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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1959
Page
4
Juneau Alaska reports the Senate approved an anti Bgirl measure by 19 to 1 ending the era of Alaska dance hall girls. The bill moves to acting Gov Hugh Wade for signature. The piece notes the historical role of Bgirls and dance halls in Alaska’s gold rush and later years.
Police found two small Norton children safe after a frantic all night search but the little boy was missing. Eddie Max Norton killed himself with a shotgun in the Blair Village apartment following a failed reconciliation with his wife. Detectives said a note in his pocket described the attempt to reconcile and threats against his family.
Governor Chandler ordered the National Guard to standby after state police with shotguns faced about 1,000 picketing miners at a Letcher County coal mine. A truce was declared until 8 am Wednesday by United Mine Workers District 30 President Carson Hibbitts and miner Roland Price, with Chandler warning against renewed picketing.
Republican leaders Charles Halleck of Indiana and Everett Dirksen of Illinois spoke at a White House news conference after a weekly chiefs meeting with President Eisenhower. Halleck voiced conviction there will be no war over Berlin, while Dirksen avoided a flat forecast, saying only that he hopes there will be no war.
A local club announces the transfer of membership carries a fixed charge of 20.00 dollars. The notice specifies the amount as the cost to complete a member transfer and directs members to submit payment accordingly.
A notice advertises piano sales inviting sellers to dial HE 2 5959 to start an ad. The brief call directs interested parties to initiate a classified listing for instrument sales.
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