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FREEMAN COMPANY pub/ic/sts PRESS INFORMATION Studs 4th Anniversary J* Midnight, Friday, December 14, marks the 4th year ??f the Sands Hotel, in continuous operation for 120,144,000 seconds* 2; The Sands is amr the Most heavily trafficked resort hotel in Ihe world, with its 10.000.000th visitor expected during this anniversary weekend, for an average of 1 new visitor every 12 seconds, day and night, for 4 yearsT-?╟ú?╟ú?╟ú S* As of tonight CPriday), nearly $14.600,000 has been disbursed hr the Sands for actual payroll oi its 782 employees since it has been open* And 1,368,000 free eppleyre meals have been served by the Sands," averaging Wt per day^er 30,000 a month* 4* Nearly 301,000 pieces of dies have been need in 4 fears, for an estimated total of 67,000.000 throws at the ends* And some 61,000 decks of cards have been distributed to hospitals and installations in 12 countries after being used by the Sands, ' dispatched at i cost of $9,215 in postage. S* Operational expenses of the Sands for the 4 years have heea $35,040.000, averaging about $24,000 daily, with $10,000 of thismount each day going for payroll for operating employees and personnel* 81% of the Sands personnel are married, averaging 2 children per family, with a total of 87% of Sands employees owning their own homes; 6, Main event of the anniversary observance will be the Midnight invitational show starring Danny Thomas, Jerry Lewis and Frank Sinatra* These three stars, America*s top nightclub money-earners, are charter members of the Sands family of great entertainers who appear here often in producer Jack Entratterfs Copa Room productions* I* ?╟? Celebrities present tonight ares Lucille Ball, Joan Caulfield, Marlene Dietrich, Dorothy Malone, Dost Areas, Jayne **ansfield, Mltzi Gaynor, Esther Williams, Robert Mi t china, Loretta Young. Ray Anthony, Van Boren, Valerie French, Peter Lorre, Jack Lemmon, Hugh O'Brien, J.C* Flippen and Dana Wynter* 8# Movie and entertainment industry VIP's present ares Mite Blumberg of IS-Is Harry Cohn of Columbia; Marvin Schenck of MGM; Jesse Kaye of ltd Records; Grog Bautser; Abe Last- fogel, Bert Allenherg and George Wood of the William Morris Agency; Irving Lazaar, the literary agent; producer Charles Feldman; Columbia producer Jenie Tapps; TV producer Charles Weintraub; director Michael Curtis; director Charles Vidor; Jiaa^ McHugh; Jimmy Van Busan; and Prince Mike Romanoff, A1 freeman 9508 Wl LSHlIrE BEVERLY HILLS, CAL. ?╟≤ BRADSHAW 2-8611