Tropicana Showcase The Vagabonds four week run
The Tropicana Showcases feature The Vagabonds headlining a four week engagement in the Showcase Lounge at the Tropicana with Babe Pier and Bobbi Boyle leading the act. The listing also highlights multiple acts across hotel lounges including Al Morgan, Harry James, Nita Cruz, Don Rickles, Gil & Nikki, Don Cornell, Jackie Gayle, and Bob Sims Trio along with stage credits for various bands and musicians throughout the Strip venues.
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Vagabonds
Babe Pier
Bobbi Boyle
Hotel Tropicana
Direct Paris Peking link eyed for mid-summer
A spokesman for the French post and telegraph ministry said a direct telephone radio link between Paris and Peking could be in operation by mid summer. Negotiations began before France and Communist China established diplomatic relations last month.
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Paris
UPI
Peking
French Post, Telegraph and Telephone Ministry
France
China
Madrid picks veteran envoy as new ambassador to Washington
The Mar quis Alfonso Merry del Val, Spain's ambassador to Peru, is appointed Madrid's ambassador to Washington. Age 60, he has held numerous diplomatic posts, served at the Spanish embassy in Washington in 1931, and was once private secretary to King Alfonso XIII.
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Madrid
UPI
Alfonso Merry del Val
Spain
Peru
Washington
Merry del Val
Alfonso XIII
Vegas gossip and hotel plans swirl around stars
Las Vegas scene features Shelley Berman and Sergio Franchi at the Sahara, with reminiscences of Thunderbird debut and talk of a smashing eight minutes. Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse mingle with Joe E. Lewis as plans for new acts and a Beatles-like supergroup swirl amid hotel renovations and casino talks.
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Shelley Berman
the Sahara
Sergio Franchi
Las Vegas
Thunderbird Hotel
Marty Hicks
Shelley
Verve
Tony Martin
Fontainbieau
Cyd Charisse
Joe E. Lewis
Miami Beach
Tony
Martin and
Lewis
Sinatra
Jackie Gleason
Dean Martin
Senator
Pravda Warns 6th Fleet Threatens Cyprus Crisis
Pravda denounces the 6th Fleet in the straits between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea as aggravating Cyprus tensions. The Communist Party newspaper says U S naval movement in the straits violates the governing convention on navigation in the straits.
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Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Pravda
Mediterranean
Black Seas
Cyprus
U. S
The Bells Are Swinging Photo Session On Sahara Marquee
Freddie Bell and Roberta Linn climbed a Sahara marquee for a jacket photo for their 20th Century Fox album The Bells Are Swinging. They signed a waiver for injuries and endured a swinging scaffold and high heels before returning to the Sahara Casbar to entertain audiences. They then head to Puerto Rico for four weeks at the Americana Hotel in San Juan, with a May album release anticipated.
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Freddie Bell
Roberta Linn
Douglas Fairbanks
Sahara
20Th Century Fox
Freddie
Roberta
Sun
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Mike Nagro
Bell Boys
Standells Set for Four-Night Engag ement Before Britain Trip
The Standells, famed US group, open a four night show booked by Thunder bird Hotel exec Victor son. They perform three shows nightly at 1 15, 4 15 and 6 a m in Los Angeles before traveling to England to challenge the Beatles. Members include Larry Tamblyn Tony Valentine Gary McMillan and Gary Leeds. The group recently topped local charts with The Shake Part Peppermint Beatle.
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Standells
Iain
Beatles
Movieland
Thunderbird Hotel
Dave Victorson
Victorson
Las Vegas
Jea
4Sa
la Gabor
Jayne Mansfield
Helen Greco
Spike Jones
Liberty
Los Angeles
New York
Larry Tamblyn
Tony Valentine
Gary McMillan
Gary Leeds
Great Britain
Thunderbird
U.S
Weinzapfel Attends Phoenix Railway Meet Despite Injuries
C F Weinzapfel rode an ambulance 130 miles to Phoenix and back to Tucson for a Brotherhoods meeting after breaking a hip and wrist. The state legislative representative for the Brotherhood Engineers attended in a wheelchair.
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Tucson
Ariz
UPI
C. F. Weinzapfel
Board of Railway Brotherhoods
Phoenix
Brotherhood Engineers
Chess Congress Opens in Bognor with Notable Entrants
In Bognor Regis England entrants include A Learner and A Champion at the annual chess congress as games begin.
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Bognor Regis
England
UPI
A. Learner
A. Champion
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al DePaulis
Dubonnet
Tanya
Harry James
Georgeous
Nita Cruz
Bob Sims
Sahara Casbar Theater
Don Rickles
Gil
Nikki
Chuck Allen
Glen Tomlinson
Stardust Louge
Don Cornell
de Castro
Nalani Kele
Lobato
Nelida
Bernard Bros
de John
Riviera
Starlight
Dick Contino
the Brothers
Kim
Jackie Gayle
Betty Ayres
Sparkling Strings
Marty Heim
Gwen Harmon
Sasha Semenoff
Sultan
Belogor
al Nichols
Jacques Foti
Sands
Johnny Prophet
Vido Musso
Dave Burton
Ernie Stewart
Gigi Galen
Desert Inn
Lady Luck Lounge
Jan Garber
Idol of
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Malfada
Peterson Baker
Thunderbird Lounge
Brothers Castro
Georgie Auld
the Town Pipers
Castaways
Joe Burton
Jack Taylor
Charlie Teagarden
Jack Group
Beverly Marshall
Jack Larson
Cnn
Fer
Durante
Eddie Jackson
Carlton Hayes
Wilbury A
Las Vegas Sun
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Ralph Pearl
Universal Pictures
Jimmy Darren
Pamela Tiffen
Doug McClure
Joanie Sommers
Lucy Ball
Lynn Fields
Dunes
Billy Snyder
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Danny Owens
Silver Dollars
Bill Gusman
Bill Turner
Alan Smith
New Frontier
Sam Presley
Elvis
Lake Tahoe
North Shore
Sam
Barbra Streisand Records
Tahoe Ponderosa
Holiday Inn
New York City
O!f
Outer Space
Elvis Presley
Clara Ward
Eddie Fisher
Jackie Kennedy
Vegas
Life Magazine
Stathis Giallelis
Elia Kazan
America
Congo
Weil Warner
Louis Basil & Orch
Moronn Ned
Casino de Paris
Jimmy Durant
EL Cortez
Henry “Hot Lips
Levine
Basin Street
Fremont Hotel
the Corsarios
Larry Lee
Leisures
Fables
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Flamingo
Pearl Bailey
Harry Richman
MINT
Hong Kong
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Royal Tahitians
Les
Xavier Cugat Abbe Lane
Nat King Cole
J.N.T. Red Hawk Henry
Stardust
Tropicana
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Pizza Palace
E. Charleston
Wii
Jealous Heart
Morgan
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