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Sculptor Stankiewicz came by his love for junk naturally. He was raised in one of Detroit's toughest districts, used a foundry dump for his playground. During a World War II hitch in the U.S. Navy, he found himself whiling away time in the Aleutians by whittling caribou horn, decided to cash in his G.I. Bill on an art education. He studied with Hans Hofmann in Manhattan, polished off in Paris with Painter Fernand Lèger and Sculptor Ossip Zadkine. Back in Manhattan he set out to shape his future by reclaiming the flotsam and jetsam...
...Boston, integration often starts earlier. But along with special classes in Braille, the. children are introduced to their schools before the term begins. They learn their way around the halls, how to get to the washrooms and use the playground equipment. Though they spend part of each day in a home room that is equipped with Braille books and typewriters, they can take almost all of their schools' regular courses. In Dallas, which began its program in 1951, the blind start their school careers under specially trained teachers, are gradually weaned away until they can join their sighted classmates...
...could be improved. Said Kaiser : "I figure just about everybody wants to travel to Hawaii, but facilities have not kept pace." Since then, Pacesetter Kaiser (29 Kaiser companies, $775 million in annual sales) has been having the time of his life playing with his newest toy, a multimillion-dollar playground called Hawaiian Village. This week Kaiser announced he was starting construction of a bright 14-story, $5,000,000 hotel addition...
When he had decked out his Polynesian playground with a profusion of palm trees and exotic plants, Kaiser was ready to play. But something was missing. He needed a beach of his own. To get the coral for a beach base, Kaiser dredged a lagoon (wangling the necessary permission, including an act of Congress). In the center of the lagoon, he placed a tiny island. When he surfaced off his beach with 30,000 cu. yds. of sand, Kaiser owned the widest beach in Waikiki, named it after Duke Kahanamoku, onetime Hawaiian swimming champ...
...Girl, can see again-but she has cunningly preserved her three-week secret. For sight regained means Paradise Lost: an end to the antic freedom accorded Lovey by the town, and eviction from the cemetery's marble orchard which, blind, she has been allowed to make her private playground. Back to sight means back to schools and parties, and the shrill anonymity of being just another girl growing up in New Hoosic...