It was during this same spate of shows, which were preceded, at nine, by bingo in “Lefty Clark’s Casino” and prizes of six 1957 model cars—Cadillac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Mercedes-Benz, Pontiac, and Chevrolet—that the Tropicana party came to a crashing halt. It happened on New Year’s Eve, the busiest night of the year at Tropicana. About an hour and a half after the cast had released the traditional doves into the air, after the champagne toasts, kisses, and the eating of twelve grapes for good luck, when the patrons were back on the dance floor, a bomb ripped through the bar of Bajo las
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