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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1967
Page
2
Budget cuts target the state office complex in LB, eliminating planned renovations and threatening staffing levels. Officials warn the move could disrupt services and reduce regional economic activity amid ongoing budget adjustments.
The long, fragmented clipping covers health advice, budget battles, and a quirky note about ex-farmer Stafford Kissidick from Phenix City. It mentions wage and building projects in California, a threatened Long Beach center closure, and Kissick’s peculiar nightly exercise and diet for aging well.
Manila AP reports two U S Air Force F102 fighters from Clark Air Base vanished during a training mission over the South China Sea. Vice Admiral Arthur Granville Robinson, 74, dies in Carmel Valley after long illness at Ft. Ord Army Hospital. He earned the Navy Cross for saving the Marblehead during World War II and commanded rescue efforts near Java See and the Cape of Good Hope. Survived by widow Elizabeth Cameron Robinson and sister Marion Wilson.
The Labor Standards Act raises the minimum wage to 1.40 per hour effective today, with planned increases to 1.45 in 1970 and 1.60 in 1971. AFL CIO President George Meany says the boost will affect about 52 million workers, bringing wage protections to up to 140 million employees through broader coverage and compliance efforts.
In a tense session the House rejected the proposed amendments to expand wage payment remedies and tighten tax withholding. The bill would lower the dollar test for coverage to 250000 and extend the wage back pay provisions, affecting manufacturers and service firms. Debate highlighted misgivings over enforcement and revenue but clarified the administration’s push for broader labor and tax rules.
Six people died when a bus collided with a tractor trailer and a car on a four lane interstate southbound. The driver Marvin Rhodes of Columbia was not seriously hurt. The trucker Donald Goat of Morristown Tenn escaped injury. Names of victims were not released until families were notified. Four injured servicemen were moved to Fort Jackson base hospital. The rig carried canned fruit destined for the Charleston naval base, shipped by Bush Brothers Producer Co. of Dandridge Tenn.
Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. told ADA luncheon in New York that U.S. foreign policy rests on a false belief in a unified world communism. He urged the end of bloc thinking, noting China’s civil turmoil and questioning Dean Rusk’s views on monolith1970. He argued Southeast Asia shows communism is not monolithic and Viet Cong are a Chinese tool.
The document outlines wage adjustments for farm workers with increases to up to 1.15 dollars next year and a cap of 1.30 dollars in 1969, while stating that no overtime provisions apply. It discusses a tour or schedule related to the program and indicators of wage policy for agricultural labor.
Indonesian students suspend major demonstrations against President Sukarno but warn protests will resume with army support if parliament fails to fire him within two weeks. Sukarno remains secluded in the palace after Monday’s massive anti Communist student rally accusing him of traitorship and participation in the abortive 1965 coup.
The Atascadero Board of Education announced a ban on boys wearing earrings after Superintendent L Edward Holden informed the board that more male students were arriving at school with earrings. The policy aims to curb visible jewelry in the student dress code.
Geoffrey O'Hara, 84, composer of the wartime hit "K K Katie" and several other songs, died Tuesday night in St. Petersburg Florida. A Chatham Ontario native, he taught community music and songwriting at Columbia University and the University of South Dakota.
Gypsy King Tom Mitchell, 68, honored as America’s Gypsy king by a 16000 member clan, was buried Tuesday in Tampa Florida after a highway crash fatally injures him Thursday. Surviving kin include a son Stephen and a widow Mother Rose who suffered a heart attack. daughter Princess Linda was struck by a car while aiding him. The clan will name a successor later in Virginia.
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