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refionf statesman Producer Delighted With His New Role a disappointment to many people if we shot it in California instead of Oregon. "The book has always been one of my favorites," adds Michael whose father, Kirk Douglas, starred in the stage version on Broadway in 1963. ing on this project for the past three years. It took us two and a half years to get to Salem," he adds with a smile. ''The cooperation from the hospital personnel has been unbelievable.

You couldn't ask for any more. "You get an ambience an atmosphere here that you couldn't get on any set. Our prime concern was finding the best looking hospital. Second was the cooperation we would find, and third, where the hospital was located. Because of the success of the book, it would be Jan.

23, 75 "0-15 I nji '-'I i By KAY APLEY Staff Writer, The Statesman (Related story pg. 5, picture pg. i) "A producer is like a father with 162 children," says Michael Douglas who should know. He is co-producer with Saul Zaentz of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" now filming on the Oregon State Hospital grounds in Salem. The screenplay is based on Ken Kesey's novel, and the film is budgeted at a cool $3 million.

Michael Douglas and a sparkling array of filmland folk held a press conference at Prime Rib Riverside Wednesday followed by lunch. Being seated across the table from the personable Michael Douglas is rather like sitting across from an old friend. As any follower of the television program Streets of San Francisco" can tell you, Michael oug-las' face IS familiar. "I think next year will be my last with 'Streets," he says. "I may produce more films I don't know.

I'm still, well, you know, a fairly young man," shrugs the 29-year-old, "and there are lots of things I want to do." As to likening a producer to a parent, he says, "There are a thousand little things each day. You never know what is going to go wrong. And it is a very expensive process, making a picture. Time is very definitely money. It costs approximately $30,000 a day, and that's a low estimate.

"Saul and I've been work Lf if A 0)T' Jiff Obviously delighted with the cast and crew of his film, Michael says, "I would have liked to act in 'Cuckoo's Nest, yes, but it's difficult to both produce and act. Some people have done it but usually they have the credit and someone else does the work." Darrell Buttice, public affairs coordinator for the Department of Human Resources through which arrangements for the film were made, says "Michael Douglas is very real he appears to have no ego in this. It's a combination of a lot of talents of which he's a part and about which he's very proud." "And," adds Darrell Buttice, "everyone in the film company has cooperated even more than we had agreed on originally. They've gotten wrapped up in the spirit that the Oregon State Hospital has for doing things, and they really feel a commitment to the whole program. For example, Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz personally gave over $1,500 to the patients of the hospital for a recreational ski outing." But for Michael Douglas, there would seem to be no end to the work with filming going on six days a week.

"We rest on the seventh," laughs Michael. "We arrive each day on the set around 7:30 in the morning, work a 12 hour day, grab coffee and a bite and then at 8 p.m. start looking at the dailies (developed film) from the shooting the day before, then fall into bed around 11:30. Of course. I get out and around sometimes if you didn't, you'd be climbing the walls," he adds.

Michael Douglas grew up on the East Coast, came West, and attended the University of California at Santa Barbara. The fact that he is the son of an actor may have contributed to his choice of profession, but there is no doubt that he respects his craft, excels at it and intends to go on learning more about it. Michael Douglas (right) and Saul Zaentz (left) flank Dr. Dean Brooks, superintendent at the Oregon State Hospital, during a press conference Wednesday. The topic of conversation was the motion picture "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," produced by Douglas and Zaentz and currently being filmed on the state hospital grounds.

(Statesman photo by John Ericksen) Statesman, Salem, ning Feb. 5 and continuing through March 26. Inaugurated last fall with help from a grant of the Oregon Arts Commission and the National Foundation for the Arts, the workshops have proved popular. Wheels are available for those who do not have their own. Subjects to be covered include carding, spinning, the choice of fleeces, the use of various types of wool and yarn design.

A second event scheduled at the Mission Mill Museum on Sunday will be an auto v. Around Town Fly From Africa for Wedding Prof Courtney Arthur will give a demonstration of spinning at the Parsonage of the Mission Mill Museum on Sunday between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. Mr. Arthur, who only started spinning a year ago, will demonstrate the spinning of three types of wool. This special event is open to the public.

(Statesman photo by John Ericksen) Spinning in the Parsonage sponsor their annual rummage sale on Feb. 5 and 6 with Mrs. Jerry Williams in charge This will also be held at the Temple with Mrs. Theodore Linn and Party for Browns LYONS Mr. and Mrs.

Marvin Brown will be honored on their 25th wedding anniversary with a reception on Friday, Jan. 24. The event will be held in the Santiam Chapel from 7 to 10 p.m. with Mr. and Mrs.

George Brown as hosts, assisted by other relatives. Marvin and Delia Brown were married Jan. 24, 1950 in Boise, Idaho. Chapter Meeting Delta Lambda Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs. Jack Briles, 1694 40th Place SE, at 8 p.m.

with Mrs. Karl Johnson assisting. Mrs. Blanche Schroeder of Portland, coordinator for the volunteer lobby group, Common Cause, will be the guest speaker. Mrs.

Carl Sandstedt in charge of the two-day event It will be cards instead of golf during the ensuing month for the women's club of the Santiam Golf Club bridge and pinochle will be in play beginning Jan. 28 at 1:30 p.m. at the club and will continue every Tuesday until Feb. 25 a white elephant sale will be held on the final day of play Those planning to play are asked to call Mrs. Harmon Drushella or Mrs.

Luther Guest Six young men were initiated into Willamette Chapter, Order of DeMolay on Jan. 15 at the first initia tion ceremony of the year they include Monte Burke, Paul Metzsch, Paul Miller, Paul Morris, Eric Porter and Martin Sohrt The ceremony was conducted by Randy Nelson, newly installed master councilor The chapter held a joint ski trip to Hoodoo Bowl on Saturday with the Salem Rainbow Assemblies and Job's Daughters Bethels moon to Amalfi on the coast of Italy, the couple will return to Bamako to make their home The wedding will have an additional international flavor as Mr. Huffman's brother and his wife are planning to fly to Oregon from Istanbul By JERYME ENGLISH Statesman Women's Editor SOCIAL TIDBITS Final plans were announced for the annual book review sponsored by Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood at the group's meeting on Tuesday The review is a fund-raising event for the Sisterhood and this year will be a duo benefit for the Salem Boys' Club and the Salem Food Bank The book review is scheduled for Monday, March 10 at Temple Beth Sholom with Rabbi Yonah Geller of Portland Shaarie Torah again presenting the review as he has done in former years He will review "Centennial" by James Michener Mrs. Bernard Brown is general chairman of the event Coffee will be served at 10 a.m. preceding' the review with Mrs.

Sandy Cowan and Mrs. Maurice Clum in charge The Sisterhood and B'nai B'rith Women will co- rp: A ROMANCE which started in California culminated in West Africa during the Christmas holidays with announcement of the engagement and coming marriage of Miss Molly Hoffstet-ter, formerly of Salem, and Mike Huffman of Dayton, Ohio Molly is the daughter of Mrs. Ann L. Hoffstet-ter of Portland, a former Salem resident, and her fiance is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

H. M. Huffman of Dayton The bride-elect is presently teaching economics at the University of Abidjan in Abidjan, Ivory Coast Her fiance flew to Abidjan last month from New York prior to starting his new job in Bamako, Mali, West Africa for the International Management Services Bamako is the capital of Mali The engaged duo met in Claremont, Calif, while Molly was attending Scripps College and Mike was at Claremont Men's College, where both received their degrees After graduation and a tour through Europe, Molly entered the Peace Corps and spent two years in Man, Ivory Coast Mike spent three years as a Peace Corps volunteer, setting up coffee plantations and processing in the Ivory Coast The couple plan to be married in September at Christ Church in Lake Oswego Molly will fly home in August, stopping in Paris to purchase her wedding dress After a honey- The Litton Minutemaster most advanced microwave oven you can buy. See how it bakes, defrosts, reneais, Drowns meais filll For the Dentistry Listen, Bess By Bess Myerson love is not laughing at her trying to walk in her new platform shoes. 1M 9 ot Off All r.qM.

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As to the charge of "one more bureaucracy," that depends upon the integrity of the administrator appointed, the political independence of the agency in action as well as name, and the watchful eye of consumers on the agency's performance. After all, we don't want "one more bureaucracy," either especially when we're paying for it. Readers with consumer questions' should write to Bess Myerson P.O. Box 300, New York, N.Y. 10017.

All letters cannot be answered personally, but she will handle issues raised by readers in this twice-weekly column. (C) The New York News, Inc. The Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae will meet Saturday at the home of the president, Mrs. Robert Shepard, 978 Lawnview NE, at 10 a.m. Co-hostess will be Mrs.

Sidney Halse. New officers will be elected during the business session. There will be a spinning demonstration at the Parsonage of the Mission Mill Museum on Sunday afternoon between 1:30 and 4:30 o'clock. Prof. Courtney Arthur of the Willamette University College of Law will demonstrate the spinning of three types of wool.

Also demonstrating will be Rosie Barnes, who will again offer a beginners workshop in spinning at the Parsonage starting on Saturday, Feb. 1 through March 22 and on Wednesday begin The 94th Congress will debate whether this, finally, is the year to pass an Independent Consumer Protection Agency Act. Your views should be part of that debate, and your participation begins with an awareness of the reasons for and against the need for an independent consumer protection agency. Sponsors of the bill maintain that products and services, and the highly competitive selling techniques by which they are offered to the buying public, have become too complex and complicated for the individual consumer to make an informed judgment about value, safety and durability. Federal agencies now exist to provide that protection, administering about 150 separate consumer-related programs but advocates of an independent agency charge that present agencies and programs are too often business-oriented, with regulatory agency personnel more concerned with the protection of the industries they are supposed to regulate than with the protection of consumers, and that the views of business lobbies and trade associations are given more consideration than the views of individual consumers.

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