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LEE GRAHAM, S MAN ABOUT TOWN FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE, onstage in Vegas, a Rolls Royce, an ermine coat over a gold lame jump suit. Oh, yes. The passenger - pianist Liberace at the Vegas Hilton. LUNT AND FONTANNE, venerated and venerable, beautiful as ever at a special award function just for them. f A busy night on the town with old friend, Martha Raye! I don’t mean SHE’s old, but we’ve known each other a long time (26 years to be exact). We started at the Magic Pan in Beverly Hills where Francine York was celebrating her starring role in “The Doll Squad.” The film’s producer, Ted Michaels, was on hand as was Francine’s leading man, Michael Ansana (his wife, Barbara Eden was out of town). Martha and I left the Magic Pan with Vfckie and Jack Oakie and stopped off at the Harold Adamsons (he’s the songwriter) where a party was in progress welcoming their son, Andrew, back from Vietnam. Audrey Totter was there and it was good seeing her again. You’ll be seeing her again, too. She is coming out of retirement for a recurring role in “Medical Center.” Then Maggie, as she is known to her friends, and I zipped over to the Westside Room of the Century Plaza where Jim Bailey was opening with his amazing “in depth” impression of Judy Garland. Debbie Reynolds introduced Jim saying, “It’s a special night. That’s why I’m out of my “Tammy” Overalls and in this gown with my boobs out and my earrings on.” Lucille Ball was still limping, the result of a skiing accident from which she’s slowly recovering. Lucy and husband, Gary Morton, were with her daughter and son-in-law, Lucie and Phil Vandervort. Lucie, a frustrated Edith Head, personally designed the dress she wore. Others applauding Bailey: Ruth (Buzzi) and Bill Keko, June Wilkinson and Johnnie Ray, Olavee and Ross Martin, and Sylvie Varton, separated from Johnny Hallyday, the French Elvis Presley. Also Erin Fleming with that octogenarian swinger, Groucho Marx. When accused of being “obsessed with sex,” Groucho explained, “It’s not an Obsession, it’s a Talent.” At his age, it’s also a medical marvel! Those lucky enough to catch Carroll O’Connor in his Vegas debut at the Riviera got a pleasant surprise. He did a bit of Archie Bunker with lines like, “If Nixon wants to give something to Red China, why don’t he dump something on ’em we don’t need, like Lockheed, the New York Central Railroad or MGM?” But he also worked straight singing in a relaxed baritone. O’Connor seems like an “overnight success” because of “All In the Family,” but it started 22 years ago when he became an actor after receiving a BA degree in history from the University College of Dublin. *** Liberace has flauntingly kept his sequinned clothes, bouncy piano renditions, and candelabra for 30 years. But he’s never been more sparkling that he was at the Vegas Hilton — especially when he made his first grand entrance alighting from a Rolls Royce with Virgin leather (you know how hard that kind is to find) wearing an ermine coat over a gold lame jump suit. The crowd went wild. Lee, born Wladziu Valentino Liberace, is very likeable. And Lord knows, he’s colorful! At a party in his dressing room following his Hilton opening, he welcomed guests in white lace pants with a red jacket. The following day at luncheon, bubbly as ever, he wore blue lace pants with a