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    Enteatter's shows have been seen by 4,491,000 people seated in the Copa Room, and act estimated 7,300,000 people in the Sands lounge who spent an average of 34 minutes watching the lounge entertain* ment, enjoying the unusual music Jack presents there* Entratter is now president of the Sands, guides the entire operation, but leaves the casino functions completely up to partner and vice-president Carl Cohen, long time las Vegas veteran and considered the most knowledgeable casino operator In the State* Under Cohen, 217 personnel service and host thousands of players on his policy of understanding and courtesy that have made the Sands casino the warmest and most pleasant one here* In the 10 years of its operation, cost of naming the top showpiece in the world has reached $76,000,000 ?╜ now averages $24,S15 a day* Entratter pays 727 employees nearly $4,000,000 a year in wages - another $1,000,000 gees for fringe benefits paid for by the hotel* Seventy-one par cent of the employees own their own hemes in las Vegas| 941 own their owncears* Entratter started guiding the Sands operation before it opened when he came out from Hew York to join the late Jakle Freedman as partner and vice-president. That, the hotel had 200 rooms, and 413 employees - the yearly traffic to las Vegas urns Shout 2,700,000 visitors*