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1. “Landmark Tower Construction Starts,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 08, 1961, 15. ↩︎
2. “Finalizing Plans,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 12, 1961, 15. ↩︎
3. Jim Barrows, “Landmark Tower May Finally Have Owner,” Las Vegas Sun, May 18, 1966, 1. ↩︎
4. “Scherer awarded contract to finish Vegas project,” Redlands Daily Facts, August 23, 1966, 4. ↩︎
5. Associated Press, “Finishing touches made for two Vegas hotel openings,” Reno Gazette-Journal, July 01, 1969, 36. ↩︎
6. “Scherer tells about Landmark Tower,” Redlands Daily Facts, October 24, 1968, 3. ↩︎
7. Gazette-Journal Carson City Bureau, “Gambling Applicants Approved,” Reno Gazette-Journal, December 19, 1961, 13. ↩︎
8. “Inspect Landmark,” Las Vegas Sun, Final Edition, February 14, 1962, Vol. 12, 236, 12. ↩︎
9. “Inside the Bubble,” Las Vegas Sun, December 16, 1962, 30. ↩︎
10. “Gambling Applicants Approved.” ↩︎
11. “Landmark Implosion Live Coverage,” Eyewitness News, KLAS – Channel 8, Las Vegas: CBS, November 07, 1995. ↩︎
12. George Stamos Jr., “The Great Resorts of Las Vegas: How They Began”, Part 18, Las Vegas Sun, December 09, 1979. ↩︎
13. “Radio KVEG Makes Debut In Las Vegas,” Las Vegas Sun, February 23, 1962, 25. ↩︎
14. Murray Hertz, “Ear to the Door,” SUN dial, Las Vegas Sun, July 22, 1962, 4. ↩︎
15. Barrows, “Tower May Finally Have Owner.” ↩︎
16. “Casinos May Now Move Off Ground Levels,” Las Vegas Sun, March 13, 1962, 3. ↩︎
17. Murray Hertz, “HOT FLASHES” SUN dial, Las Vegas Sun, April 10, 1962, 7. ↩︎
18. “Leaning Tower,” Pensacola News Journal, June 01, 1962, 37. ↩︎
19. “Scherer tells about Landmark Tower,” Redlands Daily Facts, October 24, 1968, 3. ↩︎
20. Murray, “HOT FLASHES.” ↩︎
21. “Hofferd Named Manager Of Landmark Hotel,” Las Vegas Sun, June 10, 1962, 12. ↩︎
22. “Select Shelter,” Las Vegas Sun, August 17, 1962, 12. ↩︎
23. “Defense Commendation,” Las Vegas Sun, July 23, 1976, 16. ↩︎
24. Toots By Boots, Las Vegas Sun, September 25, 1962, 4. ↩︎
25. Toots By Boots, Las Vegas Sun, September 28, 1962, 16. ↩︎
26. Toots By Boots, Las Vegas Sun, December 07, 1962, 24. ↩︎
27. Barrows, “Tower May Finally Have Owner.” ↩︎
28. “Landmark Tower Tale Revealed,” Las Vegas Sun, February 24, 1963, 55. ↩︎
29. Stamos Jr., “The Great Resorts.” ↩︎
30. “Looking Things Over,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 14, 1962, 28. ↩︎
31. “Landmark Implosion Live Coverage.” ↩︎
32. Landmark Plaza, Inc. v. Deligatti, 389 P.2d 81, (1964). ↩︎
33. Gazette-Journal Carson City Bureau, “Landmark Plaza Appeal Dismissed,” Reno Gazette-Journal, February 07, 1964, 6. ↩︎
34. Associated Press, “Damage Suit Filed Over New Facility,” Reno Gazette-Journal, May 21, 1963, 10. ↩︎
35. “Landmark Tower Foreclosure Halted,” Las Vegas Sun, June 19, 1963, 3. ↩︎
36.  United Press International, “Landmark Tower Auction Slated,” Nevada State Journal, October 06, 1964, 17. ↩︎
37. John Lengel, “Nevada’s Tallest Unoccupied Structure: Landmark Tower,” Reno Gazette-Journal, December 27, 1965, 12. ↩︎
38. Lengel, 12. ↩︎
39. Barrows, “Tower May Finally Have Owner,” 1. ↩︎
40. Barrows, 1. ↩︎
41. “Landmark Tower Talk In Progress,” Las Vegas Sun, May 26, 1966, 8. ↩︎
42. Associated Press, “Landmark Tower Plans Filed In Las Vegas,” Reno Gazette-Journal, July 06, 1966, 29. ↩︎
43. Jim Barrows, “Landmark Tower — New Life,” Las Vegas Sun, August 17, 1966, 1. ↩︎
44. Associated Press, “Vegas Hotel Construction to Resume,” Independent, August 19, 1966, 13. ↩︎
45. “Scherer awarded contract,” 4. ↩︎
46. Hilda Covey, “Sidewalk Superintendent,” Las Vegas Sun, October 03, 1966, 26. ↩︎
47. United Press International, “New Skyline For Vegas,” Nevada State Journal, July 01, 1969, 33. ↩︎
48. “Landmark Builder Told ‘License Down Drain’,” Las Vegas Sun, November 11, 1966, 3. ↩︎
49. “‘License Down Drain’,” 3. ↩︎
50. “Landmark Hotel Delays Opening in Las Vegas,” Valley News, October 17, 1967, 24. ↩︎
51. “Scherer gets Tower bid,” Redlands Daily Facts, November 01, 1967, 3. ↩︎
52. “Scherer tells about Landmark,” 3. ↩︎
53. “The Landmark,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 19, 1967, 24. ↩︎
54. Jim Barrows, “Landmark Tower: On Again-Off Again,” Las Vegas Sun, March 10, 1968, 8. ↩︎
55. Barrows, “On-Again-Off Again,” 8. ↩︎
56.  “One Never Knows…Until One Goes!!!,” Las Vegas Sun, April 06, 1968, 16. ↩︎
57. “Scherer awarded contract,” 4. ↩︎
58. Myram Borders, “Two Casino-Hotels Open in Las Vegas With Usual Hoopla,” Lansing State Journal, July 06, 1969, 17. ↩︎
59. United Press International, “New Skyline For Vegas,”33. ↩︎
60. “Frank Caroll Trial Slated,” Las Vegas Sun, April 19, 1968, 3. ↩︎
61. “Caroll Rescinds Gaming Request For Landmark,” Las Vegas Sun, April 23, 1968, 1. ↩︎
62. “Frank Caroll Trial Slated,” 3. ↩︎
63. “Caroll Rescinds Gaming Request,” 1. ↩︎
64. “Landmark Owner Sees D.A. Dismiss Charges,” Las Vegas Sun, June 13, 1968, 1. ↩︎
65. “Many Unanswered Questions Follow Franklin Action,” Editorial, Las Vegas Sun, June 18, 1968, 19. It is believed by some that Sue Caroll’s familial connections to the Kansas City mob may have played a part in her husband’s dismissal. We will likely never know for sure. ↩︎
66. “Holders Sue For Building,” Las Vegas Sun, May 16, 1968, 1. ↩︎
67. “Man Who Holds Official Pen Denies Landmark Tower Sold,” Las Vegas Sun, July 11, 1968, 1. ↩︎
68. “Body Recovered From Wreck; Police Hunt Other Victims,” Las Vegas Sun, August 03, 1968, 36. ↩︎
69. “Police Hint Suicide In Plane Crash,” Las Vegas Sun, August 04, 1968, 1. ↩︎
70. “Landmark May Be ‘Mattressless’,” Las Vegas Sun, August 25, 1968, 7. ↩︎
71. Harold Hyman, “Bankruptcy Hearings For Landmark Ordered,” Las Vegas Sun, August 30, 1968, 1. ↩︎
72. Associated Press, “Hughes Will Pay $17.3 Million For 28-Story Las Vegas Hotel,” Arizona Daily Star, October 24, 1968, 3. ↩︎
73. “Landmark Lease Report Brings Swift Denial,” Las Vegas Sun, October 13, 1968, 1. ↩︎
74. Associated Press, “Hughes Will Pay,” 3. ↩︎
75. According to inflation rates as of February 2018 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. ↩︎
76. United Press International, “Landmark Tower Opening Cleared,” Nevada State Journal, June 27, 1969, 27. ↩︎
77. K.J. Evans, “Howard Hughes,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 07, 1999. ↩︎
78. Evans, “Howard Hughes.” ↩︎
79. Associated Press, “No Government Objection To Hughes on Landmark,” Reno Gazette-Journal, January 18, 1969, 3. ↩︎
80. “Landmark Revamping Delays Opening Plans,” Las Vegas Sun, January 30, 1969, 3. ↩︎
81. Associated Press, “Finishing touches,” 36. ↩︎
82. “Hughes Applies To Operate The Landmark,” Reno Gazette-Journal, March 05, 1969, 40. ↩︎
83. Gazette-Journal Carson City Bureau, “Control Board Approves Bid For Tower,” Nevada State Journal, April 15, 1969, 1. ↩︎
84. “Hughes Given State Approval For 6th Casino,” Reno Gazette-Journal, April 24, 1969, 1. ↩︎
85. United Press International, “Landmark Tower Opening Cleared,” 27. ↩︎
86. “Hughes’ Check Closes Deal On Landmark,” Las Vegas Sun, July 01, 1969, 4. ↩︎
87. “Hughes’ Check Closes Deal,” 4. ↩︎

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