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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1953
Page
2
Ginny Krause, Indiana University student reporter, joins the Hire show at the Indiana State Fairgrounds to study costuming. She describes her feathered outfit and jokes about a Burlesque fit while noting an offer of permanent work from the show owner.
Ashbury Park foreman Marius Spada attended Thursday night events for his wife Anna in the Mrs New Jersey contest as he stayed home to care for their nine children. The reporting suggests the administration's role in ending a noble experiment.
Washington reports Marlin P. Durkin quits as Secretary of Labor after less than eight months amid clashes over Taft-Hartley reforms. President Eisenhower, GOP leaders, and labor voices react as Senate and House committees push new amendments. Police and newsmen watch a coffee break scene unrelated to the main events.
At a Carrizozo wedding feast about 500 guests began fighting and reveling Thursday. Sheriff William G Bradley tried to calm the crowd but had to deploy a tear gas bomb to restore order. He said no one appeared armed and the incident was not serious.
The Standard Oil Co of New Jersey will tear down its gas station on Main Street in Pompton Lakes to clear Frank Winters view from his home porch. A new station will be built at another local site after Winters opposed a wing addition blocking his view. A separate local arrest notes a man named Jesse James Greene jailed for drunkenness and disturbing the peace.
Western Labor Regret reports Martin Durkin resigns as Secretary of Labor, described as a complete surprise by Dan Flanagan, Pacific Coast director of the American Federation of Labor. Flanagan warned the move signals need for greater labor political activity before next year’s election.
A tropical hurricane pushed northeastward across the Atlantic today, remaining more than 700 miles off the Florida coast. Forecasters said its course would carry it further from land and out to sea, reducing the threat to the East Coast as it accelerates toward the North Atlantic.
New Delhi India J P Mad dogs and Englishmen phrase aside Prime Minister Nehru and Vice President Radhakrishnan will captain rival parliamentary cricket teams in a two day match to aid flood victims in Bihar and Madras states President Rajendra Prasha will attend with about 30 family members and officials in attendance
A partial OCR fragment notes a Post Office notice from Long Beach California dated March 15 1888 under the act of March 3 1878. It references distribution terms and pricing per week month year for a service or publication. Blair is listed among signatures or authors.
Lt. Gen Chiang Ching Kuo, son of Chiang Kai shek, departed Formosa for his first U S trip. He leads the CN defense ministry political section and will stay six weeks as a guest of State and Defense Departments. His younger brother Chiang Weigo attends the U S Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.
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