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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1969
Page
9
Las Vegas faces a critical housing shortage within 18 months per planning director Don Saylor. Rising mortgage costs, high labor prices, and scarce affordable homes push toward mobile and low cost prefab housing, with potential joint occupancy and subsidization for the under $20,000 group.
Stuarti and guest Jan Murray headline Thursday at the Riviera Versailles Room. Totie Fields skips this shot but remains through Oct 28 before Shecky and Sonny King double fortnight. Dino returns Nov 2 for five days. Debbie Harper studies at the Actors Musical Workshop. Eartha Kitt co hosts with Mike Douglas this week.
Fred Glass a five year Las Vegas Convention Bureau sales staff member is named director of convention sales by G Barney Rawlings executive director of the convention authority. Also announced are Jack Arant Bonanza Airlines former VP government affairs as east coast representative with Washington office. William W Juster Tropicana Hotel promotions chief named manager of tourist promotion. Lois Segal Kovell Advertising named media director. and new assignments for Guy DeCarlo and Walter Shull.
Captains and maitres d from hotels join stars of the Strip for a charity golf event at Sahara Nevada Country Club on Oct. 27 led by Harry Karn of the Sahara Congo Room. Proceeds go to local charities while other society items include UNLV rally for peace and a fall lineup of dances and sports events.
Draft eligible physicians are being accepted into the Air Force Reserve through December 31. Eligible doctors will train two days each month and serve two weeks on active duty annually. Candidates must have completed a two year internship or a one year internship plus one year of practice.
Nearly 1,000 fans packed the Circus Maximus Room as Tommy Vig and his Vig band delivered a fourth annual Vig Jazz Concert. Louie Bellson and Red Rodney delivered standout solos in a "Scrapple from the Apple" quintet. Vig’s ensemble impressed with "Jet Flight" and "Autumn Leaves" among other pieces.
The Las Vegas area faces a property tax boost of about 800000 for county funds as revaluation adds to the tax base while total new construction reaches 110 million this year, signaling roughly 5 million more for the tax collector with three months left. Also noted are stalled action on a Beatty arrest affecting 507 Jackson St pawn shop licensing and several permits for major developments in West Las Vegas, Greenbriar, Maryland Park Way, and Henderson including Tropicana Square Apartments.
The International Hotel debuts a four week Hawaiian season led by Don Ho with 80 performers in the Showroom Internationale. A Polynesian revue features Tahitian dancers and artists like Hilo Hatti Angel Pablo and the Bobby Morris Orchestra backs the show as Check mates, Ltd. headlines nightly through Oct. 22.
A writer remarks on Playboy announcing film production and the spillover into everyday life. Jokes about censorship, a theater marquee arrest for reading it, and reactions to a film titled Am Curious Yellow illustrate heightened tensions over sexual content and social norms.
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