Word: harrah
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hectic hours of freeloading fun in the public rooms and the gadget-strewn suites (each with its own bar). Upstairs was a great big polynesian-style restaurant, and downstairs was a great big gambling casino; across the street was another casino run by Reno's Bill Harrah and featuring Comedienne Phyllis Diller. Who could ask for anything more...
Everybody, apparently. Harrah-who already runs two casinos along the southern shore of the lake-is reportedly planning to put up a 25-story hotel next to his Tahoe club; ubiquitous Builder Del Webb will soon break ground for a 1,200-room hotel and casino; the Frank Sinatra pack owns an old hotel on the northern side and is aiming to make it ring-a-ding with a 300-room expansion. But it is the southern shore, where the customers from California most conveniently meet the casinos of Nevada, that is teeming with neon civilization...
...protective company of Dude Ranch Owner Harry Drackert and his wife, Mrs. Rockefeller turned up at Harrah's Club on Lake Tahoe's South Shore, at Squaw Valley and in Eugene's, one of Reno's top restaurants. She is rarely recognized; at Harrah's she spent 30 minutes with the one-armed bandits before anyone took notice...