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    TgHICAGO, BLL. ??SUN-HMI|S W?· D. ^6,985 ,^3S. 573,327 ST. PAUL, MINN. DISPATCH y<_W_k. D. 117,768 . KUP'S .COLUMN Hungary's freedom, fighters ~J^ve a new name for Russia, thaflfrs to Sam^hmick. It's ^kussia (pronounced "Crush-wB-T. . . His Spbw inmates report ex-State Auditor Or- Jiptte Hodge is doing "hard timesjSih the pen. iJllfifn their lingo that means he's not making the KUPCINET -?║?║|idjustment to prison life. They're predicting 1JP& mental crackup unless 'he starts co-operating withwhe authorities. . . . The^losing notice wentMig backstage for ?╜Damn Yankees" at therShubert?╟÷Jan. 26. fhie cast had hoped to remain here till summer. THOSE LOrfGXINES waiting to get into the Chez-Paree to s|e Jerry Lewis are the best indication of how Hill he's doing witbjbut Dean Martin. Another indication is the sh?|eks of laughter Jj^t interrupt his show. For all his hilarity and zany antics, j Lew3*"is a serious student of comedy. He never ceases efforts to improve his performance. To experienced cafegoers, Lewis! ranks with the top comics of our time. THE TELECAST OF THE ROSE BOWL GAME showed the Oregon State Beavers coming on the field, as|po many teams, by doing somersaults to loosen, up. Which prompted one wiseacre to crack: "What's this, some left over acrobats from the Ed Sullivan Shpw?" . . . Best ball-carrier in thet New Ye|r*s Day classics: Jim Brown of Syracuse, 215 pounds of dynamite. Brown will play his pro football for another Brown, Paul of Cleveland. .--.'. Surprising but true: The two other outstanding backs in the bowl games were Ken Ploen, Iowa'sftifty quarterback, and John (The Beast) Bayuk, Colorado's crushing fullback. Neither was selected in the eajrly draft conducted by the pros. KtHE LOVE BEAT: Lou Manilow, producer of the new Broadway show, "Purple Dust," and Lori Meyervitz, a Chicago Igndergarten teacher. They'll become Mr. and Mrs. later this month. (Happy New Year!) 'M||.: Actor--Mai Throne spent the holidays Mere with his heart, Geraldine ("The Immora- Jpst") Page. . . . Ditto young actress Betty jLou Keim, who paused here en route to Holly- Mvood to visit with Warren Berlinger of "Anniversary Waltz." THE DRAMA CRITICS vs. "Anniversary Waltz" fflifjhe Blackstone was worse than the Giants' 47-7 over the Bears. Whatta clobbering. One critic, on the "outs" with producer Jules Pfeiffer, was accompanied to the New Year's Eve opening by a police, reporter who served as bodyguard, honest Injun! . . . I Bill George, Bears' star guard, weds Lucille Trussler, in Warren, Pa., on Saturday.. Chicagoan Nate Levin,, the hardware tycoon, j will be|?║pst man. . . ...Friends *of Asst. State's Atty. Marty Brodkiu, isjpsure he'll succeed the late Jay Schiller on the Municipal Courf bench, presented him with an Irish setter named Judge. BIGGEST NEW' YEAR'S HANGOVER apparently belongs to the Sands Hc^^ Las V$gas. The management reports its gambling casino lost an estimated $1 million over the holiday weekend^oVord to the wise: Beware of such announcements. Las Vegas operators are delighted to spread news of huge winnings by its guests. That's the ol* come-on.) . . . The Harlem ?√ßGlobetrotters, who meet the Washington 'Generals in the Stadium Thursday night, are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their founding by Abe Saperstein. ... It was a sad homecoming for Hal .Tate, Chiqag^s, fh^^V disk jockey (via WBKB). Returning ^Chicago after a lengthy "exile'* in Milwaukee, he was seriously injured in an auto crash. THE CLARENCE DARROW CENTENNIAL Committee Tholds its first meeting ^^^P^^^^the La Sa|le Hotel. The Adult r Education Council of Greater Chicago, which sponsored the George Bernard Shaw centennial 'last summer, will help with this one, too. . . . Harry Belafonte will be honored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews at its 1957 kickoff dinner Jan. 24. He'll be awarded its annual brotherhood citation. BANEJpEADER RUSS CARLYLE doesn't lack courage. He'll introduce a new version of the "Missouri Waltz" on Jan. 14, when he plays at the inauguration of Gov. James T. Blair Jr. of Missouri. (He may be waltzed right out of town.) ... Bill Hayes, who hit the jackpot with his "Ballad of Dayy Crockett," has another click in his ABC-Paramount recording of,"Wringle Wrangle." He's in town for a deejay tour. . . . Young singer Gary Mann is huddling here with the three j owners of his contract?╟÷Bill Rach, Charlie j Bidwill and Dan McCarthy. They're planning a five - week grooming course, directed by Merriel Abbott, to prepare him for the big time. ;>3^1'.>^^ NORMA DOGGETT, FORMER CHEZ ADORABLE, is attracting producers' attention on Broadway with her performance in Judy Holliday's "Bells Are Ringing." (A perfect play, quips Ivan Bunny, for "Slapsie Maxie" Roseubloom.) ... A panhandler on Randolph St. put the bite on a reporter covering his beat. "I wasn't always a bum," he confided. :?╟≤ "I once wrote a book called '100 Ways to Make Money.'\*^f^r.?Then why are you begging?" the panhandler was asked. . . .-"Because/' he niftied, "this is one of the ways!" ^?·M\t See Kup on WBBM-TV (Channel 2) at 10:45 vgtoL^S JAMW1957 AT GALA PAMY- Gambleri NMin .MiKltt.lfW^^ f^k& v#gxs, -n-iv.?╟÷<D d H ^S^L^^^R^*' to the s#lini^^Sls^0tei have bipkeii afiljp of la<Jy luckvand won^Jp^|^ hiuw before mid- .'JSfew YORK, N.Y, T ttERALD*iBIBUNB fcrc. D. ^mMW^^^ JAM 2 3:1957 more" than a million dollars in the hotel's casino during the last 72 hours of the biggest pre-New Year's celebration in I the history of this desert resort, 'hotel general nuipager Jack Entratter disclosed- ?╜3riy loday. Entratter said theVi^Ko^i dollar los& i^^^hoh^ \mk'm addition to alsostry New Year's I eve party ii^ tlW^Jopa room. I Eftefi 34Wt>m?╜^in^|e crowded 1 rmp%was gii|s?║ 25 ijewly mirit- I el^ilyer dollars In an expensive velvet bag. I "W&:hotel donated 500 cas?·s of'free .champagne, turning out InearlylS.OCK) glassfuls of New Year's eve toaists to visitors in ttigij|. X More than 100,000: persons poured intQ,^feis ;deser| resort town over .ij^^week-^nd *?? spend the holiday-Hotels rer portedly were jammed and the Chamber of C&h^terce estimat- HamSkt' the city enjoyed one ot its biggest holiday periods in its history. HOUSTON, T%EX. PRESS Circ. D. 120,736 4ANT. 1957 reak*Records for thick 42,000 at Las Vegas Hotel f^oUd^^ Million ^^te'TOJA^^&i^;, iiF^n.:|^plenjoyed one of the biggest holl '-r-toMy^^^vMtors to '1p^ Sands" ?╟?TjSf|. have, broken all; ruie$of lady luck and tfrofi mprjfe lha^$r,b0^000 in the hotels |casii#. .during the last sevehty- ]two^6lurs !^pfoe\ biggest pre- fNe\^pear's -celebration ih\ the histMf;oft^v desert resort, the ! hot^fjpanag&v Jack Entratter, ;repc|pa' today. | ]\^|ntratter said the $1,000,-1 f 000 Sil'by $m hotel was in ad-i ditio|r|o ':'a^oSGy ?√ß; New \ Year's Eye pally TM& last night in the Copa Rooni3%here Prank Sinatra ^'appeasing. Each^jp&man in the crofrdid room; revived twenty-five^lwly minted silver dollars in &h expensive velvet bag. The hot#^4onated 500 cases of free champagne, turning out nearly 6,0(p -glassfuls of New Year's Eve^pasts to visitors in the last sik'hours before midnight. 100,000 Visit City More than 100,000 persons jipotired int&ljhtt- desert resort town over the week end to spend the holiday. Hotels were jammed and $&?║"iocal Chamber of Corn- mere^ ygsymated that the city day periods in its history. Mr. Entratter and Mr. Sinatra, a part owner in the Sands, I |eUr:^we, hotel got off lucky in the yrake of giving away $1,000,-1 000 at its gambling tables. They said nearly $250,000 was wo# by visitors in the first six;hou/ the h^f^ngap' open ini^K. "M mW. YORK, N. Y, Woir!d-Teleg:ram & Sun Cfrc. D. Jl 8,809 - S. 172,502 I Nat (King) Cole Signs j I $500,000 Club Pact I By the United Press. I LA& VEGAS, Nev., June j [j. 29. ?╟÷ Recording artist Nat j L| (King) Cole was under,;^ N I ha^. million dollar contract I I |pd|5? to appear during the I ttexlthree years at theSands producer Jack Entratter I disclosed yesterday that Mr. Cole signed the contract after opening a singing engage* I ment at the hotel. The con- rtract was believed to be t|fe| largest ever negotiated fjjyrl night club appearances nil the history of slipW3 business^! iNew Year's Costs I Sands a ?╟≤ LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. .1?╟÷(IP) I Nearly 42.00Q visitors to tiie 1 swank Sands Hotel have broken all rulesfiSf''TtjNStf'- 'lilck and wpn more than $1 million in the hotel's casino during the last 72 i hours of the biggest pre-New j Year's celebration in the history ' of this" desert resort, hotel gen- ; eral manager Jack Entratter disclosed early today. Entratter said ?√ß the $1 million - loss was in addition to a costly New Year's Eve party last night in the Copa Room where Prank Sinatra is currently, appearing. Each woman was gfvi|^5 newly minted silver* dollars 'fri an expensive velvet bag and the hotel donated 500 cases of champagne. PHOEfrlX, ARIZ. GAZETTE- Circ. D. 57,890 JAN 1 1957 BRISTOL, VA. Virginia-Tennessean !Circ^:'D. 6,622.:||^/??| :~'..MflR.12 mi Judge Most Popular By ALINE MOSBY UP Hollywood Reporter ||f| LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UP)?╟÷The getting married, Mummy?' I tried to go on as if nothing had happened." 1 one man the-:'; glamour aueens I m, ' ',,. .J#',f4jAAvf< I unanimously BE | Bpij ?·? ?·Sr7lS |.!bling community is a quiet mid-!nearly eclipsed the state s oriSn- ||d^ed'judge they say their ?╜I al attract^ and stilf big infus- l! 11 ?· I try~Quick divorces and mar- I Judge Frank McNamee isjriages. Las Vegas now has the m known as the marrying judge of (edge on Reno with 3,500 divorces | J Las Vegas, and he also, divorces I a year and 1,6000 marriages I celebrities. . Judge McNamee one day married I As a cupid among the casinos |59 couPtes. His daily record of dill and cactus he has married Zsa.vprces stands at 30. [Zsa Gabor, Janis Paige and Ruth _ 1 * * |! Roman. He granted a divorce to TReno was getting most of Ne- ;.;Dan Dailey's first wife, Liz. andlvada's divorce business until the Hater married Dan to Gwenjday Mn*- Ria Gable arrived to di- prConnor.-He divorced Mrs. Har- vorce Clark in-1937. She didn't ap?? : ry Belafonte, Fernando Lama;1 I and one of Mickey Rooney's prove of the hotels so McNamee moved out of his home and turned it over to her. To his despair, the newspapers headlined, "Mrs. Gable moves into judge's home.' "That was Las Vegas' first big divorce ***** '>?╜-* -Mi'.ti_-sai^_M'MXS-M j His record customer is Betty i'Hutton. He married her once and, .divorced her twice. . divorce case and it put the town When Rita Hayworth wed Dick 8 the maP>" the" judge says. (Haymes at the Sands Hotgl.it was Wow Pe??Ple come here from all j Judge McNamee who'""askPd if 0Ver the worid f0r divorces?╟÷Can- jthey would love, honor, etc. Thatlada' Mexico, South America ?╟≤ and ceremony the judge marks as the|every state." fcj'interesting he has per- The judge often is hauled out ' ??^LlJM^^?·^ W&M' ?f, bed for his work. Betty Hutton , Ihere were 62 guests thereI telephoned him at 3 a.m. to mar- ;and al were reporters .and pho- ry her to Charles O'Curran Later ;Se!VXcept eight In ?╜??e he divorced the pair and still .middle of .the ceremony Rita's lit-'later married her to Alan Liv- |tie girU; .Yasmm, said, 'Are youj ingston. iBEAcd^ JOURNAI/ ^Circ^m 154,840^^ l^ j 75 Hotel Gambkrs Win$l Million LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 1 (UPV Nearly 42,000 visitors, to the swank Sands .Hotel have broken all rules bit TRffyiwck and wonsj more than $1 million in the ho-|| tel's casino during the past 721| liours of the biggest new year's} celebration in the history of thisl ^iesert resort, hotel general man-y Ifger Jack Entratter disclosed to-| May. JANW-1957 Bwa Student^ Recover From 'Breakdouijj^ LAS VEGAS, mers they get. " The Sands Hotel a,n-^ nounce(ri5Wliliclly ioday that it bad lost a million dollars to crap-sliooting, roulette- playing, blackjack betting celebrators during the three-day New year's holiday. ld?╟?_?╟÷_ ?╟?-?╟??╟÷?╟÷?╟÷?╟÷, to a costly New Year's Eve party held last night in the Copa Room where Fr??i&;Sinatra is currently! appearing. Each woman in the crowded Copa room was given.25 newly minted silver dollars in expensive velvet bag. The hotel donated 500 cases of free champagne turning out near- 8,000 glassfuls of New Year's Eve toasts to? visitors in the-last six hours before midnight. * S Entratter and Sinatra, a. part owner in the Sands, felt the hotel got off lucky in the wake of giving away $1 million at its gambling tables. They said that nearly a quarter of a- million dollars was won by \visitors in .the first hours the hotel was open in 1252. Nev. OP) a group of 38 University oi I Iowa students, who rented a I Jus to make the trip West I ??╓¬ ^ school's Rose Bowl date with Oregon State, wis fn route home today, 12 of them as guests of a l^s Vegas resort hotel. Their bus broke down in f^a"110'- Tex., last Friday and they hitcfi-hiked to Los < w^theirsch001 win 35-19 .Wednesday the chartered Th??* ?╟≤ u}U.tn triP to ^wa That night it broke down in Victorville, Cal., and thldis J justed students left their lug. I gage m the bus and hitch- ' j hiked eastward. I TWELVE OF "the youths j got rides as far as La/Ss j where they met at the sZ IflMbeforetryiiigtol^ I a ride further. h I J Hotel Manager Jack vn I mem- He made them hi?╜ hound bus for home I ^_mLWSX^t_w There is no lat the bu: B word on