Local news segments where reports speak on Boyd Gaming/Stardust Resort's $25,000 donation to the Red Cross to help Oklahoma City bombing victims, and the Riviera's planned 2-day benefit concert. The American Red Cross phone number is shown on screen while reports speak on the local efforts to help Oklahoma victims. Local Cannon Middle School students organized a carwash, raising $1,200 with the help of the local fire department. Interview with a local American Red Cross representative who reports on donations and need for assistance. 7 cuts on the event. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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Segment by unknown San Diego newstation on the expanding population, real estate, and economic upturn that Las Vegas is experiencing. Video opens with a Stardust Hotel and Casino craps game, while a voiceover describes Las Vegas as "Lost Vegas" and "Lost Wages" but that tourists and locals live together side-by-side. Reporter explains the population is rapidly growing, and many Californians and San Diegans are moving to the city, as it rebrands from "Sin City" to a reasonable, welcoming place to live. The reporter explains that many casinos were "in the red" and how it was in a economic downturn. However, many new casinos are being expanded or new ones built now that the economy is looking up. Features many shots of the Stardust Hotel interior and exterior. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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