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...object of all this controversy was the new fountain on San Francisco's Embarcadero Plaza. A monumental structure of squared concrete tubes, cantilevering in all directions above a five-sided pool, it was designed by Canadian Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt, 38, who won the commission in a competition judged by Landscape Architect Lawrence Halprin. To cap it all, on the eve of dedication day last week some vandal stenciled QUEBEC LIBRE in red paint on the fountain...
Delacorte's latest project, a $350,000 fountain that draws water from the East River and shoots it 400 ft. high, has proved even more painful. After the fountain began propelling its plume to beautify the skyline, the city board of health complained that the river water was polluted and thus the fountain was contaminating the air. At considerable expense, that was fixed, but now Delacorte has learned that New York State wants the fountain moved because it sprays brackish water on a part of Welfare Island where a park and plantings are planned. But Delacorte...
...there's more to come. A free water fountain, plenty of scrap newspaper for your illegal pet's box, phone calls, and a chance for fame, glory, and even attention if you are good enough to make the All-Ivy Sports writing Team...
...Kesey and his Merry Pranksters; and they played the Trips Festival, a three-day benefit managed by Bill Graham that signaled the big rush of San Francisco rock concerts. With the financial backing and electrical genius of Owsley the acid chemist, they developed themselves into the fountain-head of a new kind of music: acid rock...
SELDOM has one book had so instant an impact on political affairs. The news media have pushed The Real Majority as the fountain of all current political wisdom. Party heads pored over advance copies, and politicians have embraced its precepts. After the mid-term elections, President Nixon complained to his advisors that "the Democrats read Scammon and Wattenberg." The vogue of political tracts of such influence is usually short. Kevin Phillip's The Emerging Republican Majority was the rage a year ago, but has already been discredited. Unlike Phillip's book, however, The Real Majority holds up remarkably well...