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frequently during his four-year
tenure.
His popularity as a guest con
ductor grew and during 1972 he
conducted internationally in
Holland, Sweden, Toulouse,
Barcelona and with his own
country’s Spanish National
Orchestra. The following year
he conducted in England at the
English Bach Festival and made
his first recordings with Teresa
Berganza and Placido Domingo.
Since then Navarro has toured
various countries in Europe, di
viding his time between operatic
and symphonic conducting.
In August 1982 he made his
American symphonic debut at
the Hollywood Bowl and has
appeared with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, the San Francisco
Symphony, the Saint Louis Sym
phony and the Minnesota
Orchestra.
“Generally,” Navarro says, “I
like working with American and
English orchestras much more
than European ones.”
European musicians usually
are given lifetime appointments
to orchestras, which Navarro
says creates discipline problems.
In England and the United
States, they can lose their jobs.
Navarro says stepping before
an orchestra for the first time is
the most difficult moment a con
ductor faces.
“The orchestra is looking for
what he is able to do,” he says,
“and he is looking for the same
in them.”
Navarro says he feels com
fortable with the Chicago Sym
phony. With an orchestra of its
quality, he says he doesn’t feel he
has to worry about himself.
“Not only is the orchestra of
the best quality, but also their
organization all around is...per
fect!"
As for the future of classical
music, Navarro is confident.
“I’m sure that the classical music
is safe.”
He is, however, concerned
with the European people’s lack
of support for the arts.
“On, I would be very happy if
in Europe the people would sup-
>rt the music lilte the Amer-
port
leans
support the music,” he
“That’s why we have so much
bad music,” he says.
Navarro has an open-mind
for other types of music.
“Rock and roll and country
music, I think, are very impor
tant for the people,” he says. “It
is impossible for everyone to like
classical music. I think it is like
everything in this world — all
the possibilities for all the diffe
rent tastes.”
With a schedule that fills each
moment through 1986, includ
ing a two-year engagement with
the Metropolitan Opera in New
York, Navarro says his life holds
no time for hobbies.
says.
Music
in most European
countries is supported mainly by
the government, Navarro says.
Navarro and the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra will per
form at 8 p.m. Thursday in Rud
der Auditorium.
Watermelon served
to representatives
United Press International
WASHINGTON —
Although no record-breaker,
a 197-pound watermelon is
nonetheless a formidable spe
cimen of Citrullus vulgaris
culture.
Fully 4 feet long, it is bigger
than the proverbial breadbox
and, more than 2 feet thick,
boasts a circumference to rival
the girth of a pregnant alli
gator.
On a clear day, according
to Rep. Beryl Anthony Jr., D-
Ark., a watermelon that size is
big enough to feed all 435
House members.
But it was raining Wednes
day afternoon and Anthony,
ily
the official host, was the only
congressman on hand for the
ceremonial cutting of the
whopper.
“Y’all come have some
watermelon with us,” he cal
led to a couple of passers-by.
They declined the honor
on grounds they had just
finished lunch.
Actually, the watermelon
Anthony cut only weighed in
at 168 pounds. The 197-
pound heavyweight and a
150-pound companion were
keep intact for photographic
purposes and emergencyn
tions.
All three melons
brought here from Hofi
Ark., for the congresi
tasting. (Them ol’watermelo
patches in Hope, by the
are just about 35 miles fi
Texarkana.)
The 1983 edition oft
Guinness Book of Worldfe ^ 7
cords lists a 200-pounii V
grown in 1980 by Ivann
Lloyd Bright, also of Hope,
the granddaddy of all wan
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apologized to Richard Gordon,
a member of a special commis
sion on coal leasing practices
who has a paralyzed right arm.
Gordon, a professor at Penn
State, said he was “disturbed” by
Watt’s remarks and wanted “to
run this down until I know
what’s going on.” He said Watt
told him the comment was a
“jocular characterization.”
Julia Walsh, the woman on
the five-member study panel,
said, “I resent it being implied
that I am the token woman.”
One congressman lumped
Watt with Earl Butz, Richard
Nixon’s agriculture secretary
who resigned after telling a ra
cist, off-color joke.
review panel has “three Demo
crats, two Republicans — every
kind of mix you can have.
you
laugn at yourself.”
Watt’s comments came dur
ing a half-hour, off-the-cuff
address attacking Congress, the
press and “liberal Democrats,”
sparked by a Senate vote Tues-
day putting a moratorium of
federal coal leasing pending a
review of the program.
“I have a black, a woman, two
Jews and a cripple. And we have
talent,” Watt said.
“If you can’t joke i s
things, you shouldn't Gramm s first
Washington,” he said.
The controversial secretary’s
breakfast audience, trade asso
ciation executives at the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce,
laughed when he told them the
One member of the audience
asked the interior secretary after
his talk whether the remark was
ill-advised, considering Presi
dent Reagan’s problems attract
ing minority support.
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on proposed company merger
United Press International
TOPEKA — The Williams
Companies announced
Wednesday it had signed a mer
ger agreement to buy Northwest
Energy Co. for more than $800
million and several hours later
refused to concede jurisdiction
over the offer to Kansas utility
regulators.
Nevertheless, the Kansas
Corporation Commission held
an investigatory hearing on the
proposed merger which com
mission Chairman Michael Len-
nen said was of “substantial pub
lic importance.”
Lennen noted that North
west Central Pipeline Corp., a
wholly owned subsidiary of
Northwest Energy, delivers one-
half of the natural gas used in
Kansas and is the largest pur
chaser of natural gas produced
in Kansas. It also serves Mis-
Northwest Central’s system
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west states. Northwest Energy
also owns Northwest Pipeline,
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