Las Vegas Jazz Scene Highlights Lana Cantrell and Frances Faye
The Las Vegas strip glitters with Frances Faye’s plug for Lana Cantrell, an Australian singer becoming a Vegas mainstay. Dovecote crowd names and showbiz chatter surround FF’s lounge performances, while Don Snyder’s 1963 September milestones punctuate the city’s entertainment pulse.
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Lana Cantrell
Thunderbird
Frances Faye
Lana
Australia
States
Las Vegas
Frances
George Matson
the Dunes
Kim Darvos
Jacqueline Douget
Michele Priestman
Joy Menham
Toni
Sheilah
Gabbie
Nikkie
Carla
The
Trap
Ron
Rickie
Chuck
Michele
Joy
Harvey
Faye
Terri Sheppard
Holly
Historic memoirs may be published in General Mac Arthur handwriting
Hy Gardner reports publishers including Time Life consider serializing Mac Arthur memoirs in the General's own handwriting. Observers say the manuscript is legible, while Rita Millar recalls Mack Millar's behind the scenes push for a public tribute to Bob Hope. Irving Berlin earned high honors for This Is the Army and other gifts to veterans, while Joe E Lewis opens a new Copacabana season noting social shifts. Mayor Wagner and NYC Council face finances as Cologne introduces parking meters on park benches.
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Arthur
Time-Life
Rita Millar
Kennedy
Bob Hope
Mack Millar
Mack
Stuart Symington
America
Laughmaker
Irving Ber
Congress
Eisenhower
God Bless America
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Irving
Foreign Legion of Honor
Joe E. Lewis
Jules Podell
Copacabana
Hollywood
Bugsie Siegel
Florence
Sophie Tucker
Joe
Bob Wagner
Cologne
Germany
Vegas TV ventures and stars crowd Las Vegas gossip
Vegas Dave Wolper travels to Boulder Dam area to scout as location for a dramatic TV series debuting late 64 into 65 and to feature the Sands hotel in Las Vegas. Danny Kaye signs Eileen Farrell for a guest shot with him on TV specs and Helen Traubel may appear in his nitery act. Wayne Newton headlines at the Fremont. Milwaukee police question his 17 age status and demand proof of age. The column also notes TV chatter, Garry Moore misstatements, and baseball predictions.
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Dave Wolper
Boulder Dam
Dave
Sands
Las Vegas
Danny Kaye
Eileen Farrell
The
Met
Jimmy Durante
Helen Traubel
Toronto
Canada
Cleopatra
Wayne Newton
Fremont
Milwaukee
Jerry
Wayne
Allison McKay
Ted
Garry Moore
Alan King
King
Sands Hotel
the Sands
Bobby Rydell
New York
Garry
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Dave Bradley
New Frontier
Don Snyder
Las Frontier
Danny Thomas
Leukemia
National Guard Armory
Kiwanis Club
Los Angeles
Fables
Las Vegas Convention Center
Ella
Myron
Ella Fitzgerald
Myron Cohen
Flamingo
Harry James
Hy Gardner
Douglas Mac
Barry Ashton
Dunes
Frankie Laines
Frankie Brent
EL Cortez
Domingo
Lee Poupees de Par Spm
MINT
Pat Moreno
Nevada
Royal Tahait
Riviera
Harry Belafonte
Sahara
Jeresa Brewer
Harry “Wan Woo
Steven
Sime
Lili
Tallyho
Marty Heim
Tropicana
Vegas
Ralph Pearl
Jack Carter
Jerry Lewis
Judy Garland
Joey Bishop
Betty Hutton
Ole Olson
Wichita
Chic Johnson
Sez Chic
Catherine
Ole
Olsen and Johnson
Jim Franciscus
Mr. Novak
Cutty
Richard Boone
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Yankees
Yankees
Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Willie Mays
Orlando Cepeda
Giants
Channel 8
Eleanor Powell
Miss Powell
Rip Taylor
Arturo Romero
Ron Lewis
Bill Reedie
Garwood van
Don Randi
Showtimes
Leon
Eorge Boyer
Sakura Twins
Japan
Peter Anthony
Ore Sre
Las Vegas Sun
Stan Irwin
Casbar Theatre
George Rock
Peter
Hank
Russ Cantor
Sawara
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