Nightclub Lineup at Tropicana Showcase and Nearby Bars
A period listing details multiple acts across venues including Jerry Colonna at Tropicana Showcase with long shifts. Della Reese and other acts such as the French Sisters, the Mary Blue Four, Georgeous belly dancers, and Russ Cantor. Also notes performers at Sahara Casbar Theatre Riviera Starlight Dunes Sandscopa Astaways Kon Tiki and Elert Inn Lady Luck Lounge with various musicians comics and dancers.
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Astaways
Vegas Daze and Nites on Thunderbirds in Las Vegas
The column notes High Button Shoes will be scratched from the Thunderbird boards for three months starting February 8, returning in May to align with heavy tourist traffic. Anything Goes remains the nightly double feature, with Shecky Greene and Jackie Miles referenced amid club chatter and cinema reminiscences.
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Shecky Greene
Riviera
Peck
Shecky
Harry Belafonte
Geri
Jackie Miles
Las Vegas
Miles
Stanley Donen
Morris
London
Hyde Park
Englewood Golf Club
New Jersey
Buddy Hackett
Sahara
Dick Shawn
Desert Inn
Santa Claus
Robert Goulet
Gimbels
N.Y
Sinatra Kidnapping Echoes Through Nation Says Hy Gardner
Hy Gardner notes the Sinatra Jr kidnapping drew deep public empathy beyond Kennedy’s assassination as a wide manhunt pursued the abductors. He cites police and underworld efforts, ransom fears, and the relief when Frank Sinatra Jr was found safe. The column also touches on Miami Beach projects, TV figures, and show business anecdotes.
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New York
Kennedy
Frank Sinatra Jr
Frank
Nancy
Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Miami Beach
Mickey Spillane
Bishop Sheen
Armenian refugee Akepian granted political asylum in France
Francis Akepian a 37 year old Armenian refugee who threatened self harm to avoid return to the Soviet Union has been granted political asylum in France. He arrived in Paris from Iran.
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Paris
UPI
Francis Akepian
Soviet Union
France
Akepian
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Gloria Reible
Tropicana
Jerry Colonna
Mary Blue
Paul Gilbert
America
al de Paulis
Dubonnet
Tanya
Lamingo
Della Reese
Della
Lucy Starr
Australia
Red Lime
Sahara Casbar Theater
Tex Beneke
The
Modernaires
Big Bandera
Freddie Bell
Roberta Lynn
Senators
Peter & Hank
Russ Cantor
Thunderbird Lounge
New Orleans
Big Beats
Sue Thompson
Spirals
Lorraine Barry
Schecky Greene
Bobby Sherwood
Phyllis Dorne
Kitty Kaye
Marty Heim
Rudi Eagan
Dunes
Joe Santo
Hernan Pelayo
Sasha Semenoff
Arturo Romero
al Nichols
Jacques Foti
Johnny Prophet
Vido Musso
Coronados
Sandscopa
Dave Burton
Ernie Stewart
Margaret Ann
Ernie Mariani
Nitery
Woody Herman
Casino de Paris
Eddie Fisher
Jan Garber
EL Cortez
Don Marlowe
Fremont
Paul Dino Group
the Fables
the Cables
Flamingo
Carol Lawrence
Jackie Mason
Buck Owens
Les Pousees de
Tex Ritter
Nevada Club
the Royal Tahitians
NEW Frontier
Carnival On Ice
Tony Martin
Cyd Charisse
Buddy Greco
Frank Yankovic
Bo Belinsky
Stardust
Folies Bergere
Thunderbird
SUN
SUN Gospel
Nevada
RCA Victor
Atlanta
Blackwood Bros
Memphis
Tenn
Golden State
Long Beach, Cali
Las Vegas Convention Center
Gold Room
Christien Supply Center
Dahictous
Hamburger
Sig
Horseshoe Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas Sun
Dave Bradley
Vegas
By Ralph Pearl
Stan Irwin
Congo
Peewee Stavatth
Davis
Reese
Louis Basil & Wis Orch
Moro-Landis
Ty Col Barsie
Robert Sidney
Helen Rose
Jack Cathcart
Hy Gardner
Merrill Panitt
BING
Ore i Eny A
Don Cornell
Nalani Kele
Povlnesian Revue
Lobato
Nelida
Esquivel
Getal Extertainment
Ill Lawn
Stardust Hotel
Freddie Baker
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