Laser Hall brings color to Iowa music shows
University of Iowa professor Lowell Cross fuses lasers with electronics and music, creating vivid color patterns during performances. His 1,600 pound installation resides in the Music Building’s Laser Hall, with past shows at Hancer Auditorium and Carnegie Hall.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Lowell Cross
Osaka
Japan
Cross
Music Building
Hancer Auditorium
Alexander Scriabin
U of I Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Symphony
Carnegie Hall
Europe
Ancient Forum
Rome
Soviets Freighter Sails Out Amid Subpoena Standoff
A Soviet 810 foot freighter Marshal Koniev loaded with corn departed Cargill Dock amid U S Senate subpoena protests. Ukrainian seaman Miroslav Medvid, who twice jumped ship, swam ashore and slit his wrist after returning to the vessel. Coast Guard vessels and a helicopter tracked the ship as protesters urged stopping the voyage.
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Reserve
U.S. Senate
Tom Richard
Universal Shipping Agencies
Marshal Koniev
Miroslav Medvid
Medvid
U.S
Cargill Grain Co
Andren Jesse Helms
R N.C
U.S. State Department
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Joan McEnery
Save the Oppressed People Committee
Electricians approve new union competition plan in 1984
In western North Dakota 480 union electricians faced idle work as non union firms gained bids. Dale Kueter notes Local 714 leader built a competitive blueprint to restore jobs, a model later approved by Cedar Rapids Local 405 and facing nationwide adoption. The program aims to keep Dakota electricians paid at 14 dollars per hour.
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Dale Kueter
Lazette
Ken Fetch
North Dakota
Fetch
Bismarck
Electrical Workers Local 714
Electrical Workers Local 405
Cedar Rapids
Clair Scott
Dakota Electricians
Robbers Kill Up To Ten In Belgian Supermarket Rampage
Gunmen opened fire at the Delhaize supermarket in Aalst near Brussels, killing up to ten people and wounding about a dozen during a robbery. Three assailants fired 30 to 40 shots as they fled, with police calling it a massacre.
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Aalst
Belgium
Delhaize
Brussels
Wilne
Alfons van den Broeck
Today’s Chuckle A little learning is a dangerous thing
A light joke noting that a poor report card can make learning seem perilous to kids and adults alike.
Kasparov Becomes Youngest World Chess Champion
Garri Kasparov defeated Anatoly Karpov in Moscow to win the world chess crown at age 22. He finished the match 13-11 with Karpov resigning on move 42, leaving Kasparov the new titleholder and Karpov entitled to a rematch within six months.
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Gazette Wire Services
Moscow
Garri Kasparov
Anatoly Karpov
Karpov
Kasparov
Tchaikovsky Hall
Lincoln Lucena
Otlichno
Volga
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