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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1962
Page
4
Column touts creating a Marilyn Monroe Memorial Award to honor a glamorous new female star of the year. It questions public funds and ponders a source for financing Soblen’s prolonged legal appeals and escape from extradition.
A reader recalls the police using decoy methods to trap suspects and jokes about officers disguising as females. The memory mentions a Park confrontation and a cheeky quote about a girdle. The note also nods to Peter Lorre calling Groucho Marx about the Tonight show and their humor.
A brief recap notes Le Lido de Paris at 8 15 and Midnight Thunderbird performances with Monte Proser presenting Flower Drum Song and Tropicana 1962 Follies Bergere listings.
A Las Vegas piece recalls Ed Gilbert’s Strip hotel spree amid a stock crash, revealing casino markers and a fled to Brazil scandal. It notes showbiz links with Frank Sinatra Eddie Fisher Lucille Ball Danny Costello and Eleanor Powell, plus TV plans for Rip Taylor and Carol Burnett at the Sands and Dunes venues.
Shapely Shirley Marsland, one of Hotel Sahara's chorines, studies blueprints to verify progress on the 24 story Sahara sky scraper. The blueprints and Marsland appear to check out as on schedule.
President Kennedy sent to the Senate a proposed amendment to the Brazil extradition treaty that could allow returning fugitives including former New York financier Edward Gilbert. The amendment, signed in Rio de Janeiro on June 18, clarifies that neither country must extradite its own nationals.
A public health notice urges cancer screening and regular medical checkups to boost early detection. Officials highlight free or low cost screening options and encourage community participation across clinics and hospitals.
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill making it a federal crime to manufacture or sell slugs intended for use in vending machines. The measure targets deceptive devices and seeks deterrence through federal penalties.
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