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...years ago, West Germany's Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss ordered a consignment of Israeli-made submachine guns for the Bundeswehr, and the Israeli government was so grateful for the arms order that it invited Strauss down for a visit. The invitation gathered dust until Strauss, who is now out of the government, decided recently that the trip to Israel might not hurt his chances of making a political comeback at home. Delighted to have you, said Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion...
Most Israeli citizens agreed with Ben-Gurion. Nonetheless, anti-German feeling still runs deep in Israel, and a noisy minority led by the right-wing Herut Party and the Communists decided to vent it on Strauss. They urged the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, to cancel the visit and declare that Strauss was unwelcome. When the Knesset refused, street demonstrations broke out in Haifa, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. But Ben-Gurion stood firm. When Strauss landed at Tel Aviv-a day late, in hopes of avoiding a scene-his plane was surrounded by scores of police; three bodyguards were posted...
Soon after he arrived, a lawyer for the Israeli Communist Party filed a complaint demanding the German's arrest for war crimes allegedly committed when Strauss was a young lieutenant and battery commander at a German antiaircraft school near the end of World War II. Strauss retorted that he had never been in charge of a concentration camp. "I have a clear record and a clean conscience," he said...
Walker, a former freshman trackman, came home first in the 120 yard low hurdles and tied with basketball player Lenny Strauss of Adams for the high jump title...
...barefoot from his cistern prison, his long matted hair hung down to his animal skin sarong. Another shock. Then came Salome with her veils and her dances, and in a spirit perfectly suggested by the jewel stuck in her navel, she treated an earnest audience to a performance of Strauss's shocker that came straight from the libido. For its new Salome under the sophisticated hand of Director Götz Friedrich, 32, the Komische Oper signaled its intentions by tacking up a "No One Under 18 Admitted" sign at the box office. With Czech Soprano Jarmila Rudolfova...