North Long Beach Festival Opens With Parade and Queen Crowning
The North Long Beach Lions Club hosts a three day fair at Houghton Park starting Saturday with a 2%-hour parade forming at 53rd Street and moving 1 1/2 miles to the fair. Twenty eight bands, horses and floats join the procession as eleven contestants vie for the fair queen title to be crowned at 9 15 p.m. Sunday. Receipts from booths and rides support civic projects including the ongoing Ranchez Kiddo building at 61st Street and California Avenue. The fair runs noon to midnight Saturday through Monday.
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Vaughan Williams dies at 85 famed British composer
Renowned British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, age 85, died Tuesday. He shaped English music with eight symphonies, operas, choral and instrumental works, and folk-influenced pieces. His ninth symphony was in recording preparation. he valued tradition and folk sources but remained a distinct, unforgiving modernist in parts.
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Trade Treaty Signed By Federation of Malaya and Australia
The Federation of Malaya signed a comprehensive trade treaty with Australia on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur. The agreement covers tariff reductions and expanded commercial ties between the two longtime partners, signaling a strengthening of regional economic cooperation.
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