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TICKET TO LAS VEGAS
Sundown over The Strip. Maryalice Bacon,
from the Buffalo Office of H&S, and Martin
Crowson, New Orleans Office, watch the soft
light of the desert evening yield to the
multi-colored lights of the Las Vegas strip,
with the city in the middle distance.
Gun safety. Bill Peck instructs Craig
Robertson, son of the Las Vegas Office
partner in charge, in the safe way to handle
his rifle. With H&S principal Rick Lilliott,
Bill and Craig drove 200 miles north from
Las Vegas in the Peck family camper on an
autumn hunting trip.
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In Spanish "Las Vegas" means "the
meadows." To the 15 million people
who visit it every year in search of excitement
or relaxation, Las Vegas is a
sparkling pleasure center, colorful by
day, neon-jeweled by night. It is set
in the floor of a broad, tilted desert
valley, encircled by mountains that
turn various pastel shades of blue, purple,
rust and gray with the movement
of sun and clouds.
To Haskins & Sells, Las Vegas means
a booming new office which expects to
double its professional staff within the
next year. Because of the flow of work
and the need for accountants, eight
other offices lent staff accountants and
five offices lent management personnel
to Las Vegas during the past year.
Vegas is a place where the aura of
gambling, gaudiness and show business
has partially masked its other qualities
—at least to those who do not know it
well. But H&S families who have
moved there since the office opened in
1968 are convinced that they have
found a new home. Although the
Nevada resort city is like no other place
on earth, it shares with all other cities
of its size the attributes that make for
satisfying community life.
A person who has lived there, not
merely visited, speaks best for Las
Vegas. Listen to Harold K. Robertson,
partner in charge of the H&S Las Vegas
Office:
"There are wonderful opportunities
for young accountants here. This is an
area of fantastic financial growth, and
one that has tremendous potential for
the Haskins & Sells practice. Right now
much of our time is spent auditing in
the gaming industry—an industry of
great interest, and one that is undergoing
change and growth. But there is
much more to Las Vegas. It has a huge
tourist trade, a great hotel and convention
business, and other opportunities
coming from the rich mineral deposits
around here. The city is on a railroad,
and is close by air and highway to
Phoenix to the southeast and Los
Angeles to the southwest."
Mr. Robertson is an enthusiastic
booster of the city to which he moved
after having spent many years in the
Houston Office. He points out that Las
Vegans can reach ski slopes at Lee Canyon
in an hour's drive, or, if they prefer,
they can drive the other way to their
boats for water skiing on Lake Mead.
There is bird hunting close by at Overton,
Nevada, and for sportsmen who
are challenged by deer and elusive
mountain sheep there is rugged hunting
some distance north near Ely.
In Las Vegas you can play golf and
tennis the year around, and see some of
the finest touring pros in action at tournaments.
For boys who get their kicks
from bucking motor scooters before
they are licensed to drive, the wide-open
terrain is made to order for the
junior crash helmet-and-goggles set.
Spectacular national parks with their
geological wonders are close by. Rock-hounds
can make fascinating finds,
riders can explore the hills on horseback,
and artists can capture magnificent
views in water color or oils. This
is country for outdoor living.
Even in summer, when temperatures
pass 1000, the heat is not oppressive
because humidity is low and nights are
cool at the Las Vegas altitude, 2,200
feet above sea level. In winter the day
is very rare when the mercury touches
the freezing mark, and even in December
and January it rises to the mid-5os
on the average day. It rains almost
never, yet there is no lack of water,
thanks to the huge reservoir represented
by Lake Mead (impounded by
Hoover Dam) and other related water
