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Viennese Crowd By ALLEGRA BRANSON United Press International VIENNA (UPI) - A spunky American actress and her stage director husband are responsi ble for the first English speak ing theater in Vienna and it's a success. New York born Ruth Brink mann and her Viennese hus band Franz Schafranek founded the "English Speaking Theater of Vienna" and had originally intended to run their first pro duction, Jerome Kilty's "Dear Liar" only through the summer tourist months. The "short summer run" which began on July 20th in the Archduke Karl Palace finally closed end of November after being virtually sold out every night. It closed, as Ruth Brink mann explained, "not because of lack of interest, but so that I could take a rest and look for new material for our next pro duction before making a guest appearance with 'Dear Liar' in London early next year." "Dear Liar" is a two person comedy adapted from the cor respondence between ueorge Bernard Shaw and the English actress Stella Campbell. Vienna Applauds The Viennese press acclaimed the theater as "a new attraction to the beauties of Vienna." "The evening belongs to Ruth Brinkmann" one critic wrote. "She plays the famous actress with sparkling temperament auu Annhnnlinc charm." Her first partner was the American actor George Francis. He was succeeded by the Eng lish actor David Carlisle. For the last three weeks of the popular show, English actor Anlhony Slccl took over the role of G.B.S. with, as he himself admits, "completely surprising results." "When I heard of the enter prise," the tall, gray haired charmer admitted, "I was sur prised that such a thing was set up in Vienna. I came here and I'm still surprised, but at it's success." Anlhony Steel and Ruth Brinkmann have been invited to make a six weeks guest appear ance in the London "Arts The atre" in January-February 1064. "This will be our really big lest," says Steel. Wants Premiere Ruth Brinkmann, whose American homo is on Long Is land (555 East Shore Road, Kings Point), is now looking for an unknown American playwritc who is willing to try Vienna for a pre-Broadway premiere. "We'd like to think that the road starts in Vienna" she says. "After all we can put on a show here for a bare minimum, some thing off-Broadway simply can't do." "It will have to be something with a limited cast, and some thing non - complicated, of course." "We didn't attract, as we had expected, only the English speaking tourists," she explain ed, "but a surprising number of Austrians who jumped at the chance to hear English spoken on the stage." The Austrian education minis try was so taken with the idea that Ihey miido Deal' Liar at tendance compulsory in many of the advanced Enlish classes in the higher grades. The husband - wife team Is determined to continue with their venture. "They thought we were mad to attempt it," she admits, "but, oddly enough, we made it. StilKR HAS ATTACK BEND (UPI) Clarence Irv ing Tubbs, 47, of Bend died of a heart attack Friday while .ski ing at Ml. Bachelor with his teen-age daughter. 'a , ill t! ..tt4 V 1 nillli SIT-IN' - Congress of Racial Equality (COKE) dem onstrators stage a sit-in inside the entrance lo the main cdicc of Ihe San 1). i Gas & Electric ("o. The ulililv ob FOUND VIENNA TIIEATKH American ac tress lluth Brinkmann and English actor Anthony Steel, her leading man, ask direc tions of a Vienna traffic policeman in this Court Records .IUKTICK COL'IIT aula Hill lllslrlil Marlin Vim Reed. obstructed vl- ilon, j. Larry Larson crilg, rtlsoneyca atop sljtn, I0. Irta virsintu lumens, viuihuuii ol basic rule. Sin Gople Lewis 1'arKcr, improper clriiriiift lights. S.V Si-ntt lli.rniri Sanderson, no ve hicle license, mccirlenl) S3; viola linn of ltnlr- rulr. $10. Dona t liny wood, violation 01 hasie rule, sl'2. Jilhnda Jane Martin, dlsoheyra trallic slunsl. $10. Allen Addison iJarr, tritcK snrrn- ins. Sin. w nam tllcnnrn wynn, iroi-K speeding,. SHI. .lenrne itoxir owann, no ,iri lor'a license. $3. Darren uean rrrcuson. viola tion ot basic rule. VJ.'t. Arvlce Dr.n Hridc.es, no mutlier. VV ktisnrnded Leslie Marvin Onndrlch. no PUC permit, inn. James Milton Stalleworlh, no op. ernlor's license. S.'i. Gerald Mertnn Bacon, violation of busk- rule. S13. suspended (work 8 hours in courlhnusei. Lewis William Smallen, violation of basic rule, till. Krancea Estellr Blair, violation nf basic rule. S10. nohert Joseph Stlehl. excessive noise, s.v IIISTRIt'T rOURT Donald Friward Waldon, truck specdlnR, S1J.V I.awvon Charley Walker, over load, $23. Eugene Leslie HUltman, over loud SIR Harold Artmir uaugn, violation 1 of hasie rule. 510. I William Junior Deaver, no tale- ty chain. $1(V Alvln Donald York, tru.'k tpeeri UiR, JMI. Donald Lelloy Calkins, viola tion o( basic rule, S'i'S. Joseph Patrick Dugan, violation I hn.sk- rule. SJ.V Fred Charles Lan&fcldt, viola tion nf haMc rule. $10. Patricia Ann Hendricks, nn ve hicle license. W David Dwiiihl Coulson, nn ve hicle license, $Y .lamejs Otis Sprnuln, truck ipeed Inu. MO tJi'en MM'on i nsgrove, milow Inn ton close. $15 I 'red Nichols Mcpherson, over load. YM1 Allen Dean Sullivan, truck speed ing $10 Charles CUmUII Johnson, nh-btriii-lrd vision, MO David Waller Kune, no truck llcen.se. Y2; Aicllii Carnlvn VotRht, viola tion of hash- rule. $50 FihucI.s n-theil Suhul. violation nf hahic rule. 10 till 5 ia I '1 y$L"ZJf I ULi' P lit fTTiu .v I I I ' ' i ,V rti I I I 1 ft ft' FTsl Jtii: -'V ,v' V ''-- I ;VI.F j Theater photo. The Stale Opera is in (lie background. Miss Brinkmann and her Viennese husband, Franz Schafranek, are fountlcrs of the first English-speaking theater in Vienna. nohert Franklin Hotte, violation of basic rule, $23. Sidney Charles Williams, exces sive overhang, $13. Eugene Fulton, no operator's li ccn.se, $5, Unvicl Lewis Duey, violation of ..if rule. Sll) James nii-hard Thomas, truck Larry Alien Moore, inadom.i.c ! hr?ltcs- i2 .. I 1 hrodore wallinclon ovcrcll, vi oiatmn nf has io rule. in ! WHr?n? ZrWvFZti or nnMc rule, mi). i Vlruil John Harsh, overload. VW. Fhv La ml I Smart, no nnertor' license, S.. I John Jay Gnmcr Jr., excessive overhang. $15. Donna ucanr ninnn, no opci a tor's license. .Y Shan leloris Basrnm. violation of hMc rule, SUI. ftnhert Wayne Thorpe, violation of basic rule. $50. FJjno Rav Hall, nverlnad, 25. Vtrntl lJiVelle Henry, no vo hide license. 5. Lvndcn Dale Owen. -15, of 10.03 Third St., Jacksonville, driving while under the influence of in toxicating liquor, $:ui Laurhlin Hay McCollum, truck speeding, iu. Hazel Beehe Atkins drive on right side of hiKlnv.iy ihiiiihj in $..'. Peter Owen fculick, violation nf bahic rule. M5. J allies Don Vow, violation of baalc rule. $.')0 Walter Pulsipher, overload. $lft llarhara Sue Voss, no lichls. Charles Frederick Shinn, vio.n- j tlon of basic rulr. MO John Clinton Ktllioin Jr. ex- I cesMve noise. $lo Earl Howard Bruwn. illeiinl pc.s- seHhion of deer. $5(1 Meivin James iiocKwonn, no lights, $5 Sam Saraceno. truck speeding. $10. H. Robert Raymond, violation nf Iibmc rule. $.V Delfnrd B. Dean, depositing: trash within loo yards of water. " Marvin Fred Burg, no truck li cense $3- Eldon KvHim Davidson, truck speeding, $10. Hotly nu Ih ninel. failure. In tiansler title. ! Cbancev Klbwoilh Slokes, oer lencth, $.V Florence Ai thur neam, no lii;ht. $.V mi.ih unit mi Nine i m 11 1 Jminny Mulmet Dahl. exces she noi.se. MN HHrnnslnn Miner (ininl. rxpitett velm-le license, .". nmili'tuntr equlinnenl. Md Pnvld Hay LiiFever. vmlnlinn ol hMc rule. Si?t. CW7V tained a Superior Court i oil .lining order In pre cut dem onstrations that would hinder mcvemeni into ami out of the building. (UPI) To See 4-.I HEWS Lens Lookers I and apathy of the Soviet A party was held observing i peasant, tired of slogans, over Christmas recently. j worked, underpaid, and bitter During the party games were ! in the realization that in the played. The meeting started . with the roll call ni which path mnmluir r p a ri a ( hriOmac 1 " 1 1 poem. . p eti,,K wilh ircsnmenis ol cook ics, cako, icc I cream, and hot cocoa. Seven members were present at the meeting. Six were regular membcrs and one was a new i member. I The next meeting will be Jan uary 5. John Truly, Reporter. Dale Allen Lane, violation of basic rule, 27. Hrverly June Ownhy. violation of basic rule. $u I, to Pol a Vioil rvmrrrl vohiclf iK'cnse Chi'islrn Johnson .lrsf.rn. dis- oht'Vrd Irflffle Mcnal. SHI nonitld Mcririnh M.inkins. cx pii'Pd vrlik'lr Hi-rnsp. $.V Cirnl Ann Mii.Ylit'Wl, dlsolipypd slop SIKH. MO CLuuip Kriwnrd Npvinnn. no op prator's licptip. v IrH .'n;i(Uin Pliolps Jr . violation of !;j,Mi rule. .o Kpi.npih n. sutrn. disoiipvrd , OH',' MKII. J.l llpnnun I'ornpliou.s Copi'pdKP. vi ololion ol Iiiimp nilp, ll l.pon Stihll Mlllpr, violation of lms.li' rulr, UI. ClIlt'l'IT ( Ol 1(1 WillHt-ri K llertiri vs Hilda l.cc Heard, divorce cuiupliiint. m Mini i H'i:m; M'IM.II A l U) Uimld K-Mle Mcinrcke, Untile I, H l.tl. SluidV Cuve. mul l,"U rlln (i'-iul.ivne Minor, Hux '2. Mi.mI fnvt Clcnn 1 mrr Miles. Ilout I. Hn t.i .l.ii kvnnvillr. jiiH I'-mmr H.n- Kt.tiue. ,iniii Merrnn:tn It. -.id. M.dlnul i .nl IhiiicliiK Jnliiis'in. H" ,u2. 1 .lulr Point, niwl Aseutth K.-v McptiriiMin, Koule I. Hnv Khc. le I'oinl Hiii riimluii M Ciiinl. 71 Kmc Si . Mi'dlonl, iind S hie Pi-ol;i "1 s . 'if- , ... -..-VidL'F' f W.'.-l. ;, I'mns) Ivi.nia ,Vir. Mftl I li.nl. I American Actress in 'Dear Liar' Simple Way Out Seen for Khrushchev- Bring Back By DONALD R. SHAN'OR United Press International If President Johnson were forced to buy millions of tons of grain from Russia, restrict!10 'heir work, the Soviets could bread sales in super- markets. vasiiy increase meir narvest, and make repeated tours of i and at the same time remain Iowa and Kansas with heavy- j within the ground rules of Corn handed advice for farmers, no ! munism. one would believe him if he j Would this mean even more blamed bad weather for his . farm troubles. j No matter what the excuses , in the press, the nation would ; think there was something scr- , lousiy wrong wun me system ; ana mai H was ume to cnange There would be additional pressure for change if the pub lic realized that the farm pro gram had had 35 years to work out its kinks, that it had made the rural half of the population hostile to the government, and that it had done serious dam age to the nation's economy and prestige. In the country where all this is really happening, the Soviet Union, public opinion speaks only with a soft voice. Never Admitted Wrongs Nikita Khrushchev, the dirt farm expert and peasants' ad viser, has never admitted there is anything basically wrong with the system of collective and stale farms that he helped build up and finally took over from Stalin. More fertilizer, more irrigation, more work, he says, less theft, less account juggling, and less attention to private plots will make the sys tem work. But he must now contend with two kinds of pressure for change. One is the fact that the system does not seem to be working if agricultural Russia is forced to buy millions of dol lars worth of grain abroad. The other is the resistance age of de-Stalinization, when the old dictator is reviled as a criminal and tvrant. Ihft farm , , , , sysiem hp lorced on tnc coun- ro-ilrys.de in a wave of terror. (loporwHions, ana siarvauons is allowed to continue largely un changed. Last winter's weather cut in- to harvests in Western as well ns Eastern Europe. But analysts here say the failure of previous harvests in good weath er years kept Soviet grain re serves so low that the Western wheat deals were necessary. Problem Of Ideology Khrushchev's main problem then is not rainfall or frost. It is ideology. Under present party directives, he must steer 1 the boviel agriculture machine in two directions at once, on the one hand providing plenti ful harvests and on the other transforming the stubborn peasant into a state farm work er a kind of outdoor factorv ham! without 'properly he can call his own. In Iho view of many West erners, there is a simple wav I out of Khrushchev's dilemma: Bring back the free enterprise system in the countryside, let J the market set food prices, and; o ir Mioringcs will vanisli. 1 large dose of some kind of incentive dues scorn to be in tinier. But no Soviet leader t'oultl hope to survive the loosen ing of controls that a complete reti.rn In the flee market would mean. And the economy could not Iting function with half Die population building Socialism and the other half just as busily building bank accounts. A little free enterprise is different matter. Lenin 'used it sncressfllllv in Ihn 'Mi's and il is already being tried in some of Ihe satellites The kev is the private plots. .Small Backyard Farm Stalin permitted the peasants In keep a small backyard farm. usuallv ' to 1 acre, and Ihev , have clung to the years despite move them. ! those little fields and cow 1 shells are marvels of efficient' compared to I ho neighboring collectives. Most western esti mates place their productivity at twice that of tile "Socialist sector " And some say one-third n( total production comes (rom I this 3.5 per eenl of the (ai m land. I Even Sm iet statistics show the private plots are much bet ter managed, and that nearly half Ihe naliun.il output of meat and milk and nine of every titii'ii eggs ciunes from them. The Communist leiulers in Hungary . and Bulgaria have drawn some conclusions from these figures. Solve t'lirimic Stinrtages , They consider private farm ing an easy means of solving their chronic shortages and are taking steps to encourage it. Hungary has reassured its peas ants their little farms are "in no way provisional" and grant ed them government help to raise more crops on them Bulgaria List spring offered its peasants uncultivated land; from the collectives to increase j private livestock production., and gi anted loans of machinery i and equipment My doubling the sie of Soviet pi iv ate plots, by making il east- Free Enterprise System er for peasants to buy or bor row machinery, and by guaran teeing them a profit in relation neglect for the collectives? It need not. The new machinery would take the place of extra j labor. And Khrushchev could ; revive peasant interest in the collectives if he took steps to mi hi ii if rf fi lL $A miitt i iXt X -i Llir ifiM ii m CALENDARS RECEIVED - Dale Hoecker, Jackson County Extension agent, at right, recently received from the Jackson County Federal Savings and Loan Association the 19(i4 national 4-H Club calendars. Presenting the calendars to Hoecker was John H. Pletsch, executive vice president, and Mrs. Phyllis Wald of the savings association The savings association has heen supplying the calendars Three Accidents Reported in City Throe auto collisions were in vestifiated by Medtord police Thursday. AI lt-m nm . .,nhil. nn'l I-lleh f - "r crated by Gcorgene Ann Web - hpr ?tl nf Flm SI cnllirlnrl wi(h g Rcd au(o ownwJ bJ a parked auto owned by t William Edward Bower. 3-1" . . Frecland Road, Central Point, on Bartlett Avenue between Main and Sixth Streets, police said No citations were issued , ' venicie anen Dy Ariene Marie Mailman, 33, of BOO Ben - jsl)n St.. struck the 1'pnr nnrl nf a vehicle operated by John Al- hpi-t lavnes nf Ml Shasta ""' , Calif., about 2:08 p.m., police re)orlcd. pa.icia Ann JayncSi pas- Snni!nr. was rprnirtpd initireri slightly. No first-aid was rcquir etl. however, nolice said. Police cited Miss Mailman (or having a vehicle wilh detective brakes. l,i..lnc ,i,n k,. !-!.,;. ,,,,.v, , , . o Hay Bounds, 2.1, of Prnvn. Utah, and Earl Frederick .Jones, HI, u( HUH Orchard Home Court, t'tiUidccI at the intersection of Itlverside Avenue and McAll- d'Tws Ro?ds' al,mlt 4:M I1"1 " r ouns was tl1 lor mamng an improper turn, police said. -.t.v.,"s.vi. JE.rk. .-v. a. --says i.uL.nx.-. tj .w3Ernt!2&an s .o abonsh mmpm. ixWt-iii mm L , iVii1 U,' ife- KOIMY Est (HtTS (H Ei:N NANCY - Pave Kopav. Husky h,,lfta,k. c-mit.-N Kom' Bowl vyuet'it Naniy Kiiccland as N'.aKC Kupp and Princess Diana PuVal catch a ride on the next elephant lloih Hose Bowl learns from the Universities nf make them genuine coopera lives. On paper, the peasants are voluntary members of their col lectives. They debate projects and elect their own farm chair man. In practice, of course, nothing of the sort takes place, as every peasant "cooperator" knows, i The farm chairman is usuallv sent from party headquarters and the members' onlv function is to approve his directives and those from higher up. The Family Council Kdtlnr's no'.: The Famllr l-rtYcriatnsl., tlirre rlertymeii. thrpp editors and a women's pdllor. liph a-ltcle Is a summary nf a family disagreement presented tn the r.nunril. l"tt Cnuncll deals with problems, inafor and minor, eir-unterd hy guidance counselors and social workers. Kdlted by sirs. Alma Denny. (CoDyriht bi ra.ne.ai Feature, r.orn.i , , . .Mrs. B.T. He refuses to . ,,.,0,.. 1 Nathan E. I want to return ' to Israel. .,u, t!..-j .Airs. ii. i. iviy H-year-oid , iiv-'jjiiuw, an ui Jiian, uvcu in lsracl untii iast year jn lne care of my parents, his grand - parents. I sent (or him, hoping lo ,llrn him into an American ! and to send him to a fine uni- ,.:, u,. n. u.,c u,i ! mi balky. While he does good : iu.,,-1 in 'nm t,.h,,nt c,,l,i,.ic he's at a standstill with English. He speaks it fairlv well, reads 'all right, but won't write the ., Salhan E. nIiivbc Uiev ll put me out of that school, then mv annl will snnrl mn hn.'lr in, nana. That's where I'd rather be. 1 can't bring myself to write the American wav," from left to rieht. I feel like" a traitor lo my Israeli teachers who taucht , ..,:.. i :u. mil: ,,r nuir uuili I illl 111 ictl, the Hebrew way. Since 1 hope to so back lo my grandparents 'and friends, why should I strug- gle so? I'll only get all mixed up. The Council: Here's where a leiia needs a tnend. preterably in the form of a guidance teach - As a result, the collective member has looked on the sys tem with indifference if not hos- tility, and turned his energies ' cording to Jackson County As instcad to his own holdings. I sessor Thad W. Hatten, who But without changing a period , or comma in the collective farm rules, and without appearing to give up an inch of the Soviet farmer's march to Communism, the Soviets could create genuine cooperatives, where the pea s ants would have some say in their affairs and where they ! might be inclined to work hard er for the common good. for Jackson and Josephine Counties for the last seven years. More than 1,000 record cal endars will be given to 4-H members and 300 business calendars will be distributed to busi nesses in the counties by 4-H members. The calendars are printed by Brown and Bigelow, SI. Paul, Minn., for the national 4-H foundation. counrll consists nr a lutlep. er at school. Nathan needn t ! to,- Mi -11 .... l.n .t, St,MS iiuAiu up, nc is. In fact, the transplantation, against his will and Wilh in- i sufficient transitional comfort- 1 ,Ki"-'s a ' mixpH-lin ns in hp "omnt innallv , 1' v..sii,,i; , disturbed" and in need of psy- ; chiatric aid. But perhaps Mrs. 1 the English teacher, and a scho1 counselor can melt Na- than s resistance wilh these re- minders: Knowino 2 lannuaces iwcll' is not being disloyal to Olle's molliei' tonUlie. All con - tll'all'e lsec )' U s an enrichment. . ; f urlhcr. Nathan's mastery of I ; Enelish, through speaking it,; writing it. has nothine lo do wilh a decision on where to! !''. here or in Israel. His, vague terror that the more he : V1'"3. '"""K uui iohbuc, il.he ff irslcr his chance i oi return- S'I.m1'!- '"g to his former home, should allayed by the adults. Then ,t .... tnu miuiw. I in n 1 nc may breathe with relief and. ' ,h1i' t tack e his A-R-C s with rnisln 1 - n ' HATITIKS COFFKK PACT WASHINGTON ( UPI) The . United Slates deposited with the .United Nations Fiiriav its rati. ncation ol tne international cot fee aerccment dosienod In set a floor under the world price ' for coffee. Washington and Illinois were guests al Disneyland, a tra ditional event for tame participants in the New Year's day football game. I UPI) Applications Are Available for Tax Relief for Elderly A new law providing property tax relief to elderly persons, ef fective Jan. 1, permits applica tions to be filed by April 1, ac- ,,uw '" "inns wr mat purpose The assessor emphasized that the law, passed by the 1963 Leg islature and clarified by the special session, has two parts. The first relates to a partial exemption from taxation of property used as a personal residence by a person whose "gross receipts" are $2,500 or less during the previous cal endar year. Applications are to be made to the assessor. The second part relates to a deferral of tax on the personal residences of persons who make the proper election. This defer ral has no relationship to the "gross receipts" of the taxpay er, Hatten noted. In either instance, a person is eligible to apply if he is 65 years of age or older on March l ot the year in which he files. Defines Residence The exemption provision de fines a "principal personal resi dence" to include the private house and land equivalent to a single family accommodation used by the taxpayer as his principal and permanent dwell ing place in which he lives wilh a spouse, unmarried minor chil dren, or blood relatives actually supported by the taxpayer, own ing the property as a life estate or in fee simple, or purchasing the fee simple under a recorded instrument of sale. A housekeeper or nurse in the house, or even the rental of a room, will not by itself preclude the exemption, Hatten explain ed. The taxpayer's "gross re ceipts" for the previous calendar year, not to exceed $2,500, in clude but are not limited to pensions, disability compensa tion, retirement pay, welfare and social security payments, and receipts from sales or serv ices rendered. If a taxpayer converts property or indebted ness into money, the sum must be included in "gross receipts," he said. Allowed An Exenipliun If he qualifies, the taxpayer is allowed an exemption of a percentage of the first Slo.ono of true cash (market) value of the principal personal residence. The second part of the law provides an election (or a de ferral of taxes on the owner's nonincomc-producing homestead property, on which there is no i oiin,,,. ti, i 1 uLiniutiivj. musi me a sworn delorral claim n duplicate with Hatten. who i will forward nnr eniw in Iho state Treasurer. Granting of uic claim win deter lax pay tu r.. 1 iiivuio iui mv nu.t uaudl ycdl and continue the deferral of ; payments for past years as to j which claims have been filed, j until eligibility ceases. j The taxes, including accrued inimcsi nf b nor ront vmr , become due when the claimant lrlins nr Ihn nrnnnrlv is snlH ,,r no longer qualifies, Hatten said, A surviving spouse, 60 years of age or older, can elect to con- linne the rinfnrral LOS Anaeles To Have b; , vorlr'c rrrl ,3 - 1.0S ANGELES (UPP - Tl' , . ns as,, pe mpn T.,. :,.;,.', ,, ' " , 'r j. . . ".(-hJi o " " ; Dest tills VCilf claims it w have the nation's largest New Year's card. Office lights from the lot h lo the 22nd floors on three sides of city hall will form a 6 on - top of a 4. 175 feet high and 80 feet wide from dusk New Year's Eve until dawn of Jan. 2. Jan. 2.
