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AUTHORITY: No one is safe in this county. It's just that simple....no one is safe. (Departs.) PRODUCTION NOTE: While the lights are down, the enlisted Guardsman steps to curtain edge. He is at parade rest, rifle extended to the front. Allison enters. She is a tall, beautiful brunette, minus makeup and brassiere, wearing blue jean bell bottoms. She places a blossom stem stemstemin the barrel of his rifle. He doesn't respond. The reporter is not on stage. ALLISON: Flowers are better than bullets. (She goes to dock.) (The Reporter enters carrying a picket sign with the peace symbol. He crosses the stage and leans the sign against anything handy.) REPORTER: Two facts. Evidence. This girl did walk up to a Guardsman and she did place a flower stem in the barrel of his rifle. This girl also carried this sign .... many times. ALLISON: I am one of the accusers. My name was Allison Krause. I do confess to having strong feelings about the war in Vietnam. I confess to being a part of the organized opposition to that war. REPORTER: You in the fifth row there....if you could ask this witness about her whereabouts last October.... Page 17 |