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Argus-Leader from Sioux Falls, South Dakota • Page 34

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Slonx Palli Argn-Leader IOC Sunday, March 8, 1959 4 1 i Show Girl Says Las Vegas Evil In Front of-Not Behind Footlights 3 By JAMES BACON Hollywood (J) The only thing wrong with Las Vegas' monumental in cities such as Paris and London. The Place De La Concorde in Paris is quite hopeless at certain times of the day. You could walk faster if you weren't in deadly danger merely by setting foot on that square. LONDON the bobbies tow away cars that are obstructing the flow of traffic. Late afternoon is regarded bare bosomed showgirls is the way Americans, especial 1 ly the men, behave wnue watching them, one of the imported beauties declared today.

In Europe," declared 19- as rush hour but nobody year-old Lilo Eichberg of Munich, "I was considered does mucn rusmng. They re too busy waiting in queues for the fellow in front to an artist and got the respect due an artist I never once felt embarrassed or that move along. there was anything wrong in In the low countries famed what I did. if illliilllISP ppi for years for the number of bicyclists, you have to be mighty agile at the wheel to 5 keep from causing mass may hem to the men and women pedaling along. In Spain you have to dodge burros and wagons, and at V-v atx.

7 ,1 "Europeans think the body of a young woman is something beautiful, not something that you whistle at or chew gum by. My mother would never allow me to do anything wrong. And she is proud of my work." Lilo, a combination of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Kim Novak and a little of Jayne Mansfield, is appearing in "La Nouvelle Eve," the Paris show that was recently imported intact to Las Vegas' El Rancho Vegas. night this is difficult because they don't come equipped witn lignts. What are the European governments doing about the 1.

i 1 traffic snarls? Swiss authorities, who say their roads are unable to The show revived the gam bling resort's long-simmering cope with the mounting traf- ic, plan to build two highways, an east-west road battle of the nudes and even touched off a legislative bill IMPORT; IJln Eichber? of Munich, a member Germany are still inadequate and the accident rate Is the highest in the world. Traffic in Rome, the Eternal City (right), is an eternal mess. This is the Via del Tritone, a one-way street However, there are no compulsory lanes and drivers can, and do, change position on the street at wilL TRAFFIC CONTRAST Virtually every European country has 1 traffic problem. West Germany, with its auto-bahns (left), handles traffic well over main thoroughfares. This is a stretch of superhighway between Frankfurt and Heidelberg.

The Germans pioneered in the development of the super-highway. However, secondary roads in West and a north-south one. if th "La NohvpUp Eve" show which has rekindled the which would ban bare bosoms Swedish officials estimate it will cost $4 billion to put "bare bosom" controversy in Las Vegas, demonstrates her talent as a dancer. their highway system in shape to deal with modern traffic. In a country of seven in Nevada.

"I think the Nevada parliament should make a law that would make the audiences behave," said Lilo. "All of us in the show were shocked opening night The men stamped their feet, whistled, screamed, winked at us, million, there were some 900,000 cars registered last year, not to mention 8,000 Usual Slow-Paced Life of Europe Being Revolutionized by Auto buses and coaches, 113,000 trucks, 230,000 motorcycles and half a million mopeds bicycles with motors. These THE SHOE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL FIT were eight times as many vehicles as were registered are barreling ahead on new remembered from a decade or two'ago would be shocked in 1938. car production. slow-paced life of Europe.

An American tourist on a sentimental journey to some picturesque European village By HERB ALTSCHULL Associated Press Stiff Writer A motor car revolution is changing the traditionally to see streams of cars and And it's not only the well BRITAIN HAS launched tolo who are buying them. trucks filing through its narrow streets. its biggest roadbuilding pro gram, planning a total of 850 The changes have been Officials at the Volkswagen works in Wolfsburg, biggest auto factory on the European continent, estimate that 40 miles of superhighways linking much of the country. fashion jewel Spain, whose roads were per cent of their production swift and there is no doubt the automobile is here to stay. In Sweden, one in every two families owns a car.

In England and France, it's one in every three. the best in Europe before the 1936 civil war, has done little since. Now the Franco last year went to workers and white collar employes. This compares to 6 per cent five sometimes with their wives at the same table. And all the time chewing gum.

Americans must chew lots of gum, no?" As she talked, she puffed her cheeks into a hilarious caricature of gum chewers. "If we were strip teasers or did anything suggestive," commented Lilo, "then our reception would be deserved. What we do is art and not what you call burlesque." Lilo's blast is one of the first from the bosom brigade in the months-old battle of nudity. Surprisingly, she came to Hollywood to make the remarks in an interview. Besides civic and church groups, the battle has pitted hotel owner against hotel owner.

Jack Entratter of the Sands and Ben Goffstein of the Riviera are leaders of the anti-nudity faction while Beldon Katleman of El Rancho and owners of the Star regime has launched a 165- years ago. million-dollar roadbuilding Even in underdeveloped In most of Europe your new lift for fashion's new look fabulously popular program. nv calf status in the world is marked West Germany, which was Spain there is one car for every 49. Five years ago it was one in 450. by what you drive.

It's not uncommon for a worker to the world pioneer in superhighways in Adolf Hitler's While the motor car is start with a bicycle and move massive autobahn program, bringing Europeans together and helping to wipe out an right up to a motorcycle, a has embarked on a four-year plan that will cost $1 billion. It is aimed at creating tiny car -and ultimately standard model. cient hatreds, it is also creating new problems. THE LOWEST PRICE EUROPEAN governments standard car on the market must cope not only with so 1,200 more miles of superhighways. There are 1,300 miles of them now.

But secondary roads in West Germany remain in Slim silhouettes carved In soft, supple adds a mysterious sparkle to your newest fashions. Only Naturalizer could make a pump this pretty andthis in Western Europe is the cial changes including the ormfit Volkswagen. Its de luxe new role of women who are now driving cars in ever model sells West Germany for about $1,000. greater numbers but with a The small Italian Fiat sells steadily rising accident toll. for about the same price.

The And they must somehow con French Renault is perhaps comfortable vert the age-old towpaths $50 more expensive. That adequate. Holland, with the best road network in Europe, is working hard to improve what it has. One new problem arose for the Dutch last year when the major highway between Rotterdam and the Hague suddenly began to waggle and buckle. soft ground underneath couldn't stand the pressure of 26,000 cars into modern highways.

Some Europeans are wort same Renault sells for $1,800 dust and Dunes are pro-nude. The Stardust imported Paris' Lido show to touch off the controversy while the Dunes imported pure Min-sky. Entratter and Goffstein believe that nudity and gambling don't mix and that the undressed girls will make the wives of high-rolling businessmen confine their gambling to Saturday night poker in Spain, whose government ing hard to safeguard the Black 53fe" makes a big take on car sales 12.95 artistic past In Florence, for through rigid price fixing. instance, an organization has In the middle-price range the French Citroen DS-19 sprung up to try to keep a new Italian superhighway sells for $2,500, the Swedish Black Patent parties. Volvo for $2,000 and a host away from the city.

The Florentines are afraid the of competing British econ highway would mean new in omy class cars for about $1,700. dustries and consequent damage to the "city of art." DEEP U-SCOOP BACK taya low. Elastic extended shoulder strapa hold bra high, You can pay as much as $24,000 for Rolls-Royce But most cities want new highways as close as possible The big Mercedes limousine costs about $7,000, the flashy as a booster to the city's in LEE AND LINCOLN Newport News, Va. Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln will be closely associated in the future as real comrades in arms.

A fleet ballistic missile submarine here will be named the Robert E. Lee and a sister ship under construction at Portsmouth, N.H., will bear the name of. the former a day. The great increase in the number of cars on the road has been a key factor in the rise in highway accidents. Driving habits are another.

In the United States it has long been recognized that a motor car is a lethal weapon. Europeans, newer to the driving game, are just learning this mortal In Italy there were 75.000 more accidents last year than in 1953, and 150,000 more than in 1938. Similar figures can be repeated for country after dustrial potential. Italian Ferrari about $10,000, How great is the recent in American cars sell well in some places, particularly the crease in auto production? England and West Ger Benelux countries. In Sweden there is a flourishing market for used American many each produced over a million cars last year.

In 304 So. Phillip Tom Shepherd, Mgr. Germany this was nearly cars three to five years old They bring around S600. three times as many as in These millions of cars run 1953. Production in France ning around Europe have country in western Europe.

EXCLUSIVE! is 'advancing almost as rapidly. Italy and Sweden also created traffic jams that are ELASTIC STITCHING I jfif, til UNDEBCUP aelf ad- I wi 1 1 juating. Low all-elastie Accidents increased nearly twofold in the past five years in Sweden. In England they Table Extends to 6 Feet! JACKKNIFE F01D-AWAY 18-INCH LIAF were up 30,000, in Holland 50,000. THE DEATH RATE is not going up as speedily as the accident rate largely because the greater number of accidents happen in cities, where fatalities are not so common as on the open road.

It also appears that the reflexes so critical in driving develop in different ways in different countries. The volatile Latin driver, for instance, has razor-sharp reflexes. He drives at high speeds and manages just to miss hundreds of mishaps. The cab driver in Paris is" a Fashion fresh patent to footnote a bright new season 1 QualiCraft's sqlute to a colorful the accent of sleek black, tapered, winged with bow-contrast of patent wild-eyed illustration. The more phlegmatic German has slower reflexes.

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Britain was second with France third with As for traffic deaths, West Germany had 12,386, France 8,085, Italy 6,875, Britain 5,550. In most of Europe there are no speed limits on the open roads. Little by little, however, authorities are moving in with restrictions as they realize the automobile is destined to be a permanent problem. WRONG HUNTINGTON COMPARE AT 169" An outstanding dinette valve! Beautiful 7-plece Chromcraft set hat modem bronze tone frames with wild bras trim. Kg 36x54' table top extends to a full 6 feet Durable plastic top in Sahara walnut resists bum and stains.

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