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

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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!

Here is a link to Wikipedia’s article on this newspaper.