Bang and Olufsen design at MoMA marks art in commerce
Danish audio maker Bang and Olufsen is showcased at the Museum of Modern Art through June 18, highlighting a 34-piece collection of stereo receivers, radios, turntables, and speakers. The article profiles Jakob Jensen and notes the company’s minimalist, buttonless controls and fixed-arm turntable, tying their design to a European economic shift and successful expansion into America since five years ago.
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New York
NEA
Museum of Modern Art
Bang and Olufsen
MOMA
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Marcel Breuer
Rene Mackintosh
Tiffany
Braun Coffee
Olivetti
Jakob Jensen
Raymond Loewy
Bang
Olufsen
Jensen
Europe
Bang and
Peter Bang
Svend Olufsen
Jutland
Denmark
Jens Bang
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Convicted murderer Nelson comments on verdict in Rockford case
Simon Peter Nelson, sentenced to 100 to 200 years for killing his six children in Rockford, says he would have judged himself guilty if on the jury. He agrees with the jury that capital punishment was not appropriate, though he supports it in principle. He plans ministry if released and may seek parole in 10 years. The interview was arranged by his public defender.
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Rockford, Ill
UPI
Simon Peter Nelson
Nelson
Wfr-Tv
Rockford
Christ
Craig Petersen
Winnebago County
John Ghent
Skokie Jews plan opposition rally against Nazis
Leaders of the Jewish United Fund in Skokie plan a peaceful counterdemonstration on June 25 five blocks from a Nazi march. They aim for up to 50,000 attendees and will coordinate with authorities and 200 off-duty police volunteers to keep peace near the village hall.
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Skokie Jews
Chicago
UPI
Skokie
Jewish United Fund
Sol Goldstein
Adolf
Hitler
Goldstein
National Socialist Party of America
Frank Collin
David Smerling
JUF
Smerling
Carter seeks safeguards after ruling on police searches
President Carter ordered the Justice Department to study legislative safeguards for reporters following a Supreme Court decision allowing warrants to search newsrooms. Mondale urged unity against threats to press freedom while praising four new Hall of Fame inductees and naming chapter officers.
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UPI
Carter
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Walter Mondale
Helen Thomas
White House
Jack Steele
Scripps-Howard News Service
Howard K. Smith
ABC News
Grant Dillman
Willard Kiplinger
Kiplinger
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