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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1972
Page
15
The New York Historical Society at Central Park West and 77th Street drew 136 324 visitors last year an increase of 30 000. Most came for research library and school group visits rather than art exhibitions, challenging the belief that children love art as much as dinosaurs.
A quiet city gallery hosts the Audubon Birds of America watercolors, 435 works, through February. The collection emphasizes the unique, mass-masterpiece quality of Audubon's art, inviting random, serendipitous viewing rather than a guided sweep.
The Audubon exhibition is a special attraction allowing visitors to walk through and ride the elevator to the permanent American painting installation on the fourth floor. The New York Historical Society, a library and museum of American history, houses galleries reflecting art before 1900 and its social and philosophical milieu. Open hours remain Tuesday to Friday 1 to 5, Saturday 10 to 5, and Sunday 1 to 5 during Christmas week.
In a whimsical tale, Santa negotiates with the Ice King and Ice Queen to share winter across hemispheres while the South Pole enjoys warmth. The plan falters when a wary polar bear resists, but Santa and friends prevail as Oonik sails home in a special kayak, announcing a merry Christmas.
The Vitamin Information Bureau says Popeye’s spinach stereotype is misleading. It notes many foods contain more iron and are better absorbed, including frozen baby lima beans lentils white beans chickpeas beef and lamb kidney and liver. Duck meat lamb and turkey liver blackstrap molasses and cottonseed flour also surpass spinach in iron content.
A Lockheed Constellation once associated with Gen Douglas MacArthur was bought from a scrap dealer in Sanjo Japan and converted into a restaurant. Waitresses will wear stewardess uniforms, the owner said.
Britain shows a surge in imported cars with 32,580 of 135,456 total sales in October 1972, 24 percent. For the first ten months, 331,518 imports out of 1,412,298 total sales, 23.47 percent, led by the Renault range with 51,586 units.
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