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Scherer building Las Vegas Landmark TowerRedlands Daily Facts. October 14, 1961

Inspect Landmark. Las Vegas Sun. February 14, 1962

Landmark Tower Lives Up to Its Name. Las Vegas Sun. February 21, 1962

Radio KVEG Makes Debut in Las Vegas. Las Vegas Sun. February 23, 1962

Gambling Rises In the World - Up to 2nd Floor. Reno Gazette-Journal. March 14, 1962

Way Up. Las Vegas Sun. April 22, 1962

Hofferd Named Manager Of Landmark Tower Hotel. Las Vegas Sun. June 10, 1962

Ear To the Door. Las Vegas Sun. July 22, 1962

Select Shelter. Las Vegas Sun. August 17, 1962

Toots by Boots. Las Vegas Sun. September 28, 1962

Landmark Tower Tale Revealed. Las Vegas Sun. February 24, 1963

Damage Suit Filed Over New Facility. Reno Gazette-Journal. May 21, 1963

Landmark Tower Foreclosure Halted. Las Vegas Sun. June 19, 1963

Landmark Tower Heads for Auction. Las Vegas Sun. October 22, 1964

Around the Horn. Las Vegas Sun. August 30, 1965

Here's the latest on the future of the Landmark Tower. Las Vegas Sun. September 14, 1965

Nevada's Tallest Unoccupied Structure: Landmark Tower. Reno Gazette-Journal. December 27, 1965

Landmark Tower Talk in Progress. Las Vegas Sun. May 26, 1966

Landmark Tower Plans Filed in Las Vegas. Reno Gazette-Journal. July 06, 1966

Landmark Tower - - New Life. Las Vegas Sun. August 17, 1966

Teamster Money Will Complete Landmark Tower. Las Vegas Sun. August 17, 1966

Vegas Hotel Construction to Resume. Independent. August 19, 1966

Work to Be Resumed on Las Vegas Casino. The Los Angeles Times. August 19, 1966

Scherer awarded contract to finish Vegas projectRedlands Daily Facts. August 23, 1966

Landmark's Elevator to be Speedy. Las Vegas Sun. August 25, 1966

Last Wake. Las Vegas Sun. August 26, 1966

Las Vegas: How it has grownBillboard. August 27, 1966

New Spot. Las Vegas Sun. September 26, 1966

Landmark Builder Told 'License Down Drain'. Las Vegas Sun. November 11, 1966

Landmark Hotel Delays Opening in Las VegasThe News. October 17, 1967

Scherer gets Tower bid. Redlands Daily Facts. November 01, 1967

Landmark Tower: On Again - Off Again. Las Vegas Sun. March 10, 1968

Caroll Rescinds Gaming Request for Landmark. Las Vegas Sun. April 23, 1968

Trust Deed Holders Sue for Building. Las Vegas Sun. May 16, 1968

Landmark Owner Sees D.A. Dismiss Charges. Las Vegas Sun. June 13, 1968

Police Hint Suicide in Plane Crash. Las Vegas Sun. August 04, 1968

Landmark May Be 'Mattressless'. Las Vegas Sun. August 25, 1968

Bankruptcy Hearings For Landmark Ordered (Pt. 1). Las Vegas Sun. August 30, 1968

Bankruptcy Hearings For Landmark Ordered (Pt. 2). Las Vegas Sun. August 30, 1968

Hughes Will Pay $17.3 Million For 28-Story Las Vegas Hotel. Arizona Daily Star. October 24, 1968

Hughes Gets ApprovalVirgin Islands Daily News. January 20, 1969

Landmark Tower Opening Cleared. Nevada State Journal. June 27, 1969

Astronauts at Landmark Opening. Reno Gazette-Journal. July 01, 1969

Finishing touches made for two Vegas hotel openingsLas Vegas Sun. July, 01, 1969

New Skyline for Vegas. Nevada State Journal. July 01, 1969

20 Million Key Opens Hughes' 6th Vegas Hotel. The Los Angeles Times. July 03, 1969

$5.5 million asked in suit against Hughes. Reno Gazette-Journal. October 04, 1969

Country Gaining in Las Vegas HotelsBillboard. February 06, 1971

Court rejects hotel suit against Hughes firm. Arizona Republic. February 27, 1971

Landmark Hotel to expand in Las Vegas. Reno Gazette-Journal. April 20, 1971

Vegas Landmark Opens a DiscoBillboard. February 08, 1975

Las Vegas' Landmark Set A Disco Record for FirstBillboard. February 22, 1975

Las Vegas Jarred By Strike. The Daily Herald. March 12, 1976

Las Vegas hotel gas leak kills 1; scores injuredThe Herald. July 16, 1977

Landmark manager resigns. Reno Gazette-Journal. January 10, 1978

Summa Corp. sells famed Landmark Hotel. Reno Gazette-Journal. January 13, 1978

Casino Hotel ManagerEbony. April 1979

Bell & Beckwith Trustee Granted Authority for Business OperationUnited Press International, Inc.. February 23, 1983

Part Owner Sues to Prevent SaleThe Bryan Times. August 03, 1983

Beckwith Partner Gets 25-year Jail TermThe New York Times. September 07, 1983

Landmark Hotel is receiving a facelift. Arizona Republic. December 04, 1983

Gaming Whiz Turns Failure Into Success. The Palm Beach Post. December 25, 1983

Nuclear test felt in Las VegasMontgomery County Record. November 17, 1986

Vegas hotel fire was arson. Reno Gazette-Journal. January 14, 1987

Strong Earthquake Rocks Southern CaliforniaThe Post-Standard. November 24, 1987

Melinda continues Landmark shows during the summer. The Los Angeles Times. June 26, 1988

Bankrupt Landmark Hotel-Casino Gets ReprieveUnited Press International, Inc.. February 22, 1990

Las Vegas hotel opens as world's largest. The Kokomo Tribune. June 01, 1990

$35.5 million offer accepted for Landmark sale. Reno Gazette-Journal. July 03, 1990​

Landmark Hotel begins shutting down tables. The Daily Spectrum. August 07, 1990

Lloyds Bank Buys Vegas Casino. The Los Angeles Times. December 07, 1990

Morris Leaves Legacy of Giving to the CommunityLas Vegas Sun. July 20, 1998

The magic of neonLas Vegas Sun. August 27, 2006

Hunt Bono recalls Landmark opening, implosion. Las Vegas Review-Journal. November 07, 2015

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Resort City in the SunbeltEugene P. Moehring. 2000

When the Snow Melts: The Autobiography of Cubby Broccoli. Albert R. Broccoli. April 1999

Tower in the Sky. Velvin C. Cooper. 2006

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IN RE BELL & BECKWITH, 68 B.R. 558. United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, W.D.. November 20, 1986

IN RE BELL & BECKWITH, 87 B.R. 476. United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, W.D.. May 26, 1988

LANDMARK HOTEL & CASINO, INC. V. MOORE. Supreme Court of Nevada. June 28, 1988

LANDMARK HOTEL & CASINO, INC. V. TRADE UNIONSNinth Circuit Court of Appeals. April 11, 1989

MORRIS V. BANK OF AMERICA NEVADA. Supreme Court of Nevada. November 30, 1994

UNITED STATES V. DIPENTINONinth Circuit Court of Appeals. March 13, 2001

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PARCEL OWNERSHIP HISTORYClark County Assessor's Office

Landmark. Emporis

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An Interview with Faye ToddLas Vegas Women in Gaming and Entertainment Oral History Project, UNLV. October 15, 1996

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