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THE ANGELBREAD FOUNDATION T H E SANDS HOTEL V LA S V E G A S, N E V A D A DUDLEY 2-7 4 0 0 'f ' hospital took care of 3000 people ** 32 percent of whom were Jewish, 22 percent of whoa were Catholic, 43 percent of whom were Lutheran, Baptist, Mormon, Protestant, episcopalian and Methodist. Bose da line is the only accredited hospital in Southern Parade because of its high standards for surgical work and nursing cm. It needed aore hade and more facilities and its Chief of Staff, a Jew, Or. Rubin lockitch, asked Ms friends at the Sands Motel in las Vegas, Producer Jack Entratter and Publicist 41 Freeman to help raise money for tho badly needed expansion. Plans were aads for a star-studded show with Prank Sinatra, but were discarded when fntratter pointed out that the most the hospital could got would bo #10-15,000 which would he a drop in the bucket compared to tho #200,000 they needed for 26 more rooms. Shout that time, Freeman entered tho hospital for a 5-day stay in an oxygen tent to clear up a lung infection ha had suf- fered in combat in Italy.