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?╜LENDAU NEWSi, DIOLOGIC Jands' Sfsow Highlight^ \l! famou^Cas Vegas Stf/p HOLLYWOOD .?╟÷ Back home to Flickerville, known as the city of make-believe, after a wonde^l j three-day stayp?½?½ 'in Las Vegas,; Nev., as guest of hosts, Jake Freedman Jack Ent-SL_ OQer&torsjriBr the beautifujJrSands. Hotejff there- Withjpiiy a ' Aa.ysJ_f ove] m qf%t_^j0^&inae\ the opening .of this lavish des-^TOM^ii^SOTSi ert spa and "fu#-zorie,"S^^ahds' is suffering a good cgi^pof, terior swelling^, for ilpi||dways crowded. "It steally arda^ me, g Jake Freedrrt??s. .told ^^ above j the din and rattle of sijpsr dollars, with the oecasiorialjfamiliar, "Ee-oh-leveh" in the background. "This is supposed to %egthe slow: season, but just lookp||; he continued, as he pointed-*^ the ca- Spacity-filled house. I Why shouldp?3it.be?╜-After all, this is the newest, and by far] the most beautifully ajbpinted hotel there, featuring the best in entertainment,-e^hich brings me to the subject of Lena Horne who currently appearing in the Copa room of the. Sands. IE ^ Here is sex personified!! Beside being downright stpnhjEig' with a personality that ea^turfe the audience from the moment] she walks On stage||Lelna - pre- causes gooseb&mps \0$KJ&e<PTx' JPs* sophistocate presentation you want, this gal's got it, and for| my money, tops the highly, rated Edith Piaf, who appears the^ Here's a few observatir the fabulous' city that tv into day: WANTED DEI ed a girl! Noted How; looking for same. Mus^?// that for he^doesn't Sg*// for dollars. FINA7^ Watched a' Texas, $19,000; duri|?║&ne This ;"blac^|foidL stuff! Anyone -^ dime? -vSmrf The mqst^a^ was Al Kpieeir^ of public^fetf three mu|p&v [call, ".AL F /. Al Freehfs II \ Ther?╜$F so slot r They're^ // drug f even you fores j ele^tf./ Re ?╟÷By TOM E. BANSON"] show put together featuring Gisele MacKenzie, the Modernaires and many others. Gisele, with brand,, new routine gwritten 'gasjp!-,. ciaSry^for her forthcoming series i of night club appearances, finally got her way:and is injecting comedy into her songs |f~ and she's good at it! . Cugat and Abbe Lane with a good-show at the Last Frontier, MicSes^Rooney doing a new routine at-'. ta4. Flamingo, where Abe 'Schillaf hangs his hat, and CBS' Bill Whitley in a cute routine with Peggy -^Dietrich. Got change for a nickel? I'm looking .for th,e penny machines" TELE-TIPS *$*?·Vegas must be in the. air for tonight during "Bos tongBlackie" from .KNBH (4) a 7, "Blackie" solves ,a gambling murder there . ... Here's a little silver bell that talks back to Dei O'Dell during her magic show from KTLA (5) at 7:30 g. . Hos Adolphe Menjbu takes TViewer to the Black Sea for a dramatiza tion of "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" during Favorit Story series from KTTV (11) a 8:30 . . . There's a mystery on movie lot to be solved by th 'Man Against Crime" (Ralp Bellamy), on - KNXT (2) at 3:3 Vern Gagne, the wrestlin rage of the East and Mid-Wes makes his debut over KECA .(7 and- the ABC micrdwaved;aiefcV6^rk tonight at %3Q. /^SR&ij f^fer^'%*'?╜SmeM'rlg that goes in one era and out the other! ?╟≤ ?╟≤ Bill Willard THE AGVANS: -With all but one resort hotel signed to American Guild of Variety Artist's benefit insurance plan, performers are covered by a Lloyd's of London policy for $7500. Negotiations and hassles have been Uhderway since last November . Jp>ne of the reported reasons for holdouts in signing the policy on the pair of management ?╟÷ apart from the $2.50 a week per performer-Mvas the fear that canary ara& bartenders union glB'buld demand upped wages if?Hne AGVA plan were to be signed . . jgpdie Rio, AGVA west cd%strep who handled the discussiaPf is being elevated to,?╟?post of aide to Jack Irving, national administrative chief, when the union's executive board meets in New York, Feb. 2 . .. Rio, meanwhile, is considering a fulltime AGVA rep for Las Vegas, due to its emergence as a top entertainment mecca in the country, with low estimated yearly average of $6,240,000 spent by hotel owners, casinos, clubs on performing artists and musicians. ?╟≤ PLUG FOB VEGAS: When Jimmy McHugh jpreems his anthem, "X_f_yaPt5?·uloto' for Free- :30 over CBS Saturday Night at the stations. Fine for Las Vegas Pirate's Den has ex- dariee floor, and ulti- Hily the stage, further into the room, making for more intimacy during shows 1 g. George.Kirby, headlining gjat that same downtown hostelppi not only gives out with masterful impressions of the greats, but includes intricate dance routines al9a Gene Kelly and Bill Bailey. One day he hopes to master comic styles of foreign stars in their native languages ... Bill Peccole and Wanda Lamb winged to Reno to say their "I do's" yesterday . . g Condolences to Abe Feller. Sudden passing of his wife, Rose, shocked friends deeply . . . Mimi Benzell featured on Rizzo's hour devoted to opera Sunday a. m. at 10 o'clock . Thunderbird to have a big name in sports to headline a spring production and package ... START POPPING: Flashbulb ers will be out en messe (new spelling) to click Jaek Benny Monday as he sets sail from the Flamingo?╟÷his home harbor while in town?╟÷to explore other glittery coves . .. One of the Benny have- to's will be the Sahara and check with Bob Crosby. Seems that a running gag on the Benny litow had Mr. B. give Crosby a quarter for the slots, so naturally Jack has to check up on what happened to his two-bits ... There's a great bit going on at the Silver Sljlper between Sparky Kaye and Bfldie Fox about a 50 dollar over, or under payment. Been going on for three weeks, and Last Frontier book-keeping doesn't know who owes who and what by now?╟÷or won't tell ... Ed Parham goes to Mt, Charleston Monday with Jack Pepper and Desert Sea News- bureau lads to do a mag layout on the guys who generally do mag . layouts. Premise of the storyr^ to show to what lengths publicity departments go to make a photo. Pepper and Company will go up into the snow, grab and shovel as much as possible into their conveyances, trek down the hill and make a snowman around a desert Joshua tree. Then a pretty girl, wearing minus here and there, will smooth the snowman, melting the stuff before old sol . . . Parham also to make a layout of Kaiantan, rehearsing new #and 'more torr^^&ah-ever i dance;,with her new di?·ej|or from | Metro, David Robel .'?√ß&% PRODIGY: Hal Braudis tells of ; discovering DarlajlHood, one of Jimmy McHugh|| EI Rancho Songsters, at the mge of three in Leedy, Oklahoma??The tiny child showed such promise that Braudis took her to Oklahoma City for dancirig and singing lessons with Kalfryn Dupy. Off to New York wdit the tSo, w^gire little Darla became th?╜3^^^^ of sup- | per clubs. A tal?╜j'S?╜$j|t for Hal Roach stopped, Kfeetf^and list- I ened, signed theMoppet for Our Gang comedies. ?╜iej?||(t to the coast, made many pi^, with the famous gang; Hraduateti into other Jparts; pl?╜ed for several season)? as top linger with Ken Murray's BlackoMs in Hollywood; was M-discoverep by Jimmy Mc- Hugh*for his currenttour . . . M HOT STUFFrs|ead in Variety's New-York Palaeckreview of Dan- 1 ny:f&|ye gave||aurel wreaths: 1 "AM^-ammic bornbi^trtiSR NY to- n^j^^But th^|:^^,no easual- tilsjpgfhere si^^JSjI^nic. Just an- audience be^^|tM: laid spellbound by a, bif^&^blockbuster named Danny- .^'ilf*C ?╟≤ * What a feather in som%3f|$ boniface's ca]M|ghe C(^dgl^^ Danny to Las vpgas!.>r^ I^f#rqhtier will fly leis daily j^sf; Hawaii for Dorothy LahioUf'^^p'DevIyn line after the sulhryK^rtrsh takes the road to Vegas "aadeS^r|y?╜s Feb. 2 . . . Federal CpmminiicatiOns Committee told Sen. Jod McCarthy to put up or shut up after he protestecTabout a TV license to a Madison, Wisconsin "" (Continued on Page J >nsirygpiflJliPai1' ^?·*=o| I* IMS A HORNE BUYS FIRST TICKETS: Lena Horne, nowjg| tickets to Las Vegas Little Theatre's production of "See HowJ" min. Show opens Tuesday night at city hall auditorium. at the Sai^buys^s^'^ ^ws****'* _j^^^^^^^x-^M^A^^mSSii i<