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'Nutcracker' Turns Into Stunning Performance After Opening Hurdles 1 t " By WILLIAM EWALD New York - IUPD - CBS-TVs Playhouse 90 unpackaged a nutcracker ballet Thursday f'Zijit night that con ff,fita'med ome V4 U1C AlllOb d a z z ling se quences of the season. In a way, it was one of the most curious rnu I Tv shows 1 ni Jl I have ever seen William EwaU since it man aged to surmount some par ticulars that were almost un bearably candied: A cloying narration written by Leo Ler man, the delivery of that nar ration by June Lockhart and the opening sequences in which children and grownups engaged in the dreariest sort of frivolity. Show Becomes Stunner But once the camera clear ed these syrupy hurdles and moved inside the dream se quences that covered roughly the last half of the produc tion, the show was a stunner. The New York City Ballet was on hand and Playhouse 90 wrapped the company in superb production, all of it beamed out In an elegant color. Dance fan or not, It was worth 90 minutes of any body's time just to catch young Allegra Kent in ac tion as "Dew Drop." Her technique is still a little knob by and she lets a slight slop piness slip into her work. But it is a sloppiness that springs from enthusiasm and it's a pleasure to watch her dance. She is developing a long and beautiful line and something plus that I guess could be called presence. It's too bad that TV doesn't make more kise of talents like hers. She's a comer. , Slick Contribution The rest of the company also worked well. Diana Adams, a dancer with a fine line, turned in an awfully slick contribution as the "su gar plum fairy" and Judith Green unleashed some splen did technique in the role of the "Marzipan princess." I guess in something like this a good deal of credit should go to director Ralph Nelson and to George Bal anchine who staged the whole business. Okay, herewith af fix two credits. FTT5"!: "7""" "?TT7 3 ft) m - DRIFTING IN BALLOON high above Atlantic Ocean, three men and woman hope to land in vicinity of Trini dad Island after voyage from Teneriffe, Canary Islands. From left, top: Timothy Eiloart,', radio operator, and Mrs. Rosemary Mudie, photographer and cook. Foreground: Colin Mudie and Armond Eiloart, father of Timothy. Big bag has failed to report its progress since drift began. Eugene Family Escapes Flames Eugene-(UPD-Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Love and their two daughters, aged 3 and 5, nar rowly escaped with their lives early Christmas when fire de stroyed their home here. Authorities said "the blaze broke out around the flue in a hallway, and the Loves, es caping in" their night clothes, had to go through that hall way. They lost all their pos sessions, including Christmas presents. Former President Harry S. Truman won his first political race in 1922 when he was elected Jackson county, Mo., judge. 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Words Echo : He could see three tiers of cells in the bleak Regina Coe-1 li (Queen of Heaven) jail on the banks of the Tiber river. His words echoed throueh the massive building of steel and stone. - - - "I want to bring you the i good philosophy," he said. Your life is ugly incense, because you have lost all taste for, life., v , 'Rest assured that this visit will remain deeply impressed in my soul. It is good that the new year,, or let us call it the first year of our pontifi cate, be marked by a deed of mercy. "My prayer to you is that your first letter home now gives the news that the Pope came among you and that the Pope promised that in his rosary he will remember each one of you, for each one's special intensions, mothers, sisters ..." Drowned by Cheers His words were drowned out by the cheers of the pris oners, who broke out into a traditional Italian Christmas song, which begins "You des cend from the stars ..." The Pontiff, who visited the sick in hospitals Christmas Day, imparted the apostolic blessing to the 1,300 inmates of the jail. All but 200 are awaiting trial rather than serving sentence. : , The visit revived a custom of Pope Pius IX, who visited the prisoners every Christmas during his pontificate from 1846 to 1878. Later today Pope John re ceived the Vatican diplomatic corps to accept their creden tials accrediting them to his new pontificate. Move To Block Alfordin House Seen Faltering Washington -(UPD- A drive by some House liberals to block the seating of Dr. Dale Alford, the Little 'Hock segre gationist who beat Rep. Brooks Hays (D-Ark.) in a controversial write - in cam paign, appeared today to.be slowine down. . Same of the liberals who had been expected to support the Mock - Alford move were backing away from it. A com promise was . reported possi hk under which Alford would be allowed to take his seat while disposition was made of the election . complaints against him. . . A parallel move to qeny AlforH recognition as a Demo crat - and thus to restrict his prospects of eventual advance ment to a committee chair manship or some other posi tion of power in the House -continued to attract strong support among Democrats from outside the bourn. Challenge Expected This Question will be set tled in a Democratic caucus th dav before Congress convenes. Whatever the out come, it is considered almost pertain that some member on Jan. 7, opening day of the ses sion, will rise to challenge Alford's right to a seat. How nrosnects that the House will uphold this challenge were dimming. Such a challenge would De in line with the 3-2 recommen dation of a House committee which heard, but did not rule T.ittie T?rvk publisher's charge that Alford illegally won the election . through a conspiracy involving Gov. Jr- val Faubus. -The committee majority said Alford should be asked to stand aside while a tnor- ough investigation was made of the charges. 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