European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse 1962 the stars and stripes pot 3 satire wows Russ encore vetoed _ muscovites clamouring for a Roll num performance Moiseyev the dancers j everything on the Western hit of theto the apes parody in the Cap but audiences behind the Iron curtain appear to be digging the uninhibited music and dancing without paying serious attention to the propaganda message. Westerners at a recent perform Ance of the dancers current run at the Tchaikovsky concert Hall in Moscow were surprised by the audience s enthusiastic reception of the Eliest girls in the com Pany dressed in skin tight jeans and sweaters Jytte rugged with sport shorted partners to hot licks from a jazz the dance the last on the program was Over the audience continued clapping rhythmically for 15 minutes shouting encore dancers took repeated bows but glumly declined to do a repeat performance As they had with other observers Here sense the heavy hand of the censor behind the dancers refusal to comply with the audience s belief was reinforced recently by a cartoon in the humor Magazine Kro Kodil complaining about the imports of Western dances under the Guise of parody. A front Page drawing showed a stylishly dressed Young russian couple watching a dance number on television. The wife complains another Waltz what a bore. Last week they showed a parody of the twist now there real Only other number on the Moiseyev program that consistently draws demands for encores is a sexy cuban dance. In Accord with the ideological ground rules the sketch opens with a bearded Castro standing on a bal Cony but then launches into an unrestrained hip swinging Rendi Tion of provocative latin sketch too is liberally adorned with fetching Girla dressed in what by russian standards Are revealing costumes. The craze Here for Western music and dances particularly among Young people appears to be a mat Ter of increasing concern among soviet propagandists. Cer wins suit came Home now she s divorced Minn. Up congresswoman been granted her husband who me Home Appeal 3958 congressional District judge James Murphy granted the divorce to mrs. Knut son 48, after she testified that her husband Andy went out on frequent drinking bouts and once went on a real spree with $150 from a joint banking s hotel \ splits standing in front of their hotel in of Lee Minn., Are or. And or. Andrew Knutzon. Or. Gnu two a Ratoiu Oman and target of her husband Coya come Appeal in 1058, pm kurd and won a divorce. A photo airily tightened by of prevent nuclear mishap Egton a the air taken another step to that Only the most personnel serve on Crews lie nuclear missiles and lua.1 who display excess or apprehension con the dangers of the Job Are Ible the service said in entitled human la Calif. Hearings Lerly planned Egton up a House flt tee announced that it countrywide Public Hrar Esta wishing a Federal Corn problems of the elderly. Bearings will Start Friday each Fla. Others will Pat Orlando. Fla saturday Burg Fla., sunday Sac Oakland and san Diego Larch 30, 31, and april 2, unit commanders Are Given the direct responsibility of keeping unreliable personnel from nuclear units or removing them if trouble some symptoms appear after assignment. A general policy had been in effect since april i960. The new regulation sets up procedures for examining newly assigned men and officers and keeping a constant Check on their traits and behaviour. The new human reliability checking program is in addition to i other elaborate safeguards the air j Force has established to prevent an irrational or emotional Man from i firing a missile or i cd Asins Ai bomb. These safeguards include that More than one person be required in any launching procedure Lite use of separate keys by separate individuals to unlock control Meeh a isms and the keeping of nuclear weapons under heavy and constant guard. The former representative testifying before a Small gathering in the courtroom charged her Hus band with cruel and inhuman treat ment and said she paid the Bills while Andy uttered around their White Frame hotel in Oklee Minn. Mrs. Knutson testified that she and her husband had lived together since 1953 except for occasional Public appearances at political Par ties when the democratic party thought it hired an attorney to resist the divorce petition but chose not to testify. Judge Mur Phy held a conference with attorneys after mrs. Knutson s Testi Mony. He returned to the Bench and announced the plaintiff and the defendant hex c entered into a property settlement. The plaintiff is granted a mrs. Nulson won election to Tho House in 1954, she run int trouble in the 1958 Campaign when Andy made his widely publicized Coya come Home plea. She was Defeated in the 1958 election by Odin Langen and later charged him and political enemies with duping her the height of the Domestic melodrama suits find counter suits were filed. One action involved a charge by Knutson that his wife affections had Heen alienated by her Secretary Bill Kjeldahl. Then 29. Knutson also complained that Kjeldahl had called him an impotent old Knutson Torney Benedict Fitzgerald jr., he had affidavits from every one in Oklee that Andy in t an the suits were later withdraw without a decision. Mrs. Knutson testified that her husband began drinking shortly after their marriage in 1941 and went on frequent drinking bouts she said the couple said their farm near Oklee in 1d45 and bought the six room hotel Andy became caretaker there when Coya went to Washington. The Silvery blonde told the judge she stopped putting Money in the account after her husband spent the $150. Kenneth Remick assistant Cash Ier of the Oklee Bank testified All Loans made to the hotel were made in mrs. Knutson s name because Andy s drinking habits made Hima poor 20 s actor Purcell Dies new York a Charles Purcell Broadway Singer actor of the 1920 s and 30 a died. He was 75. Purcell died following a heart attack according to his wife mrs. Elizabeth Valdes Purcell. School not impressed by president Berkeley Calif. Up presi Dent Kennedy will join hundreds of professors in their Gold Scarlet an purple Robes at the University of California Friday but he won thave top Billing at the world s largest educational institution. Campus posters heralding the an Nual charter Day ceremonies do not emphasize the presidential vis it and the formal invitations Are for the inauguration of or. Edward w. Strong As Chancellor of the Berkely Campus. At the Bottom of the announce ment in letters the same size i says simply the principal address will be delivered by the president of the United current Wisecrack among students is Are you planning to attend the inauguration of or. Strong More than 80,000 persons Are expected to turn out to hear or. Kennedy speak and see him receive an honorary degree. Also receiving a degree will be defense Secretary Robert s. Mcnamara when texans want to Honor a Man they do it big san Antonio Tex. Unless somebody backs Down two Grade schools near san Antonio Are going to be named for Astro naut John h. Glenn or. Supt. W. E. Whitten said that trustees of the East Central District voted March 8 to give Glenn s name to a school being built near suburban Sayers. They were await ing Glenn s reply to an invitation to attend dedication ceremonies be fore announcing the name. Northside District Board member decided last week to do the same thing for a school near Lackland air Force learning of the other District s move Carlos Boone president of the Northside trustees said this will take a bit of attorney Giesler s Sou held for drunk driving los Angeles Michael Giesler 24, son of the late film land attorney Jerry Giesler was booked on suspicion of felonious Drunken driving tuesday. With him were Edward g. Rob Inson jr., 29, son of the actor and Dorothy Bullington 45. They were coming from a birthday party Given Robinson by his father. 11 face trial in imports of bogus scotch new York Cap a Federal grand jury has accused 11 persons of conspiring to import 820.000 Gal Lons of spurious scotch whiskey sold throughout the United state since 1953 for $20.5 million . Atty. Robert m. Morgen Thau said the whiskey was distilled in Holland and miss Abele As scotch whiskey distilled and blended in Scotland. Most of it was brought into the United states in barrels and sold to bottlers who labelled it under More than 200 private name brands his office said. No big name brands were involved. Widely sold in . Places where it was sold included Boston Chicago los Angeles and san Francisco Morgenthau s office said. Indicted on conspiracy charge were Charles Halm 68, of new York City described by Federal authorities As an importer and ringleader of the group Sidney Haim 42, his son of St. Thomas Virgin islands Gladys Scheer 47, of Elmhurst Queens n.y., Secretary to Charles Haim Robert Konig,.45, of Schie dam Holland Goddard a ltd., of new York City and St. Thomas Campania Sheffield s.a., of new York and Panama City Panama National securities Union s.a., of the same two addresses Firth bonding co. Sheffield distiller Anda dross distillery All of new York and London and m. Conn s wine & spirits trading co., Schiedam Holland. Made in Hollan asst. . Atty. Daniel p. Hoff Man said the whiskey was blended and produced in a Large distillery operated in Holland by the Conn company shipped from Rotterdam bearing labels indicating it was produced in Scotland and false Bills of lading representing it As being shipped from Scotland. Charles Haim listed Sheffield Firth and a dross As having shipped the whiskey from Glas Gow Hollman said and the two Haims and miss Scheer prepared certificates of age and filed them with the new York collector of the whiskey cleared Cus Toms Here it was sold by Goddard s and National securities to whole Sale bottlers in the United states Hollman said. If convicted each defendant could be sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,009.Charles Haim was released in 510,000 Ball miss Scheer on 2,500 bail and their plea to the charges was. Postponed. Tas Tanian monster just a lot of blubber Hobart. Tasmania up Tho want monster found on a Remote Beuch in Tasmania probably was nothing More than a huge chunk of whale blubber the head of a five Man scientific research parly said. John g. Gorton said the scientists probed the mass Cut it an carried out other tests. The scientists concluded the fur on its top Section was due to the hardening of the blubber by wind and Gorton said. Their report confirms what i always believed that there Are no monster sin but earlier j. C. Cal Aby senior Mamma Ogist of the government wildlife division said that no conclusion had been reached by the five Man scientific expedition. Cal Aby refused to speculate on the mass of matter which was washed ashore about 20 months ago. He said that specimens were being brought to Hobart decision had yet been reached on where tests would be portions flu be sent to various scientific laboratories to give All experts a Chance to identify the creature Cal Aby said
