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Frank Sinatra — Part 15
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OFFICIALS WANT TO TALK TO STAR
- Casino Boss Arrested After
Betting Dispute With Sinatra
Exclusive te The Times frem a Statf Writer
LAS VEGAS—-A hotel casino exe-
cutive was arrested Monday after he
allegedly drew a gun on Frank Sina-
tra during a squabble about the bet-
ting limit in a baccarat game.
Sanford Waterman, 66, was ac-
cused of having drawn a .38-caliber
pistol during the dispute early Sun-
day morning in the casino at Cae
sar's Palace.
But Sheriff Ralph Lamb indicated
that Sinatra—-who abruptly broke
off what was to have been a two-
week singing engagement at the ho-
tel and flew back to his home in
Palm Springs after the trouble—
may have a few questions to answer,
too. © :
"If Sinatra comes back to town,"
ld Lamb, “he's coming downtown
tojget a work card. And if he gives
mg any.trouble, he's going to jail,
“Entertainers are legally required
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to be fingerprinted and photo-
graphed and to be issued “work
cards" by Jaw enforcement agencies
before accepting jobs in Clark Coun-
ty. Like most headliners, however,
Sinatra has benefited from a "gent-
Jemen's agreement" exempting
him.)
"I'm tired of him intimidating
waiters, waitresses, stirting fires
and throwing pies," Lamb contin-
ued." He gets away with too much.
He's through picking on little peo-
ple in this town. cS
_"Why the owners of the hotels put
up with this is what I plan to find
out."
Clark County Dist. Atty. George
Frankiin also expressed interest in
talking to Sinatra.
“One remark he.supposedly mai
to Waterman as he was. going ogt
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