Las Vegas in the 1940s Cortez Hotel and Casino. The Arizona Club, also known as the "Queen of Block 16", was the first Las Vegas saloon to have second story constructed for prostitution and was unchallenged until 1941. In 1942, Las Vegas closed its prostitution district, accommodating a request from the military, and by December 1942, bars and casinos were closed for an eight-hour period, starting at 2:00 AM. The West Side Club opened for African American customers in the early 1940s as, in 1942, Las Vegas city commissioners denied a permit for an interracial hotel-casino in the Downtown area. The Hotel Last Frontier was
Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) some fans erroneously recalled that it had been The Supremes' version, and not Ross's, that had charted as a hit Billboard single in early '70. She also performed this song as the finale for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert held in Oslo, Norway, in 2008. Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" was the debut solo single of Motown singer Diana Ross, released in April 1970. Ross, having just left The Supremes after a decade of serving as that group's lead singer, went through a difficult situation trying to piece a solo album together. With