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ALAN KAPROW dressed himself in black plastic, donned a World War I helmet, dubbed himself "The Neutron Kid," and set Southampton on its ear with a three-day Happening that included smoke bombs, sky divers and giant, helium-filled balloons. See MODERN LIVING...
...York City has a strong new law requiring walls soundproof enough to reduce any airborne noise passing through by 45 decibels. In Geneva, Switzerland, it is an offense to slam a car door too loudly. France confiscates automobiles that repeat noise violations. The rubber, plastic-or leather-guarded garbage can is commonplace in London, Paris and Berlin-an improvement that could hush Manhattan's most characteristic and deafening early-morning sound. Bermuda has instituted the quiet motorbike. Outboard motors are losing their bark; truck mufflers that kill the roar are available...
...perfectly straight-faced adults; a horde of children were bouncing large weather balloons on their heads. In the midst of the turmoil were two homemade Hovercraft, a foot above the ground, one ridden by a curvaceous brunette billed as "Liquid Hips," the other by a menacing figure in black plastic and World War I aviator's helmet known as "The Neutron...
...Learn-A-Tron." Many "instructional kits" have also come out. Biggest one is First Adventures in Learning, a $69.95 package consisting primarily of 16 thin books-each dealing with such basic concepts as sizes and shapes, time, numbers and color-and a rather flimsy Learn-A-Tron plastic testing device. Parents insert rolls of simple pictures and questions into the Learn-A-Tron, then read the questions and check the child's answers. Example: one picture shows three geometric shapes, with the underline: "Which is the triangle?" The set, now used in some Head Start programs, will be sold...
...those musicians who could tear themselves away from golf, water-skiing and deep-sea fishing, there was a lavish beach party with barbecued chicken, baked beans and 60 gallons of sangría, a bubbly mixture of wine, orange juice and club soda, which was ladled out of a plastic garbage...