April 



Film: The Office of Telecommunications completed a five-minute exhibit film 

 "Locking at Earth," for the National Air & Space Museum. 



April 



Awards: The Office of Fellowships and Grants announced the 1936-87 James E. 

 Webb fellowship recipients. 



April 



Discovery: International team of radio astronomers, including Smithsonian 

 Astrcphysical Observatory scientists, announced a new distance measurement to the 

 center of the Milky Way, thus reducing the size of our galaxy by one-third. 



April 



Expedition: A Moroccan field expedition was carried out by a Smithsonian- 

 National Geographical Society international team of paleontologists searching for 

 the ancient Strait of Gibraltar. This project, headed by museum paleobiologist 

 Richard H. Eenscn is providing historical evidence of the formation of the 

 mountain systems. 



April 



Telecast: "Smithsonian Treasures: An American Experience," a 90-minute 

 television special funded by Wang, Inc. and hosted by actor Gene Kelly, was 

 telecast by the Office of Telecammunications during Easter week. 



April 2 



Premiere Issue: Air & Space/Smithsonian, a bi-monthly magazine in the tradition 

 of Smithsonian magazine, launched its first issue. The magazine, geared to the 

 general audience as well as the aerospace buff, recounts the history of flight 

 and the latest discoveries in the aerospace world. 



April 5 



Premiere: The Resident Associate Program hosted the Washington premiere of the 

 Canadian film, "My American Cousin." The film was introduced by Canadian writer 

 Sondra Gotlieb, author of Wife of . . . and wife of the Ambassador of Canada. 



April 10 



An Evening With. . . : Dancer Katharine Dunham appeared in a living self-portrait 

 program at the National Portrait Gallery. 



April 12 



Exhibit Renovation: The National Zoological Park began renovation of the 

 basement of the Reptile House began, the principal step in converting the 

 facility into the new vertebrate exhibit. 



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