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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1956)
Rome Ignores 2,C00thAhniv8rsaru of Bmili of Julius Ceasaip :nan. V.aIu, I'll, M.:r. 10, I)-' By FRANK BHUTTO HOME lA-Crrat Julius Caetar rr elved anothi-r unkind cut Thins ,lay the City of Home re-fused la relrlirate thii hkt of Mrch as the 2,000ih anniversary of h 1 1 clrillh. .s.une Mholuri argue thli It only (he I.WJlh anniversary of tha day llrutus and the conspirator! plunjjed their dngjjers Into Caesar at the fool of I'oinpey's statue. An official at Ilome'i City Hall conceded "thii ia the blmlllenary" but "aid tha ally isn't celebrating. "Wa celebrate the deathi of sninta. not ot pagans," ha explain ed, , However, a green wreath did dnrorsle the brow of a bronie atatua of the old emperor which acrou Home's broad Via Del Fori Imperial! (Street of the Imperial Forum). At lU feet was bouquet of red and while carna tion. The municipal spokesman said the NeofeuUt Msl Tarty (Italian Cat Lovers Blast Critic NEW YORK un - The Ameri can Feline Society la clawing back at book critic Gilbert llighet, who had harsh things to aay about cats on his radio program. Hlghet, over station WQXR Tues day night, contended that cata art 111 tempered and don't deserve sentimental ranking In literature. The feline agency yesterday ask ed for equal radio time to defend Its favorite pets. f WQXR has not decided what' to do about the request. Sm'IuI Movement) must have put them there. "They asked the mayor for an official celebration, but he re fused," the spokesman wild, Mayor Salvatore lUbeccIni Is a staunch Christian Democrat. The only Home newspaper that mentioned the anniversary was the Msl organ, It Secolo. It protested Italy's neglect'of the anniversary. Behind Caesar's statue, rulna of forum erected to his honor long ago were empty today, It was too cold for sightseers. One Italian passerby, reminded of the date, commented: "I'll bet It wasn't this cold then, or Citrvir mlM have stayed home and lin saved." in New York, an anniversary celebration was almot culled off becauie of the scholarly dispute over hiit how many years ago Cae sar died, i'rof. Jotham Johnson of New York University argued that the death date - March IS, 44 BC really was i.VJi years ago because there was no aero year between 1 B.C. and 1 A D. But Columbia University author ities said other celebrations had been based on different calcula tions. They went ahead with-an anniversary exhibition. Columbia's news office rallied to their scholars' defense. They said calendar changes in hUlory "make it doubtful that anybody could pin point the correct date," FASHION EXPOSITION DI E NEW YORK Ul-r-arls, please note. Mayor Robert Wagner Jr. announces that New York will hold the world's first fashion exposition at the New Coliseum Oct. V Nov, 4. 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