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Thursday. June 30, 19S3
ian, Fed Up
Willi Taxes, Opens
Republic of Own
Rome (U.R) A sheepherder
in southern Italy decided he was
led up with government taxes
and set up an "autonomous re
public" of his own.
Michele Mulieri has six acres
of land at Tricarice in the stone
heavy, poverty-ridden ankle of
Italy's boot.
"I don't know about other
folks but I know when I've had
enough," said the 59-year-old
Mulieri as he chalked up notice
or his sovereign state on the
walls of Tricarico's little town
square.
His domain is open to any
weary soul desiring to escape
from Italy's tax burden. The
only inhabitants to date are
Mulieri and his wife, their five
children and a score of sheep.
Mulieri said that If Italy want
ed any further dealings with
him it should send an ambassa
dor. Instead, three policemen
showed up at the Mulieri farm
house and delivered an official
ultimatum that he stay on his
own property or produce a
"valid passport" in the form of
a tax receipt.
Mulieri is only one of many
complaining about taxes. Rome's
big, pro-government II Messeg-
gero ran a long article claiming
that the cinema, stage and other
forms of entertainment cost too
much because of taxes. It point
ed out that films are an essential
ingredient of the national diet
and, like bread, should not be
taxed out of reach of the aver
age citizen.
"Amusements, diversions, re
creations and shows are today
considered necessary elements
among the basic needs of work
, ers," the newspaper commented.
The government mark-up on
movie tickets goes as high as
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Avoid crowded picnic areas by picnicking at breakfast time. Early
risers know that picnics are more enjoyable if the surroundings are
uncluttered with people or things.
Breakfast is an easy meal to take on a picnic. Ready-to-eat cereals
are just right no cooking is necessary merely pack the cereal box in
the picnic hamper. This breakfast takes just a few minutes to pack.
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Pecan Rolls Butter
Chocolate Milk
The peaches could be sliced and sugared at home. Additional sugar
would not be necessary with the sweetened peaches. Pecan rolls are a
favorite butter probably would be unnecessary.
Colorful plastic spoons, paper plates (except the cereal bowls) and
gay bandannas for napkins add a festive note to the outdoor breakfast.
Another way to vary the way you serve that all important meal
breakfast is to serve it on trays that can be carried to the porch or
patio.
Doctors and dietitians agree that a basic breakfast of fruit, cereal,
milk, bread and butter will provide one-fourth of the daily nutritional
requirement. You and your family will feel better and work better,
especially in the late morning hours, if you eat a basic breakfast the
vear round.
86.9 per cent, noted the paper.
In Milan today it costs from 600
to 800 lire (96 cents to $1.28). to
put oneself into a movie seat.
Sometimes the price hits 1,000
lire ($1.60).
The paper noted that part of
the taxed funds are returned to
producers of films. That is the
well-known Italian "subsidy" of
15 to 18 per cent which is the
basic ingredient in the produc
tion of films in Italy, It has
many critics in the industry and
out of it. The Messeggero article
took this stand:
"We believe that this form of
subsidy given to the entertain
ment industry is actually the
best way to achieve shows of
little value. . ."
Eitel Monaco, head of Italy's
motion picture producer and dis
tribution association (ANICA),
recently told a gathering of Am
erican businessmen that current
taxes on films are "an absurd
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Growth of Paris
Claimed Too Fast;
City Showing Age
Paris (U.R) The experts
shake their heads sadly and
agree that the queen of cities,
gay Paree, is showing her age.
Paris has grown too fast, her
circulation is sluggish and her
face has been lined by time.
The situation is critical and
the cure extremely costly. The
lowest estimate is that it would
take $162,857,142 to make a
good start at remedying the ills
of the capital.
That is the opinion of 200
architects, traffic experts and
city planners who completed an
extensive diagnosis of Paris.
They found that the capital
grew too quickly with too little
planning, that it overbalances
the rest of the nation as the econ
omic' and cultural nerve center
and that its rising traffic is slow
ly smothering it.
To start with, the experts
found there is an imbalance be
tween Paris and the rest of the
nation. In its radius of little
more than 20 kilometers is
packed one-seventh of the total
population of France.
Smalt Area
Into Paris, as into the hub of
a wheel, runs every major road,
railway and airline in France.
Paris is the magnetic pole of the
French economy, the seat of the
stock exchange and the center of
culture. More than 62,000 col
lege students more than half
of the college students in all
France are enrolled in Paris
universities.
Furthermore all of this activ
ity or certainly 80 to 90 per
cent of it is concentrated in
only 16,000 acres of Paris' total
of 3,000,000. That area runs
from the Arch of Triumph to the
Louvre, left of the Seine to Mont
Sainte-Genevieve and right of
the river to the grand boule
vards and up through Mont-
marte.
"The City of Light" is being
slowly suffocated by its traffic
problem and poor layout.
The central market place (Les
Halles), in the heart of the tour
ist area, causes such traffic tie
ups that, although the heavy
trucks roll m from the country
shortly after midnight, the jam
often continues until 4 p.m.
The police department figured
out for the experts that there
are 10 private cars for every one
public bus, yet private cars
carry only 30 per cent of the
people who daily ride to work
in Pans.
In this central section, more
than 80 per cent of the buildings
are over 100 years old, the ex
perts said, and many thousands
were built durmg the aesthetic
cally unsatisfactory period of the
second empire.
Paris is gradually being aban
doned as a residential center,
the experts said, because of the
heavy traffic, the noise and the
somewhat startling fact that one
out of every three residential
buildings in the area lacks basic
conveniences such as gas, water,
electricity and plumbing.
The vast majority of Parisians
live in the other sprawling areas
of the city which, like Topsy,
just grew without planning,
adequate facilities, sufficient
space or beauty.
An adequate building pro
gram would involve underpasses
and parking spaces, widening of
narrow streets, building of speed
ways and new parks, schools and
hospitals for outlying areas.
After the preliminary "mod
ernizing," huge sums would
have to be voted every year to
keep up with the speed of mod
ern living, the experts con
cluded.
On The Side ey e. v. Dating
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Gallant Students
Startle Elizabeth
Dundee. Scotland (U.R)
Unlike her namesake. Queen
Elisabeth wasn't quite sure
what to do recently when
three gallant students spread
their cloaks in her path.
She shot a worried look at
Prof. Rutherford Dow. mas
ter of Queen's College. He as
sured her that. like the fabled
Sir Walter Raleigh, the stu
dents wanted her lo tread upon
their cloaks.
The Queen, who had just re
turned from Norway with the
Duke of Edinburgh, grace
fully stepped on the garments
and thanked the owners with
a smile.
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GIVING undivided attention to
task at hand, Soviet Foreign
Minister Molotov attacks laden
plate at Chicago luncheon en
route to N. Y. (International)
REMEMBER THE HIT play
titled "Journey's End?" The
action took place in a trench at
the battle front in World War I.
So cleverly and powerfully was
the play written that the au
dience had the feeling they, too,
were in that war torn trench
with the fighting men. That is
the supreme dramatic achieve
ment; to make the audience so
lose themselves in their absorp
tion that they feel they are
actually taking part- in the
drama being unfolded. A cur
rent play that produces this af
fect is the thrilling, chilling
melo-drama titled "Desperate
Hours." Makes you feel you,
too, are trapped in the house
with that trio of trigger happy
escaped criminals. The realism is
increased by the remarkable per
formances of the cast, especially
by Karl Maiden, whose por
trayal as the head of the harassed
household is a classic.
Can Happen
Is your charming matrominial
mate around 50 years of age? I
suppose if such is the case you
are confident you will never
have to pace the hospital waiting
room floor again waiting to learn
what has happened in the ma
ternity ward? Don't be too sure
about that, Sir. Mrs. Vincent
Rigina of Detroit, who is 52,
recently gave birth to a son. A
fine healthy infant, weight seven
pounds, nine ounces. So, Sir,
you too may again assume the
role of the proud papa and pass
out the cigars as in the days of
yore.
Please Note
California is in again. A resi
dent of the Golden State points
with pride to the fact that
George N. Stockton of Alham
bra, Calif., who is 95, still has
all his original teeth and most
of his original hair. Another
Golden Stater reports that Mrs.
Margaret Mountford of San
Francisco, who is 92, has all her
original teeth and reads and
sews without the need of spec
tacles. Sidelights
Calling all husband hunt
ers! There are 40,000 surplus
men of marriageable age in New
Zealand . . . "Where can you get
frogs' legs well prepared in
New York City?" Asks a San
Franciscan. There are several
places in Manhattan featuring
that specialty. Also snails. How
ever, I cannot conscientiously
recommend any particular place.
Have had no personal exper
ience. I don't care for frogs legs,
snails or onion soup.
Heart Throbs
What's all this about tall, ter
rific, dark handsome fellows
being the top heart throbs?
Everything seems to indicate
height is no great advantage in
inspiring the intense affection of
a female. That great lover Byron
was only 5 feet 7. To get closer
to the present, a Florida Don
Juan, who was reported to have
forty women wild over him at
the same time, was said to be
5 feet 6. However, the reports
further said he had "a powerful,
domineering voice."
Defective Motor Fills Home With Smoke
Central Point A defective re
frigerator motor filled the resi
dence of Lester L. Moser, 65
Winema Way, with smoke yes
terday morning, but damage was
limited to the refrigerator and
slight smoke damage, it was re
ported, by Central Point Rural
Fire district crews.
Frances Churchman, 105 Wi
nema Way, reported the fire
after she saw smoke coming from
windows in the Moser residence.
Rural Fire district crews were
called to the Gulf Red Cedar
mill a few minutes earlier to
extinguish a fire in sawdust bark.
The mill is located near Highway
99 north of Central Point. No
damage was reported.
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