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i | i \ be ‘ \ \ ‘ 4 pee te ee eee 1962," He obtained interim »fimancta: “from the Bank of Las Vegas for rt ‘modeling and expansion work. ~> — ; Last June 10, the loan from thi ; Teamsters pension fund came throug! ; —for $5 million. Gottleb happily brok: ‘ ground for a 22story addition. *: It should be mentioned that Gott lieb is a longtime Midwestern truckin: operator who has done business ‘wit! , Hoffa for many years — supposedly 0) | opposite sides of the bargaining table The same is true of one of the princi pais in Dunes operating compan) Veges's largest gam g hotel, the million loan frpm the pension fun: oe Nevertheless, for some re clear, New York advertising man Ray- mond Arecter was prevailed upon bail ou er and take over the hotel and debt-ridderi casino last June. Cro- nies of Hoffa helped arrange a $2.75. million Teamsters pension fund loan on; the real and personal property, effec-; tive Oct. 12, aa Less than months later, on.|_ Dec. 20, thy Rives erside Casino Carp. -. went bankript and the hotel closed {ts doors, Spector is now looking for someone to relieve him of the mort- gage, picturing himself as an inno _ cent dupe thrust into an unfamiliar world. A Different Pattern | OTHING THAT DRASTIC has : L happened in Las Vegas, where the pattern is a little different. Business 4s booming both downtown and along the strip. Nearly every hotel is putting up an addition. eOperators of the Desert Ian,-krown : “Levinson, president, an Bryant BeButton secretary. { ranow, reported to be . ihe biggest pension fund wheeler- | iMariy ‘as “the Cleveland '' dealer of them all, shown after his of 475,000 to develop thy’ Paradise Va mob,” seem to have had the most Tick sen lin Miami fast wale 26. ley Country Club, alt ugh thé obl igi tion is not publicly recorded in La Vegas. | re ~—a Greenspun said ie Toan original! came from a St. Louis bank and al arrangements were made by Haro}: in getting Teamsters pension —. . aed nancing. Tbere may be a reason. “| mored to be on his way out. Roen wilb 3 is only the nom! nal pleaded guilty 4o-stook, fraud last year head of the Desert Inn. The “boss,” ru- | in the United Dye & Chemical Co. case. mored to ‘ about ready to retire be- Dalitz and Roen — in partnershi : cause regen “Los Angeles Times ar- with others — obtained Teamsters pen ibbons, Hoffa's chief assistant, wh: ticles eisinghis past may be giving the} sion fund loans of $1 million for their has no -efficiel connection with th oper a bad image, is Morris 8. unrise Hospital in Las Vegas in 1859 pension fund. /}'};", “and $12 million for their nearby Star- “? gust Golf Club in 1961. 3 7 75-4 Former Official Aided alitz, 63.8, APPROX [7 ez, Dalitz was identified if’ Kefauverf. ‘Crime Committee testimony as the The Desert Inn group already’ oper- GuartEs” BUT one of the most ir Cleveland gambling kingpin and crime ated the gambling casino at the nearby teresting Teamsters pension fun syndicate representative in his pre- Stardust ‘Hoel, then owned by the wife investments in Las Vegas is one whic! Las Vegas days. But there is an even and othgrelatives of John (Jake the put a now convicted former Teamste more interesting story in the pages of Barb ‘actor. Late last summer, Fac- official in the taxicab business Ain th: McClellan Rackets Committee reports. tor arranged for the Desert Inn group gambling capital {7 7. 0: # In 1949, Dalitz owned a Detroit Jaun- to buy the Stardust. «/. “2 The degf was set up while Hofmer I dry. Fellow laundry owners threatened - Then, on Dec. 17, the Tea ‘sters pen- (Dutc voxberg, an early Hoffa" suy with a strike went to him for help,} sion fund made a $6 million loan, \porter4n the West Coast, was still sec witnesses testified. “Stardust, Inc. Four million dollars =~ © iretary of Teamsters Local 224 in Lo He put them in touch with alleged Was made available immediately to .~ Angeles. The loan of ,000 was mad: Hoffa representatives who accepted a pay off all of the Factors’ outstand- early last year to ‘Ardmore Leasin; $17,000 payoff, according to testimony,| Jing obligations. The other $2 million Gorp., parent of the Cr€cker Cab Co. and Hoffa personally called off the] [wit be paid out when a 200-room ad- Dasvegas. 9 / Sissi strike. dition is completed in about a year. resident of Ardmore ts Robert: thus, retired Indiana lawyer and fo: “Hoffa asserted when questioned by. tier neighbor of Woxberg in Malibi Calif, Arthur admitted to the Time that he became involved in the “dé through Woxberg and that he and Wo: “berg own all the stock, wo ‘ After the deal was closed, Woxber “Moe Dalitz is a respected cltizen,”| | Another who has had goed luck with Teamsters, pension fu oans in Las Times reporters last year. , Vegas ig/James (Ja ottlieb, owner pemothes in the Clevgland mob at the of tho/Dunes Hotel.7 ' , Desert Inn is All n, Mf, also tu-,\. — Get tiieb “gota Toan commitment of ; $i mittiomin 1958 to be picked up ip : y { 7% pene \4 ¢ - “quit his Teamsters Union Job and too a en erat f the cab company | “over operation 0: é - . ‘Las Vegas. Eig later he wi So, . |indieted along with several other Teas . ; _ ater officials on charges of looting tt ria RO ER 8 Te eT Yo tae nal en ee ee Sere et ee re Oe OP 9