21st Century Exhibit Unfolds An Easier Life
Patricia McCormack tours the Union Carbide exhibit in New York highlighting 21st century marvels such as a lunar module mock up a battery powered car and a microwave oven while posing questions about practical daily life like home doctor visits alarmed pots and suburban sidewalks. The piece blends satire with list style wonders and questions whether everyday frictions like traffic jams and chores will vanish by the time we reach the moon.
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Patricia McCormack
New York
UPI
Union Car
Suburbia
Mothers of America
IRS
Phone Threat Costs Teen-In-Law $50 Fine
Circuit Court Judge Rodney Eielson fined Fred R. Buzzell, 19, of 1705 Boston Avenue, $50 after he pled guilty to making a threatening telephone call to his mother in law Jan 14. Additional charges of breach of the peace and resisting arrest were filed. police traced the calls to Mrs. Francis Merola at 306 Linwood Avenue. Buzzell allegedly became abusive when police arrived to arrest him.
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Eielson
Fred IR. Buzzell
Boston Avenue
Buzzell
Francis Merola
Linwood Avenue
Bridgeport Man Fined for Taxi Fare Evasion
George Kovacs, 34, of 675 Kossuth Street, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to trying to evade a taxi fare of 20 dollars. Police say he fled the cab after refusing to pay the driver, and was arrested shortly after. Judge Norton M Levine presided in the Underwood building.
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Bridgeport
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Kossuth Street
Kovacs
Norton M Levine
Underwood Building
World Union for Progressive Judaism moves 15th Conference to Jerusalem
The governing body voted to relocate the 15th International Conference from Amsterdam to Jerusalem. The event is rescheduled for July 3 to July 6, with reforms and liberal synagogues worldwide participating under the World Union for Progressive Judaism.
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New York
UPI
World Union For Progressive Judaism
International Association of Reform and Liberal Synagogues
Amsterdam
Jerusalem
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