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DAVID GILBOA-Theodor Herzl Institute, 515 Park Ave. at 60th. A Hungarian who migrated to the Holy Land 30 years ago, Gilboa settled in the artists' colony at Safad and became one of Israel's popular painters. The oils in his first U.S. exhibition are technically amateurish, but his watercolors adroitly convey an obvious affection for ancient alleyways, sun-parched marketplaces, and the Galilean countryside. Through...
...were wrong. And they said it would never fly when volunteers finished a replica of the craft. This time they were right. The plane is destined to sit in the Wright Museum in Kitty Hawk, N.C., and so the engine has no pistons. It was built to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first powered flight, and Astronaut John Glenn, 42, was on hand to see how it all started. The space program, he said, is no different from the Wright flight. "The basic purpose is exploration or curiosity. I feel the whole program would be worthwhile even if there...
RAYMOND PARKER-Kootz, 655 Madison Ave. at 60th St. A thunderhead of hard-edged clouds in shocking colors, Parker's shapes-in-space seem waiting to collide, never quite make a satisfactory bump. Through...
Liberal Leader Lester Pearson, who promised spectacular accomplishments during his first 60 days in office, has since regretted his electioneering enthusiasm. As the 60th day rolled around, the only tangible legislative accomplishment he could point to was his first budget. And that last week proved so ill-considered that it trapped Pearson and his longtime friend and economic adviser, Finance Minister Walter Gordon, 57, in a violent and humiliating political uproar...
...Quincy. Mass., last week the Navy celebrated the 60th anniversary of the construction of the original Bainbridge by commissioning a namesake that is totally unlike any other U.S. destroyer ever to hit the waves. The new Bainbridge is the latest member of the Navy's small fleet of atom-powered vessels. The first Bainbridge could make it just once across the Atlantic on a full load of coal; two-thirds of her sailors did nothing but stoke the boilers. On a single fueling of its reactor, the new Bainbridge will be able to cruise 180,000 miles...