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    *> 3 - Another unusual statistic revealed by Entratter was the sum of $ll5t000 spent in three years of operation to furnish complimentary cigars and cigarettes to casino patrons at an average of 600 cigars a day* Entratter also disclosed that he has purchased $1,630,000 of actual live talent for his Copa aoom productions and lounge entertainment, including 727 musicians, U27 different Copa girls who are the highest paid night club chorus girls in the world earning a total of $165 a week, and 27 different top stars in the 36 months of operation. More than 1,092,000 La?½ Vegas visitors have seen the Copa Boom shews at the Sands since it opened, with an estimated total of lLi6,000 reservations requests for the shows turned down for lack of seating room at an average of 1,C?·0 per week* The total operational expenses for the Sands were set at $26,281,000 for an average of $2U,000 per day, $10,000 of which was for actual payroll daily* The Sands employs 697 people, 81$ of whom are married with an average of two children per family, and a total of 61$ of the married Sands employees owning their own homes. In its 95*608,000 seconds of operation, a total of 7,1*00,000 people have passed through its doors, the Sands report stated, for an average of one new person entering the showplace every 12 seconds of the night and day* JLJLMJ1 Wffffff A! freeman _____