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3CT.J5 JfSZ JIL Est. 1888 *~^2Jlx> "stringjirourad " 5^ my linger..... ___-^' /kf > by Lynn & Brian Koviky The views expressed are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect those or the publishers or advertisers. IN ANSWER... \ s We are sorry indeed that Mr. Graves thought we'were inferring that somehow federal and local government funds don*t come from taxes- We don't know of any business groups offering to underwrite government.., except in the case of the Governor's new residence. But we take pride in knowing when we are being subjected to a 'snow job'. In fact, the Governor*s pronouncements remind us of this story: Once there was a restaurant that advertised 'rabbit-burgers'. In small print it was stated that the burgers were in truth 50% rabbit and 50% horse. But upon examination it was found that he meant one rabbit to one horse. A simple mistake. We find that an awful lot of the Governor's pronouncements have equal validity to us. We find them usually made up one rabbit to one horse! And for the sake of consistency alone, the Governor should have been opposed to ALL hidden taxes. Instead, he proposed...and got...hidden taxes on sales, liquor and cigarettes. How are these any different in principle from withholding taxes? Perhaps he is really in favor of a single tax...just one big tax at the end of the year. Then it could really hurt! Is it possible that the Governor and his cronies only spout piously when it suits their purposes? Their specious argument can be used against all kinds of credit plans. And we suggest that the next time Mr. Graves buys a house?╟÷he demand to.pay the interest in one lump sum so that he will know it hurts. For some strange reason we get the feeling that people who talk like this are all for pain...so long as it's the other guy's pain. And talking about pain...we believe that our Governor should be scrupulous about the truth?╟÷even though it might give him pain and hurt his argument. Certainly it could take away some of the dramatics. We believe that he should have said that his proposed MediCal^ cuts might save the state some $70 millions NOT"?210 MILLION, He could have gone on in the same truthful vein and said that it would save some $70 millions in federal monies and some $70 millions in local funds. But this wouldn't be entirely true either,,.because if California doesn't take advantage of the available federal matching funds...OTHER states would get it. Maybe he feels that the money should go to some other state. But since he is the Governor of California...we feel that he should be mainly concerned with this state! A little more truth and candor in his public statements might help to close the ^Credibility Gap' that is rapidly developing in Sacramento! But who knows...maybe some people like the ratio of one rabbit to one horse! LAS VEGAS NOTES... Hotel fiorcanza?╟÷Entertainment Director Joe Peterson announced the signing of Miss Candy Barr, noted | dancer and stripper to a long term contract. She will be performing twice daily in the Hotel's Opera House . as star of Larry WolPs Western Topless Revue, Mamie Van Doren is currently appearing in the Opera House Main Show Room. Desert /nn-TZAZZ! '68', which is one of the most 3\ ectacular costumed revues in a town where spectacular costumed revues are almost commonplace, opened.September 29th. The 'PZAZZ! '68' girls are some of the most beautiful girls in the world and will be enhanced bv the more than 350 different costumes which took 110 seamstresses five 72 hour seeks to make. For the 'Tribute to.Fred Astaire' scene alone, 950 yards of chiffon from Paris were used along with 500 yards of feather boa trimmings. Hotel SaAaro?╟÷Donald O'Connor, who is called 'the youngest old timer in the business',returned to the Sahara Showroom on October 3rd for what promises to be a most entertaining four weeks. His special guest star is actress June Allyson, who sings and appears in sketches. Deedy and Bill are headlining in the Lounge. Riviera Hotel-Vihen 'Hello Dolly' returned to Las Vegas last month, there were two new faces in the lead roles. Film star Dorothy Lamour made her stage debut in the Broad-vfay smash hit when it opened at the Riviera Hotel, and veteran character actor Coley Worth was her leading man. Miss Lamour shares the headline role nightly with Hollywood's Ginger Rogers. Caesars PaZace?╟÷"Fiddler On The Roof, one of the most acclaimed musical productions in theatrical history, will play a minimum of six months in the Hotel's Circus Maximus theatre restaurant, which has the largest nightclub stage in the world. As was the case with Caesars Palace's recent record-breaking engagement of 'Sweet Charity', 'Fiddler' will not be a "tab" version, but will have the same high artistic qualities of its fabulously successfulBroadway production. No star has been announced as yet. 'Fiddler' starts Dec. 28th.