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Show Sunday, February 7, 1971 WASHINGTON (UPI) —The restorers of historic Ford's Theater were so intent on authenticity they made their patrons squirm—literally. In bringing back to life the theater Abraham Lincoln shot, they same kind of cane-bottom chairs that were used in 1865. Fortunately for the patrons’ comfort, somebody came ‘Copter Criticized Street in New York's Greenwich Village under Mann’s direction for 20 years, a nationwide audience,” Libin requirement that all plays said. presented in Ford’s must be “The surroundings here are somehowrelated to America or even more glamorous than an its history. opening night in New York, Despite these limitations, because there are more imporMann andLibin feel that their tant people here. You're two-and-a-half year effort to playing to the most important restore live entertainmem. to people in the country.” the museum-theater has been Libin is proud that the an artistic and economic restored Ford’s has become one success, of the Capital’s main tourist Little Enthusiasm attractions, Mann and Libin took over es the day when a play after the now-defunct National ing directed we allow Repertory Theater had present- naeto come through and ed three plays in the reopened watch rehearsal,” he said. theater without generating “Most of them are more much enthusiasm from critics interested in that than they are in dwelling on morbid details f or patrons. Circle in the Square, which Lincoln’s assassination. People had operated on wantto see life, not death.” Bleecker SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — T am wondering whether you House Majority Floor Leader C. are or are not able to justify DeMont Judd has senta letter to this expense,” he said. the Salt Lake City Commission Barker was unable for comcalling the city’s propee purchase of a helicopter ment Thursday for the police force “‘a rather Three months ago the city beegr capital outlay.” aaa a study of the feaIn the letter, addressed to sibility of buying a chopper and City Commissioner James L. also ok’d buying one if funds Barker Jr., Judd said, “It is were available. was invited to produce plays at Ford's because of its reputation for what Libin calls “important theater.” They accepted, even though it meant operating two organizations, one in New York and the other in Washington. “We wanted to do plays we thought were important,” Libin said. “We wanted to produce serions theater. At Ford our emphasis is on American piays. across an ancient photograph which revealed that the audiences of Lincoln's dayinterpcsed cushions between themselves After al! this is the only and the scratchy cane of the theater the U.S. government owns and it should be a chairs. showcase for the works of HandsomeBuilding Similar cushions are now in American playwrights.” place and audience squirming ce current play, “John and ” is an example. has ceazed in the handsomelyrefurbised building on Tenth Willan Gibson put the play St set Northwest in Washing- together solely from lines ton, where John Wilkes Booth chosen from letters exchanged fired a fatal bullet into by John Adams, the second Lincoln's brain as the Civil War President of the Unites States, President watched a perfor- and his remarkable wife, mance of “Our American Abigail. ‘A lot of people were trying Cousin” on April 14, 1869. Protecting modern audiences to get the play and we were from overly-spartan seating ar- fortunate,’ Libin said. He said rangements is only one of the the fact they could produce the problems that have been play at Ford’s was a factor encountered and overcome by a that attracted Gibson to them. Strictly Historical group called “Circle in the “John and Abigail’”—which Square,” which produces plays for Ford’s Theater under the will move to New York after it direction of Theodore Mann and finishes here Feb. 21—is the first strictly historical drama Paul Libir. The tiny theater boasts only presented at Ford’s by Circle in 640 goud seats (plus 70 more the Square. with partially obstructed views Another thing Mann andLibin of the stage). Thie is about half like about Ford’s is that it the capacity of the usual gives “our theater organization Broafway theater. The produc- an opportunity to be exposed to tion group operates under a Migrant Workers’ Plight interesting to me that you are to a nutrition research pro- gram, nutrition education, and to the Food and Drug Administration to be used to promote food safety. However, he offered no specifics for such a programm. Mayer used migrant workers as an example of “people who somehow fall between the cracks of existing programs.” He said migrant workers “are killing their wives and their children trying to get work” through living in poor housing, with poor medical service and existing on diets that lead to malnutrition. He said despite their plight, they are not eligible for food stamps, cannot collect unemployment compensation when they are out of work, aren’t eligible for Medicare or Medica aud are refused entrance pati hospitals unless they it up a deposit. oethey are fools, honorable fools, but fools,” Mayer said. “Their wives and their children could receive better HUGE MUDSLIDEstarted by heavy rains and melting Snows has has nor” broken up]IrvingStr Street in Astoria, Ore., and nine homes have been evacuated. Estimated damages ru. as high as $484,000. The street has dropped some 20 feet. The screen awakens ) toa big wide | wondertul world Bird Lover Loses His Life’s Workin Fire But Human Friends Rushto Helpin Crisis doesn’t believe birds should be left to die when they fall injured from their nests,didn’t mention his possessions to the firemen. His first words were of despair over the loss of some 100 birds in the cottage’s “flight room.” Ivor, who believes birds can respond to the human voice and would talk to them, mourned his dead friends. Ivor was taken io hospital suffering from shock, smoke inhalation, an¢ frostbitten feet. Birds are sufficient company acres of woods in Mississauga, for Ivor, and he haslived alone only a few miles southeast of for the last 10 years, since his Toronto. It had outdoor bird mother died at the age of 105. cages beside it and could be But his friends and admirers, reached by a one-mile curving on among bird-lovers, path—the reasonIvor called the . home-sanctuary “Windinglane. “g Before sunset Dec. 30, the All his possessions werelost. day after the fire, they had started a fund to rebuild Research Notes Gone Gone were his research notes Windinglane — in time they on the 8,000 to 9,000 birds he hoped for him to be able to 1,000 in ijured a had studied and nursed over the receive ne years. Gone was the manu- ledgling birds roan to the script of a book, “I Live with sanctuary every spring and Birds,” he published at 88. summer. Two weeks later the WindinGone was his valuable library. But Ivor, the man who glane Sanctuary Fund had TORONTO (UPI)—When firemen reached the blazing cottage in the woods at dawn one morning last December, they fouid a 91-yea. old man in a nightshirt, standing barefoot in the snow with a blanket around his shoulders, mourning the deaths of 100 friends and the loss of his life’s work. Fire had wiped out Roy Ivor’s homeof 45 years, which he had turned into an internationally known bird sanctuary. The cottage wasset in three grown to $8,954 and was increased considerably since. Donations and offers of help have come from many parts of Canada ul and as far away as Washington, D.C. Spry as Ever Evervthing is gone. My Birds, all my books. The .nly things saved was my diary of many years, Mrs. Inman has that now.” Bird-lovers and naturalists in general, whether professional or amateur, can only hepe that But what about Roy Ivor? He Ivor recovers from his despair has recovered his physical and once again welcomes health after a few days in the injored birds next spring. hospital and today is as spry as ever, according to his friends. however, still depressed by his loss. @ STEAKS Mrs. Benice Inman, who has @ CHOPS helped Ivor at the sanctuary for @ LOBSTERS the last 10 years, says the birdman of Mississauga “wants A NICE PLACE TO ty get things straight in his own mind”before he decides what to do next. Roy Ivor says, “I don’t know whether I'll continue or not. But the work will continue— Mrs. Inman will see to that ... oe 005 South OVERI” oe HELD OVER! State OREM. UTAH i" 225-7576 | Barbrais an actress and model...who dosen't do much acting or modeling! 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Cold Wave PR If the city receives the money ceming to the legislature indi- for the helicopter under the fecating a need for approximately deral omnibus crimeact it may $1.5 million and yet you are buy the helicopter, but plens able to make this rather extra- have not reached the purchasvagant capital outlay. ing stage yet. Called National Scandal WASHINGTON (UPI) —Harvard nutritionist Jean Mayer said today migrant workers are “honorable fools” who choose honest work rather than welfare, but who receivelittle sympathy or help from their government, their employers or the consumers they subsidize. He called it a ‘‘national scandal.” This was one example Mayer gave of the problems to be solved if America is to win the war on hunger. He spoke at a one-day conference called to assess the progress made toward ending hunger in America since the December, 1969, “White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health.” Amongthe specific proposals to comeout of the meeting was a suggestion by Mayer that three-tenths of 1 per cent of the nation’s food bili be channeled THE HERALU, Provo, Utah—Page @ Proposed Purchase Of There’s NewLife In Historic Ford Theater Lo / pornions AVAILABLE SUNDAYS 11:00 A.M, te 5:00 P.M. tnuor sevTan UVING win GRANTS cRtCIT RIVERSIDE SHOPPING PLAZA PAUL NEWMAN AS “C00L HAND LUKE" (; MUNRs |