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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1966
Page
1
At the Mississippi state fair in Jackson a tear gas incident disrupted a Haven Review show featuring Negro performers. Gas from a Cannister sprayed white and Negro spectators, seven people treated for inhalation as police investigated the cannister origin. The fair, in operation about five years, had no prior incidents.
In Fort Payne Alabama the first showing of Patch of Hive was halted after a 30 minute recess when bottles of an ether like substance were planted inside the DeKalb Theater about 100 moviegoers were evacuated. Manager Gay Johnson allowed customers back in and reran the film stating the show would run as long as people wished to watch.
Aready Duhensky, 82, composer and former violinist with the New York Philharmonic, died in Tenafly New Jersey on Friday.
In Philadelphia 9,000 attended a benefit performance by striking members of the Philadelphia Orchestra led by 85 year old Leopold Stokowski. Eugene Ormandy is now music director. The program included Beethoven Moussorgsky Diamond and Stravinsky. The concert ended with Stokowski urging a settlement to avoid losing the ensemble.
In Kuala Lumpur Malaysia UPI reports the Miss Malaysia finals drew attention as Moslem customs suppress bathing suit displays. Young entrants wore tight mini-sarongs with high side slits and clingy silhouettes. The winner was an 18 year old with noted measurements.
The listing presents starting times for features at Long Beach theaters. Readable items include phrases like Hallelujah and Great Story with varying showtimes such as 7 245 and 8 10. Other entries appear garbled and partially indecipherable.
Washington lawmakers halted plans for an 8 percent Social Security increase next January while preserving Medicaid funding. Senate leaders announced no new legislation before adjournment, aligning with Finance Committee chairmen. House Ways and Means proposed aid cuts for poverty programs, risking $1.66 billion for Office of Economic Opportunity.
Oberammergau director Hans Schwaighofer resigns amid dispute over expurgating anti Jewish overtones in the Passion Play. Rehearsals halted as village debates revisions after Vatican council on Jewish responsibility. Arthur Laur ie, composer and author of campaign titles on music, dies at 90 in Princeton.
Vietnamese premier Nguyen Cao Ky faces a stalled cabinet crisis after six rebels threaten resignation and demand changes including the police chief. Sources say Ky refused to oust cabinet members, a move that prolongs political tension amid regional antipathies in Saigon.
Actress Jayne Mansfield secured legal custody of her one month old son Antonio Ottaviano after a court fight with former husband Italian producer Thomas Ottaviano. Visitation is set for one hour twice weekly in the presence of a third party.
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