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400,000 Youths Attended EtSu Lftad.ii- Claire, Wisconsin Sunday, Aupust 2-1', 1069 Two Generations Offer Comments On Recent New York Music Fair EDITOR'S NOTE: Last weekends Woodstock Music and Art Festival burst on art unsuspecting nation. Suddenly, 400,000 youngsters were jamming a field in New York State in a gathering that flouted traditional standards. Open use of drugs and nude bathing took place in an atmosphere that -was somehow outside the law. These have been described in detail in stories written during the festival. Following are two articles which are a personal appraisal of the festival from the point of view of two who attended.

Sunna Rasch is a 44-year-old mother of two who, though a self-described square, went because her son Was interested In the festival. She a graduate degree in theater Columbia University and Is a director of educational theater programs. Naomi Rock Is a 28-year-old reporter for The Associated Press who was sent to cover the festival. Both women were surprised and disturbed by some of what they saw but both found something good there, too. Young AP Reporter Saw Three Worlds By NAOMI ROCK Associated Press Writer WHITE LAKE, N.Y.

(AP) The kids, long-haired, wildly dressed, packs on their backs, enthusiasm in their hearts, came to the Woodstock Music and Art Fair for "three days of peace and music." They found the music and kept the peace. A few freaked out, disgustingly drugged. But most of the estimated 400,000 lived for three days In love, trust and tranqullity. I am only six years out of col lege. I just missed being part of this hip generation of longhaired boys and shaggy girls.

1 came here expecting to report on "trouble." I told my boss I thought the kids would "take the town apart." The kids proved me wrong. They came to Max Yasgur's 600-acre ferm ill-prepared to live on muddy ground, to do without enough food and water, to put up with squalid sanitary facilities, to cope with the massive traffic jams created by their very numbers. They shared food, cigarettes and blankets, wine, water and marijuana. Their manners, their behavior, their kindness were infectious. There were three worlds at the Woodstock Festival: That of the countless thousands who came to hear the acid rock music and who jammed together hip to hip and back to back, on blankets and on sleeping bags, who covered the sloping, soggy alfalfa field- amphitheater like a sea of multi-colored dots on a massive impressionist painting.

The in-between world of the restless wanderers who traipsed back and forth across the dirt roads and swampy fields, look- Ing for friends, old and new, and for something to keep them busy. -nAnd the world of the "Biblical" people, who sought and found a pastoral haven in a gently rolling pasture and adjacent woods. These were fluid worlds, constantly changing with the ebb and flow of humanity. In all three worlds the use of drugs was profuse and flagrant. Hawkers called out that they had sale.

As nearly as I could learn, the buyers of hard drugs Were relatively few, and many of these few freaked put. Some had to be hospitalized. One died. Thousands of youngsters smoked marijuana. I've never tried pot.

But these kids weren't as bad as happy drunks. I heard no vulgar language. Some to wade in two ponds or to stroll in the altogether. I was first shocked and embarrassed by them. I woundered why the nudity.

After three days I found the courage to ask'a naked young man strolling past the amphitheater. "Why, that's where it's at, man," he replied. "I'm free this way. I've lost my ego. I'm me, I'm you.

I'm part of everyone and veerything." I remain unconvinced about public nudity. But, looking back now, I recall seeing perhaps 50 naked youngsters, and fewer drug in a crowd the size of the population of Omaha. Again and again during the long, tiring weekend I asked dozens of youngsters how so many people, of any age, could ive together under such conditions without any trouble. Some kids pointed out that Jeople are most often coopera- in time of need. Some said had gone out of their way to behave because "the world was watching." Finally, one boy declared fiercely; "Wre just jormal AmencanMs.

Just because we dress and differ ently 'from" what' "our--parents would like, why do they always expect trouble?" And. had been' site said: ''You walk. them and they and say raise their hands in the of jeace. They shout out windows of their cars. Maybe they know something that we don't.

Maybe, we should begin to Suburban Housewife Coments on Fair Sunna Rasch Black River Native Unhurt in Hurricane BLACK RIVER FALLS (Special)- A native, of Black River Falls, the former Delores Bowman and her husband escaped from hurricane Camille on the Mississippi Gulf Coast this week. She and her husband, Wally Kruse, phoned Mobile, to say they had survived the hurricane and bad stayed during the storm in their new home at Gautier, Miss. The first floor of the home was full of water from the raging storm. Welfare Cost in County Takes Drop The Eau Claire County Welfare Department spent $283,731.23 in assisting 3,271 people in its welfare program last month, compared to $306,864.66 for 3,266 peole in June, Director Gail D. Hansis reports.

The cost of administration in July totaled $27,264.88 compared to $28,545.61 the previous month. During July, the department spent for 411 people receiving old age assistance, $9,634 people receiving aid to the-disabled, $1,126 for 10 people receiving aid to the blind and $7,370.34 for 56 cases involving 34 adults and 54 children receiving general assistance. The department also spent $167,743.36 for 1,717 people receiving medical assistance. The county's share of this cost totaled $32,717.39. The department also spent $43,262 in aiding 230 families with 628 dependent children, $1,285 in aiding five families with 17 dependent children whose parents are unemployed, $3,906.10 in aiding 46 dependent children in foster homes, and $7,631.43 in aiding 15 dependent children in institutions.

The Child Welfare Division served 389 children in 291 families during the month and received 25 new referrals. THE EAU CLAIRE LEADER Published every morning except Mon day at Eau Claire, Wis. 54701. Entered as 2nd Class matter at the post office, Eau Claire under the act of Congress of March 1, 1879. By Mail in Wisconsin within 150 miles of Eau Claire, year $14.00 6 months $7.50, by carrier In Eau Claire, week 50c.

By SUNN A. RASCII Written for The Associated Press WHITE LAKE, N.Y. (AP) If anyone doubts that a revolution is In progress in this country, he should have attended the Woodstock Music and Art Festi val. I was there, I found it exciting and beautiful. I was thrilled moved, and somehow deeply saddened.

Maybe that was because everybody there seemed so young and so open and so vulnerable. Because of my son's interest I decided to attend the festive at White Lake, seven miles from Monticello. I am 44.1 qualify as a square My husband's a conservative businessman. Anybody who knows me knows that I am a prude of the first order. Because of my age and my plain clothing, I had expected to be ignored.

But I was accepted. I was among friends, among warm fellow human beings. II was quite wonderful. And I felt impelled to speak with as many young people as possible. It is true that there were drugs at the festival.

But even before they became evident, people were getting high on PEOPLE. It was more than just a feeling of cameraderie. It was religious am my arother's keeper. It was a scene of children trying to say something to demonstrating their faith and in each other. I felt ashamed when I heard on the that some people were jouging the kids, chargina dol- ar for a quart of milk, 25 cents 'or a glass of the o-uth to what the kids have been jrotesting all along: Material- sm diminishes humanity.

But the people at the festival were their food and their drugs. The drugs disturbed me. I don't smoke anything and I don't have pp.t-s.moking friends. I saw two' young fellows sitting on some logs, looking absolutely stoned. Their pupils were dilated and their words were a garble.

They gave me the creeps. They had a seedy, unsavory look. But I felt they would lave been most unappealing people even without drugs. And I feel that society is re- for the appeal of drugs to the young. They have been brought up in a pill-oriented society.

Television displays pills for everything: to perk you up, to relax you, to alleviate stomach distress. We have pill- oriented our children from tfie cradle on and then wonder how they could be so foolhardy as to pop pills into their mouths. We harass them about smoking pot we consume an ungodly amount of alcohol. You read a lot about braless girls in tight shirts. They were at the festival.

The first time I saw one, I turned around and at least tried not to gape. By the time 1 was there four hours I gaped if I saw a girl wearing a tight bra, its stitches showing through her shirt. It began to look funny. A young man, a Columbia University student, told me: "You'll see some pretty outrageous things here." "Like what?" "Boys and girls swimming" together without clothes on in the pond." I saw them. And the prude of the sauna bath, was not shocked.

I am still astonished that I was not shocked. But these kids didn't seem sexy or salacious. They were not sexy In the prurient ways that movies and books and Madison Avenue try to stimulate sexiness. They seemed innocent. I heard no four-letter words.

One young man started to say one. Then he saw me and stopped and said: "Oh, excuse me. That would offend you. But those words are just words and don't mean anything special to us." We hear about the generation the communications gap. In the town of Monticello before these young people arrived, all I neard were deprecatory remarks about them, a kind of sneering.

I am now astonished to find many people changing their opinions. In the street in the supermarket in the beauty parlor wherever I have gone these past few days, people have been in awe of the politeness and gentility of these Tjjey talk about the nice kids they met. Well, I call that a little bit of communi-! cation where there was none before. Asking me to describe how the exposition changed me is like asking somebody to define spiritual experience. For that is what it was to me to the young people I me and eventually to those of the community who gave of themselves and their food.

We all became the richer. And I will never be the same. OUT IN GREAT NUMBERS is part of the estimated 400,000 youngsters who turned out to listen to the Woodstock Music and Art Fair at White Lake, N.Y. The kids, long-haired and wildly dressed lived for three days in love, trust and tranquility. (AP Wirephoto) Two Marathon Seat WAUSAU (AP)- Two candi-j dates have filed for the Assembly seat vacated by David Obey, Democrat of Wausau, when he won election to the House of Representatives this year.

By Friday's 5 p.m. Richard D. Wolfe of the town for regular party candidates Maine attempted to file as a candidates were Wausau city candidate of the American party attorney Anthony Earl, Demo- 1U crat; and Mrs. Dorothea Bag- hun, Wausau Republican. Man Found in Gas Station Police Interrupt ar at Friday.

Marathon County clerk Raymond Ott said he was advised by the attorney general's office that the American party I had not registered with the secretary of state's office. Ott said Wolfe could file as an independent candidate, with a Sept 1 16 deadline, but would need 300 signatures on his filing application instead of the 200 Set' for candidates of established west side service station Police received a 0 50 a nearby res- as ident who reported a man was con t' ain inside Dave's DX Station, 535 A 28-year-old Eau Claire Company, reported at 1:05 p.m arties man was charged with burelarv that a change bae was general election will be an was charged with burglary that a change bag was taken; Friday afternoon after a from the cab of his uc Claire police caught him in a Parked in an alley in the 100 was elected to succeed west side service station block of W. Grand Ave. He said Melvm Lalrd of Marshfield, a he made a delivery and the bae Republican who resigned to be- bv res- was one when he returned. ft': comc Secretary of Defense, in change.

Dutch Elm Disease Hits Spring Valley ELLSWORTH (Special) Positive diagnosis of Dutch Rusk Traffic Court Fines Exeland Man Police were called i a Cameron St. Officers rushed to morning to Shakey's Pizza Pir- the scene and spotted a man in- side the station on his hands knses near the cigarette vending machine. OUT THE Ofm Here's how some of 400,090 lived wbjie attead- iflf tbret day Woodcock Uujfte and Art FitivaJ at White Ufc, W.V. TVir accom- modations were out in the open fields; some setting up lean-tos, grass shacks or just plain Jiving under the stars. (AP Wirephoto) LADYSMITH (Special) Richard Dahlstrom, Exeland, pleaded guilty to two a i charges brought by Rusk County Officers in court here Wednesday.

He was fined $122 plus costs of $5 for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and $50 for driving after revocation of his license. Dahlstrom was also committed to a mandatory five-day term in jail for driving after revocation. Mary Taylor, Glen Flora, pleaded guilty to a city charge of failure to have her vehicle under control. She was fined $42 plus costs of $5. Darel Tiegs, Ladysmith, pleaded guilty to failure to pay five parking violations.

He was fined $10 plus costs of and ordered to pay the five $1 fines. Mike Mierzwa was found guilty of two charges brought by stale troopers. The court suspended a fine for i i without a license and fined him $20 plus costs of $7 for failure to yield the right of way. Donald Carlson, Ladysmith, pleaded guilty to driving after revocation of his license. He was fined $50 plus costs of $7 and committed to the county jail for five days.

Ronald Schiff, Urbana, 111., forfeited $67 for speeding 27 m. p.h. over the limit. Donald Shea, Chicago, 111., forfeited H7 for speeding 21 m.p.h. over the limit.

Their Wisconsin driving privileges were aUo suspended for 15 days. Dennis Ducommun, a y- smith, and John Gorski, Bruce, each forfeited $37 for not having valid cycle permits. Jimmy Denton, forfeited $37 for no valid driver's license. George Lange, Ladysmitb, forfeited $32 for operating on the wrong side of a street. i Gene Brdman, tsCjysmltb, forfeited $77 on a state trooper charge of reckless driving.

Emil Huse, Chippewa Falls, forfeited $22 for no brakes on trailer and for non-registration. Drivers forfeiting $32 each for speeding were: Richard M. Johnson, Winnebago, Thomas Herold, Waterloo, Raymond Lemley, Bloomington, and Argo Sudduth, Decatur, Ind. Jean Leroux, Sheldon, forfeited $37 for no valid driver's license. Bonds of $27 each for speeding were forfeited by Larry Aagaard, Watertown, Frederick Broegman, Fontanna, Marlin DeRosier, I Park, William Goodwin, Gary, La Verne Koeppl, Milwaukee; James Schuette, Cleveland, Erwln Streich, Chicago; Ronald Couch, Evansville, and Thomas Izdepski, Milwaukee.

Alvin Holgerson, London, and Jack Sweet, i- don, each forfeited $27 for failure to yield the right of way. Minnesota Wood Specialist, Newport, forfeited $27 for no Wisconsin reciprocity. Robert Harvey, Neillsville, forfeited $17 for expired registration. Neillsville Native Earns Special Degree NEILLSVILLE (Special) Donald Erpenbach, a 1949 graduate of Neillsville High School, has received a specialUt de- jjree in educational administration Superior State University. Erpenbacb, who received bis 3.S.

degree irom River Fails state University in 1958 and us M.S. from University of Wisconsin io 1964, presently the principal of Stratford School. The officers went into the building and arrested Richard D. Perry, Rt. 25, Eau Claire, on a charge of burglary.

He will appear in county court Monday. Officers said was told to stand up and put his on his head. They said he got up and then started 1o walk to the back room. The officers then entered the building and took him inio custody. They reported a rear window had been broken to gain entry to the station.

Police the cigarette machine had been pried open with tools horn the station. They found the t-hange tray to the cash register lying on a desk. A pile of pennies was found on a workbench in (he garage section and a pile was on a tire changing machine. Other coins were found on the floor. Police Friday also investigated one theft, a report of vandalism and reported a 14-year- old Eau Claire boy was caught shoplifting.

Patrick Snider, 125 St. Louis a driver for the Pepsi Cola Jackson Area Pastor Accepts Mankato Call M1LLSTON (Special) The Rev. Robert Mehltretter has accepted a call to the Immanuel Lutheran High School Mankato, where he will be a member of the faculty in the English Department. He has served the Trinity Lutheran Congregation here since June 1968 when graduated from the Immanuel Lutheran Seminary at Eau Claire. His congregation included residents of Millslon, To in ah Black River Falls, Warrens and Hixton.

His final official act as pastor was to officiate at the confirmation on Conrad Prell congregation at the town hfll. mals. said vandals broke the glass in a front door. Damage was cs- timatcd at $150. Police were called at Elm Disease was confirmed in Spring Valley this week.

The Poice were called at 1-35 7 p.m. to a supormarke Put? 3 tessfril 1on sam in the lrce nam Heighis. They reported a 14-year-okl youth was he showcd ia tue lrce when he stole a pocket book had to be rem Ved and burned He was taken to police head-) The only other confirmed quarters and given a juvenile case of the Elm Killer in Pierce re orc -County had been at Eimwood. Advice on Control Offered Rat Problem Stirs Complaints in City The City County Health De- Studies have shown that at- an increasing number of cm numuiT oi com- plaints regarding rat problems 1 ral ula will regain its for- in the city and inquiries on bers within nine what can be. done to climinai-' monlhs lf no other contro1 mea the probl-in, according U) Johni'T' 3 nflertakef This is Bach -h direct wh lhc other Phases of elimi- Modern rat control methods' ia ng ra nar borages, elimi- are less a matter of mg od sup Pty for rats and new techniques than Jr of buildings is so rough application of all nportant pies Involved he said.

Merely) Food and shelter are the two destroying a few rats her, and! most important factors in a raT's there does not begin solvekisience. Eliminate these es he problem Permanent con- aUractants and the premises iol is the only satisfactory so-jlose their appeal. Ignore them uUon of lhe ral Any an(1 Mw cuntrol to be success- as fast as the old ones we or 1 POrak fuur la off. This is why ve 0n important to properly store gar- issued the follow-bage, refuse or lumber Corg information: The first phase is destruction of rats by means of trapping or poisoning. The anticoagulant jxMsons such as War- farin, Pival, Fumarin, DJpha- cinone and PMP are recommended for are called anticoagulant i a- Vi uer to reduce the food supply and eliminate rodent harborage As fall draws near, rats will migrate from the field aid open areas to more sheltered areas such barns, homes and garages, especially where aiiy type io die by internal bleeding.

The potential hazard to domestic animals and humans is reduced by the requirement of multiple ons before they are effective. are tor, Mdlston. Following when using any form i a farewell dJoorr wa.s poison to eliminate ir I I dents. Food placed on the ground for birds is than JJkeJy being eaten by raU Cooperation oi all concerned public and private, is tbe keystone lo successful rodent control. Information on rodent control may be obtained at the tity-toiuity Health Department iJcated at East Grand Avenue..