Masonry Magazine February 1975 Page. 13
Delaware Valley Masonry Institute
Banquet Honors Late Louis Kahn
Mrs. Louis I. Kahn addresses guests after receiving a standing ovation. Immediately behind her is Anthony P. Nolfi, president of the Delaware Valley Masonry Institute, who introduced Mrs. Kahn to the audience. To her right is Merlin Taylor, assistant to the president of BM & PIU. At the far left is Sidney Swartz, secretary of the Delaware Valley Masonry Institute.
A memorial banquet paying tribute to the late and renowned architect Louis I. Kahn was co-sponsored recently in Philadelphia by the Delaware Valley Masonry Institute and the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Mr. Kahn was one of the nation's foremost innovators in masonry structure design and part of a teaching triumvirate at the University of Pennsylvania with Norman N. Rice, AIA, and Robert LeRicolais.
Anthony Nolfi, one of the principal speakers at the banquet and a prime mover in arranging the affair, delivered the opening and closing remarks.
Representatives of the masonry industry included (from left) Neal English, executive director, International Masonry Institute, Washington, D.C.; George A. Miller, executive vice president, MCAA, Chicago, and Charles A. Velardo, MCAA president, Boston.
More than 500 guests were on hand for the splendidly managed affair in the Marriott Motor Hotel including representatives from the fields of architecture, higher education, union labor and construction management.
Norman Rice, one of Mr. Kahn's oldest and closest friends and himself an award-winning architect, delivered the major address of the evening. He spoke on "Kahn: The Man The Architect."
At the conclusion of the program guests were invited to attend a special preview of two new film presentations, Brick in Architecture and Masonry Bearing Walls-A Rational Revolution in Design.
Representing the Mason Contractors Association of America was President Charles A. Velardo of Boston, Mass.
Washington Wire
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Many experts insist that the energy crisis is more severe than the President realizes. They feel the country will have to accept long-lasting remedies-and that it will, if asked.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN WILL TURN the spotlight on business in 1975. A House Commerce subcommittee will investigate big profits in oil and coal. Chairman John Moss plans to challenge firms to expand output or cut prices. House Judiciary Chairman Rodino will hit monopoly trends in food and fuel. And egg and coffee prices will be scrutinized by one key Agriculture unit. The Senate Small Business Committee will be seeking wrongdoing by business. Sen. Henry Jackson will keep digging into the roots of commodity shortages.
Federal agencies that regulate business will also face the scrutiny of Congress. Senator Kennedy, for example, plans major hearings on setting air fares and awarding routes.
SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES will have to be hiked sharply in years ahead and benefit rises will have to be held down, to stave off growing deficits. The Ford Administration is expected to present financing plans this spring. And the House Ways and Means Committee will consider the issue on its own. Annual earnings subject to payroll taxes could rise from the current $14,000 to as high as $24,000. The actual tax could climb to a peak of $1,400 a year. up from the present $824.