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...Frank Sinatra might have crooned last week after asking the Nevada Gaming Control Board for a gaming license so that he can become a consultant to Caesar's Palace. He once had an operator's license but lost it in 1963 because of his reputed association with Chicago Mafia Don Sam ("Momo") Giancana...
Board Chairman Richard Bunker reminded Sinatra about his conversation that year with Edward Olsen, then chairman of the State Gaming Commission, which was recorded in a memo. "Listen, Ed," said Sinatra, when told that he was being investigated. "I haven't had to take this ... from anybody in the country, and I'm not going to take it from you people." When Olsen warned that the singer might be subpoenaed to testify, Sinatra said: "You just try and find me. And if you do, you can look for a big, fat surprise." Was that a threat...
Bunker asked last week. "Absurd," replied Sinatra...
...Sinatra has acknowledged acquaintanceships with several gangsters, including the late Lucky Luciano. But the singer denied having willingly posed backstage at the Westchester Premier Theater in Tarrytown, N.Y., in 1976 with several gangsters, including New York Mafia Boss Carlo Gambino. Explained Sinatra...
...have transcended thin scripts. People don't go to a musical for the story; they want Show Tunes, and that is where Woman of the Year falls shortest of all. Fred Ebb and John Kander, who did Cabaret. Chicago and the film New York, New York (which included Frank Sinatra's new theme song), wrote the lyrics and music, creating an inoffensive score without a single memorable tune. It's standard Broadway muzak, which cries out for a powerful voice--at least--to enliven the proceedings...