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cJilli ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 SAN FRANCISCO Los Angeles Portland - Seattle Las Vegas, Nev. Review Journal (Cir. 11,043) JUN 10 1953 \Jn Ike wJ&m own > with alan iarlson- The Main Stem A reminder: The current race track muddle actually has no bearing on the integrity, experience, the success or 1toe%popularity of Webb Everett. He would be an asset tOjJpprace track. It is only the manner in which he was given the post of general manager that is being questioned by complaining: stephelders. The thought has been expressed that putting Everett iai was a maneuver to manipulate the stock to more valuable proportifis.-and to try to eradicate the original smaller stockholders. ThatS/^^puldn't know. .. But we can certairjjy attest, as we poii$a fingfjfe:^-iifecessful Santa Anita, that Everett would be invaluable in.|be^i|^i<jity of general manager $fejhe-Las. Vegas Jockey Club . .^^eanvdjafev hi????^name has been WKKen-from the hiway billboar^P*^^^ Benny Binion will now judge te?|fisT^t&|^5acity in selecting the "Horseshoe Club" as the name of iMvpxmp on Fremont street... The Horseshoe, emblematic of Ji^ffiifmso^iBthing that could stand Benny in good stead now down th&^mSi^^i .The marital, status of Janie Powell is at least more seilleff s$.eti&^%cision now than it was when she hit town. The div4ici^^^:^eflnjtj| The community property will be a battle ... Betwe$| iSm At^trong Ifotf Gordon Mac Rae there'll be such a parade^fTboBp'y-soxers thatji|%?·dial detail of traffic cops will be nec#sary ... Steady twosome: Cliff Perre and Joanne Barton, both in th?╜piirrent El, Cortez sh&ik 3rd-Dementia: "The Greatest Show On Earth," academy award winner and box-office money makeffl must "raft aside. ?√ß Tfte House Of Wax," Warner's 3-D'er, has smashed alf fox-office reCoHls at the Fox first-run West Coast Theaters. WhichHproves you've '.gotta have a gimmick. . .Paul Sperling announces that the Huntridge Theater is high on the list for installation of 3-D equipment... A$e?· viewing herself in WB,. Rhonda Fleming threw her bra away and ieianged to new ones,* #^ Ring immortal Barney Ross, his:wife and fight manager George Parnassus, arrive at McCarran Field at 8:15 tonite and there is no doubt that a large coterie of Barne!^ friends wilLtfem^hand to greet him for his refereeing chore af Cashman Field T&mHmliite.: The dancing Hightowers, resting in Las Vegas}-lllh joined by Robert's sister Marilyn. She. is aftondon stage sta^W. Incidentally, Robert was once married to -dancing star Vii&0illen. A grateful Lani Mclntyre and Co. took ^Congo room stag#$?·anager Sy Lien along to Hollywood where they hosted him ?╤aM Hawaiian festival. He was shown the, real Hawaiian dancej# anfP$ie$fewith so much food and drink that he .arrived, home s|&Ja ja iMw state . . .The big Union Pacificbarbecueimi^heTd outdoo^Tfme Last Frontier Village last' nifei^der ideal'weather;i<^dit???╜^i ?╜ ?╟÷ : - i ~^#y*; Every second guy lately seems to be on the vejto* ^^irilding anewjiotek&f/we were itb'line up these guys enjM end on the strip there would be no room for th^fhptels i .r. A#$a8y|*'operators from Miami,- Chicago and other points lire on the sxmejte^ng over sites?╟÷and front men?╟÷for local possibilities . ..-It irbec?·ra|??g a trite subject, bugding a new hotel, and sometime one f#&#rompted to tell them jpither do it or get off the plot (of groig$??hey intend to nulla on. Wm&^jy Sad to hear that Alfred Waddefi died yesterday without ever regaining #>nsciousness following thC~auto siri'ash-up involving Tex Collins (allegedly of Beatty's Red L&ht Row) ... CoHWs, originally charged wifh driving with a suspended driver's licenseTiiow faces the more serious charge of manslaughter ||ed an hour aftef Waddell died. SW Minutiae: The "Oh Happ*g>ay" boys, The Four Knights, if crowds enjoying their El Cortez sfw are any indication, should be zooming their Capitol Record saleslpuring their local stint. The oudest kid in town is Bobby Greglf percussion soloist with'paui Whiternan (at Hotel Last Frontier). This embryonic Gene Krupa is a top drummer boy and will be heard from ... Jack Carter's impression of Al Jolson (in the Sahara's'Congo room) is a heart-beater nVrt^SSJ m M e vast Publicity about Tallu are the talented Clark Brothers on the same bill at theSands. They!re_Jerrific' Unique ballerina Dorothy Jarnac cono^eHlne audience Sith twinkling toes and expressive eyes-at the Thunderbird ... ."The Brave Bulls" SfeiJ?╜byKRafa^ Mendez in the showiclosing tonite at the Flamingo Jffi-^^^T?^* ' * 'The Aqu* Pair' perhaPs the most novel ?Σ≤-?╜V<? a+tte^pteT? to*-*?Σ≤ a whopping success at its Desert Inn opening last nite. It is a double bill involving two shows One led VoorTageWeiSSmUller 1S Stfe ^ &M *?? 0ther P'*?*?·& cJiXu ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle New.York, N. Y. (TV Toppers (Buttons, Berle, Tallu>pg Among Date Me With Vega* Elite <-H\li ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 SAN FRANCISCO Los Angeles Portland - Seattle Las Vegas, Nev. Review Journal (Cir. 11,043) JUN 8 - 196S \Jn the Jc own ':S-:i a^/i ?√ß with alan iarlson ?√ß m ?√ß \ The Late Watch A prime applicant for Ray Warren, Jr's post with the Nevada Tax Commission is a man coming out here from the east who has had 14 years of service with the F.B.I. . . . Reports from H'wood claim that the big clubs in Nevada, faced with the alarming rise in talent prices, will be settling for lesser names to entertain the large tourist overflow business expected this summerr&Iif/ Donald O'Connor has committed himself to Jack Entratter. for a Sands en- &^?║?╜mnLbut, alas, it is not in the forseeawe future. Altho the Sands gets the first nite club crack at Donald's services, his current schedule is much too heavy to predict a date. The case involving Tex Collins (alleged by county officials to be the keeper of a disorderly house in Beatty, Nevada) comes up tomorrow in Justice Court in which he is charged while driving under the influence . . . Altho that's the charge, technically, there is more , ... Collins was apprehended after he had rammed into another vehicle recently ... The driver of the other car still lies unconscious " in a local hospital ... In addition to the charge, Collins is also accused (by arresting officers) of attempting to pyrsuade a hitcj hiker, who was a passenger in, his car, to take his place at the wheel when he heard the law coming following the crash ... He is alleged to have offered the hitch-hiker money to take the wheel because the accused man did not have a driver's license . . .Reason for his being without a license was due to his loss of same through recourse by law following previous drunk-driving convictions. " Heard in the Copa room during TalluV impassioned soliloquy urging the phone to ring: "This gal has got a much better chance of getting phone service thru The Lord then she'd have trying to get an operator in Las Vegas." ?√ßWmm^ m Sahara cigarette gal Jo London was blown no good by the big wind. A giant Cottonwood near her $6,000- trailer became uprooted and, in falling, itftfoots smashed into the belly of the trailer. Jo's mother was hospitalteed and the trailer severly damaged ... The unseason&l surge of winjLwe hope,'bears no ominous significance for the Aqua- fair to be staged outdoors. The severe gusts yesterday would haye forced the Sffiittering down of both performances. Suggestion to Wilbur: wrap^ffijke a quick pitch to Lloyd's for weather insurance? .. Jp?╜ for a new book titled "Inside Las Vegas"?╟÷maybeC Anyhow, Johft;Gim*he* is lh town. ?√ß s"' 1 J 'el a rm |M edl m Forniel^liif^reftt Barney Ross, prior to taking on the chore of referq?·$&c|&e tea round Harry Davis-Freddie Herman bout ai Cashman:rfield Thursday nite, will make a significant presentation! : ^J8fc$?eJarge Sugar Ray Robeson Sportsmanship Award trophy! to EddM-Bachen. Fourteen-year old Eddie is a student/of Sunrise Acres S#pl. . . Jane Wyman must fill a flicker date in "Magnificent Obsessij^ necessitating the,postponement of her August date at the Sands ... .Connie Immerman has severed with the Sahara and is Dnce again making the rounds of Gotham's nite club circle . .The1 new tune^ "Many Are The Times" (by the local, duo Guy Landis and Jim-my DeSteffano) is zooming in record and sheet music sales ... Resigning as Gene Murphy's secretary, Eba Hawkins has left for Los Angeles to be at her ailing mother's side. ' The International Flying Saucer Bureau has informed Blanche l??·r?^ ( UJ?y is, C?╜F^ Ymm stage Manager) that she has been [selected as the sole Flying, Saucer Wafcher for the state of Nevada .. .It is now her duty to spot flying saucers and practically repbrt to the organization's New York headquarters before it gets out of sight. .. Of course, it will be rather difficult from her vantage point in Las Vegas to spot one of the.flying discs that may be aloft ove Winnemucca^^Besides which, is she on twenty-four hour dutafr** he 1 en It da ?║ art 11 of I int ?√ß Si I Las Vegas niteries are fattening lip oirtvacaticiiing television head- linersofjhe'g/mbling belt is profiting fromThl disappearance. |rom' fcummer TV spectrjtitts of such pro- Igrams as Red Buttons, "Your Show [of Shows," "All Star Revue," etc. [For example, Jack Entratter, Sands I Hotel operator, is in N6w-Yor.lt IpiQliing up what awr actions are be- I lhg made available. Bill Miller, I Riviera, N; J., operator, who is t buying for the Sahara, is similarly I shopping around for teevee top- 1 pers. Hal Braudis, of the Thunder- jfj! bird, and Abe Schiller, of the K^?╜niirigtr,nare--wi???╜^oxj!beaefec^ to t&p I tele shows for the hotels. I Latest to be bought is Red But- II tons, who goes into the Sands July Ii 29. He follows Milton Berle ("Tex- ?√ß aco Star Theatre") into that spot. I Buttons is getting $10,000. That P hotel has also pacted Tallulah Bankhead for next week. The Sahara has bought Marguerite Piazza .("Show of Shows") to open July 28. The Desert Inn has pacted Betty Hutton July 7 for four weeks to ofifset the teevee headliners that the competition has booked for that period. Television personalities are now urging agents to go aftgr_ Vegas bookings. Aside from the money involved ?╟÷?√ß* ^-considerable factor sinee the gaining spots pay the ^highest coin?╟÷is the prestige. The personalities who make very infrequent personal appearances want to be up there on the list of the top names in show business who play these cafes. Another factor that's making it easier for JEegas cafes to book eastern teMp'personalities is its proximity to Hollywood. Even if a performer ^pesn't go to- the Coast while in the area, he'll be able to talk to' many Coast producers and directors who go to the Nevada glittery for short vacations and j i weekends. JUL ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 SAN FRANCISCO Los Angeles Portland - Seattle San Francisco, Calif. Examiner (Cir. D. 225,060 - S. 564,448) JUN 1 5 1953 ' *"WE STAYED at the>Sands Hotel in really beautiful spot with ^xegllent service fine guiding harfd^Oadl: JEntratter. ; Duping th$ daj^ the pool is the attraction. Then, at night, the supper room is jammed with customers;!^?? love both-hot and operatic music Metropolitan Opera Star Robert Merrill stops the show every night followed by that slzzl^ ing master of blues, Louis Armstrong, who brings the place down in a heap. Las Vegas, a! thanks to thel PRESS CLIPPING bureau Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle Hollywood, Cal. v Variety ?╟≤?√ßmm h. g|^| The Las Vegas Strip : By BILL WH-LARD = SOMEPIN' COOKIN': Red Skelton's sojourn this week at the Flamingo is not for kicks alone. He brought along hTTvidcrew: Marty Rackm, Ed Hillie, Claudio Gusman, Senton CoeJ and Bo Roos for either a pilot or some telefilms with Vegas background . . . Louis Armstrong will spring a nifty surprise when he and Robelft Merrill duet an aria on tomorrow night's Sands opening . . . Satehmo's arrival in town is signal for all deejays to spring into action with interviews, musical sagas and the like . . . Roy Bargy's performance of "Rhapsody in Blue" in the Paul Whiternan musicalia at the Last Frontier is said by keyboarders to be a definitive reading of the Gershwin score. He plays simply, dramatically, ?╟≤ w i thout pounding the Steinway to bits . . . Billy Livingston in from Gotham to buzz with George Moro at the Sahara for costuming future ultra productions . . . After Marlene Dietrich teamed with Tallulah at the Sajjds Sunday eve, ringsiders cheered the "new act" ?╟÷ one of those rare nitery matings of theatrics which could only happen in Vegas . . . Marlene's constant escort to all boites is Craig Hill . . . John Agar, spotted poolside at the Last Frontier by Eddie Fox, may take the Foxy hint and tie in with a future package unit as a warbler . . . Howard Hughes requested a "Tosca" aria from James Melton at the Thunderbird, and got it on the dot. Melton tabbed HH a ' "squirrel" ?╟÷ the word for collectors and drivers of oldtime steam autos. ON THE MALL: First in series of outdoor band concerts sponsored by local AFMers had a Sunday downbeat in city park with David Rose, Paul Whiternan as guest ba- toneers. Rafael Mendez soloed and grabbed cheers after teen-ager twin sons Robert and Ralph joined him in a fancy display of triple trumpeting .. . Barney Ross, before reffing the Henry Davis-Freddie Herman fisticuffs at Elks Stadium Thursday, will present the Sugar Ray Robinson "Sportsmanship" trophy to city-wide contest winner, 14-year-old Eddie Bakken . . . Ron Fletcher eyeing all shows along the rialto during brief stopo^f enroute to Manhattan ... It look^pike nuclear fission between atOm^|rientist Dr. Ralph Cariyle Smith am Last Frontier choryphee Lorraine Knight. . . Johnny Murray-wheeled into the Flamingo with Jerry Doff for a respite . . . 'Tis late spring and young men's fancies ; lightly turn to thoughts of early ayem swimming pool dips and lobby ca- vortings sans apparel. Couple of male Godivas startled dicers momentarily last week in separate spas. * si: *,;-3S PICTURE A PENTHOUSE: Lou Davidson is supposed to begin building his 552 room, 7-story, 6 penthouse Kismet July 15. He surmises the cost at $11,500,000 . . . Dr. Victor Lands, L.A.'surgeon, is a big shareholder, and Darvas & Julia latched onto some shares before checking out of their Desert Inn stanza . . . Aad Herb Shriner will return to visit his realesjate next month along with playmg a f'tnit semester at the Last Frontier . . . Gordon & Sheila MacRae will be the big come-ons . at El Rancho Vegas starting toijfflorrow night. Gordon became a.]flegend here after the hefty bundleof chips he dropped in the El Rancho ca sino last time around . . . Peggy r Lee will have Jose Greco & Go>. for J company at tfcie Sahara when Aug.,fx 11 rolls arproid..-^ / |f