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Show Qi ua WwrWwumwtoll4WllUt'lW9l,'OllWll,1M,i'l0(ll I'aafWUHaHSStoWW O W1 WfobH WVQl,,1lj11 467iv'3!S,a Asm a Coalville, LIT 84017 - Friday, December 25, 1981 - Volume t This pise is not a new inspiration. The Bethlehem Evening Stir is reprint of the front pige of the Richfield Reaper of December 24, 1953. Because the publication was greeted with so much interest then, the Wasatch Wave has decided to publish it here in Heber Valley. We hope you enjoy it. We think this issue shows that over the centuries, weekly newspapers and the news that goes into them doesn't really change that much. Astrologers viewing the star could give no present explanation for its appearance. It was, they aaid, the first time it to their locate a knowledge. None could similar star an their charts. The star appeared to be brightest shortly before learn. Richard M. Buys Susan Buys Wasatch Wave Greek Acton To Give Three Performances Of Classic Oedipus The Sophocles Players, louring theatrical group from Athena, is scheduled to present g Oedupus Rex, a story of . a man caught in the web of fote, in a three day performance at the Roman ampi theater Friday, Satirday and Sunday. ' This is the drama that has not dimmed in the 400 yean since it was first written and produced apine-tinglin- in Greece. n Greek Demetrius, actor who won praise from well-know- Rome's Daae Anderson Gwendy Averett William Beckman Terry Bouman Danay Cariile Nancy Davis Rose Marie Hardman Robert Hkken Tim Jacobs Dan Maxfield Janeen Millward June Mnir Kim Patterson Farrell Reynolds Terry Reynolds Brady Ripple Kyle Severson Santa Spencer James Stewart Mike Tanchala Maryann WUkerson Tony WUkerson critic during the troupe's recent appearance there, is cast aa Oedipus and has a fine supporting cast. Tickets are on sale at the Inn of Bacchus just serosa the street from the Temple. Performances start daily at 3 p.m. Gut Sleep Nights ? ? ? Does nagging back ache, tired kidneys, keep you awake nights? Do you pitch and toss, wandering who will win the next chariot race? Does e roistering night mean a cad tomorrow? Then you should try Elixer of Life, baaed on an ancient Egyptian formula found near Thebes recently and compounded by Miletus, skilled Greek Apothecary. Elixer of Life will banish and sleeplessness Getting Up Nights. Warning: Only one cupful per day. If seizures of dizziness occur, call the nearest physician, Liberal Trade-I- n ALLOWANCE ON OLD SLAVES Maajr of Ibe Latest Models to Choose Froa Clerical Farm Scribes Tutois See Angry AiiguntUM BS3SSrS8 I being killed, ; Bethlehem Overcrowded As Native Sons Return To Register For Roman Tax pre-daw- n dasaes of residents. appeared also learned from the Bible that the three wise men did not arrive in at the time id the birth of Jesus as is the popular conception, after having heard a King had been born. So we had to eliminate a story we had in mind about three distinguished travellers arriving in the city. After about four hours of chasing facts in history books in the libraries the city we finally sat down to write the greatest story in the world, inadequate as we were. We think that if the event happened again it might be covered today as it was then. We hope you enjoy it. Merry Christmas to all of you. We Bethlehem but later, - tir of interest among all had fifty-secon- Some 2,000 fierce GAUL Gaulic tribesmen were beaten attack on a off in a Roman garrison in the first revolt organised against Roman forces since Caesar's conquest October 23. When the attack was over Romans counted 385 men killed and too wounded. Gaulle forces nntained heavy loaaea with over half of the attacking force An intensely bright star appearing over the plain north of this city last night created a 4o rumor According shepherds tending their flocks in the fields nearby were so frightened by the spectacle that they deserted their sheep to come to the city, apparently to escape the light of the star. However, one observer was told that the sheep men had heard voices and singing and were obeying a command to come to Bethlehem. Just where the voices came from or who gave file command to come to the city, the observer could not It has been a pleasure and lots of work bringing you the paper you want to read. We hope we can continue to serve all of you as well in the coming years . . . Fifty-tw- o still lot speculation. We learned for instance that Jesus was not known in his day as Jesus but as Joshua. That the wont Jesus was the Greek translation of Joshua. We also leaned that Jesus was born some time between 4 and 6 B.C. but that the exact date of his birth is not known to Biblical scholars. That is why we are uring the traditional December 25 dateline on The Bethlehem Evening Star. However, a sixth century parchment set the date of the birth of Christ, in the one hundred and ninety-fourt- h Olympiad, the seven hundred and d of the from year founding Rome, in the fifty second year of the empire of Octavian Augustus, when the udtole world was at peace 1,000 Gaub slain Wounded Or Taken in Gaui Uprising Bright Star Causes Local Speculation night. To you our readers. From the Wasatch Wave Staff - Number How The Bethlehem Evening Star Had Its Beginning of concrete facts and a time ago we heard the remark by some deep thinker on religious matters, or heard it in a plav. or somewhere, that the birth of the Savior except to the very, very few who knew about his coming, was a little known event at the time the greatest man in the world came spread a doctrine of love thy ndghbor, and it started us about three months ago. Lets Just pretend, we said, that there was a newspaper in those days. We could call it the Bethlehem Star Bulletin or the Bethlehem Buele. or the Bethlehem Transcript, but maybe the best name of all would be a play on words, The Bethlehem Evening Star. We started wondering then what a newspaper would print in those days and we decided that if thev had one then, it would have been about the same as the ones we have today. The staff of that imaginary newspaper woidd not be gifted with some divine insight but would have to go about their duties, reporting the news as it happened, leaving the interpretation of it to thewdters on the editorial page. The more we toyed with the idea of the Bethlehem Evening Star, the more we thought our readers would appreciate just such a make believe newspaper, trying to recreate a Judea at the time of the birth of Christ. So then we had to do a little research which ended up with very few A long 43 captured or believed wounded. . Those captured were lined up the tame day and every tenth - man killed. The remainder were being shipped to Rome as slaves or for gkidiator training. An hour after the attack a Roman cavalry set out in pursuit of the defeated farces. A call ' for reinforcements to replace casualties and bring file garrison to top strength was dispatched to northern Rome by the garrison commander, Gaius Tracchus, while the fierce attack was underway. When ward reached Rome of the attack, Polemy, senator from the. city or Urso, demanded the senate dispatch a complete division to the danger spot to hunt down the insurrectionists. Polemy termed that attack, "barbaric, without regard for the decent rules of warfare, and dangerous to the Empire if not stamped out with the sternest of He asked that measures. every third rebel be beheaded and all Gaul women and chikfren within a 100 mile radius of the attack be made slaves. Bethlehem C of C Readier Protest On Tax Increase Members of the Bethlehem Commerce Chamber gathered last night to draft a protest iigainrt increased taxes which will be presented to King Herod within file fortnight, according lu Saul, local dumber president. d The proposed increase in taxes, the president said, would mean the difference of success or failure to many forms and businesses in this area. Present levies far the state are already pushing some businesses into bankruptcy and their owners into slavery to their creditors, he added. A further increase of the 10 per cent agricultural tax, 20 per cent of commercial interests, would be disastrous, the president claimed. The chamber of commerce head also hinted that if the petition were not considered by Herod, the group woidd go over his head, resubmitting the petition to Augustus, emperor of Rome, under whoee order the fox was being imposed. The city of Bethlemem was filled to overflowing Thursday night ai Jews hurried to their ancestral home to comply with the latest tax directive from Caesar Augustus, Roman emperor, who recently ordered that all Jews return to their ancestral city to register for taxes. From as for away ai the Mediteranean coast town of Joppa on the north and Arad on the south, taxpayers have thronged here, filling the inns to overflowing. Since the deadline for filing is still two weeks away it is anticipated that there will be no let up in the overcrowed conditions in this city until after registration hat been com- pleted. No inkling has been given a to whether present taxes will be Fur Merchant Robbed Ozias, fur merchant from the city id Anti pair as who was on his way here to register for the tax, was attacked and robbed in a wooded area eight miles south of the city Wednesday night and his clothing stolen. After being discovered by a passerby he was taken to a focal physician far treatment. Ozias told police he was attacked by three armed men, one of them being equipped with a Roman sword. Two were quite short and the third man, tail and husky, he said. Local police are investigating the affoir. increased or not over the last five year period. Unlike Romans now living in Judea who may register for tax paying in Ihs city of their residence, Jews are forced to travel to their aneestrial city. And thia city of David is Park Record Stephaaie Burnett Nan Chalat Susan Davis Linda Martin Elisabeth Snsanka Anne Burnett Max Jarman Randy Wareham Randy Tucker Far sue faaily the Jcuney to their ancestral cMy to wgfofor for taxes was aat ae plrasaat A Nasareae carpenter, whase same eaaM aat be learned aa Uw papir waal-t- e press, was enable to laeale lodgings f be and his wife sad was forced to seek refage la a stable at the laa of the Wayfarers. Teri Gomes Hartt Wixom Mathew Madsen Knte McCutchen Daring tba sight a sen was born to them. beginning to realize Just how many claim it as the city of their forefathers. Under the new regulation, every Jew must register an or before January U or be subject to harsh penalties of up to 50 percent of their annual income and or imprisonment. The Augustan order is being enforced by Herod, King of Judea, who has commissioned Bethel, focal real estate kingpin and slave trader, as chief of the focal tax commfosfon. Tax schedules should be announced within a month and will be given complete coverage by The Bethlehem Evening Star. AR-1571- 3, Morgan County News s EDITORIAL - Give Us A Leader In This Dark Day For Our Salvation What this tired old world needs today is life and a leader to that life. SMART TRAVELERS, WISE SHIPPERS SAULS CAMEL CARAVAN If only the Gods of the Romans or the Greeks or the God of the Jews, or whatever power there is that rules this world, (besides Rome) would give men a rule, a hope to live by, so that every man, instead of not knowing how many enemies he had, would not be able to count his friends. Instead of doing evil, we could all do good. There must be more to life than pain and pleasure, escape from one, pursuit of the other. We have progressed in killing and inflicting pain. All the horrors of modern warfare face us; elephant cavalry, catapults that can hurl stones and Greek fire a hundred feet or more, swords that can hack off a mans head with one Mow, stronger and stronger bows that make old ones of five years ago obsolete. But we havent learned to live together. We must or the world is doomed. Why should it be any harder to make a friend than harm an enemy, than worry about him harming you? Power or Powers that be, give us a Leader in this dark night. Gayle ne Adams Barbara Betouraay Kathy Rees Carol McCain Dena Rich Thelma Bell Travel By a new way of Look about you and what do you see? Men striving against each other by every legal and illegal way to gain the top. No man knows his enemies today or who they will be tomorrow. Each day is filled with striving and day leads unto day until the long night is come and our strivings cease. Empty striving leading to emptiness. 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