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The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 4

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A4 THE SUN Aug. 31, 1972 Sammy Negotiates A Piece of Vegas FAMILY BAT 5HE aOSEOUT! iL jfflELaf QrW' 1 ilSS It 4t-i It i r- I ti :1 office," Davis told Bybee and newsmen. Davis noted that when he first appeared at the old El Rancho Vegas in 1944 racial discrimination was such that "you had to enter in the back and you had to come in through the kitchen and you couldn't play in the casino and you couldn't live on the strip and the only place you could eat was the bus station." He said he hopes his part ownership in the Tropicana "will be the beginning of many of my people comirjg in and being able to participate in some of that nice green out there." "I'm as proud as punch," he added, saying, "I wasn't this nervous with the President. It's marvelous." Davis follows others in the "clan" Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in leaving the showroom of the Sands, owned by billionaire Howard Hughes. He said he wouldn't be leaving if the opporunity for part ownership hadn't come up.

"I wouldn't leave the Sands to go to some other place in town for money." LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) -Entertainer Sammy Davis who couldn't get a room in a major resort hotel here when he began appearing in 1941, took the initial step this week to become the first black to own part of a major Las Vegas Strip hotel. Davis, accompanied Tropicana Hotel owner Deil Gustafson, picked up his state gaming application from the Nevada Gaming Control Board. He is seeking to be licensed to own 8 per cent of the Tropicana. The percentage arrangement was part of a deal to lure him from the Sands Hotel where he has been a mainstay for many years.

Shannon Bybee, a member of the control board, told Davis that after the application is completed, gaming control officials will have to investigate his background and the state Gaming Commission will have to rule on whether to grant the license. "It's a very heavy moment for me to realize that a lot of water has run under the bridge to bring me to this Orig. 4.99. Quality boat shoes with air-conditioned ormy duck uppers, cushion insole arch supports. Herringbone design gum crepe rubber outsoles, outside counter tabs and puffed foam topline.

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Jolly and her husband Bay piled into the family Jeep and dashed 25 miles to the Boise, Idaho, airport to catch the 8 a.m. flight to Salt Lake Total cost of education, including a family move to Toronto while she obtained her master's degree: More City. The actual flight time was only 45 minutes, "just like a long bus ride In a metropolitan area." But the fare was a little steeper: $B0 round trip. Mrs. Jolly kept a family car at the Salt Lake International Airport from which she drove to the Utah campus just in time for her 10 a.m.

class. She returned to Caldwell on Thursday each week. The routine was repeated some 40 times during the three years, and Mrs. Jolly only missed class once, when the Boise airport was socked in with fog. "I guess it becomes more important to make the effort to attend class when you live far away," she said.

She chose the University of 4 DAY SALE VjgEL bio savings event? VaCS 9 SHOP-AT-HOIVIE tQgl than $30,000. "But it was worth it," said her husband, "because a woman should exercise her intellectual abilities. Hopefully, my wife's efforts to improve her education will symbolize to other women the importance of realizing their potential." 57 Aboard, A'one Injured Airliner Makes Emergency Landing imately 12:50 p.m. PDT, an airline spokesman said. The craft was met at the runway by two fire trucks but taxied to the terminal under its own power, escorted by the fire trucks, witnesses said.

41. il I iin rn a hole about two feet across in the engine mounted under the left wing and caused the plane to shudder violently. Passengers interviewed at the airport declined to describe what happened as an explosion but said they felt a sudden jolt, followed by "tremendous vibration." The pilot then shut down the left engine and the plane landed at Sacramento about five minutes later at approx SACKAMENTO (AP)-A United Air Lines jetliner with 57 persons aboard made an emergency landing on one engine here yesterday after unexplained trouble ripped a large hole in one of its two engines. No injuries were reported. About.

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