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COLUMBUS, Oftio i CITIZEN ^ .feite3-82^ -;Sg|05 9fi7 ?√ßm 4 BT ^**8S^(?╜388S^ sm&*?╜* iKumifl I ,T?╤ v s?* wWsg. -* lltllli xK^^^^s^rs^rt^^^^^N~- gHj | ?√ß?Θ╝?╟÷???╜?╜?╟÷ -Las Vegas now is a center for merrymakers. JakieV Horatio Alger Story Is Set To Tune of Galloping Dominoes ._, .ROf&RY FRA^JER,.^^' Citizen Special Writer DAS VEGAS, NEV., Jan. 3.?╟÷It isn't often the Horatio Alger story ?╟÷the great American tradition tale?╟÷is told to the tune of galloping dominoes or reeling roulette wheels. Usually, if a local boy makes good in the field of games of chance it's told soto voce, as Nathan Detroit tells of a floating erap game in "Guys and Dolls." BUT HERE in.Nevada, it's lovely and legal. You can talk about it out loud. Supermarkets and sands shops, the airport and Jj caries, everyplace office and the cJgSR FIT at least a slot ; flirfg with J "further BLONDE JOYCE JOHNSON takes filings easy in the sdWiijEh Sands. T ** v appears in a nightclub act. Joyce looks good in either the sunnffiPfrthe spotligh TH?yPs31iP^c terapie of temp- t^'tujngi |3ib jSanjfe." !el out. It opened Deo* Monte Carkggpith uous suites, dreamglplrnini pool thajgipat-HoIly-'' tods HolJywood^^^K)pa Room fftitery with a $MJ/n a week entertainment JbjjjpR, Danny Thomas the firjglp^r. and a host of other .. lu^ggpfries to follow. . ,000,000 cash?╟÷no credit f???mi&m projects hereabouts?╟÷and S^&ve^':"penny"ot it: " IT STANDS on 97 acres of the last available ground on "The Strip." "The Strip is a Broadway of the west, on Highway 91 lined with hostelries and^inns for which there's nothing but the word "fabulous." s As guests and performers, it had at the opening such stars as Spike Jones, the Ritz Brothers, Frankie Laine and "his wife, Nan Gray, the Andrews Sisters, Pearl Badey, Louis Prima, Ella Mae Morse, Tennessee Ernie, Irene Ryan, Phil Spitalny, Ray Anthony, Jane Powell, Georgie Price and a . jillion lesser luminaries. AU of them reaped the golden harvest in this little town of 38,- 000 standing in the midst of a dismal desert. BUT BACK to Mr. Horatio Alger's little man; He's Jakie Freedman, short, somewhere near sixtyish and as colorful as a Nevada sunset flaming out onto the atom-blasted sands. ?√ß.?√ß ^ Half a century ag<?>, give cw take a few years, Jakie migrated' to this country from .Roumania. HE HEADED for Galveston. Why, he'll never know, and. to make his fortune in a manner ?╜f which he hadn't the slightest idea. The handiest means of livelihood that came young Jake's way was a wagonload of bananas. Jakie used some of the old country savings that he'd toted across the Atlantic in a handkerchief to buy the load. Up and down the streets of the then busy, bustling seaport of Galveston he rode in a borrowed cart, is wares, periodically ?╜ng va?╜ckePs worth or s?? ot the fruiypiat seemed anything but g<^^ ALONG came a fellow. ?Σ≤Pone knows his name. All that's Rown is that he was a gambler, r through and through. "I'll match you for double or nothing for that load," the fellow said. Jakes' -^ftibled. And won. He's'bjBfin at it ever since. IN LATE years, he's specialized in running a string of fine horses gat.th^ljpion's tracks (the Sands' ranch-tyjfe- buildings are named for fame& s^rks). In other period?½, he's supplied relaxation to tired Texas oilmen with whom he als?? did business in petroleum gambling. Remarkably enough, Jakie has worked as practically a lone wolf, with Lady Lu<%-as liia^primary partner, down through thes*"" interesting decades. 1 AND; HERE Jakie is today. fe^eised up in the gol darndest ?╟≤Western outfit you ever did see. A cashmere top-shirt with metal clasps over a dark red basic shirt; $200 boots and a $100 Stetson. 'A pocketful of his calling cards ?╟÷t$.2b1D0 bills?╟÷which he carefully transfers into correct dinner C*??^liF when night falls and The Strap's, incandescent alley is at its dazzlingest. YES, TODAY Jakie is-the happiest fellow in this :jm?·p?8 world. He's got- a ?╟≤ hotel g^j|h a lobby full of devices that need only money to set them rolling. He's got a desk piled high with congratulatory telegrams, including a j set from Nevada's top execs. He's ) got a houseful of glittering guests. { RTHE ORIGINAL' OMEIKF PRESS CdpiNGS ?√ß?√ß 220 W. 19* st, NifcoRK 11, N Y Tel. CHelse&t886(fck Cir. (D?║?·68) This Clipp^0^ror^ MONROilf CAL. NEWS^OST RADIOLOGIC What's New in Radio and Television %3B By TOM E. DANSON HOLLYWOOD ?╟÷ Baj| Flickerville,''_WR$jW& make-believ^H three-day Las sJjjj&Ss-Sr jNev.. *& guest 'hflsts,. -Jake IFrplm^ii^''"' andI fpk^"? pntratter, lejjpSrs of thej P&sea&tlful Sandl? H?tel Wn!P^8H!y*^I'few. [clays oy^1' ope monthJplfi &c 6 the .yarning of this .^?║Hsh des- etipj?║?a and "fun zone;'t|he Sands 2Jp%lffering ?╜a gdodvcase of inT terior swelling, for it's always crowded. "It really amazes me,H Jake Freedman told me above the din and rattle of silver dollars, with the occasional.familiar, "Ee-oh-leven" in the l^kground. "This is supposed to Jn^ihe slow season, but justx lop?╜^" he con-J tinued, as he pointed to the capacity-filled house. I Why shouldn't it be? After, all, this is the newest, and by far the most beautifully appointed hotel there, featuring the best in! entertainment, which brings me to the si^ect of tjJJBJI,jJQrne who | is^cureenB|^ room of the Sands. Here is .'sex personified 1! Beg side being downright stunning! with a personality that captures! the audience from the moment! she walks on stage, Lena presents a *song in a manner that] causes goosebumps galore. If it's sophisticated presentation you! want, this gal*!"* got it,... and for my money, topsr the highly rated Edith Piaf, who appears there! next. Here's a few observations from the fabulous city that turns night! into day: WANTED DEPT. Wanted a girl! Noted Howard| Hughes looking for same. Must have been that for he doesn't] have to look ?╟?for dollars. FINANCE DEPT.: Watched a Texas oil niin win $19,000,during] one turn on the dice. This "black gold" must be great stuff! Anyone got ehsl&ge for a dime? The moBti>paged man in the hotel was Al: Freeman, genial dispenser of puMJc relations. Just about everyJppe minutes the PA] system would cah\ "Al ?╟≤ Freeman," (who) "Mr. Al Freeman, telephone." (oh). - There's no television there yet, ij'so slot machines get this corner. I They're everywhere, restaurants,. jdrug stores, haberdasheries and ieven in the men's rooms where jyou have to hit fjjjjtt) cherries be-j I fore you can gefcih. They have I electric operated machines |Roxie's, I understand, for the patron too tired to pull the handle j Went over to the Sahara to see JBob Crosby's radio "Club 15 Re- ivue" converted into a stage Show and it was great. Bob's got a real show put together featuring Gi?? isele MacKenzie, the.-Mod and many others. Gisele, with a brand new routine Written especially for- her forthcoming series fcflmght club appearances, finally got her way and is injecting comedy into her songs -*- and she's good at it Cugat and Abbe Lane with a good show at the Last Frontier, Mickey Rooney doing a new routine at the Flamingo, where Abe Schiller hangs his hai|f||nd4 CBS' Bill Whitley in a cute sr^tine with Peggy Dietrich. Got change for a rup^el? I'm looking for the penny machines! TELE-TIPS I . . Vegas must bell in the air for tonight during "Bos-1 ton Blackie" from KNBH (4) at 1 "Blackie" solves a gambling! murder there.'. . ..Here's a little! silver bell that talks back toTbell I O'Dell during her magic show|j from KTLA (5) a1f Adolphe Menjou to the Black Sea fl Yl t i tion of "How. Mu J JJ 11 ^ Man Need?*' 4 *~-J~lll?·, Story series frSnf ppp?╜c ~, ?╟?~ _* " 8:30 . . . There's! ESS ^JPWSfG BUREAU Established 1888 movie lot ty_$Wm 'Man Again^ Bellamy) -< . Verfi"-s.Cj^J rage of the \$jk\ makes his debutJ and the ABC mil tonight at 8:30. J THOUGHT FO History is somej one era and SAN FRANCISCO Pni??S 4n&eles Portland - Seattle San Francisco, Calif. News (Cir. 125,625) 1993 l^lpsco ^EWS- '4- BIKINI ?╜aw3?T'^ wwion, of t?tf ' dfbat?╜?╜ the ?√ß* w?╟?rk l?lHt J>mi. fventnally bat I ?l Co???Σ≤re