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Ji?║. ^ LAS V3G-A3. April 25 ?╟÷ A public appeal for co ope rat ion was Made to Lag Vegas hotels here tonight by a 1 Peta rson, chief of the Federal Civil Defense Administration^whose CD observers, in some oases, are being asked to give up their rooms as a result of the postponement of tomorrow's atomic diot* f Taking the stage at the Sands, a hotel on the city's stii.P, Peterson explained he.is Partly responsible for some 2000 people who came\to Las Vegas from all parts of the nation to witness tbs civil effects detonation which was postponed at least 24 hours. \y "The management of this hotel,'* he said, rthas set a good exam- ple by staking that no civil defense people will be asked to give up their rooms because their reservations do not cover delays in tiB det- onation. i |p| , shall he bras% enough to ask that other hotels on the t?╟÷?╟÷ strip and in either areas observe the same policy until we get this shot off* Perhaps those Persons with conflicting raaerVat ions can enjoy Las Vegas on other days of the year.