4 sandy ( O f ) POST Thun , M o rth 12. 1981 (S«< I)
Book review:
Life, crimes of de Rais explored
by BARBARA
WATERHOUSE
For The Pott
of murders range from 141 to
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Gilles de Rais was born in
1404, and he died on the
In “ Bluebeard,” the life
gallows at the age of 36 He
and crimes of Gilles de Rais,
was one of the wealthiest,
l^eonard Wolf has delved
most cultivated men of his
deeply into the mystery of
time
marshal of France,
hum an
vio le n c e
and
lieutenant general of B rit
perverse behavior
tany and companion in arms
This Bluebeard took
to Joan of Arc in the struggle
pleasure in c o m m ittin g
to unite France under
unspeakable acts of violence
Charles VII
against young children, par
He was known for the in
tic u la r ly young boys
tensity of his religious feel
Estimates as to the number » ings at the same time that he
Traffic fatalities up
for February, year
i
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Forty six people died in
Oregon traffic accidents last
month, a 28 percent jump
over February last year
when 36 people lost their
lives, according to the Motor
Vehicles Division
The February toll brought
the 1981 count to 88, 17 per
cent higher than the 75
fatalities recorded through
February a year ago.
Fourteen February vic
tims died when vehicles ran
off the road and struck
power poles or trees. Two
victims were killed when the
car in which they were
riding collided with a train.
Three pedestrians also
were killed in February One
p ed estrian was fa ta lly
struck when he stepped in
front of an oncoming car
while hitchhiking
Three motorcyclists, two
of whom were known to be
wearing helmets, also were
among the February traffic
victims
was indulging in a bestiality
unmatched in history
Gilles loved Jeanne d Arc
When she was killed, he lost
the single thread that attach
ed him to humanity. Like
any human monster, he
evolved slowly out of the
flesh he inherited, the ex
periences that molded him
and the will he exercised
He blamed many things
for his crimes Gluttony and
Hypocras. a hot wine, en
joyed a literary reputation in
medieval romances It was
not the wine that turned him
into a fiend, but with the
wine he moved rapidly
through his own maze to the
Minotaur at its center
He said that he was born
under a malevolent star
Scorpio And with some
justification he blamed his
grandfather for leaving him
unsupervised, w ith the
S taff photo
Have you ever though of
Inking or skiing in the Swiss
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to investigate the mysteries
of the Scandinavian Mid
night Sun? An opportunity
exists this week to do just
that
Sandy's In te rn a tio n a l
Night and Dessert w ill be
held tomorrow evening,
March 13, at 7:30 p m in the
Sandy High School com
mons
The event, sponsored by
the AFS Foreign language
Club, w ill feature slides of
Switzerland and other coun
tries represented by AFS
students who have spent the
year in the United States
American Field students
from East Portland and area
high schools are visiting
classes at Sandy High School
today and tomorrow, and
w ill be featured at the
dessert tomorrow evening
Andre Klein, a Sandy High
AFS student, will narrate a
slide show of his country,
Switzerland, and Mari I^im
minen will present slides of
Finland
O th e r students p a r
ticipating come from Chile.
Ghana. Greece, Italy and
Ecuador
Sandy students are baking
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day's event and the com
munity is welcome
Tickets may be purchased
at the door or in advance at
the high school Prices are
adults, $2.50; students, $2.
senior citizens and kids
under 12. $1 50. and family
passes, $5
Sandy man arrested
following hit and run
A Sandy man was ar
rested early last Wednesday
m ornin g a fte r he was
reportedly involved in a hit
and run accident
A cco rd in g to p olice
reports, a vehicle driven by
Bruce Jerald Moore, 31,
struck another vehicle near
Jim's Big Apple on Proctor
Boulevard A bystander
witnessed the accident and
followed the vehicle until
police made the arrest near
Beers Avenue and Proctor
B oulevard
Moore was
charged with driving while
under the influence of intox
icants and hit and run
Saturday, personnel at
Williams Thriftway reported
the shoplifting of a top loin
steak, valued at S3 95.
Michael Grant Henss, 26, of
Eagle Creek was cited for
theft in connection with the
incident.
Sandy Community Action
Center personnel reported
that someone entered the
building by kicking in the
lower door on the east side of
the building It is unknow n if
anything was taken The in
cident occurred sometime
between Saturday evening
and Sunday morning
The Insurance Professionals
The Caesars took special
delight in the massacre of
children Gilles didn’t need a
model, because perversion
and bloodlust have the
stamp of the personal fan
dividual.
tasies that generate them
I/Hinard Wolf has handled
His career was brought to
an end by a ridiculous move this dreadful subject with
on a priest With armed men taste, and details of the tor
he hauled the priest off in tu re s are kept at a
chains to the dungeons In an minimum He is a professor
age of violence, this was not of English at San Francisco
too serious, but he had of State University, a prize-
fended three powers at the winning fiction writer, poet
time Charles VII, Duke and translator.
This is just one of the
Jean V and the church
The question of the tor many new books now avail-
tured children of the poor ble at Sandy Public Library.
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B illie M cN u tt, PHD C e rtifie d U nion H y p n o th e ra p is t
international dessert
slated Friday evening
“ Lives of the Caesars
IN JU ST 5 WEEKS!
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W orkm en at Sandy High School re -in s ta ll the schtMtl's marquee a fte r Tuesday afternoon a fte r it
was rctnnxed for some inuch-up rep airs.
Some blamed literature
Gilles inherited a priceless
number of books, and one
was a copy of Suetonius
But what’s more important, I
learned how to stay slim and
healthy for the rest of my life!
Diane Ellison
Clinic and Private
•SMOKING
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illic it acts.”
peasants was not of any in
terest to the three offended
powers,
Gilles had 16 accomplices’
The accomplices apparently
obeyed an instinct for collu
sion The only difference bet
ween Gilles and the ac
complices is that he went at
the to rtu re -m u rd e r of
children for his pleasure,
while the motivation for the
behavior of the accomplices
varied from individual to in
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