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.ALBANY,tN. Y* Knickerbocker News SB^&MflM? ,692 UARW1957 Dean Martin Clicks in Vegas f Las Vegas, Nev. (AP)?╟÷ Singer Dean Martin, appearing here for the first time minus ex-sidekick Jerry Lewis, was enthusiastically received at his opening performance in the Sands Hotel last night. Lntn?"RS'ge audience were a number of Hollywood personalities, including Phil Harris and Alice Faye, Gordon Macrae, Jack Benny and Mary Livingston, Edgar , Bergen, Nanette Fabray and Desi Ar- naz and Lucille Ball. Martin, professing no personal fondness for either rock 'n' roll or calypso, concentrated on "sweet" music on his 40-: minute show. The management said Martin is receiving $25,000 a week for the current two-week engagement and will , return later for a four-week stay, ^WEST CHESTER, PA. LOCAL NEWS $ CirdtD. 12,449 3 JUN 16 1956 jPtoWucer Scans Europe For [Chorus Girls HOLLYWOOD (UP)?╟÷The United States has run out of beautiful ! chorus girls, so the gambling cap- I ital of Las Vegas has been forced I to go next door to Europe to bor- 1 row a dozen. Jack Entratter, boss man of the beauties at the Sands Hotel, takes off for Europe?"1!!!1' tMf^W^ks on the tpwn's first international chorus girl search. Entratter - and Frank Sinatra, one of the hotel's owners who's in Spain for movie, will have the nice job of looking over Europe's lovelies. j The winners get to parade on M 1 stage during Sinatra's show a$^|jjj| Sands beginning Sept. 12. *^P It's television, sighs Entratter that used up all the pretty girls "On my last audition in Holly, wood I looked over 1,000 gifls-and only found .JjWo I could use," heW_ explained. *Wve run ads in every v>|| big city in the country. ' "TV is eating them up. TheH real pretty ones quit to do com-B mercials on television. Those who 1 can dance would rather dance on i Ty>-only one night a week to I work. And many become ac-1 tresses or models," ThiS dreadful state of affairs! has Entratter and Sinatra down to their last 12 chorus girls, and their contracts end in a few months. Most leave to get married or work in other jobs. But by then Entratter and Si- J natra will have run ads in the ^newspapers in Paris, Madrid,! IRome, Brussels and London to I Tread: "All you have to do is look |beautiful. You don't have to dance gr have any experience to work at the Sands Hotel in Las Ve- gas-" cfp^if "'At the auditions we'll explain we pay their transportation to Vegas and guarantee six months' work," added Entratte.' Entratter got the idea of raiding Europe when he worked for showman Cliff Fisher who imported French girls for his show at the Chicago World's Fair in the 30s. Jack became a producer I himself at the Copacabana in New York, which boasts such alumna as June Allyson and Olga Sar" Juan| and the Sands, where tress. Felicia Farr and cover Kim Smith started as chorines tefl5I5g| _M S. 1,124,395 Spate. 16 -1956 . Sinatra, Thomas Disappoint 1200 At Las Vegas ' LAS VEGAS, Nev., Dec. 15 (UP). ?╟÷Some 1200 persons waited in line until 4:15 A.M.today to see a spe-ll cial Sands HjQ-tel anniversary show | advertised'as featuring Jerry Lewis,! Frank Sinatra and Danny Thomas, Vvn*-. wwe disappointed when the' but were disappo:?╟? last two failed to go v,... The unparalleled sight of three headliners on one bill went on as. planned for the first show at 1 A. M ti +ui* vpvpr-sleeov resort. But ivcyy j.cov^.v. atra's vinte cracked with lar- ?╟≤itis and he sat out the second I while Thomas! headliners on one Lanned for the firs* ?╟÷ .. ~ ?√ß ?╟?i this never-sleepy resort. Sinatra's voice yngitis and he show at the bar, ?╜>*"-- f&---txi-< failed to appear, the hotel ejgun-! ed, "because two comedy acts with- j out a. singer in between is a tough: .spot and not good showmanship. CROWD DISGRUNTLED Thomas said he had been informed he would only have to do one show. | ?√ß ?? Lewis, currently scored at the "did not even explain to the! itled crowd, which included ?√ß ~ T" ?╜hv| i explain to the drsgruntied" crowd, which included such celebrities as muu^v, ,. his two guest stars for the fourth I anniver|ar5r'jeelebration did not ap-1 pear for" the second performance although they made it on the first Some of the patrons had been wait- "fa^tb.get in since 11 P.M. THOUGHT OF JERRY "We decided it would be better if Jerry sap nothing about then?," the hotel explained later. "If he announced they would not appear | .aftffthe audience groaned, it would make Jerry look bad and would I ;h^p&is feelings." m Celebrities who saw the first I I show said' Sinatra's voice hadB sounded pretty rough. These nota: ?√ß bles included Lucille Ball, Esther jB Williams, Mitzi Gaynor, Jayne ?√ß Mansfield and Marlene Dietrich The hotel said it received about ?√ß* *.. f3L ioiv,ts and about,, ,^_.llf""~T ?╟≤22 vigorous complaints < 18 mild ones." m 1 ILas Vetfgs Gaig \Coufd Become BArclay 7-5371 |j PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 165 Church Street - New York COLUMBUS, OHIO OISPATCH Circ. D. 169,089 -S. 234,745 OCT 6 1957 tOS .**??* CAU*. DEC 13 t956 Sands Hotel to Celebrate 4th Anniversary With'Stars Sj^nds^ Hotel in Las Vegas celebrates its fourth anniversary tomorrow night with a show combining the talents of three of the top nightclub money earners ?╟÷ Danny Thomas, Frank Sinatra and Jerry Lewis. In the star-studded audience to salute Producer Jack Entratter will be such famous personalities as Claudette Colbert, Jayne Mansfield, Joan Caulfield, Dorothy Mai one, Kim Novak, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason and Broderick Crawford. Cake cutting oni.stage is planned for part oC tlie "ceremony Friday night. Saturday, Frank and Danny will float Jerry out on th|?·?,Sands pool in a huge woo<|tn birthday cake.* Special honor will be paid Saturday night to the 10-mil- lionth visitor, to be picked by an electronic donr counter. When that person/is-selected, he will help cut another birthday cake?╟÷this one big; enough to serve 1000 persons. TnuAic \ Nat 'King' Cole Sells Newspapers HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. ?╟÷ (INS) ?╟÷Nat (King) Cole, who got $25,000 for warbling the title tune of "Raintree County," netted a cool $25 for crooning one ditty -at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas a few nights back. "* Seems TSfat was en route to the sack after his late show in the hotel's nightclub when he spotted a newsboy trying to peddle his papers without much success in the casino and Jounge, where a hot combo was wailing away. Nat took over the papers, scrambled up on the podium and gave out with "Pennies from Heaven." Then he circulated in the startled/ crowd and sold all of thej youngster's papers ?╟÷ atl j fancy prices. San Bernardino, Calif. ?╟≤SUN. v&p Circ1. D. 371569^fiw 'SANDS GIVES $50.000 ?╟÷ in silver to m/Esm LAS VEGAS im?╟÷The New Year's handle crowds. I arrival had a silvery glitter at one Owners Jake--^P^eedman and hotel Saturday night. Jack Entratter i^^-.neaf^s3,500; The management gave each visi- other guests in the hotel's res- ir?╟÷in all nparlv 10 nnn M ?╟÷ Lady Luck at Vegas costs hotel a million I LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 1 (IP)?╟÷Nearly 42,000 visitors to ?║ the swank Sands faQffl frfyvp hrnk-prv all rules of Lady Luck and .won more than $1,000,000 in the hotel's casino during the last 72 hours of the' I biggest pre-New Year's eel- ebrat% 'in ?╜the history, of this desert resort, hotel general manager Jack En ! tratter disclosed (early to day. , :flp| Entratter^sSadd the' $1,000,000 loss bf the hotel was in addi^ tion to a costly New Year's Eve |par*y held last night in the COpa Room wheremErank Sinatra is currently.", appearing. Each-yroman in the crowded Copa Room was given 25 newly minted stiver dollars in an expensive velvet bag/ The hotel donated 500 cases, of free champagne, turning out almost 8,000 glassfuls of New Year's Eve toasts to visitors in. tre last six hours befor midnight. More than 100,000 persons poured into this desert resort town over the weekend to spend the holiday. Entratter and Sinatra, a part owner in the Sands, felt the hotel got off lucky gj the wake rg giving away $1,0 0,000 at its [gambling tables. They said that almost a quarter of a mij lion dollars was won by visitor irrthe first six hours the h< tel was open in 195& tor-m all nearly 18,000 persons, J* es?mate/-a newly minted dollar In addition a satin bag filled with 25 silver dollars went to each of about 710 women guests in the iloorshow roonj^-^^P; The bonanza starting at 11:30 was described by a Sands Hotel spokes- man as a "?╟÷^auuimx^K^:.- Itaurants and casifi&y|fcot dollars [from waiters and cqgjpfeil waitresses who circulated ^pptrays. $. "Hotel guards had their hands full trying to make sure the visiters were_ served only once," the spokesman added. _^?╟?. w^^o- No estimatej^as e^tilable on "novel goodwill surprise how much of the> bonanza was re- and $50,000 silver-dollar Jackpot." turned bj^-ree^ESits via slot ma- Extra police were ^iflftjtbned t^f^ifeesr^ro^le'fte, etc. (Eidtors note: One of the most amazing business phenomena of'j the decade has bee% tlie musnroom growth of Las Vegas wto'the gambling capital of tae world.' But in recent nionths there have been reports of faltering business. The United ,PresS- in a two-part series, details the picture in Las Vegas today and its possible future. ryBy- ALINE MOSBY -U-3P, Hollywood Waiter -LA^kVEGAS ?╟÷ Las Vegas the glitterihg Monte Carlo of America, has so changed ' that even | Franks Sinatra has climbed aboard a camel to try to lure customers [ back to one of his dying hotels.,; This scene occurred at Las Ij Vegas' first "re-tread" opening, j when a hotel which ,opened its 1 doors only last May already had I to have a second "premiere." The Dunes Hotel never got off I the ground:'following its first 1 I opening ?√ß. six mdnths ago. . The Sands Hotel: was asked to take I over The -.Dunes on a lease at $1,250,000 a year, and last weekend, "The Sands married The Dune's," as the ads said. * * . * The flashy premiere the most colorful and also most weird Las Vegas, has seen?╟÷is indicative- of the change in Las Vegas. ?╟≤: 'l^^gi The Dunes is not the only new hotel that has failed to take in those expected millions at the gambling tables. The seven-story, j lush Riviera had to be taken over by aTgroijp- that formerly ran the j successful Flamingo. .:Ancl that group already has^ked The Sands to take the Ri\^a off its hands. r*mKf~?· j'''/^|ffl| '"|lMk The Royal Nevada ncfr only -has changed" owners once, but the new handlers already have tried in vain to lease the hotel to the veteran Desert Inn. The interracial Moulin Rouge also had to bring in new 'capital and has hired veteran showman Gene Mann to hypo up the shows. The hoopla re-opening of The Dunes marked the first round in a recession that has hit some of the headliner of the shows, The Dunes had a busy casino at its "reopening"', for the first time since it was built.??;: ' How to revive a dying hotel is an interesting p r o c e ?║ s. The Sands' press agents drew up a 200-page book of instructions and plans for the re-opening of The Dunes, and I managed to steal a look at this fascinating document. { It included such : suggestions' as j the construction of a 14-foot long Alladin's lamp on the lawn of the I hotel. "People can write wishes on I cards and place them in thej I lamp," the publicity manual said. j "This will add a toucCbf Jhe Far J I East, and, besides, wtfltylget a F mailing list for the hotel/* 9km9 Casinos Ghost^amps SrS ?╜?? rf mi throu*h ^'caHopi ?╜U4Eersl.Ara.bian costumes fol a 1 the native musicians local 507 iife'#^p| 1 D? f8 Vegas A) Woo VhacSr rf# lushest resort town in the ooun- >?║%** ^'Vc. 0 4-567 " ??- 4-567 The Sands-Dunes previous pub- Ilieity feat was staging' tp?, Dick Haymes-JUta Hayworth ^eddhag. ?√ß The jfe-tread job on JThe''Dun^s, -observers figure, may last longer. Visiting press and stars invited I to The Dunes were escorted off I the plane by a row of harem girls I and two negros, listed/on the pro- |W<am as "nubian eunuchs," wav- jing long fans., .The ceremonies' I featured Sinatra: on his lurching J^amel, three 'white Arabian ^ee *ee?·. "feting I sewn (?ifl "aed with ^M*er imvZi h????nths tnli ^NiS^mC '^e white *mak*g ?f Wa^J ,??f the breJ??at **de $tWor*?√ß?╜H furile coat + ?╟≤ **s coimt !he *??P oftu fraikd 12 ft, JS*'*** frontl iys'&~*2sii roll Jre.sH 0ff ^81 'Wati'offl rock I she is a *t g ro??m ci,' W??l " she said ina\ s fJ*e stM8^! ?╟≤ _Jf^enous tone afesfv I