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Atlanta Cultural Explosion salutes 1968 memorial center
Atlanta plans a $13 million Memorial Cultural Center to unite opera, symphony, theater, dance, a museum and art school under one roof. Blanche Thebom will direct opera, Robert Shaw will head the symphony, project born from 1962 Paris Orly crash that claimed 130 Georgia lives. Five years after tragedy, city aims for national prominence in the arts.
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Blanche Thebom
Metropolitan Opera
Opera
Atlanta Municipal Theatre, Inc
Robert Shaw
Atlanta Symphony
Atlanta Memorial Cultural Center
America
Orly Field
Paris
Old City