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    LAS VEGAS NEWS BUREAU Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada LAS VEGAS FILLERS Every columnist writes about Las Vegas -- at least once. But once a columnist from a small paper in the south wrote that "30 billion tourists visit Las Vegas each year...11 That means that every person in the world would have to visit Las Vegas 10 times during a 12-month period* The more accurate figure would be 14 million (with an "M") visitors come to Las Vegas each year. -0- Las Vegas, known as the Convention Capital of the West, hosted 235 trade shows in 1967. They were attended by more than 155,000 delegates I -0- The world1s largest resort hotel ?╟÷?╟≤ The International -- is now being built in Las Vegas at a cost of $80 million. It will ultimately have more than 3,000 rooms. Its annual payroll will exceed $25 million for the more than 3,000 personnel who will operate the facility* -0- Las Vegas, Nev., cited as the fastest growing area in the United States by the u. S. Census Bureau, has grown 136 per cent since the 1960 census. -0-