Neutra 1965 Brochure

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.
Sources
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1965.html
http://www.infoplease.com/year/1965.html
http://worldtimeline.info/wor1965.htm
http://www.r20thcentury.com/biography_detail.cfm?designer_id=85
R.J. Neutra
Elementary
NAS Lemoore
Community Center Drive
Lemoore California 93245
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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!
U.S. Events
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World Events
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First U.S. combat troops arrive
in Vietnam. By the end of the
year, 190,000 American
soldiers are in Vietnam.
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Rhodesia unilaterally declares
its independence from Britain.
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Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei
Leonov performs the first
spacewalk (Mar. 18). Edward
White II becomes the first
American to walk in space
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Canada replaces Union Jack
flag with the Maple Leaf
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Launch of first Soviet
communication satellite
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Rev. M.L.K. Jr. and more than 2,600
others arrested in Selma, Ala., during
demonstrations against voterregistration 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 topgrossing 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
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
• The Fugitive
• The Addams
Family
Deaths:
• Winston Churchill
• Nat King Cole
• T.S. Eliot
• Adlai Stevenson
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Hogan’s Heroes
Mr. Ed
Green Acres
Flipper
Bewitched
My Three Sons