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I agree.ililllllihli MERLE G. COOMBS HAS BEEN APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER OP THE FRONTIER HOTEL, IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY F. W. GAY, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF SUMMA CORPORATION. COOMBS WILL REPLACE JACK K. PIEPER, WHO RESIGNED RECENTLY. GAY SAID THAT COOMBS' APPOINTMENT WAS MADE FOLLOWING AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH OF CANDIDATES. GAY STATED THAT HE WAS PLEASED WITH COOMBS' ADVANCEMENT AS IT WAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUMMA CORPORATION'S POLICY OF PROMOTING FROM WITHIN. GAY, WITH REFERENCE TO THE RESIGNATION OF JACK K. PIEPER, STATED, "HIS DEPARTURE FROM OUR ORGANIZATION IS A GREAT LOSS, BUT HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF THE FRONTIER HOTEL WILL BE FELT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. ALL OF US AT SUMMA WISH HIM EVERY SUCCESS IN HIS NEW VENTURE." COOMBS HAS SERVED AS ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SANDS HOTEL FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. HE JOINED THE HUGHES ORGANIZATION IN 1968. HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS ASSISTANT CONTROLLER AT THE SANDS. LATER HE WAS PROMOTED TO CONTROLLER WHERE HE SERVED FOR A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE BECOMING AN ASSISTANT TO THE VICE PRESIDENTS, CASINOS AND HOTELS, OF THE HUGHES ORGANIZATION. AFTER SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY FOR TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS, HE WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT GENERAL'MANAGER FOR THE SANDS. BEFORE HIS ASSOCIATION WITH THE HUGHES ORGANIZATION, COOMBS SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOR 28 YEARS AS AN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE OFFICER. COOMBS IS A GRADUATE OF UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE EARNED HIS B.g. DEGREE IN BUSINESS. HE WAS BORN IN BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT. HE AND HIS WIFE ARLINE HAVE THREE CHILDREN.