Leontyne Price bids farewell to Met opera career
Soprano Leontyne Price, first Black American operatic superstar, ends her Met stage journey after 24 years with a radiant Aida finale. The 57 year old, celebrated Verdi soprano, received a four minute ovation and flowers as she bowed. She will focus on concerts and recitals while continuing to perform in select operatic roles.
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World's largest telescope plans gain $70 million Keck grant
The California Institute of Technology and University of California will jointly build a 10 meter telescope atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii, funded by the Keck Foundation. If funded, UC may return a $33 million grant from Ira Lustgarten's Hoffman foundation. Construction begins 1986 with completion around 1992, enabling deeper cosmic observations and studies of galaxy formation.
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Electrocuted killer tattooed epitaph ends life in Louisiana
David Dene Martin, a former sidewalk evangelist, was executed in the electric chair at Louisiana State Penitentiary for four murders including his wife's lover Bobby Todd. He fired 15 shots at the Blue Bayou trailer murder scene on August 14, 1977, claiming PCP addiction blinded him. His tattoo reading Love Gloria was uncovered after death. Martin, 32, was the seventh Louisiana and 33rd U.S. execution since 1976.
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