Vegas Strip At A Glance
Thieves hit Dick Brandt of the Casta Ways in broad daylight stealing his 265 year old priceless bass fiddle from the Samoa Room stage after the last set. The instrument bears a dark brown finish and inscriptions including the repairer from 1929.
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Dick Brandt
The
Casta
Samoa
Entertainers share pet peeves and jazz recording debut
Singer Johnny Ricco recalls a fan who speaks up sudden. He meets a man who asks in a chest puffing way, Who am I. George Young records in Chicago marking his first jazz venture. Freddie Bell and Roberta Linn perform at the Living Room with Stan Musial and Lou Burdette enjoying the show.
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Johnny Ricco
George Young
Riviera
Freddie Bell
Roberta Linn
Windy City
Stan
Musial
Lou Burdette
Movies in Space New X-Ray System Aids Gemini Tests
Fluoroscopic movies and instant X rays help ensure Gemini spacecraft components operate correctly during long duration and rendezvous missions. Picker X Ray Corporation's system for McDonnell Aircraft Corp shows in motion inner workings of a liquid oxygen valve and sealed relay switches as they switch on and off.
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New York
UPI
Gemini
Picker X-Ray Corporation
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
The Characters headlining Sahara Casbar engagements
The Characters Carmen Bacari Freddie Baccari Johnny Riece and Blackie Hunt draw large crowds in Reno Ta hoe and Sahara. They plan a San Francisco Galaxy debut in November and return to the Sahara December 3rd after a Reno engagement. Their rising fame comes from recordings and TV exposure.
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Sahara Casbar
Carmen
Freddie Baccari
Johnny Riece
Blackie Hunt
Reno
Tahoe
The
Sahara
San Francisco
Casbar
New
Golden Hotel
Hara
Las Vegas
Communist Influence Rising Among Local Officials in Japan
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Ichirobei Kusano reported that over 5,000 city government employees and 1,224 Japanese city councilmen are Communists or Communist sympathizers. He noted 279 Communist seats gained in the spring elections.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Ichirobei Kusano
Eleanor Powell Opens Four-Week Dunes Engagement
America's dancing queen Eleanor Powell returns to the Arabian Room at the Dunes Hotel for a four week run. Rip Taylor joins her with comedic bits while Arturo Romero and His Magic Violins perform alongside. The show runs at 8 p.m. and midnight nightly.
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Eleanor Powell
Dunes Hotel
the Dunes
Rip Taylor
Frankie Laine
Arturo Romero
Angela Lansbury Signs in for The Out of Towners
Angela Lansbury checks into Warner Bros. for a co-starring role with Glenn Ford and Geraldine Page in The Out of Towners film project.
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Hollywood
UPI
Angela Lansbury
Warner Bros
Glenn Ford
Geraldine Page
Alan King Headlines Rush of Vegas Satire at Sands
In Las Vegas, Alan King delivers sharp social comedy at the Sands Hotel critiquing airlines insurers and health promoters while taunting his family. The piece notes Liz Taylor and Richard Burton in The VIP’s on screen and updates on Eddie Fisher, the Kim Sisters, Randy Rydell, and Joey Bishop at the Sands.
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Givene
Alan King
American Medical Association
Kine
Sands Hotel
New York
King
Maxie Rosenbloom
Las Vegas
the Sands
Liz Tayior
Dickie Burton
FL Portal
Liz
Louis Jourdan
Dick Burton
London
Dickie
Orson Welles
Eddie Fisher
Kim Sisters
Eddie
Temple Beth Sholom Services
Randy Rydell
Channel & Tomorrow
Joey Bishop
Frank Sinatra
Joey
The
Sands
Frank
Jack Eniatter
Bishop
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Joan Collins
Anthony Newley
Mac
Sellers
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Frances Faye
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Dane
Victor Borge
Tallyho
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Jack
Juanita Hall
Arlene Fontana
Barry Ashton
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Pat Moreno
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Dae
Teresa Brewer
Harry
Woo Woo
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Viarty Hein
Miss Powell
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Lee Vegas
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Richard Priborsky
Ron Lewis
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