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JUL en $ ^SS CLIPPING BUP Established 1888 ?·_W?·' L0S ANGELES y*j* San Francisco W* rtJand - Seattle j six, Ariz. Republi '8,637' ' *y 21, 1953 Las Vegas Review-Journal 5 ^1 the J own ? >itft akin jarlson- Jlm and His Typewriter b HILL comes the dismal report that the Sher- / to net Las Vegas some ballyhoo by trotting i Ike inauguration parade was something less! jfcess . . . Too many hosses and mounted,'groups ?·al entry, lousing up chances for plenty of com- /terners who rarely get a chance to see a bunch /ut their stuff, sez Journal scribe Maisie Gibson! ^dentally, is a proud young lass (and we're proud Ing able to attend the grand entry of the G.O.P.J ~ out in the cold . . . And the Washington gendarmes I fjjffips e Nevada riders with a curt "no dice" when the! ?·11 they were going to sprinkle the parade route with m&:'U, i cartwheels . . . But the bag of loot did manage to A good hands M the Washington HQ of the March of j /**^k * * * * L .^ULTURE AND SUCH (we Were rudely cut off here'yes- ty u With the spotlite being sharply focused on all the f ?╜$air music being brought to Las Vegas (Melchoir,! / ?╜.} Benzell, opera ass'n., etc.) we recall the little! /?╜&/about the two acrobats who played here once . . . One of the] / /ormers was a true lover of the opera, great literary works it was always first in line at an art showing . . . The other aero-! jjjt could never seem to get past the comic pages of the daily! /Newspaper ... It seems, however, that the first acrobat was trying to convince his colleague that culture was the only thing . . . j Their show opened at a New York nitespot, and after much coax-; ing the cultured acrobat finally talked the other into attending j the Metropolitan Opera . . . The orchestra rang out a Wagnarian overture, to which the dubious illiterate turned in horror to his pleased friend, thumping: "Why dose bums dey're stealing our music!" * * * *, AND REACHING INTO THE MAIL BAG we come tip with a shor$short story that City of Angels barrister Isador Moidel tells about a case in which a 12-year-old boy was the key witness . . .'; The prosecuting attorney had been successfully presenting hisj case and the only testimony left was to come from the youth . . . i Attempting to quickly snow the youngster under and get the! case to the jury, the D.Arpointed at the defendant and hurled atj the young boy: "Did you ever see this man sitting there before! today," . . . "No," was the simple answer . . . The prosecutor reeled back in surprise and stormed: "Do you mean to tell me i that you never saw that man before?" . . . To which came the reply: "Not sitting there ..." PEEKING IN SALLY'S DIARY ?√ß The whirlwind romance ofj I Ted Briskin (Windy- City camera company exec.) and Actress; I Joan Dixon, which wound up in an elopement to our town, went ' bust t'other day. Sed Briskin, supplying a new twist for his third marital flop, "She beat me up, so I went home (to mudder?)"; And the puzzler for the day is wha hoppened to LeVeeda's ten grand mink? Some say the hunk of fur was toting a high finance insurance policy payable upon theft to the ex-frau of Gambler Tutor Scherer. . . . And Ork Leader Ted Fio Rito sez: "No mo hot dice for me ?╟÷ Just hot tunes" . . . Howard Capps (Desert Inn golf course pro) heads to Phoenix where he drives the small ball in the Phoenix Open . . . And Jimmy McHugh's sex-sational warbler Eve Marlee will play the lead in a press agent's gimmick that will build her up a chirper of the Libby Holman type. . . A ROSE FOR HARRY: During a local luncheon with the Las Vegas press, Col. Llovera-Paez had nothing kind to say about the! controversial firing of Dugout Doug by HST. In lauding General Mac, and decrying the ousting of the five star general, the colonel advised that "Harry wood heVbeeen better off, ef he 'ad just played ze piano and teamed up with Margar-eet" .... And Jakej Freedman's personal sec, Avril Karnigge, sez "jus' gossip" in regards to Hollywood reports that she and City of Angels playboy Bob Brunson have set a June wedding date . . . Growing list of seasonable Las Vegas social gatherings, best answered by the late j Bernard Shaw. At a boring London soiree, he was approached j by the hostess: "Are you enjoying yourself, Mr. Shaw?" And then came the perfect squelch: "Yes, and that's the only thing I'm enjoying." . . . And the 20th this month is the date set for the first meeting of guys and gals who weed the local flower patches. On the agenda is the mapping of the fourth annual flower show to bef tossed at the War Memorial building tlie 25th and 26th of January.} BELAfED BOITHDAY GREETINGS to tiny* Walter Waite^ (son office Capade'1' skater %ic Waite) who blew out three,' candles yesterday. The tot isn't wasting any time in following inV his pop's footsteps, as he can be seen in the ayem cutting fancy* figures on the frozen pond that takes the place of the Desert Inr^ stage. To.$,11 this Mojama Waite sez: "Eve^jigy to change the) diapers on a skater?'W.., And congrats go tQ*f|jE.-and Mrs. Wil/ liam Schuyler %fhojQ$fc their 53rd wedding anniversary cake dun ing Lena HornejSMwHB.fr Sands with the aid of daughter and son in-la1H3yi?╜1^ ... And it was old home wee| for bossmen 61 %tionwide video. Rushing to Las Vegas awai from plunging necklines and western soap operas were Roy Nea (NBC-TV), Bill Whitely (CBS-TV), Fred Dietrich (Telenewf .chief) and Marylin Leeds (L.A. video exec) ... And actor 3. C Flippin quips: 'This Las Vegas is really a hideaway ?╟÷ why ycr get lost just wandering through this forest of slot machines" .J PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - New York WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. TWIN CITY SENTINEL Circs D. 33,529 DEC 2 6 19?║2 lEarlWason 12-1ear-Old Boy To Earn $1 Million NEW YORK.?╟÷Jimmy Boyd, the freckled, 12-year-old . gM^issippi singer, will make around $?·,000,000 this year?╟÷a nice round sum for a boy to have. l|?·i||H a&|p^ Mostly it'll eomejPFom that Mommy Kissin' Santa Claus" record, movies and TV. But on Christmas', instead of playing with trains, he'll be appearing (between halves at a Syracuse basketball game?╟÷ for $1,000, His Mommy?╟÷not the one 'that! kisses Santa Claus?╟÷but that kisses J his Poppy?╟÷is that clear now??╟÷ travels with him. His manager,; Abbe Greschler, says in view of; him making $1,000,000, Mommy j just increased his allowance 50 per j cent?╟÷from $1 a week to $1.50 a J week. Out at the opening of the Sands | HoteJ. gambling spot in Las Vegas, I Jimmy Durante shouted: f "It cost $5,000,000 to build this N place and are the bosses burned I up'! It took 'em four hours to getfl even!" ESTABLISHED 188S Y\(G) BArclaY 7 537' PRESS CUPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - New York NEW BERN; N.C. SUN-JOeRNAt, Circ. D; 1,175 BEC26 882 SUNNY THOUGHT FOR WINTER DAYS-Joyce Johnson didn't do anything special?╟÷didn't win a trophy, isn't "Miss Something- or-Other." She's just a pretty girl, relaxing in the sun at a Las 'Vegas, Nev., resori-JkpJtfek That seemed reason enough for the . photographer to take a picture with which to cheer the folks wlio "^J??r<M-!hjaitenn?·^