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TIME CAPSULE EVENTS
APRIL 17 & 18, 2015 WE WILL BE OPENING THE TIME CAPSULE FROM 1965
ON SATURDAY.
FRIDAY
SPRING SHOW
7:30PM IN THE INNER CIRCLE
SATURDAY
10:00AM-3:00PM
OPEN HOUSE
FUN FAMILY ACTIVITIES
TIME CAPSULE OPENING FROM 1965 & TIME CAPSULE DEDICATION FROM 2015 (TO
BE OPENED 2065)
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
STUDENT ART SHOW
Richard Neutra (1892-1970) helped develop the style of California Modern and was an immense
influence on American designers. Born in Vienna, Neutra went to school at the Technical
University there, studying under Adolf Loos. Loos taught him about the burgeoning American style and Neutra was inspired in particular by the
work of Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1919, after fighting in World War I, he and his new wife
moved to Germany and he worked with architect and designer Erich Mendelsohn. Neutra
immigrated to the US in 1923, landing first in Chicago and Wisconsin where he worked briefly with Frank Lloyd Wright, before settling down in Los Angeles in 1925. In 1929 designed the now classic Lovell Health House in Los Angeles. A cantilever design built into the side of a hill, the house was customized for the client Dr. Lovell who requested outdoor sleeping porches and a flat lower area for exercise equipment. In 1929, Neutra also designed R.J. Neutra Elementary
School. He is also known for his 1946 Kaufmann house as well as for his participation in the early Case Study House Programs. His 1952 Moore
House in Ojai, California achieved an innovative stylistic balance between domicile and
environment. Neutra designed a reflecting pool for the water storage, building the house so that
it seemed to float on the pond like an oasis. Richard Joseph died on April 16, 1970.
R.J. Neutra
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Elementary
World Events • First U.S. combat troops arrive
in Vietnam. By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers are in Vietnam.
• Rhodesia unilaterally declares its independence from Britain.
• Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov performs the first spacewalk (Mar. 18). Edward White II becomes the first American to walk in space
• Canada replaces Union Jack flag with the Maple Leaf
• Launch of first Soviet communication satellite
What was happenin’ in 1965? 1965, It doesn’t seem that long ago, does it? 50 years, that’s hard to believe. What isn’t hard to believe is
all the changes that have happened. For instance, the average price for a new house was $13,600, but the average income was only $6,450. Gas was only 31¢ per gallon, and rent was $118 a month! You could also buy 5 loaves of bread for about $1.
Ben Stiller, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ty Pennington, and J K Rowling were born this year. The Beatles released the movie and album Help! in 1965, and Jerry Garcia played with the Grateful Dead for
their first concert. The books Dune, Hotel, and The Man with the Golden Gun were released.
Warren Buffet gains controlling interest of Berkshire-Hathaway, at $18 per share. In August 2014, you would need $200,000 to buy one share!
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• Rev. M.L.K. Jr. and more than 2,600 others arrested in Selma, Ala., during demonstrations against voter-registration rules.
• Malcom X, black-nationalist leader, is shot to death at a Harlem rally.
• Blacks riot for six days in the Watts section of Los Angeles: 34 dead, over 1,000 injured, nearly 4,000 arrested.
• The Sound of Music premieres. An instant hit, the film was one of the top-grossing films of 1965 and remains one of film's most popular musicals.
• Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson's (US) discovery of cosmic background radiation confirms the "Big Bang" theory.
• Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford aboard Gemini VI perform the first rendezvous with another spacecraft, Gemini VII, with Frank Borman and James Lovell
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Grammys awarded in 1965: • Record of the Year: "The Girl From
Ipanema," • Album of the Year: Getz/Gilberto, • Song of the Year: "Hello, Dolly!”
Academy Award, Best Picture: My Fair Lady Popular television shows: • The Man from
U.N.C.L.E. • Peyton Place
• Hogan’s Heroes • Mr. Ed • Green Acres
• The Fugitive • The Addams
Family
• Flipper • Bewitched • My Three Sons
Deaths:
• Winston Churchill • Nat King Cole • T.S. Eliot • Adlai Stevenson
U.S. Events