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    IN FOLLOWING SUMMA CORPORATION'S POLICY OF PROMOTING FROM WITHIN, MERLE G. COOMBS HAS BEEN APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER OF THE FRONTIER HOTEL. 4k "i"i' ^XTTfl* i ^ ^?╜-fe \,t$et/L tiA * GAY, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF SUMMA MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT. / GAY SAID THAT COOMBS' APPOINTMENT WAS MADE FOLLOWING AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH TO FULFILL THE POSITION. U I COOMBS HAS SERVED AS ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SANDS HOTEL FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. HE JOINED THE HUGHES ORGANIZATION IN 1968. HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS ASSISTANT CONTROLLER AT THE SANDS. LATER HE WAS PROMOTED TO CONTROLLER WHERE HE SERVED FOR A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE BECOMING AN ASSISTANT TO THE VICE PRESIDENTS, CASINOS AND HOTELS, OF THE HUGHES ORGANIZATION. AFTER SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY FOR TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS, HE WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE SANDS. BEFORE HIS ASSOCIATION WITH THE HUGHES ORGANIZATION, COOMBS S ERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOR 28 YEARS AS AN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE OFFICER. COOMBS IS A GRADUATE OF UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE EARNED HIS B.C. DEGREE IN BUSINESS. HE WAS BORN IN BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT, HE AND HIS WIFE ARLINE HAVE THREE CHILDREN. t3>^ 6*W"- A\ovVl <o^/% i A/UMJL' T^>f~ GARY PACQUETTE, RESIDENT MANAGER OF THE LANDMARK HOTEL WAS PROMOTED TO RESIDENT MANAGER OF THE FRONTIER. JOINING RICHARD G. DANNER, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SANDS IS ROGER WAGNER, WHO SERVED AS RESIDENT MANAGER OF THE FRONTIER AND WILL NOW BE PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER/OPERATIONS. JOE ABDENOUR, FORMER CONTROLLER AT THE LANDMARK HAS BEEN ELEVATED y POSITION OF COMPTROLLER AT THE SANDS.