European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse 6 the stars and stripes monday october 6,1986 a photo Alex Haley told inc audience that his i mlle s storytelling tradition helped prepare him to write Tennessee festival proves telling tales in t a lost Art Jones Borough Tenn. Up some of the nation s Best storytellers among them Alex Haley gathered saturday to Tell All tales Folk tales ghost stories serious stories and silly stones Al the 14ln an Nual National storytelling festival proving that yarn spinning is not a forgotten Craft. Elizabeth Ellis of Dallas had the audience laughing up a storm when she told about the nol so Sman boy named Jack who accidentally let his mule drown while trying to please All the townsfolk you can l try to please everybody or you la lose your ass in the bargain was Ellis punch line. Ellis is former librarian who now Tours As a professional Story Teller. A dozen of the nation s Best known storytellers and a few thousand Good listeners organizers did no keep a careful count spent the weekend swapping stories in the heart of Tennessee s oldest town which Dales to 1779. People came from around the nation for the three Day festival that was to end sunday. Storytelling enthusiasts paid $35 to sit in Lents and listen laugh slap their Knees and sometimes endure a Dull Story. Most of the featured speakers left the audience cheering. Among the Star tellers was Jackie Torrance of Gran Ite Quarry . R a Large woman with a powerful voice who is called the Story another featured per former was Laura Simms of new York who travel the world trading Tain and recording Story records for children. The National storytelling festival started modestly in Jonesborough in 1973, when a few local Yam spin ners told talks from the Back of a Wagon. It has grow into a Welt organized event that soon May become too big for Jonesborough a town of 2,800 citizens and no motels. Not far from the North Carolina line Jonesboro Ghis the Home of the National association for the preservation and perpetuation of storytelling. A highlight of the festival was a saturday session at Freedom Hall in nearby Johnson City with Haley Dis cussing How the storytelling tradition in his family made it possible for Bim to write storytellers representing various regions of the country were invited to Tell tales Friday in a program called Exchange place from Seattle came Sharon Creeden a Mother of four who quit her Job As a count prosecutor in 1983 and look a f20,000-a-Ycar earnings loss to teach storytelling at a Junior College. Creeden won Over the audience with a to min ulc tale called just Ducky about a Middle aged ugly duckling who tried to become a Swan then decided it was hopeless and vowed to be Happy because Shewaun t a bad looking there Are More ducks than swans. A lot of ducks out there like to hear stories about themselves Cree Don said explaining the audience s appreciation of he Story. For those not Content to listen there was the Swap pin ground where anyone could get up on a foot tall stage and entertain listeners who sat on Bales of Hay scattered around. . Salinger sues to bar Book new York up Catcher in the Rye . Salinger says a never authorized the use of his private letters for publication and wants a Federal court to bar a British publisher from distributing a biography in which they Are contained it was disclosed saturday. Salinger s lawsuit filed in . District court in Manhattan Calls for the destruction of All galleys Page proofs and copies of the Book by British author Ian Hamilton "j.d. Salinger a writing damages were sought but not set in the lawsuit against random House and William Heinemann ltd., a British publishing firm. For 20 years the author has elected for personal reasons to leave the Public spotlight shunning All publicity the lawsuit said adding that Salinger has not published anything since 1965. In july 1983, Salinger said he received a Tetter from Hamilton telling of his plans for Ibe Book and seeking Salinger s cooperation. Salinger refused to cooperate and said he did not want a biography to be written during his lifetime. Hamilton went ahead according to the lawsuit and acquired from Firestone Library Al Princeton Harvard Law Library and the University of Texas Library co pies of Salinger s private and unpublished letters Salinger then obtained copies of the letters and had them copyrighted in his name. The author of Catcher in the Rye Franny and oozy and raise High the roof beam Carpenter said the letters linked with his "20 years of silence Are extremely valuable stateside Mohegan indians protest proposed refuse facility Preston. Coon. Up a band of Mohe Gan indians some wearing ceremonial headgear and Heads danced and chanted prayers saturday to protest plans to build a trash burning Plant on a site they claim it a sacred burial ground. We feel this land has been raped enough. The disgrace of anyone desecrating our ancestors they will have to answer to the great spirit not us said Joan halal known among inc Mohegan As Princess Chikara. Ancient inca settlement discovered by student los Angeles up a University Stu Dent carried a class project to the Jungles of Peru and came Back with the discovery of an ancient inca settlement. Reynaldo cd Phil 31, recently resumed from Peru after trekking through the Jungle la confirm an archaeological find thai he actually made last Winter studying Aerial photographs of the Andes the los Angeles times reported saturday Shohfi a brazilian who has been living in the United Stales for 10 years is credited with Dis covering last month the remains of a Large settlement a few mile from the most celebrated of All the inca ruins inc Village of Machu Pitchu was discovered in 1911 and is. Believed to be the incas religious Center dating Back 10 the 7th Century. Vatican finds few problems during probe of seminaries Washington up a Vatican ordered investigation of the 38 free standing Semina Ries run by the american roman Catholic Church has found there have been a few in stances of dissent from Church teachings but not enough to be a major problem there have been a few instances of dissent from the Magist Crim teaching authority in he leaching of moral theology As reported to us in the visitation reports said Cardinal William Baum head of the Vatican s congregation for Catholic education. But Baum said that even those instances of dissent May Stem More from confusion than from rejection of Church teaching. Mormon leadership warns against abuse of drugs Salt Lake City up mormon Church Leaden saturday warned the 6 million members about the evils of drug abuse and said any judge who treats drug dealers tightly in t worthy of his the Church s 156th Semi annual general con Ference was opened to a theme laced with warn Ings against drugs alcohol and illicit sex. The leadership also counselled the faithful to heed the teachings of Christ As found in the Book of mor Mon. Fire at pesticide company forces Highway closing Tacoma Wash. A a fins Al a pesticide company saturday forced official to close stretch of interstate s and evacuate three apart ment complexes and a Mobile Home court police said eight buses were standing by to evacuate a nursing borne if the wind shifted direction id Pierce county sheriffs sgt Terry Sdun id. No injuries were reported although the fire emitted a Large amount of Knoke containing tonic chemical ii Schmid Aid. He could not Lay How Many people were evacuated. Police set up a 1,500-foot blockade around the fire at a-1 Spray co., a chemical Spray Lervick just South of Tacoma Schmid said. The lire broke out around 7 20 . Firefight ers had it under control but they were still mop Ping up hot spots and trying to control mow nearly three hours later Schmid said
