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MuskogeetOkla MAY 25 1853 Gojd^tushDays Re1urn To Las Vegas With Higk^ricef Stars Shitting For Gamblers umpire 1 ^rttesed til-jQfa~ffi?~ - ?╟≤ -.the writjfcrfhiniself ?√?not coincide with f newspaper. the A-iems .??#|B| By BOB THOMAS h LAS VEGAS, Nev. IA?╟÷This must be what the gold rush was likeM You ,'.''Bj!lpK; Into any resort hotel at 2 o'clock in the morning, and the joint, is- jumping. The casino is noisy wit^'tbe clink of silver dollars, the 'tMtJiits of the lucky players and the moans of t^he lowers. | Each week-end an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 citizens, the majority from booming Southern California, crowds }nto this glittering town, doublin^kts population. The pleasure seeKi^s or suckers ?╟÷according to whl% view \ yoi% ' -take?╟÷-sleep in hotel^motels or their own cars. Somev OTh't sleep | at all. They stand at^thl* tables all night, transfixed; by c|l^ frolicking dice. As in "the gold rush days, entertainment is an -:f%nfnportant commodity in the gam|p||f;halls. Stars of Broadway*3S$n*re Holly- | wood serve as the highest paid shills in the world. Shill< A?╜per- 1 son hired to stimulate gainbing. You may have heard of some of the fantastic figures paid to entertainers by the Las Vegas notes. Some are inflated by press agent's pipe dream; others are fantastically true. Insiders here believe that the $25,000 weekly figure announced for Betty Hutton is close to reality. "She might be^worth that," said one operator. "But only she and a few others would be. The rest get around a third of her figure, which is an excellent salary for a week's work of an hour or two a night." Others are angry at the pub- i^llci5B^*Ma#j#yaucli3 figures. "When you announce tctat you're paying -Beto,jHutton 25 Gs," said one |aieni:.u,buyer, "how are you going to hire Tony Martin for what you p^aid him last" time? Prices are getting out of hand. Wheit you hire^, star for 25 Gs, your whole show will run around $40,000. You can't hope to show a profit." But most of the others don't seem to worry. They keep on hiring the best names available at the highest prices necessary. They hope that the gambling tables will assume any loss on the night clubs, and they generally ido. Here's an example of the kind of shows that play here. Current headliners are Eddy Arnold at thte Sahara; Jane Powell, Desert Inn; Joe E. Lewis, El Rancho Vegas; John Payne and Lou Holtz, Flamingo: Bex Allen and Sons of "I^Jte^JPioneers, Thunderbird; Liberace and, Phil Foster, Last Frontier; Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy. Sands: But that isn't aUtmEach place has two or three other top-flight acts, plus eight to a dozen girls, most of whom could adorn any magazine! cover. ^IIk Booking talent is a headache," said one show producer." "You not only have to fijgrht tft^f^ther places in getting the best''la,ient; you also have to find talent that will stimulate betting." M*J/'^ The best attractions for the heavy gambers are old-time nitery stars like Joe E. Lewis and Sophie Tucker.. Oddly .enough, Bob Crosby's engagement was a stimulus to the tables; the ex- plantion was that Crosbys have many well-heeled friends. \m_%:' Spike Jones and others who attract the family trade are great for dining room business?╟÷"but the patrons drift out through the casino like a sieve." A surprise hit at the Sahara was Lauritz Melehior and his young sjhgers, said to be the best show e^kin Las Vegas. Van Jdhnson fs \also a big draw at the Sands- f IomeikF ?√ßm PRESS CUPPINGS ?╟÷ 220 W. 19* St., NEW YORK 11, N.Y. Tel. CHelsea 3-8860 Cir. (D 335,491) This Clipping From LOS ANGELES, CAL H|^D & EXPRESSy? U.J53 Tallulah Dazzles Vegas In Her Night Club Debut Shows Off Her Legs SingiS Dances^ Gtiattjp S6ys ')?║tflttrtwA '?√ß?·$$& in a SafebiV | r<?· ^^^^y^GM, ?╟≤Hev.;.^KjM?╟÷ %% *I WAS SO SCARED,' SAYS TALLULAH Actress Tallulah Bankhead Wows Audience In Las Vega Opening But Admits She Was Frightened I ^Allen i 1 PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU I Established 1888 LOS ANGELES I San Francisco Portland - Seattle New York, |s|. Y Journal American |C.r. 1,105,315) *AY t \j-\ ?½53 ew Yorh Cavalcade: ^general Sees Stars ^ ?╟÷By LOUIS SOBOL 1 WELL, THERE WAS QUITE A RUMPUS put. TV/Tov4???╜ r*i*. -- , . out Mexico City way and none of the newspaper boys gave it an airing, although I it was a honey. For location shots for I RKO's "Second Chance," a group of stars ! was sent to terrain close by Mexico City?╟÷ among them, Jack Palance, Bob Mitchum and Linda Darnell. They wandered into Chavez, a well frequented night club, one night, accompanied by six Mexico City newspapermen?╟÷and things1 began to N happen. A Mexican general, accompanied by his wife, and two bodyguards, decided to kiss Mitchum?╟÷and then Palance, to indicate his esteem. Mitchum took it with a shrug of the shoulders and good grace but Palance, still the heavy, shoved the general away. The soldier man pulled a .45 and so did his bodyguards. Abel Fernandez, a professional heavyweight who was with' the American group, stepped in to stop tjb,e general and was pistol whipped. Palance threw a table. Two shots were fired. Mitchum disappeared. Palance tossed a second table. Then Eddie Neiius, once owner of Hollywood's Clover Club, drew a gun and halted all action. The cafe was cleared ?╟÷ and RKO's publicity man strewed around a few pesos to have everyone, including the Mexican reporters forget the "incident." * #~ * Lady Ambassador Clare Luce took "along with her to Rome a valuable collection of American butterflies as a gift to Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi. She was inspired to.get up the tray after talking to some Italian newspapermen in New York who told her de Gasperfs hobby was entomology. It wasn't until she spoke with the premier that she learned there had been; a slight error. De Gasperi's other love is something quite different?╟÷etymology which is more concerned with words' than with bugs. Jack Entratter, former Copacabana manager, now heading the fiai^ffcHntri. ftfr liiMTVeegj^^li be featured in a fof^Bom^ 'l?½^lece in the Satevepost as the man who brought Broadway to Las Vegas... Guy Lombardo has shipped his entire collection of boating literature to the Central Prison Library of Raleigh, N. C. where the nearest they get to a pond is when the rains drench the prison yard...Ralph Meeker of "Picnic" is being shown the town the nicer way by Gloria Stavers, the model who doubles by writing a column, "Who's on Third" for the P. J. darkens news sheet... Paramount h?·s sent a crew and cast to Peru to shoot Syd Boehm's story, "Legend of the Inca." Boehm was formerly the - Journal-American's ace crime reporter. ..Britain is certain Anthony Eden will be the next to get the Order of the Garter, recently conferred on Winston Churchill... SMotE Autobiographies waiting to be written: "The. Corn Mutiny"?╟÷Milton Berle; "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Umpire"?╟÷ Augie Guglielmo (just fired as a National League ump); "Tearzan"?╟÷Johnnie Ray; "Young Man With a Haunt"?╟÷Charles Ad- dams; "The Prince of Loxes"?╟÷Leo Lindy. Mme.;Alma Clayburgh sailing today for the Coronation will remain abroad for a year...Mel Brooks, ("Show of Shows" writer) and?╟? Florence Baum, (Jack Gleason's'TV eyeful) have cancelled their wedding plans (even took the blood test) .. .Eddie Constantine, the American singing lad who became Edith Piaf's Parisian protege has decided he likes France permanently. Is giving up his American citizenship to become a Frenchman...They won't run any benefit for Barbara Hutton. Just, had sculptored for herself two life- 1 sized horses' heads in 24 karat gold, / studded with rubies and diamonds.