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I agree.FILM SINATRA COLOR SILENT CAESARS PALACE HOTEL AND CASINO LATE TODAY CONFIRMED EARLIER REPORTS WITH AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SINGER FRANK SINATRA HAS BEEN SIGNED TO A LONG TERM CONTRACT BY CAESARE'S AT AN UNDISCLOSED SUM... AT THE SAME TIME THE HOTEL CASINO MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCED THE ACQUISITION OF THE CAL NEVA LODGE AT LAKE TAHOE FROM SINATRA ENTERPRISES, AND ANNOUNCED PLANS TO ADD A HIGH RISE TO THE CAL NEVA HOTEL CASINO AND OPERATE IT ON A YEAR-ROUND BASIS...THE CONTACT WITH SINATRA REPORTEDLY CALLS FOR APPEARANCES OF THE SINGING STAR AT THE TAHOE RESORT AS WELL AS CAESARS PALACE ON THE STRIP... A SPOKESMAN FOR CAESARS PALACE SAID SINATRA HAD ALSO AGREED TO ASSIST IN OBTAINING OTHER TALENT INTREPRETED TO MEAN DEAN MARTIN, SAMMY DAVIS JR., JOEY BISHOP, AND OTHERS MAY BE JOINING THE LINEUP AT CAESARS PALACE... THE THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH SINATRA CALLS FOR TWO APPEARANCES A YEAR AT THE STRIP RESORT BEGINNING AS SOON AS THEIR MUTUAL SCHEDULES CAN BE MERGED...PROBABLY IN EARLY 1968... THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY FOLLOWED NEWS EARLIER THAT SINATRA, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT DRAWS IN THIS GAMBLING RESORT BROKE OFF HIS ENGAGEMENT AT THE SANDS HOTEL SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER MAKING BRIEF, ON AND OFF, APPEARANCES SINCE HE OPENED AUG. 29TH.. SEVERAL EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS SAY SINATRA BECAME UPSET LATE FRIDAY WHEN THE HOTEL CUT OFF HIS GAMBLING CREDIT. THEY QUOTE SINATRA AS SAYING: "I BUILT THIS HOTEL UP FROM A SAND PILE AND I CAN TEAR IT DOWN." HE ALSO ALLEGEDLY DROVE AN ELECTRIC BAGGAGE CAR THROUGH A GLASS DOOR OF THE BUILDING. HOWEVER, A HOTEL SPOKESMAN CLAIMS SINATRA LEFT WITHOUT EXPLANATION SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE HOTEL DOESN "E KNOW WHY. SINATRA IS BELIEVED TO