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&?· mSKSL 'iii?·?·* RENTED i "^XO THE GAME AND pfcAH DEFEAT -. LAS "VEGAS-liKf GROUlR&F 38 I BUS TO MAKE THE TRIP WEST fdtfl AGAI'K.12 OF THEM AS -GUESTS' onTLU. ^ THEIR BUS BROKE DOWN IN.AMARILLO. TEXAS-T^p* THEY HITCHHIKED INTO TOWN JUST IN TIME TO WATCH OREGON STATE, 35 TO 19* ?╟÷ - WEDNESDAY THE CHARTERED BUS ARRIVED TO TAKE THEM BACK TO IOWA. THAT NIGHT IT BROKE DOWN IN VICTORVILLE AND THE DISGUSTED STUDENTS LEFT EHRI BAGGAGE ON THE BUS AND HITCHHIKED EASTWARD* TWELVE OF THEM GOT AS FAR AS LAS VEGAS WHERE THEY MET AIJilJLSMfig HOTEL BEFORE TRYING TO CATCH A RIPE FURTHER* HOTEL MANAGED JiF .EffffATTER HEARD OF THEIR PREDICAMENT* HE MADE TBEH HiS Sum's UNTIL THE SkXTBA?: CALLED THEIR PARENTS TO ALLAY ANY FEARS FOR THEIR SAFETY AND BUNDLED THEM ABOARD A GREYHOUND BUS* FOUR LAS VEGAS RESIDENTS GAVE UP THEIR SEATS ON THE BUS SO THE GROUP COULD STICK TOGETHER. t ^ ' K ' J GC447P 1/4 $V UJJ** January 7, 1957 & Mr. Al Freeman The Sands Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada Dear Al: I thought you would like the attached for your files. Kindest regards, ARTHUR A. DE TITTA PACIFIC COAST SUPERVISOR AAD/ey encl. 1 OGDEN, UTAH Standard-Examiner Circ. D.26,916 -S. 26^9J9 JAfll 1957 DEC 3 1956 Jerry Lewis Goes Single | By ALINE MOSBY ..mmmm_m_f??F iMmm I I LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UP)?╟÷A comedian with a crew- | cut and rubbery face who had always been afraid to work [ alone finally made it last night?╟÷ahd Jerry Lewis said [ * "it Was the happiest 48 minutes of my life." Before an enthusiastic audience of celebrities,\ news- [ men and cash customers at the Sar^ls-Hatei, j Lewis performed by himself for the first time since he and Dean M Martin ended their boxoffice-smashing combination last July. "Sure, I was scared to death," a perspiring Lewis said after the show* "I was nervous." Had to "Submerge" Before "But this is always what I've wanted to do. With Dean | I always had to lay back a little bit. I had to submerge, i Dean was the straight man and the comic is the top banana you had to laugh at. It was becoming lopsided. If I had been Dean I would have been a little frustrated. He wanted to sing but there was always this comic butting into : the act." 'Hfy*k The Sands show marks a turning point in Lewis' life and a potentially great career for him. The consensus of critics in the audience was: "Jerry . was wonderful. He has proved that he can be a success by himself." fl?·^"jiu* The comedian had it made as a single before he even j opened here. He appears on his first solo NBC-TV show Jan. 19 and will perform in clubs in Miami, New York, Chicago and Washington. He follows Judy Garland at the Palace Theater in New York starting Feb. 6. U08 ANGHiS, CAUF. TOESi DEC 17 1956 Stars Team in Gav SHow j Three of the top moneymakers in the night club cir-* cuit appeared together over| tbehweek end at theJjp4sJJ??-i jtel, Las Vega;?, to help cele- fxrlte the hotel's fourth anniversary and to pay tribute to Jack Entratter, producer of the hotel's shows. Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis' and Danny Thomas headed anall-star cast on Ifre stage of [the-Copa Room thjtjt kept the black-tie audience laughing nearly three hours h:Friday; night. Notables on Hand The trio cut a six-foot star- shaped birthday cake with the help of Loretta Young, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Gaul- field, Lucille Ball and Esther Williams. 896^ Other Hollywood celebrities included Jayne Mansfield, Peter Lorre, Jack Lem-! mon, Nate Blu: United Artists, and Marvin Schenck, board member of MGM. iBMi Saturday the guests gath-] ered at poolside to watch Jerry Lewis and D.annyl '" 'de on an LOS ANGELES, CAUF. EXAMINER Circ. D. 342,91 f:-S. 683,999 DEC 15 1956 eight-foot repHca of the birthday cake in the pool. As the hilarity became con- , tagious, Lewis pushed Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay, > the hotel press agent and fi-j rially himself into the water. SANDS HOTEL LOSES $1 MILLION AS LADY LUCK FAVORS PATRONS LAS VEGAS (UP)?╟÷Nearly 42,000 visitors to the fcwank Sands Hotel have broken all rules of Lady Luck and won 1lHJIiy""lWl!'"ir*ffiillion dollars in the. hotel's casino during the last 72 hours of the biggest pre-New Year's celebration in the history of this desert resort, General Manager Jack Entratter disclosed early today. Entratter said the 1 million dollar loss by the hotel was in addition to a costly New Year's Eve party held last night in the Copa Room where Frank Sinatra is currently appearing. Each woman in the crowded, Copa Room was given 25 newly minted silver dollars in an expensive velvet bag. The hotel donated 500 cases of free champagne, turning out nearly 8,000 glasses of New Year's Eve toasfi|'io visitors in the last six hours before midnight. More than 100,000 persons poured into this desert resort town over the weekend to spend the holiday. Hotels reportedly were jammed and the Chamber of Commerce esti- ' h' mated that the city enjoyed one of Its biggest holiday periods in its history. |p;3 Entratter and Sinatra, a part owner in the Sands, felt -the hotel got off lucky in the wake of giving aWay 1 million dollars, at its gambling tables. They said that nearly a quarter of a million dollars was won by Visitors in the first six hours the hotel was open in 1952.- ""^Snapshots of Hollywood Collected at Random: JH-'.-'Jeanne Crain and Paul Brinkman will attend yjfoe and Ted Feldman's New Year's Ev?╜ party together. It's the 11th anniversary of their marriage. ! Wonderful if they would really reconcile in the new ^^S JDirector Anthony Mann hightails it to Spain right after the first of the year to see Serita Monteil, and their pals say heJll take along a wedding ring. | The John Waynes report that Sophia Loren gave themm. grand tour of "Rome. Pilar comes home the d^y after Christmas, while Duke finishes "Legend 0&Th%Lost" in Africa. |^ISj Jf Slpih jFrancisco's financial wizard, Lou Lurie, will be godfather to Nancy Kelly and Warren CarO's baby when it arrives St. Patrick's Day. jfeNew Year's Eve came early at the SaJttgp- .Ho|ei jBLas Vegas last night, with Esther Williams and ^p Gage, Desi and Lucy, the James Masons, the David Nivens,; Brod Crawford, Mitzi Gaynor arid Jack Bean and many, many others accepting the .i^pfcation of Frank Sinatra, Danny Thomas and Jer- xjgff^wis "for the fifth anniversary. Jack Entratter could have, filled the place many times over. jH .2l Joey Ray was given a real welcome at the Brown EJlilby and looking fine after three weeks'-in Cedars of pebahon Hospital following a heart attack. "||r?╜fess Barker buying dinner for Jacqueline Evans, *| W?╜an auto racing driver, at Phil Ann's Moongate Cafo. Barker still manages to get around. ^^P I The newest bloom in Arthur Feed's orchid hothouse ifc an orchid#nam.eJOTe^dCharisse, I That's all today. See you tomorrow. (Jiead Louella Q. Parsons Sunday in The Exam- iner)?? Pictorial Living and Entertainment^ Seffii^.j^