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Hughes
[edit]I followed this source: [1] in changing the purchase price to $13 million and adding other details. JamesMLane 19:52, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
That's cool. I just wanted some of these old Vegas resorts to have an entry. Thanks for changing some of the info. Why I thought he was just a millionaire is a mystery. Tallyho70 19:50, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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atomic bombs and the Desert Inn sky room
[edit]Oral history interview with Charles A. Bennett conducted by Michael E. Kulwin on 5 March 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Describes atomic bombs and the Desert Inn sky room
https://special.library.unlv.edu/ark%3A/62930/f1v331