“It’s drafty,” said a woman dealer who wanted to remain anonymous. “I think it’s indecent exposure,” said Peta Pommarito, day shift manager at another casino.Ī few commenters noted the impracticality of the idea: ![]() “It’s lewd,” said Reverend Glenn Tudor, a member of the Clark County Ministerial Association. Harvey Dickerson announced that if the Nugget went forward with its plan, he’d “seek a court injunction to halt this affront to the decent and law abiding citizens of Nevada” and urge the gambling authorities to consider pulling its gaming permit ( Reno Evening Gazette, April 15, 1966).Ĭommunity members shared their thoughts, too: Allegedly, the North Las Vegas business had hired women willing to work naked to the waist and told its other female employees to either comply or get fired.Ī.G. This, too, was the gist of the complaints the Nevada attorney general (A.G.) received in April. The Silver Nugget casino announced it would debut topless, female, 21 (blackjack) dealers during the midnight to 8 a.m. Boyer says his costume would attract women customers and eliminate current furor over the use of peakaboo blouses, but ‘it’s chilly.’” (That was the original caption to this UPI Telephoto that ran in the Las Vegas Sun on April 20, 1966.) ![]() ![]() “Male Cheesecake?: Jerry Boyer of Reno’s Holiday Hotel offers his spoof of topless ’21’ dealers employed at the Silver Nugget in North Las Vegas.
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