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% Freeman company \/iz$iJBLIC relations for Bob Thomas -~ ASSOCIATED PRESS For your roundup story on Las Vegas entertainment, following are some facts and figures taken from our 3-year operational report on the Sands: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Producer Jack Entratter has purchased $5,476,000 of live talent for the Copa Room shows since Sands opened in 1952* More than 1,092,000 visitors to Las Vegas have seen the Copa shows ?╟÷--with 146,000 reservations regretted with "Sold out." In the 3 years te Sands has been opened, it has presented entertainment for 15,768,000 seconds in its main show room, the Copa Room. In its 3 years, the Sands has presented 63,062,000 seconds of continuous live music and entertainment in its lounge, average 16 hours a day. Entratter has used more than 2000 musicians alone in the lounge and Copa Room. Entratter has interviewed and auditioned more thkn 2700 girls in Hollywood, ChicagD and New York for his OopaOirl positions at the Sands ?╟÷ and has picked only 212 out of that figure for actual work. Entratter persuaded Tallulah Bankhead to play her fi*#t nightclub engagement of her career at the Sands. Air*??* Van Johnson and Ezio Pinza were signed by him for the i*\ nightclub debuts, for the Sands. He teamed up Robert Merrill of the Opera, and Louis Armstrong, staged a "High Brow versus Low Down11 musical show at the Sands which Ed Sullivan put on his TV show, and which now plays the Sands 6 weeks a year. As of today, the following stars are signed by Entratter for 6 weeks a year at the Sands for the next 3 years: Danny Thomas Lena Home Frank Sinatra Nat King Cole Martin & Lewis Peggy Lee Louis Armstrong Vic Damone Tallulah Bankhead In 15 years of purchasing talent for shows he has staged, at the Copa in New York and here in Las Vegas, Entratter has spent nearly $11,470,000 for live talent. Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy Robert Merrill Rosemary Clooney W wr W W Al freeman 449 SOUTH BEVERLY DRIVE BEVERLY HILLS. CAL. CR 4-4125