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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1958
Page
2
South Shore Ky local government plans to borrow a two bed portable jail from Catlettsburg to house prisoners. Marshal Levi Blankenship notes Catlettsburg has two cells and the council approved the plan. The seven foot square cell weighs a ton and will be transported by truck to the fire station.
St Louis police received a notebook from Teretha Mae Robinson a 33 year old shoplifter detailing six Saturday thefts totaling 1284 dollars. She identified items and values and said she preferred to steal only on Saturdays between 11 and 1130 am. She was charged with stealing and bonded.
The Saginaw City Council votes to let the Chamber of Commerce use the fire equipment to install downtown decorations but concludes labor costs must be covered by others.
Liberal Kansas City Clerk Evelyn Johnson said a skunk blocked access under a two room building serving as the polling place for the Fourth Ward. Residents will vote today at the Youth Center four blocks away. In Laurens South Carolina three prisoners assisting in moonshine destruction were found with a hidden cache and consumed half a gallon in under five minutes before being jailed on a drunk charge.
Voters in California Colorado Idaho Kansas Ohio and Washington decide on proposals to ban the union shop in the largest multi state test of right to work with broad business support and labor opposition. The outcome could shape future battles nationwide.
Taipei reports accuse Nationalist garrison on Quemoy of firing poison gas at the mainland. Nationalists deny groundwork for such use. Red and Chiang talks denied. US opposes bombing. Adm Smoot labels charge propaganda and says no poison gas shells were furnished.
The notice records the Press-Telegram as a second class matter at Oce Beach California with carrier volume and subscription figures, noting audit bureau involvement and circulation figures. It cites management and postage details from the period.
Hollywood report says Anna Maria Alberghetti faces disapproval from mother Vittoria over her plan to wed Buddy Bregman. The singer cites church blessing and says ceremony may be held by her parish priest after her New York engagement.
Voters in 39 states face 270 ballot issues including bingo legalization in Delaware Colorado and Nebraska and a California tax exemption repeal linked to church opposition. Utah pari mutuel betting and union shop bills also appear amid debates over sales and income taxes and revenue effects.
Albany report notes Nelson Rockefeller leads in the New York governor race as 514 million voters turn out amid sunny statewide weather. Upstate GOP strength and rural turnout favored Rockefeller while Harriman’s campaign drew mixed city support and national attention.
Edwin J. Liske, 63, longtime managing editor of the Arkansas Democrat since 1940, died Monday after several weeks of illness due to a heart condition.
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