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    NIGHT LETTER 7/21/58 TO: ROBERT B. ATWOOD PUBLISHER ANCHORAGE TIMES 820 4TH AVENUE ANCHORAGE, ALASKA C. W. SNEDDEN PUBLISHER FAIRBANKS NEWS-MINER 514 SECOND AVENUE FAIRBANKS, ALASKA WILLIAM P. ALLEN PUBLISHER JUNEAU EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA CONGRATULATIONS ON JOINING THE FORTY EIGHT. WE WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING A GROUP OF BEAUTIFUL ALASKAN LADIES BETWEEN 18 AND 24 FEATURED IN OUR SHOWS AT THE SANDS HOTEL ALONG WITH STARS LIKE FRANK SINATRA, JERRY LEWIS, DEAN MARTIN AND DANNY THOMAS. AT PRESENT WE HAVE 14 LOVELY GIRLS FROM TEXAS, SELECTED FROM AUDITIONS STAGED BY THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, THE DALLAS NEWS, THE AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN, EL PASO TIMES, FORT WORTH PRESS, AND THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT. THESE GIRLS EARN $175 A WEEK AND WERE ORIGINALLY SELECTED FOR A SIX-WEEK SHOW, BUT INSTEAD HAVE STAYED ON NOW FOR EIGHT MONTHS. WE WOULD LIKE TO FEATURE A GROUP OF BEAUTIFUL ALASKAN GIRLS, WHO NEED NO DANCING OR SINGING ABILITY, NOTHING BUT THE PRE- REQUISITE OF BEING BEAUTIFUL, AS WE TRAIN THE GIRLS FOR OUR SHOWS OURSELVES. THE PLAN WOULD BE FOR YOUR NEWSPAPER TO RUN A SERIES OF AUDITIONS TO SELECT FIFTY SEMI-FINAL!STS, AND THEN THE PRODUCER OF THE SANDS SHOWS, MR. JACK ENTRATTER, WOULD FLY TO ALASKA TO PICK A GROUP OF TEN GIRLS FROM THE THREE CITIES OF ANCHORAGE, FAIRBANKS AND JUNEAU TO BE AWARDED A CONTRACT FOR $175 A WEEK AS A FAMOUS COPAGIRL, PLUS TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM LAS VEGAS FOR A RUN OF THE SHOW CONTRACT OF ABOUT SIX-TEN WEEKS.