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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) see (Mount Clipping In Space Below) Sea on 000 Benet — Ringed hy cordogs of L.A. police and county sheriff's men in helmets, thousands Sunday milled in the plaza of The Music Center. Among them were more big names and more an aly the Holle People e Hollywood, 50- cial and a cat chroniclers boasted_in their heydey,_ ,here were also plain peo ple, all of them eager cele- brants, bruahing by the plainclothesmen, many of whom were federal security agents. Vice President Ag- Heyy Kissinger ana Gan r vv Ronaterredyan ee Ser Genwohp Tunney _and_his beautiful sister-in-law Kelly, in delicate chiffon, sat at a table under one of the huge outdoor heaters-to escape the chilly edges of the night air. Others lined up to buy shments; — ]j (rok cme-vety warm-bloode ‘ ice cream cones that they handled like drumsticks at a holiday dinner. ‘Hand-painted banners, umbrellas: and tablecloths flashed. red, green .and yel- low as big kleiglights took night ‘for day. From high’ above_on the roofs of the sis- ter sipaatars, Clu winenenef en lage ‘down on | row ey eae: telescopic lenses.“ aa (The all-star show: swhich, see ANN fan the benies yaised: *3800,000 for ins. trons passed along the official excuse—"Theze! §_SOmp- thing Wrong with the curtain; it wouldn't go up",—ilike so many bosses trusting employes who say they're late because their cars broke down, Others, Jess ingenuous, speculated on the delay. The most plausible, widely circulated story had it that the ‘curlains were held (from 7:30 at the Dorothy Chandler .Pavilion, from 8:15 at the Ahmanson) because the Vice President hadn't arrived. "It's outrageous to keep all these people waiting," said one indignant multimifionaire Democrat. Just then, at $:45, the sirens blared as motorcycle policemen led the Vice President's party (he'd dined with the Reagans) to a special, heavily guarded entrance for VIPs. All the months of planning and working hy Holly- An: wood's generous people, all the contributions of time and talent and money erupted shortly thereafter on the —., nonidentical stages in an exceptional all-star entertain- “** ment that lasted four hours. But still, with time, the gala will fade into others as Tricia Nixon's wedding the day before will fade into dim recollections of Presidents’ daughter's White House weddings. What no one who was there will ever forget was Frank Sinatra's final pro- fessional performance. When producer Gregory ‘Peck announced the event some months ago, the public marveled at the names on the bill, and notably at the inclusion of both Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra, the two top living singers. People scrambled to pay $250 a seat. Then Frank announced his decision to retire from show business and the evening became Sinatra's fare- well. That made it, for many, worth $5,000 a ticket. Friends The many, certainly those at the second, really "final" performance, found their valuation justified. , Sinatra sang 11 songs at the Ahmanson and only eight at the Pa- vilion. The smaller theater was jammed with his-rela- tives and special friends,.The family was-there—his mother, Natalie, his first wife, Nancy, his daughters, Nancy, with husband Mugh Lambert, and Tina, with fi- ance Robert Wagner, sat in the second row of the balco- ‘ny just behind Frank's recent, fast. friends,.the Vice President, the’ governor and the _présidential adviser. His longtime friends lined’ several rows of the orches- {Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and atate.} [¥V-1l Los Angeles Time: Tos Anreles, Calif. "PACAP TION CONTAIN eee Frame fre soy 6/ idfert Tuesday Final Date: Edition: Author: Editor: Title: Character: or Classi fication: 1.105 cater Submitting Office: LOS Angele | Being Investigated itra floor: Edie Goetz, Bennett Cerf, Fred, Brisson, ithe jon -Reliet : Arta Detsches, and on and on. ‘Rosalind: Russell, in Sterste ing at ea $ , mae shimmering Galanos, rhinestones: ‘on on. white. crepe, :be- theaters “where it played. Pa. fit ofthe Motion Pictu