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I agree.HERALD TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE 230 West 41st St. , New York 36 Lisp. 12/2 IMMEDIATE RELEASE ?╟÷ ALL GARDNER Las Vegas Diary By HY GARDNER Herald Tribune News Service LAS VEGAS (HTNS)--Frank Sinatra, a legend in his own time, ushered in the 12th anniversary of Jack Entratter's Sands Hotel (target date Dec. 16) by making his debut "In Concert." as the solo artist backed by the big brass band with the great beat, Count Basie. The invited audience of afficionados ranged from Lucille Ball and Gary Morton to Trevor Howard, Leo Durocher, Joey Bishop, Jan Murray, Claudette Col- bert, Harold Mirish, Nicky Hilton, Mike Romanoff and a score of other top flighters plucked from that loose leaf ledger known as The Cele- brity Bulletin. Sinatra, nervous as a young buck determined to make good overnxght, settled down to 90 minutes of as personable and ingratiating a per- formance as any individual in his field could accomplish, providing a field day in nostalgia. Not content with being one of our great singing stars, a major movie actor, producer and empire builder, Frank has a hankering to be a stand-up or stool perching comedian. Between songs he went into what seemed like an ad-lib ribbing routine of humor, some of it biting, some of it topical but gentle- He managed to string together, with editorial acumen a group of gags which might have been blue pencilled if the editor didn't happen to also be his own "publisher-" Within two minutes talking time he devastated Rome, Spain, Franco, Goldwater, Miller and his favorite target ?╟÷ Dorothy Kilgallen. You got the feeling that Frank dislikes (a bland way of putting it) Dorothy with even more mischievous venom than does Jack Paar. (MORE)