European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 04, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday june 4, 1980 Dod bans promotion of passion play of  Page ii Lra Smission Clasa not uncommon a. Defense department spokesman i Washington said today thai the  sent a message to Usa eur he in Uei Del Borg in May 23 repeating a memo of May 2 from tick concerning the play. A Sari us spokesman said tuesday hut the command supports and is com plying with inc Dod  the wire service reported that the anti defamation league of b Nai b Rith said in a statement that the defense department ban called promotion of the play inappropriate and ordered no efforts be made in the future to promote similar commercial sectarian  a defense department spokesman quoted in the Story said Many people View the play As a tourist attraction but there Are some questionable historical references in  the arc spokesman stressed that while the Headquarters would naturally comply with any forthcoming order it had not promoted the play lie said that Al re bought 5.000 tickets to the play months ago and distributed them to Community commanders for resale. How the tickets were distributed was left up to inc local commanders he said although anyone buying those tickets had to Book a two Day slay at an arc hotel. We did t sponsor trips to the play we merely did it As a Community service in response to the demand and made sure people would have a place to  when they came to this area for inc play he said. He explained that inc tickets Are for performances scattered throughout the play s run and have All been sold. Arc does t expect that any orders it May receive will affect those already hold ing tickets he said. There is no prohibition on armed forces personnel unending inc play emphasized inc Dod spokesman quoted in the wire service Story. The town expects to Host a half million visitors from All Over the world As Many As 100,000 of them americans during the play s 100-Pcrformance season thai recently got under Way and runs through sept. 28.the firs performance of the play was staged for the press on May 18. A special performance of the play May 21 played to a sellout audience made up of 5,000 Mem Bers of the american military Community stationed in Europe. That performance a one time Only affair was arranged by the Wiesbaden recreation Center which then resold inc tick ets to other acc centers in Europe. Jewish groups have charged the play is anti semitic in that it implies the collective guilt of All jews for the death of Christ. The play depicting the passion of Christ has been put on nearly every 10 years since 1634 by residents of the neigh Boring bavarian Village of of Crammer Pau. The american jewish committee while welcoming some Progress in the Elimina Tion of what it considers anti semitic aspects of the play contends in a 20-Page analysis of the pageant that it remains _. ._., Umi  Wiki Sugi Aill 1iiui ii dim Iii interview with Coleman fails to disclose any new leads in the Jordan shooting fort Wayne. Ind Apithe pin a ind. A e Fri Learned nothing new when agents questioned the woman who was with Vernon h. Jordan or. On the night the National Urban league president was shot in inc Back a . Attorney said tuesday. David t. Ready the Federal prosecutor said the interview with Martha c. Coleman failed to turn up any new information but she did not fail to answer any question openly and  we re in a stage where we be got to knuckle Down do our Homework and Hope for a break ready said. Ready and Fri agents Wayne g. Davis and Ken Ivan questioned he woman. Meanwhile mayor Winfield Moses said tuesday a Reward fund made up of Public donations hopefully will entice people to youths form amerika Haus Spray slogans by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt is us Youn people stormed the amerika Haus Here monday seized the receptionist and sprayed political slogans on the Walls. According to a spokeswoman for the information Center operated by the inter National communications Agency ayoung Man entered the building shortly after 11 . And asked a 74-year-old receptionist about a passport that supposedly had been left in the Library. When the receptionist went to open the Library to look for the passport she was seized by the Young Man. Five other per sons All with their faces covered by ii to Lhnn had in the amerika Haus and began spraying slogans in Ger Man on three Walls. Translated the slogans read fice the a i 2 or on a "1 " War an Solidarity with the rap Raf hands i cared  Ali n. Beer know Nas the Baader Remhof group. The Berlin 13" refer to those jailed on various charges after demonstrations in West Berlin that followed the annual Allied forces Day last month. The receptionist s screams and the appearance of a janitor caused the intruder so flee. Several thousand Marks Worth of dam age was done to the building in spokeswoman said come Forward with vital  he did not say How much Money was in in fund. Coleman 36, earlier had told a newspaper columnist i Don t have anything to hide. I did t see a thing out there. Jordan who was shot in the lower Back was in serious but stable condition monday. Hospital officials said he continued to show steady Progress and walked with the Aid of two other people  Steps since the hotel parking lot shooting Early last thurs Day. The attack came As the civil rights Leader got out of a car driven by Coleman a Board member of the fort Wayne Urban league at the Marriott inn about 2 . He had joined her for Coffee at her Home. Coleman. Who had been in seclusion since the shooting met with Fri agents monday according to agent Roy Mitchell who declined to disclose details. Her lawyer Charles Leonard blamed the delay on an incident that greatly troubled my client and greatly troubled me " Leonard told reporters that when hear Rived at police Headquarters last thursday at 5 45 . Less than four hours after the shooting he was kept waiting until shortly after 7 . When i was advised she had left the  he said he got a Call about 2 . And went to the station to Sec Coleman then. The Washington Post said tuesday it was the incident at the police station that greatly troubled him and his client. Davis who is heading inc Federal incs i Galion. Has said he hoped Coltman s Testi Mony could Lead to a break in the Case. In a copyright Story in monday s fort Wayne news Sentinel columnist Dan Luzadder said Coleman called him Friday afternoon and said i m doing whatever my attorneys arc advising me to do. I m letting them handle the thing in the Way they think is Busl. I m not going to talk about it. You know i m not going to say anything now. Nol until the attorneys say so. I m a Little scared i m under a doctor scare but i m All  she continued i Don t have anything to hide. I did t Sec a thing out there. I told the police thai when i talked to them. I did i Sec any vehicle i did t see any per son out there. I heard the shot but i did t know what ii was Ihnn. I did t know what a gunshot sounded like. I just saw him fall behind the car. That s  Jordan had been in town to speak at the local Urban league s annual dinner. After the dinner Coleman joined Jordan for or Lulu j a i bar. Al 12 30 ., Leonard said they drove to her Home for Coffee. Leonard said no one else joined them and they received no phone Calls. They left to return to inc hotel around 1 30 ., he said. On the ride Back to the hotel they were passed by a car of hecklers Leonard said. The comment that she recalls was some thing to the effect of derelict or deviant something along those lines Leonard said. There were t two men in the from one individual in the Back of the passing car. He said adding she was unable to de scribe any of those  s. Africa Hunts guerrillas after worst raids Johannesburg up a nation wide manhunt for Black saboteurs responsible for South Africa s worst Ever guerrilla aids combined Wilb violent unrest among coloured mulatto and Indian student tuesday stretched police resources to the limit. The most troublesome spot remained Cape town where fire caused extensive damage to a coloured primary school and several Rock throwing incidents occurred in the Durban area thousands of Indian students were expelled because of their refusal to return to i hair classrooms in inc six Wick old school Boycott. Al least 16 other Indian Slu dents regarded As ringleaders in the stay away were arrested in the Johan Nesburg area in pre Dawn swoops. The school Boycott action came As police mounted a nationwide search for gangs of Black nationalism saboteurs who Laic sunday attacked the nation s three major Oil refine Ries and planted time bombs at the head quarters of a Branch of Fluor an american company contracted to build South Africa big Oil from Coal refineries. The three Lime bombs at Fluor were Dis armed by police bomb experts after two children monday spoiled one on a  Liviu Jiuu spot Tosill and raised an alarm. M"41i"i.u-"llv5r i1"" in finally managed to bring the blazes under control Jil v x ,"8 at Lac third refine a led to mull Len Ray. The Saboteur faded to ignite a fire and damage was police investigating the raids said Hist scaled mines wifi filming devices were cd against All three fact lilies Rathe  As was first reported rooted in a tradition of hostility and con tempt toward jews and Judaism which prevailed for centuries and shaped the attitudes of generations of  in  a spokesman for the passion play organization expressed sur prise Al Dod s order and said he had yet to hear reports of such action. Everyone thought the text was in or Der. The play committee has been working on the revisions for several years. They worked with the jewish committee car Dinal Joseph razing or of Munich and theologians on Lac revision. We thought there were no objections. Rabbi Tannenbaum Marc Tannin Baum an official of the american jewish committee and one of a group of Ameri can jews who worked with Catholic Church leaders and Oberammergau ers to revise the text said the text was of seve ral months ago. Lie agreed to the text. Then last week he called a press Confer ence in Munich to say that the text was still wrong. He s the same Man who objected to it in 1970 and that s Why the changes have been  said Peter Kot cd Creuter. Most owners of the . Travel Agen cies we Deal with Are jews and they have been fighting to get any bookings we have i Don t think this action will affect us Al All since we Are All sold out he added. Controversy Over the script flared in 1970 when american jewish organizations denounced the play As anti semitic be cause it proclaimed the collective guilt of jews for the death of Jesus. Although that production was also a sellout some Village leaders worried that the controversy might ultimately Cut into ticket sales to americans the largest group of foreign buyers. Al the urging or Hans Schwaighofer a sculptor who portrayed Judas in 1950 and i960. The town Council two years ago dusted off a verse script written in 1750 by Benedictine Monk Ferdinand Rosner. The decision pleased . Christian and jewish organizations. The american jew ish Congress praised the Rosner script for shifting blame from the jews to the sins fall Mankind. However the Rosecr script found Little favor among the villagers after trial performances were put on and in local elections in March of 1978, Tho voters threw out of office most of the Council members and the mayor who had supported the. The new Council restored Lac Controvert Stal script written by father Alois Draisen 5�8fr lnd.,.used Ince 186� however its hta the.scri5l and made consider by Navy the Lac virulent the trader in. 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