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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1960
Page
2
Four and twenty six women staged a one hour protest after being barred from beer during tea breaks. Bearing banners reading We want our beer break they marched to a pub and drank beer together.
Vice President Nixon insists on campaigning in every state including Alaska Wyoming and South Carolina while an offhand beer break for workers becomes a hurdle as aides warn against possible strategy shifts after a firm bans drinking at work. The episode highlights tensions between campaign commitments and workplace rules during a pivotal stretch of the race.
A New York display at the General Motors Motorama showed a computer that can guess a person’s age after ten questions. It asks if born before 1928 or if age is even, then outputs a claimed age of 21. Also cited are stray political and crime items from the same era.
In Detroit, seven busloads of about 300 Negro students began classes at three northwest elementary schools while white parents protested. Students moved from overcrowded schools to Guest Noble and Monnier, as a Northwest Parents Association boycott kept roughly 1,300 white pupils at home. about 1,200 were absent on the first day. The boycott aims to end Wednesday.
Seven states hold 205 of 260 electoral votes needed. Nixon heads to Alaska where three votes look secure for him, Kennedy to Wyoming and South Carolina with three and eight votes likely for Kennedy. Trips aim to keep promise while Eisenhower may add campaign stops to ease pressure on Nixon.
Harold L. Davis a 64 year old novelist known for Honey in the Horn died in San Antonio on Monday. The Pulitzer Prize winning author was 64 and his death was reported from the Texas city.
Fragments show a Long Beach postal listing with monthly charges and circulation notes. Noted figures include a $223,977.90 amount and May 5 date reference, plus daily publication except Sunday. Missing full context, but indicates standard postal and circulation details for the Past Office segment.
Los Angeles newspapers announce a price increase across the press, raising the Los Angeles Times and Examiner subscriptions from 2.25 to 2.50 monthly. The Mirror and Herald Express will lift afternoon paper prices from 1.75 to 1.90, due to higher production costs.
Los Angeles United Press International reports Metropolitan Water District directors meet to consider endorsing Gov. Edmund G Brown's proposed 1.75 billion water plan with reservations. The water problems committee again urges backing the plan and Prop. J for the November ballot, while the full board has yet to endorse. Brown says further contract negotiations now would confuse the issue ahead of the vote.
An eight year old girl, Christine Myers, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Myers, was struck and killed by an automobile while crossing Route 17 near the village in Chautauqua County Monday night. The tragedy occurred as she wore a Halloween costume and the accident is being investigated by local authorities.
The jurors spent about an hour of deliberation after three days of testimony read by the defense and prosecution in the case of Dr. R Bernard Finch and his mistress Carole Tregoff accused of killing Finch's wife Barbara Jean. Finch claims the July 1959 shooting was accidental. The prior trial ended in a deadlock after extensive deliberations.
Fragmentary ad style copy lists dining options at the Huntington Hotel on the beach. Mentions roast turkey and room catering. References Virginia, a phone number 64253, and a long block length of the display.
Public Law 86-778 expands Medical Care Fund for Old Age Security recipients to include eye examinations and glasses. Information desks at street floor offices invite pensioners to determine eligibility and file records for free glasses. Our optical service includes lens grinding in our own laboratories. 32 Years in Long Beach with offices in Torrance and Wilmington.
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