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    Las Vegas, Nevada (October eighteenth) ?╟≤?╟≤?╟≤?╟≤?╟≤?╟≤ The world?╟╓s heaviest concentration of neon lights is within a three mile streteh of glamour located on the Great American Desert 300 miles from Hollywood In what used to be the only watering hole between Santa Fe and California for the first weary Conestoga wagon rider* Las Vegas, which means "The Meadows" in Spanish, was famous then for its water to the parched pioneers ?╟÷ but today it has become famous as "The Entertainment Capitol of the World" to the fun-starved pleasure-seekers from the four comers of the globe* Until 1952 Las Vegas plodded along with a few glamorous resort hotels opening up several years apart and offering mediocre shows and first-class gambling facilities for Californians and neighboring states visitors* The Chamber cf Commerce statistics showed a total of three million visitors annually to the desert resort, but revealed that two million of them came to the area mainly to see Boulder Dam* 9508 Wl LSHIRE BLVD. ?╟≤ BEVERLY HILLS, CAL. ?╟≤ BRADSHAW 2-8611