Guest of honor fails to show
Bernstein throws impromptu pool party
VIENNA (UPI)—The guest of honor didn't show up and the host ended up in the swimming pool with the cast of "Hair" while the other guests watched. The party was an enormous success.
The host was Leonard Bernstein and the guest of honor was supposed to have been Herbert von Karajan, the famed Austrian conductor and Bernstein's arch rival for the affections of the Viennese. Karajan didn't appear.
Maybe it was because Bernstein, who is also conducting at the Beethoven Festival here, scheduled his party for the night of Karajan's triumphant return to the Vienna musical stage.
Or maybe it was because the American conductor's party was held at the home of Karajan's former wife, Anita.
Everybody else who counted was there-Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, three members of his cabinet, the American and Israeli ambassadors, three dozen opera singers and the cast of "Hair."
The "Hair" people were the only ones to follow Bernstein in to Mrs. Karajan's private pool. All wore swimsuits.
Bernstein opened the festival which honors Beethoven's 200th birthday, with a triumphant performance of the opera "Fidelio" two weeks ago.
On that night he won the heart
Women hail arrival of long - due report
"I think it's wonderful they finally released the report," said Geri Joseph, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee in Minneapolis.
accounts with Bernstein and Karajan thereupon drank a solitary glass of champagne and went home to bed, ignoring Bernstein's invitation.
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Reaction among women to a presidential task force report on women's rights generally was favorable today although there were some complaints its release was tardy.
"It's six months overdue, but better late than never," she said.
The report titled "A Matter of Simple Justice" was released by the White House Tuesday along with a set of Labor Department guidelines on equal employment opportunities for women. The guidelines were recommended in
The audience gave him a 30-minute ovation which squared
Mrs. Joseph said she thought one of the report's best recommendations was for establishment of an office of women's rights and responsibilities headed by a woman who would be a special assistant to the President.
the report by a task force of 13 women "to carry out prohibition against sex discrimination by government contractors." The report was delivered to the White House in December.
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conduct the first of a series in which he will play all nine Beethoven symphonies.
The task force, noting "American women are increasingly restive over denial of equal opportunity," recommended reconvening a White House conference on women's rights, presidential pressure to enact a constitutional amendment to bar discrimination on the basis of sex, a national goal of child day care centers, and special legislation by Congress to equalize opportunities for women.
of Vienna, which takes these things seriously. Karajan, who stormed out of Vienna six years ago vowing never to appear here again, returned Tuesday night to