Vegas Daze and Nites Briefing Broadway Entertainers
A Las Vegas entertainment roundup notes Victor Borge opening at Caesars Palace September 8 for four weeks after Tony Bennett’s Hollywood Bowl date. Mitzi Gaynor slated for Riviera late September. Al Hirt dieting after a Sparks engagement. Tommy Guinan hospitalized after a heart attack. Elaine Dunn and Gordon MacRae at the Nugget in Sparks October 20. Includes Eddie Fisher and Buddy Hackett planning joint cafe dates and other showbiz tidbits from the coast.
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Victor Borge
Caesars Palace
Tony Bennett
Hollywood
Hollywood Bowl
Count Basie
Tony
Mitzi Gaynor
Riviera
Betty Grable
Hella Dolly
Mitzi
al Hirt
Andy Williams
Nugget
Sparks
Janice Harper
Sun Spots
Las Vegas
Tommy Guinan
Cedars of Lebanon
Elaine Dunn
Gordon MacRae
Mel Torme
Colombo
Chicago
Sammy Davis
Adam
Torre
Lansing
Fremont
Damon & Pythias Dept
Eddie Fisher
Buddy Hackett
Buddy
Eddie
Cinerama
Julie Christie
Dr. Z
Omar Shariff
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Perle
Danny Thomas
Memphis
Miami Dolphins
St. Jude’s Hospital
Denver Broncos
Danny
Dolphins
Barbara Heller
Muriel Landers
Milton Prell
Duscha Named Associate Director of Stanford Journalism Fellowship
Julius Duscha, 41, longtime Washington Post national political reporter, is appointed associate director of Stanford University's new professional journalism fellowship program. He will start Sept 1. The program, funded by Ford Foundation support, invites working reporters and editors from radio TV newspapers and magazines for study on campus.
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Washington
Julius Duscha
Washington Post
Stanford University
Herbert Brucker
Duscha
Nieman
Harvard University
Sigma Delta Chi
Harper’s
the Atlantic
the Reporter
New Republic
St. Paul
Minn
University of Minnesota
American University
Stanford
Ford Foundation
Salute to Neva Horse Show A Labor Day Event
The Salute to Neva horse show at Boulder City over Labor Day weekend September 3 4 5 serves as a substitute for the old candidate picnic. No speeches but local hopefuls plan to meet exhibitors and spectators including statewide office candidates drawing horsemen from Reno Tonopah Fish Valley Fallon and Clark County.
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Boulder City
Reno
Tonopah
Fish Valley
Fallon
Clark County
New York Whiskey Pricing Law Upheld Lets State Check Prices
The New York affirmation law requires distillers and wholesalers to file price affirmations showing New York prices are not higher than in other states. The Supreme Court ruled New York may enforce the affirmations, aiming to align wholesale whiskey prices with monopoly states.
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New York
UPI
Licensed Beverage Industries, Inc
Reading Distillers
Tom Donovan
LBI
U.S. Supreme Court
Jos. E. Seagram & Sons
Supreme Court
Las Vegas Sun News Briefs August 26 1966
Brief items from Las Vegas Sun dated Friday August 26 1966 summarize local events and notices. Readouts cover community happenings, appointments and upcoming civic items, reflecting mid 1960s urban life in Las Vegas.
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LAS Vegas Sun
Pepmate Energy Activator Promises Alert Feeling
An ad touts Pepmate as a new energy activator for healthy adults feeling tired run-down and listless. It claims a wide awake alert feeling with non habit forming effects and safety comparable to coffee when used as directed. The product offers a 100 percent money back guarantee and is sold at Skaggs Drug Centers and other leading drug counters.
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Skaggs Drug Centers
Nuns Embrace Shorter Habits and New Styles
In Los Angeles the Sisters of Mercy and Sisters of Charity unveil shorter habits with hemlines reaching ten inches from the floor for Mercy and mid calf for Charity. Veils shorten to soft headpieces, and white collars replace stiff mantles as nursing nuns keep white attire. By next Jan one tour of changeover will affect about 3200 nuns across several states.
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Los Angeles
Sisters of Mercy
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
M Rene
St. John’s Military Academy
Chatsworth
Calif
Rene
Sisters of Charity of Providence
St. Joseph Hospital
Burbank
Sister of Charity
Sisters of Charity
Washington
Oregon
California
Canada
Edwardine
St. Finbar’s School
Wind Machines Save Sicilian Citrus Growers
American made wind machines proved their value in Catania Sicily during an early year hard freeze. Fifty machines guarded groves and 200 growers now show interest in buying wind machines as a result.
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Catania
Sicily
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Hello America
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Stardust Hotel
John Arsers
Mark Swain
Ray Culley
Feder
United
Dorothy Townsend
Los Angeles Times
Flowers
Garden Center
Wyoming
Gee
New Orleans
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