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    Freeman company PUBLIC RELATIONS 11/16 Hr. Joe Lima c/o Bert) Sussan Wide, Wide World Program J?½C-YY Rockefeller Plaza lev York Clip, York The following are facts and figures on the Sands which eight help you in preparation of naterial for the "Wide, Wide World" program on December 4th* l as still waiting to hear free Serb regarding'Sinatra*s request, but 1 am sending you this material la the hope everything works cot alrights l* The Sands was opened Decesber IS, 1952, built at cost of $4,890,000. 2. Present worth, counting land and business, is $15,000,000. 3. The Sands is top taxpayer among has Yogas resort hotels, and State Taxes on slot machines and gases alone is $214,000 annually* 4. Daily operating expense is $24,400 - $14,000 of which is for payroll alone. 5. The Sands employs 697 employees, 81% of whom are married, with an average of two children per family. 6. Sands serves 913 free seals to its employees dally, or a total of nearly 30,000 a month. 7. Cost of entertainment in Copa Boos and lounge is $2,800,000 per year. 8. lounge music alone, featuring an average of 6 musical outfits working daily around the clock, averages $8,000 weekly. 9. Since its opening, the Sands has toon visited by 7,715,000 people who have passed through all of its entrances. An average of one person every 3 seconds enters the main entrance -more- BEVERLY HI LLS, CAL. ?╟≤ 449 SOUTH BEVERLY DRIVE ?╟≤ CRESTVIEW 6-4326