Architect Jo hansen designs drama center as circuit analogy
John Johansen compares architecture to electronic circuit design, proposing function over form and outlining his Mummers theater plan in Oklahoma City. He details placing, supporting, and connecting units via pathways, plazas, and circuits, with an exhibit on optical art opening at Cedar Rapids Art Center.
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John Johansen
Johansen
Cedar Rapids
Mummer’s Theater
Oklahoma City
Itect
Lincoln Center
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art
Cedar Rapids Art Center
Mini-Skirts Hurt Sales Roil Mexican Textile Group
In Mexico City the Mexican chamber of textile manufacturers complains that mini-skirts use only 70 percent of the fabric of a traditional skirt and hurt sales. The concern stems from the trend reducing material used per garment and impacting industry profits.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexican Chamber of Textile Manufacturers
French Ship Found After 64 Years in Ice
Argentine sailors aboard the transport Bahia Aguirre retrieved a boat from the Charcot expedition buried in Antarctic ice for 64 years. The vessel was abandoned in 1903 at Port Charcot Booth Island by explorer doctor Jean Charcot.
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Buenos Aires
Bahia Aguirre
Jean Baptiste Etienne Auguste Charcot
Port Charcot
Booth Island
Tests For Recognizing Fine China In Home Service
New York report notes two main tests for identifying fine china. Tap the rim with a pencil to hear a bell like ring. Hold the plate to light to see whether a shadow of a hand appears through the dish.
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New York
UPI
China
Danish Folk Singer Wages One Man Safety Campaign
Danish folk singer Christian Krogh, known as the man with the heart, has pinned about 4500 heart shaped signs reading Take Your Time to urge safer driving. He started in 1964 after his wife wrote the song and now funds come from Rotary clubs and donations. he has also posted signs in Norway Sweden Finland and plans to plant a heart outside the Danish embassy in Paris.
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Copenhagen
UPI
Christian Krogh
Krogh
Aase
Anne-Dorta
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Paris
Champs Elysee
Quite a Chore For Most Gals
Lutterworth England. Showman Tom Norman offers to pay 50 pounds weekly to any girl who will admit she is ugly. The job is in a sideshow for a circus tour next summer.
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Lutterworth
England
UPI
Tom Norman
Linn Legislators Set Discussion Of Rights Bill
State legislators from Linn county will discuss civil rights legislation at a Council on Human Relations meeting Monday at 7 45 p m in the YWCA. Richard W. Taylor will present a statement from the executive committee supporting amendments to Iowa civil rights law to ensure open occupancy free from discrimination based on race or creed. Walter Kellison will report on the housing committee and fair housing bill details introduced March 13 with sponsors Senators John Ely and Tom Riley of Cedar Rapids.
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Linn County
Council On Human Relations
YWCA
Richard W. Taylor
Iowa
Walter Kellison
John Ely
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
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