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Scherer building Las Vegas Landmark Tower. Redlands 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 project. Redlands 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 grown. Billboard. 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 Vegas. The 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 Approval. Virgin 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 openings. Las 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 Hotels. Billboard. 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 Disco. Billboard. February 08, 1975
Las Vegas' Landmark Set A Disco Record for First. Billboard. February 22, 1975
Las Vegas Jarred By Strike. The Daily Herald. March 12, 1976
Las Vegas hotel gas leak kills 1; scores injured. The 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 Manager. Ebony. April 1979
Bell & Beckwith Trustee Granted Authority for Business Operation. United Press International, Inc.. February 23, 1983
Part Owner Sues to Prevent Sale. The Bryan Times. August 03, 1983
Beckwith Partner Gets 25-year Jail Term. The 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 Vegas. Montgomery County Record. November 17, 1986
Vegas hotel fire was arson. Reno Gazette-Journal. January 14, 1987
Strong Earthquake Rocks Southern California. The Post-Standard. November 24, 1987
Melinda continues Landmark shows during the summer. The Los Angeles Times. June 26, 1988
Bankrupt Landmark Hotel-Casino Gets Reprieve. United 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 Community. Las Vegas Sun. July 20, 1998
The magic of neon. Las 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 Sunbelt. Eugene 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 UNIONS. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. April 11, 1989
MORRIS V. BANK OF AMERICA NEVADA. Supreme Court of Nevada. November 30, 1994
UNITED STATES V. DIPENTINO. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. March 13, 2001
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PARCEL OWNERSHIP HISTORY. Clark County Assessor's Office
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An Interview with Faye Todd. Las Vegas Women in Gaming and Entertainment Oral History Project, UNLV. October 15, 1996
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