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the door," said Franklin, . "was, ‘The mob will take eare of you.’ Now I'd like to have a little talk with, Mr. Sinatra. "I'd like to get together: with him on the subject of ° his friendships with mem- bers of the underworld. And I'd like to know who owned the night clubs | where he sang in the early days, who started him on” his way and things like that." Just when the singer would return, however, wag a matter of conjec- ture. A spokesman for Sinatra in Los Angeles said he Motion Picture Ahead He added that Sinatra . -tigators related,. Sinatra + intends to continue his en- ‘agement at the hotel "as . soon as physically possib- le,” although a motion pic- ture commitment, — with shooting scheduled to he- gin in early October-—-may postpone the appearance until late in the year. Dist. Atty. Franklin's interest. in Sinatra's past associations brought echoes of earlier troubles € singer has had in Ne- rada. In 1963, he was stripped of his gambling Hcense, which he held in connec- tion with his 50% interest in the Cal-Neva Lodge at knew nothing of any alter-' Lake Tahoe. on grounds cation or “disagreement with any member of man- agement at Caesar's Pa- lace. He said Sinatra's fail- ure to appear at the hotel ‘Sunday night was because of “exhaustion" and "pain in his right hand." The spokesman eéx- plained that Sinatra un- derwent surgery a month aga for "a constrictive ail- ment" in the hand, and that it had been giving him considerable pain since that time, ~——<« executive Carl Cohert. “Tes that he had entertained underworld figure Sam Giancana there. He is still barred from holding stock - in any Nevada casino. Three years ago, Sinatra was appearing at the : Sands Hotel when he ‘be- ‘came involved in an ar- i pument similar to the one that allegedly precipitated - i the incident Sunday night. At that time, investiga- tors said Sinatra had “he- come angry when Sands fused him further’ gam-- bling credit, and that Sina- tra was on the receiving . end of a punch that da- maged his teeth, =-———_—_= Walked Out of Sands’, Subsequently, the inves- walked out on a singing engagement there. He never again per- formed at the Sands—and shortly afterward signed a three-year contract with Caesar's Palace, where he made his first appearance early the following year. Waterman.— who was, coincidentally, an execu- ‘tive at the Sands when Sinatra had his trouble there—told deputies at the time of his arrest Monday that he had drawn the gun dn self-defense. "He was coming right at me," Waterman was quot- ‘ed as saying. Denuties said the casine Wee Oe faa La executive was booked on Sy suspicion of assault with a . deadly.. weapon.’ He later- was’ Teleased on his own recognizance. Witnesses said the ar- gument began when Sina- tra was playingbaccarat for $8,000 a ‘hand at a table. where the usual limit :is” $2,000. They said the sing- er was losing ‘and ‘wanted: .to raise the limit to $16, 000 They . told deputies Waterman was called .ta. make the decision, and was asked by Sinatra. to accept his "marker". for ‘chips to add -to $10,000 worth in front of him on the table. they said “07, Waterman refused. to raise the limitpr to accept Sina- tra's Matkers ~ ween!