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Real Millennium comes with sober plans and redemption
A year after worldwide flawed festivities the real millennium is targeted by cities seeking redemption. The U S Naval Observatory hosts a sedate open house for 3000 to mark Jan 1 2001 while Denver Las Vegas and Los Angeles vow bolder plans. Denver eyes 100000 for a downtown fireworks daylong party. Las Vegas plans 500000 in ten minutes with doubled police crowd control. Los Angeles pledges better New Year’s Eve after last year’s fizzled bash. City officials quote lessons from 2000 87 000 tickets were given away for five events last year.
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New York
America
U.S. Naval Observatory
Washington
Steven Dick
Observatory
Las Vegas
Denver
Wellington Webb
Oscar Goodman
Los Angeles
Rita Walters