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Mdiww inserted into the Congressional Record in Washington. (Please see page 2.) GUEST 1 SPECIAL ? α ? α ? α ? α j ? σ DESERT INN NEWS * S - ..... , .in roiiMTBY CLUB. LAS VEG SEPTEMBER 1965 AS, NEVADA PUBLISHED AAO( ?╟ú1 tfHLY BY WILBUR CLARK S. utacKi ?√ß IELL0 AMERICA 1 IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - It happened the other night in the lobby of a Strip hotel where more than a hundred members of the Ame^ ican Mining Congress stood around elegantly dressed ready to go to the Strip dinner shqws. Earlier that day they?╟╓d played a unique game in their Isuites. The ma- jority wanted to'see the ?╟úHello Ameriea?╟Ñ show at,the Desert Inn. Unfortunately there were only 50 reserva- tions for that show, with the other 50 going elsewhere on, the Strip. So they cut up slips of paper and pencilled on each of the 100 the words ?╟úYou Win?╟Ñ or ?╟úYou Lose,?╟Ñ The first 50 who sot ?╟úYou Win?╟Ñ slips took in the ?╟úHello America?╟Ñ show. The others went to the other shows. H OR MORE. Ih3fr';700 sellout performances,, ?╟ Hello ,Amer- F ica?╟╓^rajbhijts clean and whole- | some-appeal to the family, has initiated and perpetuated a patriotic ?·sP4J;it" that has given a new look the entertainment |^qPw^pT^,>'Tlie ?╟≤ abtJvd is st quote, from the Congees- ?╟ I sional Record of August .2?,' 1965,' I when Rep. O?╟╓Neill of' Massachusetts; *\ ] (at the requ|st 'ofsMr. Grider) decried I ,3fie growing lack of burning patriafr ; Wm among the citizens of this great country. O?╟╓Neill went on to pay , I a 'glmyn^^ihute to the Desert Inn and thi& now world famous stage -?√ß! presentation. We would like to take j this oppoftuhify.to offer our own con- gratulations to the inspired talepts If -Ah'. Donn Arden who conceiveffi? y staged and directed this nostalgic e%- i trhyagahza ef Americana. ^Ve know j of no^otherl instance when a nigh?½ M l&jflb presentation has been read into . . Congressional recognition. A weefe . ?√ß' ago our Gqv. Grant Sawyer formallfe'^ presented a plaque to the bistro to further point up the singular honor. ; The presentation was made on stage i following the midnight performance. ?╟úHello America?╟Ñ celebrates its first anniversary, September 30th. . . . Ir~X BEVY of DesIrt Inn ?╟úHello America?╟Ñ lovelies, #sMng their turn of the century finery from? the |smash-show, offered a symbolic greeting, an arch of gold-shovels, for some 8,000 mining officials currently mT^COTA for a four-day 1965 American Mining Con- gress convention-exposition at Convention Center, ine arch-of gold shovels'formed, by ?╟úHello America, sing- ers, dancers and, showgirls near the DI entrance, was geared^to, the .mining methods of the California gold fiish .'days. Idealiy suited for the occasion .were the cob orful costumes the beautiful girls wore. Near the unique shovel arch a hugfe sign, read: ?╟ Hello Aa^rieaE.D|gs tlf^L965 American Mining Congress ; SSI Vau chill in the air when Kiki Paige, sing- lpmth ?╟÷ There was a late Fan enm n ISkl ^r**?J*l ?· ?√ß NOW THAT the Desert Inn?╟╓s great musical extra- j vaganza, ?╟úHello America,?╟Ñ has had its sensational run extended through New Year?╟╓s'Eve, Kiki Paige, the | show?╟╓s singing star, -won?╟╓t be able to entertain our troops in Viet Nam as She had hoped to do. However, Miss Paige is doing the next best thing. She?╟╓s busily engaged in collecting j>in-up photos .of the beautiful j showgirls, dancers and singer^ in ?╟úHello America?╟Ñ 1 foOshipment to 'the GIs manning our grim Viet Nam j outposts. Kiki, who entertained American front-line j troops during the Korean War,- has drawn the line on j bilmii-clad pin-ups: ?╟úIt raises their blood pressure' too high,?╟Ñ says Miss Paige, who had her .pulchritudinous ( coUeague^ pose in .h^ef h^Aiot teom^eyealing swim- suits for the art she?╟╓s sending overseas . . . | . . ;?√ß ..... Jt VEGAS DAZE AND NITES WHISPERS IN THE NITE The bosses at the Desert fun are a happy little group as they explain that Library of Congress in the nation's capital has requested a copy of the song, Hello America,?╟Ñ from the musical extravaganza ef the same name at that hotel, for its archives and to he displayed alongside such honored, original documents as Abraham Lincoln?╟╓s Gettysburg Ad- dress. Or didn?╟╓t you know that Lincoln had written a duplicate speech in case he misplaced the origi- nal copy? Such invaluable publicity certainly enhances the Las Vegas image and is a welcome relief from the usual derogatory publicity fed to the nation about the town, Only two months ago ?╟úHello America?╟Ñ was written into the Congressional Record as ?╟úone of the most patriotic, most entertaining shows in the entire history of Las Vegas.?╟Ñ RALPH PEARL