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DIED. Jens Otto Krag, 63, twice Prime Minister of Denmark, whose personal crusade for European unity culminated in his country's vote to join the European Community in 1972; of a heart attack; in Jutland, Denmark. An economist and a Social Democrat, Krag became a Cabinet minister at 33, Prime Minister at 47. After Danes voted to join the Common Market, he shocked them by abruptly resigning. Said he: "The time I have used talking to newsmen I will now use for reading...
DIED. Admiral Sir Henry Ruthven Moore, 91, indomitable British seaman who distinguished himself in two world wars; in Wateringbury, England. Moore won the Distinguished Service Order as a young navigator for destroyer flotillas at the Battle of Jutland in World War I. But his finest hour came in April 1944, when, as a vice admiral, he directed a crippling aircraft carrier attack on Hitler's last remaining giant battleship, the 45,000-ton Tirpitz, as it lay in a Norwegian fjord...
MOBILIZATION. The alliance's response time must be shortened. Says a Washington weapons analyst: "It's not just a question of Al Haig pushing a button. The Danish parliament never gets a four-fifths majority on anything, but that is what is needed to move its Jutland divisions into proper positions in the south. In some cases the ammunition for units is five to six hours away...
...bassoon sought to unveil the individual personality of each wind instrument. In this idyllic piece evoking wild birds and long tree shadows, the flute is very much at home in the forest. The mood quickens, driven by a jazzy oboe, and the clarinet squabbles with the bassoon. The Western Jutland Chamber Ensemble plays with grace, rhythmic drive and a certain sense of mischief...
King Lear. Peter Brook's film is superb-he rightly rejects any possible amelioration of Lear's pessimism. He shot the film in Jutland and although it is technically in color the only colors present are black, white, grey and sometimes dark brown. Paul Scofield is adequate though not perfect as Lear, although his "Never, never, never, never, never" is disappointing. Brook (what a long way this is from his version of Midsummer-Night's Dream) cut about 1/3 of Shakespeare's lines and even a few whole scenes, but he was justified by his results. The kind of film...