New York Daily News 27 May 1978 Atlantic City Casinos Open Port Cop Slain Yankee

Description: New York Daily News 27 May 1978 Atlantic City Casinos Open Port Cop Slain Yankee New York Daily News (New Jersey Edition) - Saturday, May 27, 1978. This old newspaper features on the front page a picture of singer Steve Lawrence throwing the dice in the first legal craps game at the Resorts International casino in Atlantic City. (He lost $50) The headline is: 'Port Cop Slain, Gunman Killed' 'Steve's Toss Opens Casino To Thousands' - What you see in the pictures is what you get. Volume 59, Number 288. All 40 pages are included - LOOK AT THE PICTURES! Some of the contents: 'Barefoot Gunman, PA Cop Die in Bus Terminal Shootout' - Nemaia Hugar, of no known address, grabbed a policeman's gun and shot him with it before being shot and killed by another policeman, 'Gromyko Offers Nuke Pact, Raps Mondale' - Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko offered criticism of Vice President Mondale and proposals for deescalating the nuclear arms race and the UN. 'Thousands Vie for Casino Action' - The first legalized gambling outside of Nevada commenced with singer Steve Lawrence's roll of the dice at Resorts International casino in Atlantic City. 'They Came to Praise Colombo - Cops Didn't' - Friends and family come to church to honor the life of slain mobster Joseph Colombo - except for the police. . . 'Wayne Takes It Easy At the 71st Milepost' - Actor John Wayne takes it easy on his 71st birthday - with 'just one lung and a heart with a pig's valve in it'. 'Oldsters in drugs' - It's not kids any more - people over 60 are getting hooked, too.' Three out of four of the words in the Jumble word puzzle have been solved - can you figure out the last one?? Movie ads include: The Greek Tycoon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, High Anxiety, a small ad for Star Wars (about a year after it's release!), and several more! The centerfold has several pictures of action on the newly opened Atlantic City casino floors as well as a couple of bathing beauties. Don't miss Billy Dee Williams starring as Scott Joplin - the king of ragtime. The back page features pictures of New York Yankees Andy Messersmith and Catfish Hunter. and much more! Good used condition for 40+ year old newspaper! Some tears and wear around edges, all 40 pages are included - LOOK AT THE PICTURES! Because it is expensive to do business on ebay, all of our items are also listed elsewhere (for less dinero) and we reserve the right to end this listing early in the event of a sale somewhere else!

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