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    || ?╟≤ . SATURDAY . |fll jfRp VEGAS >//<X^. By George Rhodes |9S?║ '. 2' C*il?╟?B ttiesia Aviation Writer LAS fiaASg Jan* 14*<*?╜Tte?╜ in an "inside story* in Urn | ?╤eg?╜ts?╟÷it *a a story *?· a vacation paradise that has grown to bt?║ AuMMps I proportions* * 'ij& Gambling ia not the only business her*. Big time entertainment is bigger her?? than anywhere~~even on 6nMrtmqr9 Hew York. Last nightf for install*** a group of San Francisoo newspapermen on Trans World Airlines* annual aviation award* *ouiekie .SSp at The Sands*' facatioa*' tour *aw lavish supper she** headlined hy Lena Horne/ !!l uric?? **&*?║?·$, Chevalier afcTh* Dunes, Donald 0fConnor at the Jbssss&dbny foagr Martin at the Flaming* sa* Jimmy Durante at The Assert !??*' H* eould have mmn Marim Wilson ins Ren Murray** Blackouts *t ?·h* Heir Frontier and Sophie Tucker a* El ftaasho fegas if there ha* been more than eight hours of showtime. Ho* big t* the lfeva** resort business? :''':*m Her* is a **m history of 011?? of th?½ finest--the Saute* . ?╟≤i opened Its never closed #?╜ ?·*r IfeS Sin** it kmxkmmmtm business on December 159 19529 the Sands has paid |192159G00 on Igaming licenses and gambling maehlii?? permits $19 2159000. That does not include ta&es on !***?? or business. g Just *** 0*8*8*1 Manager Jack Entratter has mm secrets?╟÷the amount *?· money left at th* gambling table*. But he* 11 tell you anything els*# A total *f 7i4&0fQ00 have passed through these glass doors in 36 aenths. Seme of thssi used a#i9??@?? pie**s of die* in the Sanis tlafin?? (they c*St $1?╜2$ per pair and they last an average of 6 hours, 20 minutes). Entratter eati??t#a dice were thrara 5291009000 times here. I^ill mm