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The lights were ice blue and the costumes stark. The men were stripped to the waist and wore long black skirts — yes, skirts — which they removed as the dance progres sed, leaving only their short black briefs. The women wore plain flesh-toned tights and leotards and no points. There was some very interesting use of hands and feet in what ap peared to be a mating dance. The four couples in the piece danced with vitality and strength. The music, costumes, and movements were erotic and sensuous. Al together a delightful selection. Back to the lobby. I spent the second intermission wondering how they would follow an kct like that. BOOK SALE The third selection couldn’t possi bly approach the beauty of the sec ond. It did. The final piece, choreog raphed by Robert Rodham, was ac companied by a Benjamin Britten score. It was the only selection to tell a story in a fashion. A good dancer must be an actor also, in this type of performance, and the eleven danseuses were no disappointment. The “leading man was especially effective in this re spect. The costumes were varied and enhanced the tone and mood of the dance. There was a beautiful old chandelier which added a nice touch, but the painted backdrop be came totally irrelevant as the movement began. Lawrence Rhodes, as the con fused and growing young man, turned in an exceptional perfor mance. Besides being technically polished, he had the fire and life of an artist. It was a beautiful and mov ing performance on all counts. Classical ballet, with its stereotypical costumes, make-up and movements, need not be unin teresting. The first selection failed, not because of the form, but on its own merits. The last two selections, by the same token, succeeded be cause they are good, not because they are more modern. The Pennsylvania Ballet is a com pany of talented people who should avoid vehicles that drain their vital ity. WED., THURS., FRI., SAT. P 6 ;b GESii D UN- D TO : AG' >AGES S &’ rsit< ! 3/8 :. oz -* pk 9- Save! 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The domestic policy forum was one of six designed to give President Ford material for his state of the union message. Dr. Roger B. Bost, associate dean of the University of Arkansas Medi cal School, criticized the “inflexibil ity” of federal social and health programs. “For example, state agencies commonly find that federal funds can be used for institutional care, but will provide very limited or no support for alternative care. This simply encourages the states to overutilize and abuse institutional care, and in response, the federal government imposes a whole new set of costly regulations on utiliza tion review,’ Bost said. . Dr. William H. Stewart, commis sioner of the Louisiana Health and Human Resources Administration, told the same section on social pol icy that federal action is needed to protect families that have reached the limits of what health insurance will pay. “This is becoming more impor tant as we are able to keep people alive almost indefinitely, Stewart said. He siggested some kind of “limitation on liability. I almost am talking about a means test. And I don’t like means tests. O. A. Lively, president of the Luminator Division of Gulton In dustries in Plano, griped at the economic recovery forum about equal employment opportunity re quirements. “We find it very difficult to locate qualified minorities to fill salaried, and particularly, management posi tions. We do not feel we should be required to hire a minority worker who possesses minimum qualifica tions which forces us to train him to a more desirable level. In our opin ion, affirmative action should be working to assure that minority workers receive a proper education vocational or otherwise so that they, in fact, could compete for jobs on a best qualified basis,’ Lively said. Rockefeller left after presiding over the morning session and hav ing lunch at the governor s mansion with Gov. Dolph Briscoe and other top state officials. He told a news conference that he could “foresee no circumstances under which he would seek the Re publican presidential nomination. He said he would not be interested in am ambassadorship or the secret ary of state’s job after he leaves the vice-presidency in January 1977. During the morning’s public tes timony, Rockefeller recognized Lori Hansel, who had been passing out anti-Rockefeller leaflets and bearing a sign that said, “Re member Attica. She read a resolution opposing his visit to Austin, which her group had been unable to get through the city council. When Rockefeller thanked the council after her speech, a man shouted, “They were gutless just like you are. “It is tremendously important that we do not fear freedom of speech,’ Rockefeller said. Afternoon sessions centered on energy, transportation, social ser vices and economic recovery. T. L. Austin Jr., board chairman of Texas Utilities, and Charles L. 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