Page t EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Sat.. April 13, 1963
Ambitious Production
UT Scores
With' J. B.'
' By KENNETH PAYNE
rot the Regulcr-Guard
' "J. B." Is the most ambitious ,
production attempted by Unl -
versity Theatre in some time.
Sensitively produced, directed,
and performed, it is unques
tionably one of the most re
warding. '
. With kinship lines that ex
tend back into medieval moral
ity and classic Greek drama, the
play is illusion within illusion
within Illusion. Director Horace
Robinson, set designer Gayle
Clough, and the cast of "J. B."
successfully lead the audience
through the thin barriers Into a
new theatrical dimension and a
new reality.
As everyone doubtless knows,
the Archibald MacLcish poetic
drama is a variation upon the
theme of Job. It reaches beyond
the literal specifics of exis
tence to the central question
In a universe seemingly without
justice, where evil passes un
punished and good unrewarded,
what is it to be a man? Whose
is the guilt? MacLcish may not
provide an answer satisfactory
. to everyone, but he couches it
in theatrical terms that never
fail to excite or move
Tho scene Is a circus arena.
A popcorn sollar (Nichles) and
a balloon man (Mr. Zuss) with
cosmic imagination set about
playing God and the devil at
variance over tho allegiance of
a good and upright man (J.B.).
The story of J.B. or (Job or
Man) then unfolds.
Sister City
Book Drive
Under Way
A campaign to collect certain
magazines and mialitv children's
books to s"nd to Eugene's sister
city of Chlnju, Korea, was
launched Friday.
Members of the EuooneCliin.
Ju Sister City Steering Commit
tee adopted a suggestion which
camo from one of its members.
-Mrs. John Gregor, to exchange
dooks with citizens of Chlnju.
'. '.Mrs. Gregor said she has re
ceived a letter from Dr. Kim
Voon Yang indicating represent
ative books are being collected
there to send to Eugene.
In exchange, tho Eugene
group is seeking contributions
.of certain types of magazines
and books to send to Chinju
schools. Forrest Pitts, chairman
of the Eugene committoc, said
he will attempt to collect repre
sentative but out-dated text
books from the Eugcno school
system.
To go with tho textbooks, tho
committee is seeking contribu
tions from tho public of chil
dren's good, used illustrated
atory books, book classics for
children (such as Tom Sawyer),
Hnrt books along tho lino of the
"Dr. Scuss" series.
) The committee also seeks con
tributions of copies of the fol
lowing magazines: "Nature,"
"Science," "Scientific Ameri
can," "National Geographic,"
"Natural HMorv." "Horizons."
"American Heritage," "Popular
nnence, I'opular Mechanics,
"Boys Life," "American Girl,"
"Child Life," and stamp collect
ing and coin collecting maga
zincs.
Books and magazines in bun
dlesmay be left at the council
chamber of tho Eugene City
Hull, Pitts said.
They will be stamped with a
slogan, "E u g e n c Friendship
Book." then shipped to Chinju
via the U.S. Navy's free Opera
tion Handicap program.
The book and magazine col
lection drive will continuo to
May 15.
Pills reported that seven Uni
versity of Oregon Korean stu
dents have volunteered to trans
late letters that are coming to
Eugene from Chinju residents
through the HOKE Community
Awards program.
Members of clubs here sent
nine 181) letters to Chlnju to
win award points in the promo
tion program. Sixty or more re
plies have been received.
Letters which require transla
tions may be delivered to radio
station KOHK, Pitts said, and
Ihey will then he forwardrd to
the student translators.
i Fire Runs
j (From noon Friday un- (
i til 9:31) a.m. Saturday.)
Eugene
None. j
Springfield f
10:30 p.m. Friday -i
i Rrsuscitator run, 5094 Mc- ;
t,
rn niiv liny.
1:47 a in. Salurdav
House fire at 304 N. 25lh :
St. apparently started In j
electric clothes dryer, cx
tensive damage.
r .
Reduced to despair by the loss
of family and possessions, af
flicted and abandoned by all
save those who share his an
guish, J. B. cries out his ques
tion.
An activist (or materialist or
Communist, call him what you
will), a priest, and a psychia
trist try to comfort him. They
have no satisfactory answer. J.B
is his own answer, and he rises
from the ashes declaring that
he can bear to be a man if he
can but be one. His own right
hand, he says, can save him. He
will never again, no matter
what, 'sink to the dung heap.
Dignity restored, J.B. life be
gins anew.
The MacLcish play makes al
most incredible demands upon
the Imagination and skill of a
director and his cast. Robinson,
his crew, and his cast meet them
confidently. The act Gayle
Clougb has designed and the use
Robinron makes of it are alone
worth seeing, and when the
voice of God thunders through
the whirlwind, the effect is
electrifying.
Performances in "J.B." arc
unified, controlled, and, with
only a few exceptions, quite,
quite convincing. The burden of
proof is carried by George
Lauris as J.B., Patricia Larson
as his wife, J. Allan Phillips as
Nickles, and Chris Robinson as
Air. Zuss. These four, in spite
of interpretative and vocal de
mands made upon them, come
through well. Line reading is
sometimes too stilted; voices
sometimes falter. But MacLcish
asks a lot, and the cast re
sponds. Vincinz Panny in his
brief moments as the psychia
trist performs to his usual high
standard.
"J.B." is a difficult play, but
it Is throughout, as produced by
UT, a high interest play. In
producing it and in producing
it as well as it was done Friday
night, the UT is offering theater
lovers in Eugene something spe
cial
J.B." will be performed again
at 8 tonight and Thursday
through Saturday of next week.
Tickets at $1.23 may be reserved
by calling the boxoffice (Dl
2-1411, ext. 1781).
Three Injured
In Auto Accident
Three persons received out
patient treatment Friday after
noon alter ocing injured in a
head-on collision at the crest of
hill on Central Hill Road
some three miles west of the
Eugene city limits.
Injured were Wesley Berry
Oaks, 27, of Route S, Eugene,
Theesa Cecilia Monroe, 62, of
lit. l box itch, Eugene, and her
granddaughter, Betty Jane Mon
roe, 18, also of Rl. 1 Box 976,
Lugcnc.
blalo police said Links was
eastbound and Mrs. Monroe's
car westbound when the two
autos collided about 3:43 p.m.
Red Navy to Visit
HALIFAX, "n.S. M-The Roy
al Canadian Navy says three
Soviet naval ships of the hydro-
graphic service will visit here
April 20 with about 2S0 crew
men and officers and 103 scientists.
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There will be scattered showers with occasional periods of clear skies over the
Emerald Empire tonight and Sunday, with temperatures remaining moderate,
according to predictions by the Weather Bureau. Similar weather is forecast for
other Pacific Northwest states, and extending into the northern Rockies and north
ern parts of the Great Basin. No precipitation is expected tonight from the Plains
to the Atlantic coast. Cooler weather is slated for the Lakes region and the Ohio
and Tennessee valleys, with little change in temperature expected elsewhere.
Youth Held
In Mystery
Sea Deaths
KEY WEST, Fla. im Roger
Foster, 17-year-old admitted kill
er of the charter boat Dream
Girl's two -man crew, was
brought to Key West by a Coast
Guard vessel Saturday and was
immediately whisked away from
the docks by FBI agents and
county officers.
The husky youth, wearing a
T-shirt and pants stained with
blood, was held for 15 minutes
aboard the Coast Guard cutter
after its arrival, then was hur
ried to a waiting automobile.
Both his hands were band
aged and he appeared dazed as
he was led ashore. An FBI
agent held him firmly by one
arm and Sheriff Henry Haskins
held the other.
The cutter also towed the
Dream Girl into port. Her deck
was spattered with blood.
"I murdered them and threw
them overboard," Foster told
Coast Guardsmen when the
charter boat was found Friday
alter a wide search, out of fuel
20 miles from the coast of Com
munist Cuba. The youth was
alone on the deck.
He said he had killed the cap
tain, Douglas Trevor, 47, and his'
son, Edward, 22, the first mate,
Foster chartered the sports
fishing boat, possibly in a mad
effort to reach Cuba for an at
tempt to assassinate Fidel Cas
tro, after earlier attempting to
kill himself in a Key West mo
tel room.
Negligent Homicide
Charged to Driver
Norman Leo Liles, 21, of 195
Van Buren St., Eugene, was
arrested Friday night and
charged with negligent homi
cide. The charge, following a se
cret indictment by the Lane
County Grand Jury, stems from
an auto accident March 8 in
which Daniel Eugene Fleshcr,
15, of 2607 Harvest Lane.
Springfield was killed.
The accident took place on
Skinner Butte in Eugene when
the car Liles was driving
plunged off the south side of the
hill. '
Bail on Liles had not been set
Saturday morning. He has been
lodged in the city-county jail.
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EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD
Forecast: Scattered show
ers predicted with occasional
clearing tonight and Sunday.
High temperature expected
Sunday, about 61; low tem
perature expected tonight, 45.
Statistics (readings at the
U.S. Weather Bureau, Mahlon
Sweet Airport, Eugene):
Highest temperature Friday,
SO: lowest Saturday morning,
46; rain in 24 hours ending
10 a.m. Saturday, .23 of an
inch; total for April, 2.66
inches; average for April,
2.38 inches; readings at 10
a.m. Saturday; humidity, 85
per cent; wind, SE 5. Prevail
ing wind Friday, N 9.8.
Stage of rivers at 7 a.m.
Saturday, Willamette at
Feature Times
SATURDAY
(Features Subject to Change)
FOX Pressure Point. ia:35. 4:30.
8:20. Two for the Seesaw, 2:19, 6:10,
iu.
HE1LIG To Kill a Mockingbird,
1:30, 4:15, 7:11), 10.
MAYFLOWKR Ben-Hur, 8.
McDONALD Wonderful to Be
Young, 1:06, 4:40, 8:20. My Six Loves,
2:50, 6:29, 10:09.
McKENZIE (SprlnufleUn The
courtship or Eddie's Father, 1:30,
0.30, 9:30. Ceronlmo, 3:30. 7:30.
MOTOR VU DRIVE IN ISDrins-
field) Girls, Girls, Girls, 7:30. The
uellcste Delinquent. 9:19.
NEW EUGENE DRIVE IN (Glen-
wood) To Kill a Mockingbird, 7:25,
11:30. Joe Butterfly, 9:55.
NORTH END DRIVE IN Gldgot,
7:20, 10.40. Glriget Goes Hawaiian, 9.
VALLEY (Junction City) Lover
Come Back and Stagecoach to
uancer's Koclt, starting at 7:15.
8UNDAY
FOX Two for the Kee.nw. 1. 4:40.
8:25. Pressure Point, 3, 6:45, I0:.10.
IIEILIG To Kill a Mockingbird,
1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 10.
MA Yr LOWER Ben-Hur, 3:30, 7.
McDONALD Sergeants Three. 1.
5:25, 9:40. Ocean's 11. 3:05. 7:30.
McKENZIE i fSnrlncriplrii The
Three Stooges In Orbit, 1:30, 5, 8.
Tho Wackiest Ship in the Army,
3:15, 6:30, 9:45.
MOTOR VU DRIVE IN (Spring,
field) Girls, Girls, Girls, 7:20. The
Delicate Delinquent, 9:15.
NEW EUGENE DRIVE IN (Glen-
wood) Joe Butterfly, 7:25. To Kill
mocKlngnirfl. U:ZO.
NORTH END DRIVE IN Barah.
has, 8:45. Two Tickets to Paris, 7:20,
11.
VALLEY (Junction Cltvl Lover
Come Back and Stagecoach to
Dancer's Rock, starting at 7:15.
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McKenzie at Armitagc Bridge,
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Sunrise and sunset: Sunday,
5:32 a.m. and 6:56 p.m.; Mon
day, 3:30 a.m. and 6:57 p.m.
TEMPERATURES
(24 hours ending 10 a.m.)
Noon Friday 43 Midnight Frl. 46
2 p.m. " 49 2 a.m. Sat. 46
4 p.m. ' 50 4 a.m. " 46
6 p.m. M 48 6 a.m. ' 47
8 p.m. " 47 8 a.m. " 50
10 p.m. " 46 10 a.m. " 56
Readings at U. S. Weather Bu
reau, Mahlon Sweet Airport, Eu
gene. OREGON
(24 hours to 4:30 a.m. Saturday)
Max. Min. Prep.
Astoria 60 48 .08
Baker 62 29
Brookings 59 49 1.51
Burns 99 33
Klamath Falls 48 37 T
Lakevlew 56 37
Medford 63 53 .01
Newport '92 48 .14
North Bend 54 51 .57
Pendleton 70 39
Portland 99 45 .It
Redmond 65 33 T
Roseburg 48 44 .95
Salem 57 44 .32
The Dalles 58 42 T
NATIONAL
Atlanta 74 47
Bismarck 55 29
Boise 67 44
Boston 62 41
Chicago . 60 42 .11
Denver 71 38
Detroit 52 35 -
Fairbanks 37 20
Fort Worth 79 48
Helena 63 33
Honolulu 80 72 '
Juneau 53 33
Kansas City 67 38
Los Angeles 73 54
Memphis 69 43
Miami 85 71
Minneapolis 55 28
New Orleans 80 62
New York 67 M M
Oklahoma City 73 47
Omaha 55 33
Phoenix 89 M M
Plttsurgh 50 30
Rapid City 60 36
Reno 70 27
St. Louis 67 39
Salt Lake City 68 39
San Diego 68 53
San Francisco 67 57 J8
beattle 5R 46 .24
Spokane 64 1 36
Tampa 83 71
Washington 64 46
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The Drlttera
Lane Planners Add
$11,000 to Budget
The Cetral Lane Planning
Council Friday added almost
$11,000 to its proposed $94,085
budget prepared by Consultant
Howard Buford for the year
starting July 1.
Members representing Eu
gene, Springfield, Junction City,
School Districts 19 and 4, Lane
County, Eugene Water & Elec
tric Board, and the Willamalane
Park District made two de
cisions:
To raise Buford's salary
from $12,280 to $12,900 a year.
He had not requested an in
crease. ,
To provide $10,207 for an
assistant director' of the plan
ning council who could provide
top level consultation for the
cities of Eugene and Spring
field.
Since Buford's budget only
showed possible receipts of $94,-
085 for fiscal year 1963-64,
there now remains a question
of how to ante up the extra $11,-'
000. This may be done several
ways.
Eugene City Manager Hugh
McKinley said he will recom
mend adding $4,000 to Eugene's
contribution (it now is $19,000),
and Springfield City Manager
Frank Smiley said he would
recommend adding $2,000 to
that city's precent $7,000 share.
But both city managers said
they will also recommend that
a "proviso" be tied to these
extra funds: That they will only
be given to the planning council
when the assistant director is
actually hired.
There are also several other
possibilities for raising more
money for planning. First, the
council hopes to get the Spring
field Utility Board to join. It
also hopes that EWEB will, as
others have this year, raise its
contribution from the present
$2,255.
The planning council on Fri
day voted to accept two new
members. These are the city of
Cottage Grove, which will con
tribute $600 a year, and Bethel
School District 52, which will
contribute $475 a year.
Two members raised their
contribution. These are Eugene
School District 4, which added
$250 for a $2750 total; and
Springfield District 19, which
Eugenean Dies
In Colorado-
Noel J. Holloway.63, of 121
Hansen Lane, Eugene, died Fri
day in Colorado Springs, Colo.,
at the home of a sister.
Holloway, a machinist for the
Southern Pacific Railroad, was
visiting the sister, Mrs. J. H.
Shourt, at the time of his death.
Other survivors include another
sister, Mrs. Homer Dahlquist of
Zurich, Montana, and a brother
Melvin Holloway of Hogland,
Montana.
The body will be shipped to
Missouri for burial.
TONIGHT
J. 15.
By Archibald MacLcish
Diamond 2-1411, Ext. 1781
Until 8:00 p.m.
$1.25 8:00 p.m.
UNIVERSITY THEATRE
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tentatively has tipped its con
tribution by S105 to SI, 153.
In any event, the Central
Planninu Council's budget is
sure to go up substantially from
the one approved last year for
$79,746.
Much of the increase is for
staff. Buford noted that new
subdivision laws passed last
year have required much more
staff time.
.
Firm Files
Demurrer
To Court Suit
First National Auto Sales Co.
filed a demurrer in Lane Coun
ty Circuit Court Thursday, al
leging that a suit against the
used car firm by the First Na
tional Bank of Oregon is faulty.
The bank filed suit last month.
asking that First National Auto
Sales be required to stop using
the name "First National" be-
cause it "causes confusion in
the minds of the public" and
results in substantial criticism
of the bank.
The demurrer claims the
bank's complaint docs not state
enough facts to constitute a
cause for suit. "Oregon law does
not protect the plaintiff's name
under the facts alleged," the
demurrer says.
Herb Nill, manager of First
National Auto Sales, said his
firm would contest the suit on
grounds the name "First Na
tional" is used by many firms
all over the country.
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