National Affairs: LAS VEGAS: IT JUST COULDN'T HAPPEN

LAS VEGAS: "IT JUST COULDN'T HAPPEN

$200 Million Bonanaza in Glitter Gulch, Paradise A and Paradise B

This is the most fabulous place in the world," sighed Marlene Dietrich. " Any where else—pouf, I would not .go. But this is different. Las Vegas is the only gay place left in the world. This is how Paris used to be before the war." Marlene, 48, was preparing for a three-week engagement at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas next month, for the record-breaking stipend of $90,000. Her opening night has been set for Dec. 15, an arrangement that thriftily divides her paydays into two...

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