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Down Wind. In Kosciusko, Miss., charged with operating a still, Rudolf Slater swore he never would have been caught except that his dog's run-in with a skunk had left it unable to smell approaching revenuers...
...supporters of this theory is Professor Rudolf Drost of the Helgoland Ornithological Institute. During the war he saw flocks of birds fly "turbulently" when hit by radar beams. Crows disconcerted in this way took several minutes to regain flyability...
Visitors at the biggest festivals will hear much of the same excellent music from the standard concert repertory that they heard during the winter at home. In Prades (June 7-20), the Casals Festival will offer Beethoven chamber music (top visiting artist: Rudolf Serkin). At Amsterdam, The Hague and Scheveninge (June 15-July 15), visiting conductors will lead the Concertgebouw, The Hague Residentie and BBC symphonies. At Bayreuth (July 22-Aug. 22), Wagner's two grandsons will mount seven of the master's music dramas. Salzburg (July 25-Aug. 30), as usual, will specialize in Mozart, but will...
...Died. Rudolf Beran, 66, pro-German Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1938-39) under President Emil Hacha after the Munich pact and during the first weeks of Hitler's occupation, who was convicted after World War II for collaborating with the Nazis; in prison at Leopoldov, Czechoslovakia...
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Rudolf Serkin; Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell; Columbia). A superior account of a highly romantic score. Pianist Serkin's steely fingers ripple out a performance that yields but never sags, shouts but never blasts...