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Kennedy” Dinner - : BY EARL WILSON Broadway Columnist WASHINGTON-—-A little guy helping Frank Sinatra with his pre-inaugural show came into a tiny sandwich shop at 2 o'clock this morn- ing and said: “Gimme three dozen hamburgers,” The two counter girls gasped. “Frank,” the little man ex- plained, “told me to get about $75 worth but I fig. ured this would be enough,” EVERYTHING is like ithat at Jack Kennedy's inau- gural—bigger than it's ever been before. Sinatra and Peter Lawford Were serving snacks at the Statler-Hilton to Hollywood- ‘ans who came in by char- ‘ered plane for the million jollar show. They will re- learse nearly all night to- light for Thursday night's irmory show featuring ev- rybody from Mahalia Jack- _ son to Pat Suzuki to Eleanor Roosevelt. ; _ President-elect Kennedy's ister, Mrs. Stephen Smith, ind her husband contributed -0 the enormity of the occa- sion by giving an exclusive dinner at- their Georgetown home—for about 200. - _KENNEDY himself was tirelessly. exerting every bit of charm to keep people hap- py despite’ inevitable ticket . mixups and hotel problems,:: Even though Nat (King) Cole sang and Jimmy Du. rante impersonated Jimmy. Durante at Mrs, Smith’s din- . nefwhich was given —— a _. Turn to Page 6; Column 1 . ee, . _ «GK... vg Pan t—Wed,, Jan. 18, 1963 ~ - . «Log Anceves Mik . KENNEDY, ACTORS Continued from First Page| George Jessel introduced wavish way that Evelynj/him eloquently as “hand- Walsh McLean used to do it,|some as FDR and as confi- JFK was the most ogled|dent’as Truman.” Where- celebrity. upon. Kennedy responded in For an hour he sat with{about 50 words, then said. ‘Sinatra. the Gene Kellys,|“Was it all right, Georgie?” | Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh| “Never has the White! and his father Joseph Ken-|House had so lovely a_mis- “nedy — then rushed off with|tress as Jacqueline,” Jessel Secret Service men to shake also said, but the First Lady hands at a bigger party at-|didn't. hear .it as she was tended by more stars includ-jstill in Palm Beach. ing Gene Barry (Bat Master-| Around 11 p.m., as Kenne-! son), Georgie Jesse] and/dy was leaving that party, Diana Lynn. he gave me a handshake and ‘HIS HAIR was mussed|femarked, not at all, wear-' but he was smiling and he iy, I still have to go to: repeatedly reached out over;/New York tonight. four or five heads to shake} HIS SISTER'S party was! hands with somebody hejso secretive that Washing-! knew. ton society editors couldn't! ——— get any news about it and) were livid. One of them! called Sinatra for informa-: tion, which he gave her. “It’s a fine thing when a [Washington society editor 4 i has to get information from Frank Sinatra about a social event,” she said bitterly, Kenned and Milton erle excnanged clears at that par- ty, Tears at Berle a very, very small one. 3 “Oh, you're cutting down already!” cracked Berle. |! —— a _— aD ION CONTAINED ALL LNFOR fe), SEARCHED. saver tNDEXED,...... SERIALIZED ae FILED. JAN 1961 Fel--od AN&eLes -_ rr