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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, Oct. 24, 1969
Historic Flying Scotsman
Steaming Toward Atlanta
The cry, “The British are com
ing! will have a different ring
on October 30, when the world’s
most famous coal burning loco
motive, the Flying Scotsman,
steams into Atlanta, on one of
the most unique and ambitious
Anglo-American trade promo
tions ever conducted.
The first steam locomotive to
achieve an official speed of 100
miles per hour, the giant good
will ambassador will pull a sen
sational nine-car rolling exhibit
ion into the city to highlight the
three day salute to British-Amer-
ican trade at Terminal Station,
under the sponsorship of the At
lanta region Jaycees.
Among those on hand to greet
the Flying Scotsman at 11 a.m.
at the terminal will be Mayor
Ivan Allen, Jr., Lt. General
Louis Truman, director Georgia
Department of Industry and
Trade and British Consul-Gen
eral Sidney Anstey.
The train will be on track 13
until November 2.
British train buff, 49-year-old
British industrialist Alan Peg-
ler, who saved the legendary loc
omotive from the scrap heap five
years ago, will greet the digni
taries. They will be piped aboard
by ex-Scots Guards Pipe Major
Bob Crabb, private piper to her
majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Thousands have visited the
Flying Scotsman since the U.S.
tour opened in Boston on Octo
ber 8th. The 100 ton coal burn
ing engine will lead the nine-
car train, with its British and
American crews, on an historic
whistle-stopping tour which in
cludes stops in Boston, Hartford,
New York City, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, Dallas
and Houston, in addition to At
lanta.
Among the exhibits are the
British General Post Office’s dis
play of $1 million worth of spec
ial issue stamps, and the Royal
Shakespearean Theatre exhibit
from Stratford-upon-Avon.
Tickets may be ordered by
mail to Flying Scotsman, Post
Office Box 566, Decatur, Georgia
30030. They will also be avail
able at the station from 12 p.m.
to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday,
and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Satur
day.
Cracker Crumble Will Be
In Atlanta November 1
The Cracker Crumble, an an
nual “roasting” of Georgia pol
iticians, will have its single At
lanta performance November 1
at the Regency Hyatt House
Hotel.
The show is sponsored by the
Georgia Press Association for the
benefit of the Georgia Press Ed
ucational Foundation.
GPA Manager Glenn McCul
lough announced that the cast
is currently involved in rehear
sals for the variety show and
that many tickets have already
been sold.
Joe Parham, editor of the
Macon News, will serve as toast
master for the evening’s activ
ities.
Many Georgia politicians have
indicated they plan to attend the
event which will be held in the
Phoenix Ballroom of the Regen
cy.
“This year’s show covers a
multitude of sins and no term
will be left unstoned,”’ he add
ed.
“We are looking forward to
having Governor Maddox, Lt.
Governor Smith, former Gover
nor Sanders, Senator Talmadge,
and many other distinguished
Georgians at the dinner. Some
of the gentlemen may be taking
an active part in the show,” add
ed McCullough.
The Cracker Crumble is not a
closed event and members of
the public are welcome to at
tend.
“While we of the press put
the show on and the politicians
take the brunt of the kidding,
the show is really for the gen
eral public,” said McCullough.
Tickets may be obtained from
the Georgia Press Association
offices at 1075 Spring Street in
Atlanta or by calling Area Code
404-872-2467.”
The dinner and show are
scheduled for 7:30 p. m., Novem
ber 1 at the Regency Hotel in
Atlanta, preceded by a recep
tion at 6:30.
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Atlanta Women to Sponsor Nov. 18
Concert by 'Soul of Soviet Jewry
Nehama Lifschitz, the great
Russian Jewish folk singer now
receiving rave notices for her
opening performance at Lincoln
Center in New York, will give a
concert in Atlanta on Tuesday
evening, November 18, in Sym
phony Hall at the Atlanta Mem
orial Arts Center.
She is currently appearing in
a selected group of U.S. cities,
under the patronage of Premier
Golda Meir and Ambassador
Yitshak Rabin.
Known throughout Europe and
Israel as “The Soul of Soviet
Jewry,” Miss Lifschitz has only
this year been permitted by Sov
iet authorities to emigrate from
the USSR to Israel where she
was accorded a welcome usually
reserved for national heroes. She
made her free world debut in a
moving performance in Tel Aviv
last April.
Among the thousands who
crowded Mann Auditorium for
this occasion, Premier Gold^
Meir declared, “Hen. coming here
is a great gift to us . . . it’s more
important than all the best
speeches.”
The correspondant for Ha-
Yom, one of Israel’s leading
newspapers, termed it “a pro
found experience . . . The night
ingale quality . . . and warmth
that emanated from her when
she sings with devoutness of the
Jewish village that has been de
stroyed . . . penetrates the depth
of one’s soul . . .”
Originally a soloist in the clas
sic roles of Mozart, Rimsky-Kor-
sakov and Rossini, Miss Lifschitz
appeared in recitals in her native
Lithuania but was prevented
from singing in the official State
Opera because she was Jewish.
In 1957, she gave her first con
cert in Yiddish, a year later won
an all-Soviet competition, and
thereafter rose to rapid fame
throughout the Soviet Union. Be
cause of the fervor that her pro
grams aroused among her own
people, she was often ordered at
the last moment to substitute dif
ferent songs for those originally
“NEHAMA”
announced.
One day in Kiev, after a song
about Babi Yar that so moved
the audience that she could not
continue, Miss Lifschitz so in
curred the anger of the authori
ties that they required her to
cancel her tour and return to
Kovno. Only after revising her
programs to suit the official line
was she permitted to sing in pub
lic again. Wherever she went the
Jews of Silence awaited her,
seeking reaffirmation, hope, and
identification with their fellow
Jews.
Because of what Nehama Lif
schitz symbolizes for Jews
throughout the world, the Jewish
Woman’s Organizations of At
lanta have been asked by Consul
General Moshe Gilboa to co
sponsor her appearance here.
Choice seats may be reserved
through B’nai B’rith Women,
Brandeis University, National
Women’s Committee, City of
Hope Auxiliary, Council of Jew
ish Women, Hadassah, Hebrew
Academy PTA, Jewish War Vet
erans Ladies Auxiliary, Mizrachi
Women, ORT, Pioneer Women,
Service Guild, and the Sister
hoods of Congregations Ahavath
Achim, Beth Jacob, Or VeShalom,
Shearith Israel, the Temple and
Temple Sinai.
Tickets are also available at
the Atlanta Symphony Box Of
fice, 1280 TT^chtree in the At
lanta Memorial Arts Center, tele
phone 892-2414.
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