All of the faces in the line-up were familiar, but two seemed strangely out of place. Democratic Rooters Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin joined oldtime Republicans Bob Hope and John Wayne in a $125-a-head fund-raiser on behalf of California Governor Ronald Reagan's campaign for reelection. Before 900 appreciative guests, Sinatra and Martin sang and made themselves available as targets for one-liners in which Sinatra's difficulties with the law seemed to figure prominently. "Ronnie is thrilled to have Frank in his camp," said Hope, "but he wishes they'd stop calling him the Godfather." Martin...
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