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Newspaper Page Textg TIIUKSDAY, SEPTEMBER 111. 1M3 MEDKOKD MAIL TRIBUNE, MfcDFORD. OREGON England Anticipates Best in Theater' When 1963 Season Opens By (IHEGOKY JENSEN United Press International LONDON (UPI) Fragment from an unwritten play: (The curtain rises on a bare wooden shed on a bombed-out London lot. Facing a decrepit dask at stage right sits a re porter, scribbling in a notebook. Behind the desk sits the great est actor in the English-speaking world, who speaks. Oliver: No, not for a National Theater. No half measures here. We're aiming at the top. What we want is to develop a company which will be the fin est in the world. Reporter: But why not? We have everything to work with. Money. A commitment to build a fine new theater. Cooperation from the most exciting theaters in Britain. And we can tap a Advertisement STKIPI'IXG ACTIOX! Here's a laundering trick for stripping away the wanning film that clings to clothes. To recon dition them like now, try this. 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That dialogue is imaginary: Sir Laurence Oliver does not grant this sort of interview. But the scene is real. In just such a setting, Oliver this month outlined to a press conference his plans for Brit ain's National theater. What emerged may he the most ex citing theatrical project of the decade. For one speech in lhat dia logue is real Oliver's words that he aims to "develop a com pany which will be the finest in the world." Solomon Proposed For Appeals Court WASHINGTON (UPI) Ore gon's congressional delegation has voted to recommend the se lection of Federal Judge Gus J. Solomon of Portland to a va cancy on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco. The delegation also voted in favor of recommending State Sen. Eugene Hulctte (D-Eu- gene) as U.S. Marshal for Ore gon to succeed the late Paul Kearney, who died last week. Both requests will go to Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, who then recommends such judicial appointments to President Ken nedy. Both appointments arc subject to Senate, confirmation. Judge Solomon," chief judge for the Oregon district, once be fore was recommended for a circuit court vacancy but the appointment went to a man from another state. The National theater it has no other name may turn out to be just that. Consider the lineup just for the first production, which opens Oct. 22: The p'.ay: "Hamlet," by Wil liam Shakespeare, which is at least a top contender for the label of the greatest play ever written. The director: Sir Laurence Oliver, the English language's greatest actor and a veteran di rector of films and plays. The star: Peter O'Toole, the wwxw Mtam i 1 1 ILa 11111 '"'""!i niwii n ism Iiiji ! tr-ir?' ' I1" !- CLOSED Mill FACELIFTING The Old Vic in London, one of Ihe hnst known theaters in the world, is closed for its $112,000 facelifting but will reopen again in October. With a new look it will be Britain's National Theater with Sir Laurence Olivier as director. (UPI) meteoric young actor whose fame shot skyward in the film "Lawrence of A r a b i a," but whose greatest acting plaudits have come for classical roles. The supporting cast: A stun ning array of Britain's finest classical actors, led by one of the nation's five actor-knights, Sir Michael Reddrove. That is just the beginning. One of the plays to follow will allow Oliver to tackle "The part I have been ducking for years" . . . Shakespeare's "Othello." For Britain, Oliver's exciting plans are the culmination of a struggle which has lasted more than 50 years. In this half-century the whole nation, not just a segment of it, has argued, bickered and bat tled toward one theater which would embody the nation's vast theatrical tradition. With the possible exception of Germany, England is the world's most theater - minded country. Central London alone generously supports 41 - y ear around theaters, with five more outside the city center and four more abuilding. The govern ment subsidizes provincial and experimental theaters, whi c h proliferate. The audience these theaters attract is a genuine i the site of the proposed new na- cross section, helped by ticket tional theater building.) prices which start at 50 cents and seldom exceed $3. Thus the argument over a na tional theater involved the whole British nation. George Bernard Shaw was one of its most outspoken backers 40 years ago. When, a decade ago, it looked as if a theater actually was to be built. Queen Mother Elizabeth laid the cornerstone. (The cornerstone, which has been the subject of everything from beatnik parties to protest marches by drama critics, still stands lonely and forlorn near When the government. through Parliament, finally agreed last year to go ahead with the theater plans, the news made banner headlines even in Britain's popular press. Oli vier's appointment as the the ater's overall director gained al most equal notice. Money Available Now Olivier seems to have all he needs to build the "finest company in the world." The government has given him one million pounds ($2.8 million) to start, and promised an annual subsidy of 130,000 pounds ($364,- until the new theater is built. 000). Another 1.3 million pounds The English Stage company, ($3.6 million) has been allocated t),e Avant - Guarde group which for construction of the theater deveoped jonn Osborne and bull,'!ing: ., f the "Angry Young Men" is as- UUVier l dUl.miB :,; luilh nlivior's 0rmm aw.iaui& ..... - c. wu,, for experimental productions. Design studies for the new the ater are under way. the British theater's leading lights, from drama critic Ken neth Tynan as literary adviser to the stage hards and design ers who will back the 50 or 60 actors in the permanent com pany. To make way for the National, the famed Old Vic has disap peared: National Theater pro. ductions will be staged in the periment. Old Vic s renovated building 1 alraia. What excites ire now," Oli vier says, "is the thought of feeling that hot breath of unity a marvelous, exhilarating unity of purpose. "We must try. We must ex- We must not be Truman Joins in Squabble To Move Battleship Missouri SEATTLE (UPI) - Former President Harry Truman has fired another broadside in a con tinuing scrap to get the batlle- Who takes care of homeless and neglected children in our community? Who mends broken homes, fosters medical research, provides teen agers with wholesome recreation programs? Who gives aid to the elderly and handicapped? P r-'i'li?" ' i .:;(:'' ship Missouri out of the Pugct Sound Naval Shipyard. Truman, in a letter to Orce C. Weller, Bellevue, said he would like to see the history making warship placed "where people can get to it. Weller got the letter Sept. 9. Weller, in a letter to a Seat tle newspaper, complained re cently that the Navy had order ed him to destroy film in h i s camera because he had taken a picture of it. On its decks, the Japanese surrender was signed in World War II. Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo) placed both letters in the Con gressional Record and said he shared Truman's "views and hopes" for getting the Missouri moved. Ilivcr Trip Proposed Missouri Gov. John M. Oalton and the Missouri House of Rep resentatives proposed last year lhat the battleship be taken up the Mississippi river for perma nent display in the state f o r which it was named. The request was relayed to the Navy by Symington but it was turned down by Adm. George W. Anderson, then chief of naval operations. Anderson said the warship was being kept in the reserve fleet for possible reactivation in a national emer gency. Ihe Navy also said the Mis- sippi river channel would have to be deepened and part of the warship's superstructure remov ed to provide clearance under bridges. In his letter to Weller, Tru man said: I cannot understand the at titude of Ihe people in charge with regard to the battleship. It is the most beautiful and the most famous battleship in t h e history of the world and I would like to sec it stationed where people can get to it instead of having it in a 'closet' up in Pu gct Sound where nobody can see it." Weller urged that the war ship be moved to San Francisco or St. Louis "if we can't see it in our own backyard." Boat Intercepted He said he had taken pic tures of the "Mighty Mo" from a boat. A Navy land craft inter cepted the private boat and Wel ler was ordered to destroy the "unauthorized" pictures. Weller also received letters Jews To Observe High Holy Days By United Press International At sundown Wednesday the so norous wailing of a ram's horn in thousands or synagogues around the world summoned Jews to observance of the High Holy Days, most sacred period of the year. Observed continually since the time of Moses, the High Holy Days arc 10 days of self examination and pen i t e n c e, which mark the beginning of a new year on the Jewish calen dar. This will be the year 5724. The High Holy Days open with Rosh Hashanah, a Hebrew phrase meaning "Head of the Year." Tradition holds that it is the anniversary of the first day of creation. Orthodox and Conservative Jews commemo rate Rosh Hashanah for two days; most Reform Jews for one. Decor You help our community provide all these vital services when you give the United Way. Please give generously there are so many people in our community whose only hope is in your heart. One gift works many wonders. GIVE THE UNITED WAY Add luxury to lied or living room make quilted pillows of taffeta, satin, velveteen. Carnation quilted pillows unusually beautiful! Stitch from ! back, by hand, machine. Pat tern 7314: transfer; motifs for 14-in. pillows; directions. THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing and special handling. Send to Alice Brooks, Modford Mail Tribune, Needlecraft Dept., P.O. 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