Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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GALLERY OF MODERN ART-Columbus Circle at 59th. A retrospective of the German impressionist, Lovis Corinth, who won artistic fame before his death in 1925. Banned by the Nazis, his work for many years remained obscure in this country (TIME, Sept. 25). Corinth painted hundreds of self-portraits that represent his most powerful work. Through...
Died. Games Slayter, 67, inventor of Fiberglas; of a heart attack; in Columbus. A recently retired vice president of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Slayter developed a straw-thick glass fiber for air filters in 1931, after seven more years of research came up with the fine, flexible "glass wool" now used for everything from draperies to boat hulls, winning his company more than 130 lucrative patents...
Last week's Columbus Day parade indicated that Bellotti may also lose much of the typically Democratic Italian vote. The ex-Governor outshone his opponent as they marched together through Boston's East End, a Democratic and Italian stronghold. Many young woman and children chanted "Volpe, Volpe," and a few broke police lines to besiege the GOP candidate with hugs, kisses, and flowers. Later in the week, Volpe also seemed popular with Lawrence's Italian laborers. As one textile worker said, "Both candidates real nice, you know Italian. But I take Volpe, I think, he so nice...
University Police arrived on the scene, but apprehended no one. The engineers turned off the alarm in a few moments, and celebration of Columbus Day continued...
...Columbus: COFO volunteer Clifford Trice fined $50 in court today, plus costs...