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T?· 'GOOD OLE MEL' ?╟÷ Melvin Miller, the now famous foreman of a Peoria, factor factory, lines up for a chorus-style kick next to a Sands showgirl Mar- Graner after his arrival in Las Vegas as "special guest star" with Sammy avis, Jr. at the hotel. Davis gives out with an exuberant kick, and at the far right, Copt. Joe Gestan, who launched Mel's career as a celebrity and as a phone buddy of hundreds of West Coast Marines, joins in the celebration. REVIEW-JOURNAL PHOTO iGivin Melvin-Miller, the now famous foreman of a tractor factory in Peoria, III., flew into Las Vegas Wednesday night for a one night stand as the ?╟úspecial guest star?╟ú with Sammy Davis, Jr. at the Sands hotel. This for ?╟úGood Ole Mel?╟Ñ, as ht has been tagged, was the last lap of a most improbable celebrity tour of the West coast which came about as a result of a lost car, a chance phone call on Labor Day of 1959 by a Marine Captain a Melvin Miller vacation fund collected in a shell casing, and some accidental publicity which the most aggressive publicity agent would never have dared to attempt. Mel, who admits that he?╟╓s just a farm boy and still overwhelmed by the last days?╟╓ events, was met at McCarran Field ?╟ Wednesday night by Mayor 0. K. Gragson who gave him the key to the city In the airport commotion, colum- nist and TV personality Frf Rniij-j^snationafl van, who arrived in Las on the same plane for a vacation with his wife, was completely overlooked. I ^ all started a year ago when -apt. Joe Gestson of Camp Pendle* ten, Calif., was looking for his missing car, and somebody sug- gested that it was probably in Peoria by that time. He decided to call Peoria The Nel ciation w| directors meeting i ern Nevl Reno, on I Henry State prei Vegas lol and mem| speakers Russell, p ton State is affiliatel ciation ml two State' tor Hotel HI and the name of Melvin Miller was suggested, although nobody knew of such a person or if he might live in Illinois. Bring Everything WOODRUFF, S. C. (APfc BridgmaJ mg will bel leans coni ance, Nev era! mini] laws, freJ trolled hi Using so/ desert S| and Stg to disci Nevad twelvj sionj men #1 The |