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Show 4 ' 1 4A DESERET NEWS. TUESDAY, ; 8, 1973 Off all things: Remembering Las Vegas H&wsIMlSItpps V 4 By Terrell Dongas with saloons, cigar store Indian. complete buildings, tI used to go to Las Vegas twice a year with my family on our way to California. i: : MAY i 1 i and the Right behind that town were real stables, where you could rent horses and go riding out on the desert. We would make the final dusty run down the barren, quiet strip to the Last Frontier Hotel, a western lodge with a long rectangular swimming pool out in front. Inside the lobby were ceilings and pine logs for bannisters. You smelled saddle leather and roast beef and you saw gigantic paintings of cattle wranglers. If you sat on the big leather wcgon-whecouch, your feet would be on a rug of cowhide in front of the big fireplace.. Out in back they had the Last Frontier Village, a replica of an old western town, high-beam- i Sometimes, if we got into Las Vegas early enough in the evening, I would get to ride for a half hour or so. You could smell the desert and sage cooling off in the evening. If I didnt have time to ride, at least I could run in the dining room and grab some sugar lumps and then spend time patting the horses and the old western exploring town. Then our whole family would go swimming in the pool which seemed so glam- - ADD BEAUTY TO YOUR HOME with an EXQUISITE MIRROR heart-shape- d or 3515 South J00 West f (formerly 2nd West) 7 Phone Opmt 8 to 5 weekdays Set. byeppeinbiwd V V2 V 18-2- 0 38-5- 2 twinkling with r, beyond. rooms. Now the iobby smells of smoke and human beings and perfume. The main roar that you leave on the highway as you enter vae lobby changes to the clatter and clink of slot machines, people shouting, people being paged. The paintings in the lobby are of nudes, and the walls have turned into shops full of furs, souvenirs, and jewels. You look up and duck as a naked lady golden great, You step into the Silver Slipper and see, standing forlornly by the door, a wooden Indian. Could it be the same one? But your friends are calling. Come see the rent-a-cagency w ith the girls in pink wigs. You touch the wooden Indian before you leave, but he just keeps staring ahead, frozen and silent. Li tion confirmed that fact she could scarcely contain herself. Really, Dr. Curtis, I just cant believe it! Her eyes were shining, and for a moment her face was that of a woman only twenty. 14.95? you Value your mother as 14 Karat and genuine, we have the right family Ring for her that you won't If From Sweet 1 6 to 60! Pre Register at the Following Valley Fair Mali Stores: Valley Hallmark The Water Closet Zales Jewelry of. IF NORMANBERNDT House of Original Rings ' vaueypaiRmau 35th South and 27th West 323 So. 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If the pelvic out of Besides, abortion is hasnt descended by the the question; I dont even baby time you start labor it may be to want think about it. a to perform necessary Im not advocating abor- Caesarean. tion, Joyce," I replied. Im Joyce looked crestfallen. merely trying to paint a realOh, I hope not! Somehow, I istic picture. just wont feel as if Im a real Chances are youll, be all mother unless I Have a norright, and so will the baby. mal delivery. You're certainly in good I could understand her attihealth heart, blood pres- tude, but Joyce would be a and sure . . . 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