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HOLLYWOOD REPORTER HOLLYWOOD,. L. A. ,CAL. D. 9,345 ?╟? \ *. ?'jit;::1. ?? ?√ß 1/ ' JUN 1 7 1963 Wkee/incj/^muncljasyeqas I By COLIN McKINLAY Las Vegas?╟÷A year ago Tony Ben- nett was happy to take $10,000 a week, and got it from the Dunes Hotel where he introduced three new songs last August. They were ?╟úI Left My Heart in San Francisco,?╟Ñ ?╟úI Wanna Be Around?╟Ñ and ?╟úThe Good Life.?╟Ñ Because of the success of these three tunes on records, Bennett now is ask- ing, and apparently getting, $30,000 per week. He?╟╓s negotiating with the Dunes management for a return this summer after ?╟úGuys and Dolls?╟Ñ closes. Bennett first plays the Cal-Nevada Lodge for a week starting Aug. 2 . . . Allen Ludden of TV?╟╓s ?╟úPassword?╟Ñ and actress Betty White were married Fri- day at ^^^San^Hotel . . . The Fla- mingo?╟╓s WlfeTr^'T'an^Burgh has been sending out invitations for the wedding to Jackie Barnett and actress Jo Mor- row on June 30. Barnett is Jimmy Du- rante?╟╓s writer, and Schnozz will be best man . . . Li be race is rehearsing ?╟úMack the Knife?╟Ñ in half a dozen dif- ferent languages to maybe stop hisp Riviera show later in the summer . . . ?╟úFlower Drum Song?╟Ñ returns Friday to the Thunderbird and viewers will see more of star Jack Soo than ever before ?╟÷ he has gained , J 5 pounds since last November . . . Netta Rogers was out of the Tropicana lounge three days last week with laryngitis, but she and partner Johnny Denis are back in good voice now ... Reports are that Beldon Katleman will sign a contract with Hilton Hotels to rebuild burned out El Rancho Vegas when he returns from Hong Kong about June 28. Sahara comedian Buddy Hackett is getting rough on hecklers grabbed one under the neck and told him to shut up, and slapped another . . . Riviera is dickering with Connie Haines Jane Russell and Beryl Davis to bring in their act to support Louis Arm- strong, who opens Aug. 4 . . . MGM producer Jack Cummings and director George Sidney making like camera bugs around the Flamingo pool work- Bng up locations for the Elvis Presley- Anne Margret film ?╟úViva Las Vegas . . . Louis Bellson opens Friday in the Thunderbird lounge for three weeks . . . The Starlighters moved from the Stardust lounge to Don the Beach- combers at the Sahara . . . Salty song- stress Ruth Wallis is back in the Sa- hara lounge after a stint ^in Miami Beach .. . January Jones-, the buxom Dunes lounge singer, makes her third appearance on the Johnny Carson ?╟úTo- night?╟Ñ show Thursday in NY, seen the following night in the west . . . Lorna Donaldson Smith, former Miss London, returned to the ?╟úFolies Ber- gere?╟Ñ at the Tropicana, Two other new ?╟úFolies?╟Ñ faces are Joanne Eady of London and Kathy Martin, an Ameri- can gal . . . Nalani Kele and her Poly- nesian Review return to the Stardust lounge' Friday night. Johnny Puleo and his harmonica crew returning soon to the Desert Inn lounge . . . The Characters^are getting some chuckles in the Sahara lounge with a new comedy routine showing the similarity between ?╟úMadame But- terfly?╟Ñ and ?╟úChicken Little?╟Ñ . . . Don?╟╓t be surprised if the cocktail girls at the Riviera are wearing green wigs to boost the lounge return of Shecky Greene on July 3 . . . The Hi-Lo?╟╓s. open July 30 in the Tropicana lounge ... . Ford Gr Hines return July 9 to the Desert Inn for four weeks. With them the first half'of the stint will be Eddie Fishe?·| and Andy Williams the last half . . . Louis Prima, who has split with both Capitol and Dot records, ex- pects hisv|irst record out on his own firm Magnagroove tomorrow. If was recorded in the Sahara lounge . . . Dunes boss Major Riddle will be ?╟útejh: ing the truth?╟Ñ on the TV show this month . . . The Sahara is getting as much interest in Frank Fontaine?╟╓s Vegas appearance as his partner, Don- ald O?╟╓Connor, both opening June 25 | . Arturo Romero was surprised to j find the Dunes management thought so much of him that they purchased two Stein way grand pianos for his act.