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PHI]^DEL^fn^$A. NEWS Circ. D. 142,763 MARSEILLES, ILL PRESS Circ. D. 1,380 OCT 2 0 1954 1 SUTRA'S CAMEL REFUSES TO OPEN HOTEL^ Surrounded by imitation Arabs and with singer Frank Sinatra on his back, camel turned down roleyrf hotel opener. He was supposed to chew through ribbon atGn,n??g wftjM t,- v did?·t THAT'S A SWITCH !~-Seeing is believing, though it's pretty hard to believe some of the things you see these days. Take this unique photo, for example. It shows Metropolitan Opera star Robert Merrill and jazz great Louis Armstrong after they switched roles on the last night of uheir engagement at a Las Vegj5^i?v., resort spot. On a dare they exchanged 3iats"afitrsingjng style* 10 the delight of the customers. ' Satchmo' delivered his version of an aris from "Pagii- cci" whi*e Merril) accompanied him on Armstrong's trum- ,et Then Merrill *ana Armstrong's popular "Honeysuckle ^^^^^^^r- - - -- jbaa." GRAND PORKS, N. D. HERALD Circ. 0. 23,522 - S. 32,402 APR 27 1955 $DvaAn&iA. $et JaqqsuL six GOVERNORS at.Las Vegas to Witness an atomic explosion at Yucca Fiat as part of tie Federal Civil Defense^&fflffflflstration's program? display "dog tag" identifications received during a "good luck" party at the jaajad?· Shown, center, is Val Peterson, FCDA' direetoifi while to his leftand right are Govsrvictor Anderson, Nebraska; Robert Meyner, New.'Jer-V sey; Christian Herter, Massachusetts; Orvil Faubos, Arkansas; Joe Foss, South Dakota* and* Thomas Stanley, Virginia. (AP Wirephoto).