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$(/// I'll Bill WillardV zTalk of our Town: AH YOUTH! ?╟÷ Of late, increas- mg attention has been directed toward the young people of our town. What with f Youth Concert Hour" presented by El Cortez Hotel every Sunday and broadcast bver KRAM; the newly inaugurated series, "Here's to Children," [which began Saturday at KENO, land Monday night's regular KORK feature, "Teen-A-Visionf" things are looking up for younger citizens of Las Vegas. . . . Opportunity to be heard, both as performing artists and in advancement of ideas, keynotes the new programs. . . . "Teen-A-Vision" tonight at 7:30 brings a panel of high school students on KORK's microphones ?╟÷ Bonnie Dixon, Marjorie and Fay Benton, Bailey Fightlin, Billy Tyson, John Eno- moto, Bob Deiro, and Stephen Cohen. Guesting will be Rex Bell, who discusses subject, "What Effect Does Current World Unrest Have Upon Teen-Agers?" With the show's originator and regular weekly moderator, Zenith Franklin, ill with flu, Roland Vaile assumes position of guide. ... ?╟≤ SLANGUAGE: Our lead para- graph of Saturday containing Columbia U. prof Mario Pei's quote on slang enriching modern language opens up another angle. Current Pageant mag feature by Betty Betz, reputed to be America's No. 1 authority on teen-age manners and customs, has some descriptive "slanguage" originated by lads and lassies of high school and college age. Here are several cuties: "The elfoldo hour" ?╟÷ time to go home. "Down, boy!" ?╟÷ warning to a wolf. "Monster" ?╟÷ kid brother or sister. "Hot spook" ?╟÷ unattractive girl. "Real squire" ?╟÷ a terrific guy. "Cooljndther" ?╟÷ a terrific girl. "Big load" ?╟÷ boring date. "Noodniek" ?╟÷- a jerk. "Cornbalii'^a drip. "Real nothing" ?╟÷ a nobody. "Snow jola"" ?╟÷ the malarfeey, "Double bubble" ?╟÷ glamor gal. "Large charge" ?╟÷ a lot of fun. ;^?║un brain" ?╟÷ a stupid kid. "Shafty" ?╟÷ plenty okay. "Square bear" ?╟÷ one who's not in the know. "Heavy furniture" ?╟÷ a stuffy escort. "Heklathqn" ?╟÷ big argument with parents. ... How about some more expression 'from Las Vegas high guys .and gals? You send 'em in, we'll print 'em, and the person contributing the largest list of "slanguage" will receive a special prize from this column ?╟÷ a dinner date with your "real squire," or "cool mother" to see and hear Kay Starr at Hotel Flamingo ?╟≤ BIG NOISE: Don't be alarmed when the air raid siren goes off sometime today. Civil defense director Cy Crandall gives the siren a practice whirl to test how loud and how far the big noise throws its screams. . . . BPW's fill board of directors room in chamber of commerce tonight. . . . Help the Abraham Byrd family, whose Paradise Valley house was destroyed by fire, by contributing furniture and clothing. Smiley Washburn is available with his Last Frontier Village equipage to haul needed articles. Call Herb McDonald, phone 1800, to arrange pick up. . . . Variety Club donated $250 to the Byrds Hostess club lunches this noon at the Sahara, with Mrs. Roy W. Martin heading arrangements. Meeting which follows the luncheon will be held at home of Mrs. T. Frank Ball. . . . Mae West at one time received local headlines for reported building of hotel and casino on Highway 91. Plans went blooey, but Miss West comes west to make a film "comeback" in the fall; enacting the Vivienne Segal role in Columbia's "Pal Joey." . . . James Marshall of Las Vegas high school journeys to Williamsburg, Virginia for roundtable discussion along with state and national winners of Voice of Democracy contest Marshall topped all Nevada entries; iv#'I ':?√ß %i': HOWDY PA$KNm:--Wilbur Clark guests-v^mliVKter Win- chell's TV sn^Kil[nj$?║ik.Sunday night, and enrdji^^to J^pY York, stops for a rii^id^gandra of the* Gavilan-Davey? Tpbut inJatecage/ I... Wilbur lai^s^L^affners that he owes Vnc^J^b%(^^ back taxes. . . . S^fpce League; lunch' eon inj$fe*saUd!0J(l^y Riom j Va^ftne's 4|Qjfis|$ raJL#$ Jaarvarious i liiiilh J0f0^T^ TTi ?√ßwaiter Tiilm^^iiMnTmifTflji1 ili'l lil ^mbineWTOC^uI-buffet. And Jake Freedman's big QUICKIES: Lucky Henry organizes a big band to play Sands relief shows beginning March 2. . . . Laura Bartlett, former Donn Arden Desert Inn beauty to middle-aisle with Texan Dean Williams, and will live in Odessa, of the Lone Star State . . . Opera Association can expect boost of interest when Ezio Pinza sings at the Sandsv^followed along rt W&im.. aJAft* Afe4^bflRobert . . . Slate Brothers leg their hi- jinks with the Marian-Maxwell "Panama Hattie" musical at the Last Frontier . , . Jegtii Somers, former Devlyn Girl,'g*l^a??Ebising her "International Dart^l|?║|g" ' El Rancho Vegas .. ?╟≤ FenjC an added starter foj^feSands RTHE ORIGINAL m OMEIKF PRESS CLIPPINGS ?√ß?√ß 220 W. 19th St., NEW YORK 11 NY Tel. CHelsea 3-8860 Cir. (D 81,041 J (S 76,470) This Clipping From. LONG BEyfe-fcCALIF PRESS-TElpMM grin comes Ir6m-;?╜iRejr Club's clearance of name^f^Jwc 2-year- old maiden, "MJ^^ands./igShp'il be cutting up pleiggplPTinders on the Las^g?╜^pack next fall as an entr^TrtlTe Freedman sta?╜ bles. . . . Andy Devine celebrating signing of 5-year TV . contract I with Kellogg cereals by catching some big ones on Lake Mead with Abe Schiller. . . . Coosome duo?╟÷ Zeppo Marx and Joyce Holden, a Copa cutie. . . . Add twosome ?╟÷ Joy Langstaff of Thunderbird Dansations and Jean Jauvert of Les Compagnons de la Chanson. . . . Jay-Cee-Ettes hurry to the Bob Robinson's mansion tonight j! where Mrs. Stewart Paquette as- j sists in hostessing.. . . Marie Moe tl can see Catalina on a clear dayg from Flintridge School for Girls I near Pasadena, where she began' her soph studies last week. . . . j Mrs. W. L. McPherson will an-! swer her door-buzz tonight when Dirt Dobbers Garden club gathers for meeting. . . . Associate Judge Jack Bejosa as chairman ! of underprivileged kids for Ki-1 wanis Uptown club likes to sound j out youngsters on various viewpoints. He deals with speed and1 speeders when serving on Municipal bench, but finds small fry also caught up with our modern ! hurry-scurry. The other day|&e met the young son of a friend leaving the portals of the Fifth Street school. "Well, son, how's school?" he a^ed. The boy frowned his answer. "Not so hot. I've been going for three years j and I ain't educated yet." .<. . Coast to Coast By Hy GARDNER ^hasS^/S^ Marilyn Monroe storiWflSXtft hlvJL^&^F?*^ thls column first broke the FoSate in^SS^SmS^^S5 froiri Twentieth Century-