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Sunday, February 22, 1953 Lag Vegas Review-Journal S KJfk Ike SJc e ^Jown with atan jarlson- Sidewalk Nite Owl ?╜nr ?!?? ii : 'V1* tende.rloin s?╜uare ?╜f *be early hey day of our city. . .Located fttourist guide) in the 200 block on North *irst st., a stone throw from the city bastile, one block from the neon tubes of Glitter Gulch. . . Dasauc' rae D10CK Irom ?? * ?╟≤ Way back when, the red lights of Block 16 beckoned the downtown rounders (poor and wealthy) to a rough and tumble eve of entertainment" of the likes that only a town, still in its Frontier ^stage, could provide ... It was the day of nickel beer, two bit ham and eggs, four bit prostitutes and the three penny newspaper. . .Block 16 was the scene of constant fights between flapper dressed chippies and slinky dressed call girls over the right to a man and his buck. . . * ?╟≤ *' ' ?√ß gy- . The only land mark remaining is the Arizona Hotel, a Spanish designed building with a scarred white washed cover trying to hide a once splendid ?╟÷ but now shambled ?╟÷ framework. . . The once colorful swinging doors of the joint have been moved J to the glamour of the Strip, and little does the tourist, who passes through thjiti daily, know that these portals are among the few remaining symbols of the fame and fortune, the greed and filth of a yesteryear boom town. . .Instead of being the class joint of the town, the Arizona has become the flop for the red nosed whio, the marred and scarred con man, and the plain bum. . . * | iF-~ p-^rj The Arizona is another rambling hulk that,, is a scratch on the city's glitter afld glamour ... It stands out as a beacon towering over its neighboring surroundings ?╟÷ more crumb joints that are in even worse condition. . .It singles out the sorest spot of a prospering.city*?╟÷ skid row. . . Wm&I * * * A few years ago, the city administration waged a war against our slum conditions. . .The same slum that exists today. . .The "war" turned out to be just another pre-election feather that was placed in the hats of the city fathers and petted by the gullible voter as .he stood in line to cast his ballot. . . * * * Another city election draws near. . .The current administration has gone through the trials and tribulations of any governing body and has, remarkably enough, come out quite ia little aheac in favor of the people. . . * * * Commissioners, your battle could easily end in a legitimate triumph. . .You will have to hurt people ?╟÷ big and small. . . But it's an obligation you owe to your city, to the people ?╟÷ your friends and enemies, your admirers and debunkers. . .It's an obligation you owe yourself as a citizen. . .Let's put the bum's rush on the slums..u*Mg1 fy??-*??. BACKSTAGE BULLETIN BOAt^Jllite Lynn Wheeler displaying much talent Mlgjjklier La$?╜*ipfea^debut last nite with the Chandra Kaly danclrS af4he SlJjIjiiplBBreplaces Margaret Jeanne who plans return to tele1flsion^ft.;^fflBiett Cerf, Hearst syndicate entertainment writer, Peonies %||Nf|li. this be-bop gag while peering down the slopes of Boulde'F%|g|$M'Man dig that crazy toboggan slide". . .During the.^lminr^f* /'The Caddy," Dean Martin sprained his ankle and Jerr^X.ewis injured his knee; and their agent. Martin Levy, didn't go unscathed elfter ?╟÷ he got married. The Levy's are currently honeymooning in Las Vegas. . .Orch leader Ray Sinatra mapping plans for NBC video show which will stai th?╜lillBp*and coming thrush Mary Costa. . . Hoofer Roy Fitzell leaving Ramona room for two weeks to do Mormon Church benefit at Provo, Utah . . Charles Russell accept- ing seat on the Opera Association's board of advisors k NOTED MEN VISIT ?╟÷ Look Publisher Gardner Cowles Is shown inspecting some clippings while Bennett Cerf, left, noted author and humorist, seems to be in a serious mood about it all- They are ^CVvh as they visited Sun office and conferred with Publisher Hank Greenspun, right, regarding ! ^"4 work for story concerning effect of gambling on the state's economy. They were guestsyg#* "^iHotel which ij to be included in the picture-story background. (SUNjpfB) Sv/v 9$ $^ RTHE ORIGINAL _ omeikF PRESS CLIPPINGS ?√ß 220 W. 19th St., NEW YORK 11, N.Y. Tel. CHelsea 3-8860 Cir. (D 35,334) This Clipping From SCHENECTADY, N. Y. UNION-STAR facation Ends k 1 Lex Barker, called to say that after two weeks in Aspen, Colo. ||ana Turner had pH&d up a |jfreat deal of knowledge about tikimg. As soon as her studio ound out what she was up to, . cameraman was sent to Aspen o photograph the gal's, action on |kis. She and Lex returned to Hollywood just as the snow was Beginning to melt. i The Sand. hnff i Las Vega pas planked-down a $25,000 fa, greek offer for Judy Canova to Wo a show there afterpe birth of per baby ... -tlliled Gloria] Grahame to see what gave with] per. She said, "I'm-just living the! finest life in thegworld?╟÷that off |a normal citizen. ffjPusI finished! [breakfast, am lading a neWsl paper, and waiting for the mail toft larrive." She will not start an-l [other picture for a month. (Copyright By Chicago Tribune) |RHP : \ 19, 1953 ?╟≤fa Tf&rajP*WROE? One of the lovelies in Copa Boom line at the ^frudyif a cover girl, model, and has appeared in television. Bill Willard'^ zTalk of our tCown: SCOUTERS SCOUT: Rex Bell lauds Las Vegas for responding to Boy Scouts' public appeal for building fund. He also gives a kudo to all volunteer workers helping to raise the $100,000 and deadlines the drive Friday midnight ... Big shindig at Fifth Street school tonight when P-TA watches youngsters present Founders' Day pageant. . . There'll be plenty talk next Sunday after Youth Concert Hour listeners (KRAM, 1-2 p. m.) hear a couple of 6-year-olds in performances on the piano . . . Young Catholics discuss spring and summer projects during meeting tonight in Press Club room, Hotel Elwell... Art Leaguers prepping canvasses for March annual Art Round-Up. speeds, find that busses are top offenders in whizzing over mph limit, followed by passengers cars, then trucks . . . Wilbur and Toni Clark, Allard and Evelyn Roen, Gene Murphy, a quintet for closing night of New Orleans Mardi Gras ... A local chorine, said to be affiliated with Sam Chap- ihan;3;of the Jelke mess, got out of Gotham just in time . . . Will Pepi, of swank Romanoff's, be next maitre-de of El Rancho Vegas, replacing our goodJfeiend Dottie Tsourair'". .^^ma, how about Nick Kelly^JplnrLa Vie on Rose and CojMfKibana in New ork, currentjjrbrowsing around the Sand^Will he become a CopaJwom host