JUST BOUGHT .... VERY FIRST ISSUE, A NICE PIECE OF LAS VEGAS HISTORY ... 1969 ERA? ......... THE INTERNATIONAL OPENED ONE DAY AFTER THE LANDMARK HOTEL GRAND OPENING ... HOWARD HUGHES WANTED TO BEAT KIRK KERKORIAN TO THE PUNCH .... (it didn't work) .... LATER HOTEL WAS SOLD TO BARON HILTON ...