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I i DESERT INN Las Vegas, March 17.?╟÷Frankie J Laine headlines" a well-paced four-\ week show with the tempo due mainly to the pair of neat Donn Arden productions, v Laine dispenses for the most vP'aft a parade of his oldies and they?╟╓re goodies to an audience still Preceptive to his special brand of I song-stylings. ?╟úShine,?╟Ñ ?╟úLucky Old Sim,?╟Ñ ?╟úJezebel?╟Ñ and ?╟úThat?╟╓s My Desire?╟Ñ space the star?╟╓s chatter, to which he devoted milch too much time in his 30-minute* stint. It?╟╓s a paunchier Laine seen this time around who might well trim the Waistline to?╟╓ at least a nearness of its former slimness. ?╟úYour Cheatin?╟╓ Heart?╟Ñ is' vibrant and earns a good reaction. ?╟úI?╟╓d Give My Life To Have Your Love?╟Ñ is sung as a -tribute to its composer, Carl Fischer, his late conductor. ?╟úMarina Mine?╟Ñ is socko, while Frank Sinatra fans may still claim ?╟úOne For My Baby?╟Ñ as their idol?╟╓s. Laine, beats out a novel jazz version pf ?╟úSome Day?╟Ñ with good net results. His most vibrant topper is ?╟úGranada,?╟Ñ that, rates prolonged applause. Pianist-conductor A1 Ler-| ner is a standout in support of the j star. Bobber Sargent is a likable comic.; His material, built on the [ supposition' ?╟úif gambling were j legal all over the country?╟Ñ is good ; as he cdtes an opera that is ?╟úfixed.?╟Ñ I Comedian?╟╓s dee jay character is still I okay,?╟╓as is the ?╟úDragnet?╟Ñ version of his life sfory. His old jokes, however, are very old indeed and their timeworn estate certainly invites replacement. Zippy the Chimp garners gobs of laughter as he roller-skates into the aiMiehce or climbs into his high chair, from which vantage point he knocks out piano tunes on a miniature keyboard. The Simian tyke is a good crowd-pleaser dancing the mambo or teasing the audience with a water gun and goes off to a big hand. Both Donn Arden numbers are spectacular. The first, a small town production idea, finds a flower-covered cottage as the setting with the dancers disporting themselves arPuim a huge replica of a record- , placer. A swaying pirate ship garners ^ big applause in the second number" involving the captive dancers. The routines, lighting and costuipfs are topnotch and production finger Art Johnson is a standout \ in both numbers, played Beatl'y by the Carlton Hayes |fl ji Wmm Bob. *