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of of 1, by DISTRIBUTION CO FOR a bilm MMUNICATIONS Entertainment Saturday, Jan. 1, 1983 Salinas Californian 25 Nothing costs 'Midnight Idol' his lustre By ROBERT MACY Associated Press LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) Writer. cooled their wheels as the sleek maroon and white helicopter piloted by Wayne Newton slipped across the busy traffic pattern at McCarran International Airport. Newton thanked the controllers for the clearance.

"You betcha," came the reply. "We've gotta protect our Midnight Despite the most harrowing and controversial two years of his life, one thing is certain Newton has lost none of his lustre in this entertainment mecca. Death threats and a multi- dollar defamation lawsuit he is pressing against NBC have taken their toll on the popular star who turned 40 in April. Yet he found time in 1982 to entertain 43 weeks, 30 charity performances, sell one Strip hotel, buy into two others and begin an international timeshare resort chain. Now he's betting a fortune his city will rebound from economic problems he blames on bottomline barons who have "forgotten what made Las Vegas great." Newton upset that only four hotels still feature name entertainers in a town long known as "the city of the stars." "They've taken their own inability and lack of creativity and blamed it all on the entertainers," he says of hotel chiefs who have opted for production shows in the wake of escalating star salaries.

He will earn between $12 million and $14 million in 1982 a far cry from the $350 a week he and brother Jerry drew while doing six shows a night, six nights a week at the Fremont Hotel lounge. That was 1957, when the star-struck teen-ager from North Phoenix High bypassed a shot at West Point and quit school late in his junior year to head for the dusty desert town. Las Vegas has grown ten-fold since those days; Newton's stature many times that. They've named a major street after him and kept some hotels alive because of his drawing power and political clout. But he's paying a price for the high visibility: -Death threats have prompted the hiring of karate-trained bodyguards and elaborate security devices at his high $8 million, 52-acre Casa de Shenandoah ranch on the city's southeast side.

-His purchase of the Aladdin in October of 1980 led to allegations by NBC that mob money was involved; allegations he's challenging in a bitter, costly defamation lawsuit against the network. -And, as the city's most celebrated of celebrities, he's taking on corporate chiefs he says "could conceivably ruin this town" by shunning entertainers and caring more about the bottom line than the customer. The death threats, sparked by a sour business deal and television reports he would testify against the mob, have given him a new perspective on his fame. "If anyone ever harmed a hair on my daughter or wife's head, it wouldn't be worth it," he says of Erin, 6, and Elaine, his wife of 15 years. The threats have subsided now, but worries over his family continue to gnaw at him.

Newton discussed his frantic past year during a quiet afternoon interview in the den of his Southernstyle mansion, one of eight homes in the oasis-like, showplace ranch complex where his parents and a Movie guide Salinas Cinema 363 Main St. "Pursuit of D.B. Cooper," 7:10 p.m., "E.T. The Extra- Terrestrial," 9:05 p.m.. both rated PG.

Cinema 517 S. Main St. "First Blood," 6:30 and 10:05 p.m.. 1 and "Night Hawks," 8:19 p.m., both rated R. Northridge Cinemas, Northridge Shopping Center "The Dark Crystal." rated PG, 12, 1:50, 3:40, 5:30, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

"Once Upon A 12:05, 2:05, 4:05, 6:35 and 8:35 p.m., and "Peter Pan." 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 7 and 9 p.m., both rated G. 'Tootsie," rated PG, 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8 and 10:20 p.m. '48 Hours," rated 12:15, 2:15. 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 and 10:15 p.m. "Best Friends." rated PG, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:50 and 10 p.m.

rated PG. 12:30, 2:15, 4, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:45. "Six Weeks," 3:20 and 7:30 p.m., and "On Golden Pond, 1:15, 5:25 and 9:35 p.m., both rated PG. "The rated PG, 12, 2, 6:05, 8:10 and 10:20 p.m. Salinas Auto Movies, E.

Market St. and Simas "E.T. The 7 and 10:30 p.m., and 8:55 p.m.. both rated PG. "Fast Times At Ridgemont High," 7 and 10:34 p.m., and "Trail of The Pink Panther." 9:05 p.m., both rated R.

7 "The Empire Strikes Back," and 10:28 p.m., and "Star Trek 11, 8:50 p.m, both rated PG. 7 p.m., "The Fifth Floor," 8:50 p.m., and "Beyond The Door. 10:23 p.m., all rated R. Skyview Drive In, Sanborn Road and Garner Avenue "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," 7 and 10:58 p.m., and "Conan The 8:51 p.m., both rated R. Monterey Peninsula Carmel Village Theater, Dolores and Seventh Street 'Six Weeks, rated PG, 1:30, 3:30, 7 and 9:05 p.m.

Carmel Center Cinemas, Hwy. and Rio Road "Tootsie," rated PG. 2:15, 4:30, 7 and 9:25 p.m. "The Verdict. rated 1:30, 3:50, 6:30 and 9 p.m.

Cinema 70, Del Monte Shopping Center "Best Friends," rated PG, 1:45, 4, 7 and 9:15 p.m. Dream Theater, 301 Prescott at Lighthouse Ave. "Peter Pan," rated 11:30, 1:30, 3:30, 6:30 and "Still of The Night." rated PG, 1:30 and 7 p.m., and "Diner." rated 3:15 and 8:45 p.m. "The Rocky Horror Picture Show. rated 10 p.m.

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"We're putting together an entertainment policy that will make the town proud and bring it back to what it's supposed to be," he says of his pact with Lowden. "We'll be signing some of the stars who helped make this town great," Newton said. "After all, you can go anywhere in this town and the gambling's the same the tables, the slots, the odds. The reason you go to one particular hotel is to be entertained. It's so elementary, it's frightening." "We've got so much going for us," the Roanoke, Va.

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Senate seat. Newton's Washington connections carry little weight with one of the maids who run his mansion. "I came home recently from a concert in Chicago, got in about 8 a.m., and told the maid not to awaken me," Newton laughed. "Well, the White House called three times and, sure enough, she didn't wake me." Erin finds her famous father more accessible. "She ran in one morning to tell me there was a baby hippopotamus on our lawn," Newton said.

"I got out of bed and took her outside. It was a baby While Elaine, the beautiful daughter of a Japanese industrialist, serves coffee, Erin flits about the spacious mansion. At one point she interrupted the interview to ask her famous father "Do you have to go to work tonight?" "Yes," replies Newton, who will earn more in his 100 minutes on the Caesars Palace stage that evening than the average American earns in a year. The ranch includes peacocks roaming around two willow-lined lakes. of Newton's 160 brick prize Arabian horses are housed in a stable up the road from the a antebellum mansion Southern boy dreams of owning The remainder of the horses are kept at a second Newton ranch a 218-acre spread about 70 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

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