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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1967
Page
1
Ballet star Rudolph Nureyev arrived in Stockholm to begin staging Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker for the Royal Swedish Theatre. He will not dance in the premiere on November 14 but promises to appear on stage in other ballets as he reshapes male leads for dramatic and technical effect.
Hillain's Earl of Stanhope, longtime member of the House of Lords and recipient of the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross, died at his ancestral home near Severoaks England at age 86. He endowed Chevening mansion to the nation with funds to keep it serviceable and to host a prime minister or royal family member. He held multiple senior government roles including Leader of the Lords and president of the Council. he left no surviving family.
The Health, Education and Welfare Department creates a new office to handle birth control issues. Secretary John W. Gardner announces Katherine R. B. Oetlinger will be deputy assistant secretary for family planning and population. She will oversee programs for unwed mothers and coordinate HEW officials, state and local governments, voluntary agencies, and professionals in family planning.
Senate Republican Leader Dirksen and former President Eisenhower defend President Johnson's decision to bomb targets within 10 miles of Red China. They say near-border raids involve military targets and should continue, while Mansfield and Cooper warn of brinkmanship and call for de-escalation and renewed peace talks.
Voters in San Francisco cast ballots in a special election impacting the state Senate. A Burton victory would preserve a 21-19 Democratic edge. Marks winning would tie at 20-20, with Lt. Gov. Finch holding decisive votes. Reagan endorses Marks, boosting interest in the race. In the special primary Burton led with 40 percent, Marks 48 percent after Blake’s 12 percent share.
New Haven England report of Francis Waterman driving to the Newhaven ferry terminal with his fiance Avril Beatrice Pristen. Customs agents, posing as tourists, boarded the ferry Valencay as the car was loaded and found $28,000 in gold bars concealed in welded compartments inside the vehicle.
The State Lands Commission unanimously ruled the $5,367,240 expenditure fits tidelands oil trust terms, clearing Long Beach officials in London to finalize the purchase of the Queen Mary for $3.45 million plus $1.9 million for delivery and remodeling. City figures in London and Sacramento prepared to sign contracts and set delivery dates while financing details and future use plans, including a maritime museum and a restaurant hotel complex, were outlined amid protests and questions about liquor licenses and social impact.
Flint Mayor Floyd J. McCree, the nation’s only Black mayor of a city with 200,000 residents, says he resigns after the city commission rejected an open occupancy housing law by a 5 to 7 vote. He will also resign as commissioner of Flint’s heavily Black third ward, after eight years in office.
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