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M | ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Establishedf888 LOS ANC&LEgte San Franciseol Portland - Se&t% Hollywoo^Cii. Varie^f J The Las Vegas Strip | 'Aj{ r f By BILL WILLARD = YOUNG & TRES GAY: Marlene Dietrich came to view Tallulah's smashing success at the Sands ?╟÷ the same nitery to be scene of her local debut when the act is ready. Marlene enthused to Rosemary Clooney about Vegas: "It's the most wonderful town ?╟÷ like Paris before the war!" . . . Rosemary ringsided with Bee Allen and Dick Ohappell at the Thunderbird for James Melton's second night. But Melton wasn't singing, just skippering the show while Dorothy Waren- skjold subbed for him . . . Desi & Lucy (those jackpotters of great publicity breaks) also weekended \ at the Sands for a Talu view, while Chaney & Fox, now talent chief 4-?╟?,vQ and director of Silver Slipper, Last le oaiius -luj. a, i?╜**???? .. over at another ringside vantage point, Montgomery Cliftiapplauded mightily .' . . In the| Meantime, Talu found herself with Nick the Greek in range of John Florea's camera for illustration of Richard Donovan's four-article Collier's series on life and fortunes of the famed gambler. For kicks, she was showing Nick how to win at roulette, came away with a bundle after twice winning on No. 13. THEY WENT THAT AW AY: Memorial Day traffic was hardly heavier than any other big weekend span. Hotel ops blame it on lack of extra day for getting away . . . Millie & Beldon Katleman arrive in Manhattan today, launching Beldon on the prowl for El Rancho Vegas talent . . . Gen. Ira Hamilburg, biggie in the local racing clan, now in Boston visiting his teenage daughters. He joins the Katlemans later this month for a junket to Hawaii . . . Sam Tucker of the Desert Inn chair- mans UJA dinner come Sunday at Jewish Community Center, with Jane Powell trilling cavatinas and Stan Irwin emceeing . . . Wilbur Clark back in town from Beverly Hills, where he's been in throes of exhausting physical checkup ... Former showbizzers seem to like Vegas for settling ?╟÷ viz.: Al Quodbach, now owner of a downtown cocktailery; Marv Kay, who i just opened a war surplus mart; Jack Gam, headmaster of Desert | Inn Men's Shop; Harry White, mixing his; novelty trinket saleswaring at Desert Inn shopping center with producing many Variety Club shindigs; Aurelio (Joe) Gallo, nephew of Fortune Gallo, currently busy as a different sort of impresario at the Pioneer Club, and Eddie Fox, of vaude hoofing team Frontier shows . . . Sammy Lewis zoomed in for quickie talks with Maxine Lewis on upcoming Flamingo tab revue, "Follow the Girls," abetted by Willie Shore, Rose Marie, Continentals . . . Cy Howard and Gloria Grahame a heads-together duet at El Rancho Vegas . . . Rudy Burns, AFRS producer-writer, made her hegira to huzza Talu at the Snnda?? before joining her husband in Paris . . . And still another writer, Bud Pearson, hopped into and around town for ganders at all Strip epics . . . Gene Murphy is sure no one will believe this story, but he swears it really occurred. Globe newspic syndicate, while shooting a layout of Marquis & Family chimpanzee act in the Desert Inn casino, haj| one of the simians drop a dimejH a| slot machine for a flash, whea| up clanked three bars and a I??<3|H pot! The Inn wants the thing hushed from gimlet-orbed state gambling officials because the chimp is a minor?╟÷only 14! ET TU CESAR: Cesar Romero's contract with Last Frontier is in a strange agentry mixup. He wants more loot than original contract price which poses a ? for the nonce . . . Joan Blondell's date at the Last Frontier is also causing contract hassles ... El Rancho Vegas will hire a cute femme lifeguard this month ?╟÷ blonde 5 ft. 2, eyes-of-blue Jean Fogarty, formerly of Arrowhead Springs . . . Heiress Melody Thompson exited her NY cafe sassiety haunts to loft here for weekend "secret" whirl of Vegas joynts . . . Sahara's new manager is Robert Glenn, formerly of the Chase, St. Loo . . . He gets down iu , , ?Σ≤ Desert Inn's manager Carl Wil- JUU PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francis^-?╜*;?╟≤ Portland - Seattle^ Brawley, Calif. News (Cir. 3,539) _ V liams sighs a brief goombye from putting up madding crowds for a f'tnit bash at Newport Beach . . . And on subject of such keepers of keys, a switch comes as Chuck Brown, asst. manager of the Sands, is paged to head a $1,000,- 000 dollar mountain resort to be built near Pittsburgh. Tnly usually get 'em from other spas to head multi-million dollar setups here. / ?╟÷NEA Telephoto x" , I fPHE MAINE IDEA?╟÷of Jackie Lee, 22, of Cape Neddicks Maine 1 is that she is. ?╟≤ biding.' jher time j until July 9 by dancing at near- I by Ears Veg&s. On that magic 1 date she wil! head for Long I Beach to compete for .Miss Until- vorsft. a?║_0i?·_j2atry of the Pine M ??- 2".<52 - S. 23,575 teSOAS.NevSt*mW"'" rM'^w^m