European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 08, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes monday april 8, 1991 new York apr Nancy Reagan smoked marijuana with her husband when he was governor of California and had a Long affair with Frank Sinatra who visited her at the White House according to an unauthorized biography due out monday. The steamy and often shocking details of the former first lady s life were splashed across the sunday front pages of major newspapers in stories on the new Book a a Nancy Reagan the unauthorized biography a by Kitty Kelley. The newspapers included the new York times and the daily news. The Book also contends that mrs. Reagan a husband former president Ronald Reagan Felt he was trapped into marrying her when she became preg Hant and that the president continued to see another woman Long after he and mrs. Reagan were wed. The Book based on More than 1,000 interviews with estranged family members alienated former staff members and Reagan friends and loyalists was due in stores monday. It paints a portrait of a scheming ambitious woman who a a invented a family background that hid her Early years of poverty weight problems and unhappiness and who lied about her age. Mrs. Reagan was born in 1921 and not 1923 As she claims Kelley maintains. When she failed to become a successful actress the Book contends the former first lady set out to marry Reagan who was then a movie Star. After a Rocky Start the marriage flourished when the two found they had such common interests As astrology and Republican politics the Book said. A. Kelley the author of controversial unauthorized biographies on Sinatra Elizabeth Taylor and former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis worked on the Reagan Book for four years. Its contents have Long been the topic of speculation in Washington society circles. A  but the reagans have professed Little concern about the Book and have said they done to plan to read it. A a no Friend of Nancy Reagan a is going to read that Scummy Book a Sheila Tate mrs. Reagan a former White House press Secretary said saturday. According to the Book mrs. Reagan who launched a nationwide crusade against drug use while in the White House once used marijuana with her husband at a party thrown by Alfred Blooming Dale and attended by comedians George Burns and Jack Benny. Sheldon Davis Bloomingdale a former executive assistant recalls in the Book that his Boss gave the reagans the marijuana and they tried it giggled and said a they  see what the big Deal  according to the Book mrs Reagan a affair with Sinatra began when her husband was governor of California and a a continued for  during Reagan a years As president Sinatra would frequently enter the White House through a Back Entrance and meet mrs. Reagan for lunches that would last several hours according to the Book. A when the first lady was with Frank Sinatra she was not to be disturbed. For anything. And that included a Call from the president himself a Kelley wrote. A Reagan himself continued to see his True love actress Christine Larson throughout his first year of marriage and was with her when his daughter Patti was bom the Book said a in tears he told her that he Felt his life was ruined because mrs. Reagan had a a tricked him into marriage according to the Book ,. The former first lady has acknowledged in her autobiography a my turn a that she was pregnant with Reagan a child when she and Reagan were married. The Book also contends that mrs. Reagan was a major player in political affairs. It quotes Reagan As once telling his aides to get his wife a approval for the Agenda of his first meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev before bothering to show it to  describes mood at the Kennedy estate by Marilyn m1lloy. New Daya Palm Beach Fla. A As police sort through a Maze of allegations and rumours about the reported rape at the Kennedy compound a woman who says she was at the estate the night in question is titillating Public curiosity about what happened a even As she asserts she knows nothing Oft he assault and saw neither the victim nor the suspect William Kennedy Smith. Michele Cassone 27, a waitress at a popular restaurant Here has been interviewed by detectives and apparently is among Only a handful of people on whom the police have focused their attention a detective is known to have visited the Home of two other people who sources have said picked up the 29-year-old alleged rape victim from the mansion the night of the reported attack. Both have declined to comment publicly. But so far police have not interviewed any of the Kennedy who were there during the easter weekend a a including sen. Edward Kennedy a mass. His son Patrick a Rhode Island state legislator and his Nephew Smith. Cassone a Story seems to be a straightforward one that appears to reveal More about the scene the mood and the events leading up to the reported crime than it does about the crime itself. According to police and witnesses at the lounge on Friday March 29? the Kennedy went to a bar a Chic restaurant and nightclub that opened to the Public in february. They had drinks and talked at the candlelit tables and spoke As they usually do to Well wishers a in fort Dix go fort Dix  up1 army investigators held a male Soldier for questioning saturday in the strangling of a female Soldier a base official said. The detained Soldier whose name was not released has not been charged in the death of spec. Lisa Ann Nadeau 24, of Plainfield conn., said base spokesman Richard Dowling. The two soldiers were acquaintances Dowling said refusing to elaborate on their relationship. Neighbors one of whom Ofteda baby sat Nadeau s two children found the soldiers body Friday morning Michele Cassone 27, poses at the safari and Polo club in Palm Beach Fla. Cassone said she was at the Kennedy estate the night William Kennedy Smith allegedly raped a woman but saw nothing of Smith or the alleged victim after reaching the estate. Eluding Ivana Trump. Sometime during the evening Cassone said she was introduced to the woman who made the rape charge Cassone does no to remember who made the introduction but she said she talked to the woman for 10 minutes Cassone said she never met Smith 30, a and if he walked Down the Street now i  know  Cassone said Patrick Kennedy asked her to dance several times and she declined. But she said she had drinks with him. When her sex Boyfriend came and sat at the table she was annoyed and upon sensing that Patrick Kennedy invited her to the mansion for cocktails. She said they left about 3 .15 . The owner of the bar has been emphatic in his assertion that the Kennedy left at 1 or 2 . Cassone said she drove her own Toyota to the mansion while sen. Kennedy and his son drove a White american made convertible. When she left the bar she said it was the last time she saw the woman who later said she was raped. Cassone said that when she arrived at the mansion she talked with the Kennedy for about a half hour Over drinks during which time she heard music and laughter from another part of the House. She  discern voices she said but it seemed a a people were having  afterwards she said she and Patrick Kennedy retreated to a bedroom for about five minutes where she says they kissed  sen. Kennedy she said wandered in unexpectedly wearing no trousers under a Long Oxford shirt that went to his Knees but said nothing and was there Only momentarily As if passing by. She said she nevertheless was embarrassed and Felt awkward and  a a in a not used to seeing a senator in just his shirt a she said. She said she quickly decided it was time to leave. Patrick she said then volunteered to walk her to her car. But instead they walked to the Beach where they chatted a few minutes longer. After about 10 minutes she said Patrick walked her to her car Cassone said. At that time she said she saw a Man put Ting another woman into a car but did not pay attention to who they were. A i did no to really see them a she said. Cassone said she left by 4 30 . A 30 minutes after the rape is said to have occurred. _. _ ,. In of f Ema i e so idler in Nadeau a Home in the bases scr Danville military housing area. Nadeau a 3-year-old daughter and 7-month-old son were not harmed. Nadeau a parents were expected to arrive at the base to pick up the children Dowling said. Military police and investigators with the army a criminal investigation come interviewed neighbors and acquaintances of Nadeau for information on the strangling which took place late thursday or Early Friday Dowling said. A lie refused to comment on the Means by w hich Nadeau was strangled saying Only a the cause of death was apparent at the time the body was  Nadeau who had been stationed at fort Dix for Twe years w As a finance clerk assigned to the troop sup port  death shocked residents in the Sherida Vilh housing area a close knit Community of mostly Youni enlisted soldiers and their families Dowling said. A this is not the streets of new York a Dowling said a you done to expect that kind of thing on an install