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South Pasadena, Calif. Review (Cir. 2xW. 4,491) JUL ir.-v- Coverim I "The Boys in the Band," Totie Fields, may be heard in continues in Caesars' Roman the Riviera's Starlite Theatre. Theatre. There is only one Totie is a wide as Petula is [thing as rare as catching this tiny as Ed Ames is tall. unique play: the steak you or- AT THE DUNES, Rouvaun, der well done. a tenor with a dramatic km ED AMES opened at the pact, heads "Casino de Paris." Riviera Hotel. He's as tall as He unveils a voice with a vital Petula Clark'is tiny. Yet both quality of universality while are equal in singing talent, aggressively plunging into the an area where size doesn't mat- highbrow, the middle and the the Las Ve . North Las Vegas, Nevada Valley Times & News (Cir. 2xW. 6,642) JUL 17 1969 ter. ; Ames is presenting an entirely new act. He doesn't think that anyone did him a Itfivor asking him to follow on the heels of Dean Martin's tremendous draw, but he hasn't suffered by comparison at the I reservation office. Apparently I there exists a bottomless well I filled with Ed Ames fans. In support of the singer, I comedian Seoey Mitchelll (spell that without an e and three Is) is funnier | way he spells his name. Scoey musical stylings in the defends free speech but if you spectacular concept will realize want to hear him speak he in- their pleasures at the Desert sists you pay the waiter. What Inn where "Pzazz '70 and all he* advocates is free speech that Jazz, Baby" "(whew!) worth hearing. opened recently. Producer Frank Sennes, high lama of low. The personable, handsome singer has a tellingly massive- voice, a commodity in short supply these days. He slashes into song after song, with little respite for the drawn breath. His repertoire enjoys its finest flowering, in "Cuando Calienta el Sol," "No Ruelvas," and "Impossible Dream." Rouvaun has a big voice and and witha^fture to match. than th^jrT H OSE W H O like then Another funny, performer, jUL* Est. 1888 his Las Vegas ilk, is doing his thing again after thrilling 20 millon Vegas vsitors with pre- previous extravangazs. Twenty million henchmen can't be wronged, although some who fell off their chairs th excitement had to be Ju *hted. Donn Arden ---- s*??hb ed. shovs aged and directed "Pz azz 'and J" ?╟÷ added the va-\ a-vo om men d scubee-scubee-doc jng tail a entiified with the f ;?√ß': m I iar garb ?√ßden touch. His new th.ri Her a Ii Wayne Newton from Las gas. One disturbing thought haunts my dreams. I keep seeing the old Wayne Newton in the year 2014, as revered in his 70s as Jack Benny, George Burns and Jimmy Durante are today in their 70s. ' BUCK OWENS is currently starring at the Bonanza Hotel. Becausve the wild west has practically disappeared from Las Vegas, the Bonanza Hotel is doing something about it. Find your favorite country and western entertainment here. Now that the Bonanza has adopted this policy of wide open aces in the wide open spaces, visitors who essay to ?√ßride the games of chance at the buckin* tables will share the feelings of those pioneers ; Who once tamed the wild frontier; and of others who wound up getting themselves tamed. ?╟≤ SHIRLEY BASSEY is currently headlining at the Sahara Hotel. The dramatic songstress fell like a ripe apple into the Sahara's basket. She come'Jf;' across the footlights like a delicious apple pie. Shirley was bom with a lot of talent but she has never let that discourage her.. Even if you hear only a few of her talents, a little dab'Il do yuh. urned from a wo rid irley includes her lers ?╟÷ "Goldfinger" Big Spender," aug- ?╟≤* exciting new mater- PZAZZ GIRL - Lovely Heather Victorson displalrsf one of the lavish costumes from the Desert Inn's new musical superspeetacular, "FzazzJJfl!" The million dollar production set new records in its first week at the hotel's elegant Crystal Room. ^T Leonard Adelson, whu Wi^v- the lyrics, began his pro! career with the tunc, "Calla Calla." Pie also wrote "Sandra," . a complete Civic Light Opera] show that Edwin Lester proudly presented in L.A. for almost three years. William Campbell designed 1 the costumes as he also does 1 for the Hollywood Palace and Dean Martin tv shows, although I can't recall Dean ever wearing any of Campbell's ?√ß creations. '40^- WAYNE NEWTON is head-, lining at the Frontier Hotel. Like Cyclohexylene Dimethy- lene Terephthalate, Wayne makes our world different, II I were Marco Polo doing his bit ail over again, I'd import do from