Barber and Dvorak Featured In Los Angeles Symphony Program
The Los Angeles Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta presented Barber’s Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Don Juan, and Dvorak Symphony No. 8. The program balanced contemporary, though conservative, works with enduring favorites, highlighting Barber’s modern idiom alongside Dvorak’s rooted apearance in the 19th century amid a polished, traditional concert.
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta
Hoch Auditorium
Medea
Samual Barber
Johnson Pressure Used on Senators For Tax Checkoff
President Johnson presses senators to block repeal of the income tax checkoff financing for presidential campaigns. Senate debate on Gore’s bill to end the plan by Sept 15 with safeguards continues amid lobbying by White House aides and Treasury officials.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Congress
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol Hill
Henry H. Fowler
Secretary of the Treasury
Mike N. Manatos
White House
Secretary of the Senate
Senate Veterans Committee
Long
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Spessard L. Holland
Dfla
Fowler
Winn Proposes Incentives to Speed Pollution Control
Rep. Larry Winn of Kansas introduced a bill to accelerate air and water pollution programs with minimal government interference. It widens the investment tax credit for pollution control equipment from 7 percent to 20 percent and offers rapid amortization of the remaining costs for such facilities.
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Washington
Larry Winn
R-Kan
Winn
State Supreme Court Confirms Zimmer Execution Date
Topeka Kansas William Federick Zimmer is to be executed at the Kansas State Prison in Lansing on August 3 the state Supreme Court said Monday. Zimmer was convicted of the kidnap slay ing eight year old Gladys Cora Johnson whose body was found in a field near St Marys after she was abducted in Topeka November 14 1964. He may still appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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William Federick Zimmer
Kansas State Prison
Lansing
State Supreme Court
Zimmer
Gladys Cora Johnson
U.S. Supreme Court
St. Marys
Kan
Commerce Group Split On Rail Strike Method
The House Commerce Committee fractures into at least three camps over President Johnsons plan to avert a rail strike by 1968. Testimony from Labor Secretary Wirtz and other administration officials opens hearings as Senate sessions begin. Democrats debate a 90 day negotiation with a binding endgame and fear compulsory action may favor railroads over unions. Republicans push for broader labor dispute procedures across transport industries.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Johnson
Secretary of
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate
Mehta Leads Don Juan and Dvorak With Lyrical Charm
Juan Mehta demonstrates firm persuasive conducting with showmanship. He shapes Don Juan’s lyrical passages, though some find the tone maudlin, while Dvorak yields wonderful lyric sonorities especially from the cello. Notable solos include Frisina on violin, Winter on oboe, and Bobo on tuba. Encore shows as Pictures at an Exhibition. Audience responds with cheers for a well played Prelude to Meistersinger.
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Zubin Mehta
David Frisina
Dvorak
Barbara Winter
Don Juan
Roger Bobo
Byblo
Moussorgsky
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