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    Freeman company PUBLIC RELATIONS March 28, 1955 Mr* Jim Bacon Associated Press 1243 Trenton St., Los Angeles, California Dear Jim: Hope this finds you well and getting ready to come down for some nfun and aunff in Las Vegas* real soon* I am enclosing a picture of the Sands1 Copagirls in action on stago during a typical production number* This is for your Las Vegas chorus girl story and just for additional information, the Copagirls average #123*00 a week, plus meals for a total value of about #150*00 salary per weekf They report to work at 8:00 p.m., perform two production numbers during the show, for a total time on stage of ten minutes, and repeat this in the second show* for a total working period of twenty minutes actual work within the five hours time at work* This makes them about the highest paid and easiest worked girls in the world* They rehearse for new shows about fifteen hours every six weeks and the rest of the time is their own. They are picked only by Jack Entratter, who personally auditions them in Hollywood and New York and they are answerable only to him * m which means they have no part in the casino operation and are obligated in no way to do anything in Las Vegas except look pretty on stage $ BEVERLY HILLS, CAl. ?╟≤ 449 SOUTH BEVERLY DRIVE ?╟≤ CRESTVIEV/ 6-4326