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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1955
Page
2
In Eugene Oregon two hundred University of Oregon men raided women’s dormitories Thursday night. Doors were locked but women hurled water bags from upper stories and even used a garden hose. Some escaped wet but none fully dry. Three men were nabbed by officials and face hearings on Saturday.
New York reports eighty four Cadillac salesmen averaging seventeen thousand dollars yearly strike General Motors over job security. The walkout affects Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn and New Rochelle showrooms as AFL Teamsters union negotiations begin. The article notes a potential one billion dollar company revenue and cites mixed participation across the Cadillac division.
Sherlock Holmes was fined one pound by a London magistrate on Thursday for parking in a no-parking zone. The report notes this Holmes did not live on Baker Street, but on Blaker Street, a mistaken attribution corrected in the item.
An Israeli informant said ten Egyptian soldiers were killed and twenty captured when Israeli forces stormed a frontier post in Kuntila inside Egyptian-held territory. Egypt reported four Egyptians and four Israelis killed and said the Israeli force was driven off. The raid followed Egyptian attacks on an Israeli police post at Beeroyatim. Egypt filed a protest with the U.N. Mixed Armistice Commission as U.S. and British officials discussed Palestine issues in Geneva.
Henry Luman, a 103 year old retired farmer from Waxes Vibe near Tollesboro Kentucky, recalled regretting being too young to fight for the Union. He aided the war effort by hiding Union cavalry near his home and credited hard work and faith in the Lord for his long life.
A Long Beach daily notice from March 3 1883 appears in the Times style at Sixt Steel and Pine Avenue. The text references the Audit Bureau of Circulation and Long Beach California with repeated printing details and a price of 2.60.
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