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g-L-Sun., Jan. 25/1953 T ^?√ß?╟≤ j;ew yor^ Journal-Americas A Gambling and Gamboling Resort:^ t|| UjkeMonfe Carlo Filft^||^|try to Break Bank In Ornate''Hotel's on The Strip' By HUBERT AINSWORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 24.?╟÷-Gamblmg and gamboling have become such a part of the "gay Nevada picture that colorful Las Vegas today eclipses fabulous Monte Carlo as a playground for fun-seekersi1}f#^ ^jBj As a' matte? of iact, the Western m e c c a?╟÷borroving from it continental countermart?╟÷now has a "Rue de la Pay" all its own, better known as "The Strip," one of the most lavish areas in the world, complete with plushy hotels, swimming pools and other, attractions. 'SJJL&^JI " For those who seek it, there's gambling, too?╟÷from simple one- armed bandits to no-^holds-barred games of chance where the sky's the limit. - *1# ?& ?╟≤ MImP GAMBLING - POPULAR, ^& - It is this- "strip" that attracts people from all walk^v.??f--?·li|| From all over theNorth Continent they come^glaiffifltroti^ movie stars and gajRiftion at] tendants, all bent ojafirgingle goj ?╟÷to beat the houspfind walk with a bundle ofjSicre. In this pu'rsuijjKew Succeej^but all have fun inphe atteni] A highlighjj||fe-the midjpfri^er hoopla at jEk xVegasj/K&s the openmg;0:yfsAiewest wibrt hotel the $5,50Q_w0b Sandybuilt in a record tinfi If ninej^onths. : "Berm^a^odej^VigJttte arch- ItecturaMhane crW^'M^e- hdtei room bmld??g^npj%5i-esurround | the main bwklmngJ9_W.\ - Each of these teo^med after a famous American i^be xii|ack. These are Arlingtoriyi?ark};j||]h mont Park, Hialeah,,^|cking|ipDt and Santa Anita. ..JpiiL. ^Here* in. the heart TOiroe-desert countiy, Hollywood and ^roadway luminaries jj|me- p ~^et the new establishment off to auspicious start. Included in the7 delegation. wei| such charmers as Denise Jyirc^l^mho gave the roulette wheel a whirl, then switched to black jack, hoping for better luck. Jimmy Durante, the irrepressible buffoon, wSg^so on hand, swapping quips with Danny Tho-;; mas. CLOWN WITH BEAUTIES Both comedians were at'^g^: fefst/Whisn clowning around with the beauties, among which w^sf Pat Hardy, DonftaE gLee Hickey and Faith Dbmergue. If all had gone well, Jy^sgSSe^ mergue would have been!cgie^efc t&ec wist to use the swimming pool at tneiSeiiids; but the weather was too chflly,.fpr.,such-a,^bBnfc; so she.. contented herself-.. j_&$&- bundling up in an Overcoat and testing the water wj$hr tier Tfotje-. finger for benefit ,ol; the photographers. i The-^ool incidentally, can be heated, but the managment decided against risking'-> s n i f f l e s when the wind* with freak inclemency, whistled through ..tftl peon, signs 'th^t light the Strip. The Sands' managment, it is said,-dipped into the safe for $50VQOO to underwrite sthe hotel's opening party. ,4lf#^^%w/> ifronically, in the f i r s t f e w hours of play, another $200,000 ftad been lost by theT "house" to eaSpy comers, Which loss was air most wiped out in the next 24 Murs. Qtixpl (left), of Kansas City, and 1 Johnson, from Los Angeles, first mej THE 8PIKWfM& WHEEL was given a -whirl by beauteous Denise DarceJ. j bjun/H :presjy: '" T " n^tlTSmop aAisuadxa pu?╜ 1 . ' - 0% paonpo^ui'-uowlaoap .S,Uwp^OTSO??m.pSdo -oop 4 m- WES-SSI ?╜M3UV UpBUiai SSL ^WS uo^uippBd V ?╜i ?╟?-AH>.uouioy WfWS E?25l * Sodoid am Pa VvlZx% ?╜?╜* xxs *xau am **0 'Xu4au.x?╟? St Sui^id WI ara vIopb o* stba vm* 11?Σ≤ ^ souBidtuas ??uios ut '&OXim?Σ≤o?· 9Z88JJ ??> r.nT^^-p1^^^wII ao^ld am ^fe j iois kam ^puoq dl ^u3Tis t ^u^amilMl^^F.^ t Taiou Apio am ?√ß?╜*AV"WiI 0% 2u\o* ?Σ≤& ?╟≤piBs i iS)oo^i4 X[OTlS ^OU . saouaxpms uopuo-i k -pxao^ am UT ala ot aum M 3W P***1 ,^00 ?╜ no^aA?╜H^ '**<* H f* : -.paiTdaj ajlVA jeted pretty Faith Domergue jo try the Las Vegas hotel's jcoat and posed instead.