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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1959
Page
11
A report describes West Germany allowing commercial television on government stations for a 30 minute daily block with seconds of pauses after each blurb. It also notes a Dallas bowling alley costing 2 million dollars with a playroom dormitory and babysitter staff.
A fragmentary column muses on shaving thoughts and a tipsy driver challenge. It recalls enduring songs School Days and Take Me Out to the Ball Game and explains the Tinker to Evers to Chance double play. It ends with TV ads shouting FAST and a tongue in cheek line about strontium-90.
In New York AP reports open dispute between United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald and US Steel negotiator R Conrad Cooper. Four-man teams resume talks to avert a strike by 500000 workers as June 30 contract expiry nears. McDonald blames profits. Cooper cites inflation and wage freezes as antidotes.
In Washington the Supreme Court heard arguments on North Carolina literacy tests for registration. Louise Lassiter, denied the right to vote after refusing the test, challenges the measure as unconstitutional under equal protection and due process. The state defends the test as a necessary safeguard against illiteracy.
A fragment notes that allowances are discussed for some college students with reference to Pop figures. The text implies typical support or budgeting ideas but offers no concrete details or names.
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