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    LOS ANGELES, CALIF. WESTWOOD HILLS CITIZEN W. 10,000 JUN 17 1965 #& gimmmnnmniniM | LAS VEGAS VIEWS | Dunes, Sands, Mint] Reach For The Sky! By ABE GREENBERG Overshadowing the constantly changing show bills which make Gamblesville the show capital of the nation is the changing skyline of Las Vegas, rapidly becoming a*TugIi ?lsTmetropolis. This magical development reached a new high this past [i -weekend with the official opening of The Dunes' Top o' The Strip cocktail lounge and res- " taurant 25 stories in the air above its spectacular new seafood .specialty restaurant, the Dome of the Sea . . . and the q new showroom and lounge atop the 26 story Mint Hotel in the heart of the downtown area . . . and the topping out of the 17- [r story tower at The Sands Hostel. This is breathtaking expansion in a breathtaking resort city '. . . along with this is the news that Benny Goffstein's Four Queens Hotel is well beyond the foundation stage and edging up to its eventual 20- story height. * * * SHOW TALK ; . . Four major show openings and a pair of ace lounge acts are set for ' this week's busy entertainment * program . . . with Dinah Shore leading the parade by opening ?╟≤night before last at The Riviera . . . with Frank Fontaine bowing in last night at The Sahara ; , . and Judy Garland, despite her illness, set to make her Thunderbird debut at the same time (and, as of the time this was going to press, Judy had assured the TB's open a six-week stanza at The. Sands tonight,- introducing a new vocalist, Jennie Smith The pair of lounge show| openings have Louis Prima in a return to his old post as the| headliner at The Sahara's Cas- bar Theater ... and Ray An-j thony moving his band and his intriguing vocalists, Th?║ Double Bookends* xinto tho Riviera's lounge. Over at The Flamingo it was Juliet Prowse and Myron Cohen in a new presentation for Morris Lansburgh. . . . Leggy Juliet's dancing is a delightful thing to see, while Myron Cohen's artistry as dialectician and raconteur is incomparable. The era of the stay-up-all- nighters is coming to an end according to Stan Irwin, Sahara's impresario, who initiates a new policy with the advent of the Louis Prima show. , The hotel is eliminating the 5 a.m. lounge show which had been a tradition for the past 10 years ... the l/ast show will be at 3:15 a.m. * * * SHOW TIME . . . "Hello America" is being held over at The Desert Inn. . . . "Casino de Paris" will soon round out its first anniversary at The Dunes. . . . Juliet Prowse and Myron Cohen are in at The Flamingo through July 7. . . . Dinah Shore brightens The Riviera through July 4. . . . Frank Fontaine with Maria Neglia and Bud and Cece Robinson are at The Sahara. . . . Red Skelton is the big noise at The Sands. ... The Stardust features its new edition of "Le Lido de Paris. . . . The Thun- vice prexy, Earl Thompson, th a tlderbird booms with Judy Gar- she'd be able to make it) . . .(land . . . and The Trop is while Red Skelton is set to. ablaze with "Folies Bergere.?