, This town would be 15 cents behind the money market today if it weren?╟╓t for men such as Dalitz, Wilbur Clark, Benny Goffstein, Benny Binion, Jackie Gaughan, *Ed Barrick, Chester Simms, Marion Hicks, Buck/ Blaine, Gus Greenbaum, Guy McAfee and guys1 you probably never; heard of?╟÷living or dead- Somewhere along, the line, Lido ?╟╓68 stands as?╟ a symbol. ?╟╓< ' You must ?╟ concede' that it?╟╓s a dandy stretch from the desert sands I of 1948 to the' glorified watering spa we celebrate today. Those are the guys that made it possible. Anyhow, the new show at the Stardust is a glorious experience, v ?╟úFaultless,?╟Ñ was the description of Maury Friedman, who ex- . pressed in one word the opinion of our table, which happened to include his lovely Norma and my Tired Old Wonderful Lady. The costumes were magnificent, the girls were beautiful and full of sparkle and the joy ef life, the men' dancers and singers were above reproach and the entire?╟╓ presentation had what, for term of a better word, I call ?╟úpersonality.?╟Ñ ?╟≤ Congratulations to all edneemed. My congratulations, most of all, to Dalitz, the man who dreamed j a dream, had faith and turned it into a reality. s The Stardust now has been sold to Hughes & CO.,-so who knows where Moe next $jll reside. Maybe he was thinking the same future. Maybe the ^?╟ eighth edition of Lido de Paris?╟Ñ will be Moe?╟╓s last, but you can doubt (.hat. There always will be room for men such as him. \a It is fashionable now to say ?╟úWell, the .gamblers are out and thew business men are taking over.?╟Ñ M I wonder. . - ' - ?╟  M The trouble'with cut-and-dried and calculating business men i?║..tw they almost always live by the ledger of dollars, cents and profit. Moe Dalitz?╟÷and all the men who built Las Vegas?╟÷lived witW vision., - - - Jb ?╟?It seems proper that somebody should comment on that.