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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1964
Page
1
Wirtz proposes doubling overtime pay to cut unemployment, but experts argue higher costs deter employment and do not solve skilled labor shortages. They cite real unemployment around 4 to 5 million, warn about production delays, and urge improved vocational training and education over costly mandates. The piece reflects L A Collins Sr's opinion.
In New York the Tabernacle Choir marked its nth anniversary on October 6 with a concert in the music hall of the Texas Pavilion at the World's Fair site. An estimated audience of 1,500 attended as the event was broadcast on Radio Sunday with broad audience reach.
President Lyndon Johnson and Mrs Johnson led about 200 tourists on a half hour stroll on the White House south grounds with their beagles Him and Her. Mister Smith a Scottish terrier attracted attention as Johnson joked about the dogs and posed for onlookers.
A decapitated bust of King Frederick II was found in a Danish park in Aarhus. Footprints led to a pond where the head was recovered by staff. Authorities note a pattern of beheadings echoing Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid vandalism, with a replaced statue later installed.
A brush fire in the Newhall area scorched about three acres Sunday afternoon before firefighters from the county and the U.S. Forest Service gained control.
National hot air balloon champion Richard Pollard, 19, died during a four balloon exhibition race at a Clayton recreation center benefit after his balloon drifted into high tension wires, exploded in flames, and fell fifty feet. Russ Reed of the Oakland Tribune witnessed the crash from a Cessna, describing a bright flash and the obliteration of the red and white balloon.
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