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from Al Freeman Freeman Company Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 12/10/58 SANDS MARKS 6TH ANNI WITH SPECIAL SHOW STARRING DANNY THOMAS, NAT COLE Las Vegas, Nevada (December 10}<.*....With more than 17,000,000 visitors from 49 states and 22 foreign countries having passed thru its doors in 6 fantastically successful years of operation, the Sands Hotel Here will mark its 6th anniversary on Sunday, December 14, with a special midnight show produced by Jack Entratter and starring Danny Thomas and Nat King Cole. Danny Thomas was the first star to open the Sands in December of 1952, and started off a long parade of top names in Entratter productions to make the Sands the most important "entertainment showplace in the world. Danny has a standing commitment to help celebrate every Sands anniversary with a personal appearance, as long as he is active in show business. Nat Cole is the current star at the Sands, finishing up a record-breaking 4-week engagement to mark the seventh time he has appeared at the Sands in the past 3 years. Ringsiding for the special midnight show will be many Hollywood celebrities, including Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Richard Conte, and producer William Goetz, -more-