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Las Vegas centennial news clippings
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MILESTONE L i f e M W cUjoS ~ Happy Birthday, Vegas! This month marks Sin City’s centennial: It was 100 years ago that an auction of 110 dusty acres in the Mojave Desert planted seeds for w hat’s become a shim m ering symbol of excess. Musicians, mobsters, and molls populate the legend. Today, stroller-pushing moms and dads, lured by roller coasters, water rides, and other over-the-top family fare, also make the scene. And what a scene it is. The birth of G litter Gulch: Gam bling’s legalization in New York mobsters like Meyer Lansky, seen on a casino 1 9 3 1 turned Fremont Street into a bettor’s paradise. site in Vegas, w ent west in droves after W orld W ar II. Jake Freedm an, an owner of the Sands casino, w ith an off-duty showgirl at the roulette table, circa 1 9 5 5 . Ring-a-ding: The Rat Pack’s Dino, Sammy, and Frank set a tone of bawdy conviviality in the early ’60s.