A Packed House at ‘No on 64’ Benefit

The first of more than 1,000 “house parties” scheduled across the state this week as benefits for “No on 64” (people opposed to the LaRouche AIDS initiative) drew a load of celebs Monday night to the Hollywood Hills home of Marc Schwartz and Jack Grossbart.

Among those on hand were Shirley Jones, Jean Simmons, “Dynasty” creator Esther Shapiro, Susan Clark and Alex Karras, Andrew Stevens and James Farentino. Stars from “Knots Landing,” “Dynasty,” “Downtown” and “Hill Street Blues” used the occasion to pledge tables for the big “No on 64” benefit Oct. 22 at the Bonaventure. That event gets kicked off Thursday night at the home of Lynne Wasserman, where she and some of her co-chairs--a list that includes Wallis Annenberg, Harrison Ford, attorneys Bruce Hochman and Roberta Bennett, the songwriting team of Marilyn and Alan Bergman and the maestro himself, Bob Hope--will announce the details. Honorary co-chairs are Sens. Pete Wilson and Alan Cranston.

MORE STREISAND--Barbra Streisand this week contributes $330,000 from her private foundation for what a spokesman said was “immediate use prior to the forthcoming elections” toward some of her favorite concerns. The projects--involving voter education, get-out-the-vote drives, control of toxic waste and preservation of natural resources--include the Sierra Club Foundation, Human Serve in New York City, the Citizens Leadership Foundation in Chicago, the Southwest Voter Registration Project in San Antonio, Tex., and Operation Big Vote (of the National Coalition for Black Voter Participation) and the Forum Institute, both in Washington. P.S.: This is not the money Streisand raised for Democratic senatorial candidates at her glitzy benefit last month.

“MONEY” RAISING--When Paul Newman’s “The Color of Money” opens Oct. 14, the money raised at the benefit premiere will go to a charity tragically close to the actor. The $250-a-head benefit --followed by supper at Chasen’s --will help fund the Scott Newman Foundation, named after the actor’s son who died of drug use. The foundation promotes anti-drug awareness to the media. Newman is serving as the honorary chairman of the evening, while Wallis Annenberg, Ethyl Axelrad, Richard H. Frank, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Susan Kendall Newman are the co-chairs.

TEA FOR TOM--So there were a few complaints about a “women’s fund-raiser” for Mayor Tom Bradley’s gubernatorial campaign being designated a “tea for Tom.” But chairwoman Marsha Kwalwasser --all smiles from the $25,000 plus picked up at the Sunday afternoon event at Adele and Ira Yellins’ home--said that the event certainly wasn’t given that designation because it involved women. “If we could have scheduled it at 8 a.m., we could have had ‘breakfast with Bradley,’ or at another hour we could have had a ‘meal with the mayor.’ ” Easy to kid when you’ve raised $25,000--and only had to serve scones and tea sandwiches.

BIG GIVERS--When supporters of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum gather tonight at the home of Barbara and Ted Field, the admission tab will be a little higher than most benefit receptions. The invite lists among others the names of MCA’s Lew Wasserman and Norman Lear, and carries with it a pledge card that specifies a minimum $50,000 to help build the museum in Washington.

WHITE BUCKS--Sources say that Shop Television Network has signed Pat Boone to serve as guest host of the network’s first series of programs for shoppers, set to begin taping today.