Masonry Magazine March 1976 Page. 24
Honor Hendrick & Mock
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Receiving Regional Recognition were the Austin Hilton Inn, Austin, Texas and the Downwynde Zephyr Restaurant, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Receiving Regional Recognition was the Austin Hilton Inn. The Atrium, located in the tower garden lobby, rises 9 stories and compliments the brick exterior walls of the Tower.
The Austin Hilton Inn, developed by Bridewell Development Corporation, garnered an Honor Award for its attempt to portray the historic charm of Austin at the turn of the century.
The Third Honor Award was given to the Downwynde Zephyr Restaurant at the Colorado Springs Hilton Inn, Colorado. Also a project by Bridewell Development Corporation, this restaurant combines a unique blend of colorful atmosphere and an early Colorado mining days motif.
Accepting the Awards was John R. Mock, President of the firm. The Awards presentation, held at a banquet in the Crocker Citizens Plaza in Los Angeles, also honored other distinguished West Coast firms, as well as the installation of officers for the Southern California Chapter of the American Registered Architects.
Sign Metric Legislation
The signing of legislation to place the United States on a course towards voluntary conversion to the metric system was hailed by Dr. Ernest Ambler, Acting Director of the Commerce Department's National Bureau of Standards, as the "beginning of a new era that will affect every citizen of the United States."
Ambler noted that the metric system of weights and measures was made legal for use in the United States by an Act of Congress in 1866. Nine years later the United States was a signatory to the Treaty of the Meter which provided international sanction to the metric system.
"But until now there has been no policy to place the United States on a course towards metrication," Ambler said.
The Acting Director said the action brings the United States in step with most nations of the world that have either converted to the metric system or are in the process of converting. The only countries that have not established a policy of conversion are Brunei, Burma, Liberia, and Yemen.
"By establishing a policy of voluntary metric conversion, the United States industrial and commercial communities will be encouraged to export products made to metric dimensions, thus meeting the needs of foreign purchasers. This should stimulate additional international trade and have a positive effect on the United States' balance of payments," Ambler stated.
Based on the decimal system, as is our currency, Ambler said the metric system is easier and more rational than the (Continued on next page)
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