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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1958
Page
2
A garbled report from South Shore Ky describes a local plan involving a portable structure, prisoner transport distance, and a request to connect with a neighboring official. The item notes a proposed action at the fire station and mentions local officials and a treaty figure.
A 32 year old woman in St Louis handed police a notebook listing items stolen during Saturday shoplifting trips. Miss Teretha Mae Hobinson admitted stealing goods valued at about $1,280 from department stores and showed where each item was taken and its price. She said she preferred to work only on Saturdays between 1 and 11:50 pm and was charged with stealing.
Saginaw Michigan city council will not fund Christmas decorations labor with firemen this year. The chamber of commerce will use the fire equipment to install displays while labor must be provided by others.
In California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Ohio, and Washington voters will decide whether to ban the union shop in the nation’s largest one day test of right to work proposals. Support from business groups contrasts with union-backed opposition as Knowland runs for governor in California.
Communist China accused the Kuomintang of using poison gas on Quemoy and nearby islands after a fierce shelling duel. Nationalists denied the charges and warned of severe retaliation if gas shells were used by Chiang Kai-shek forces. Peiping radio claimed 14 Communist troops were affected and tied the incident to U.S. armament and Chiang meetings.
Hollywood report on Anna Maria Alberghhetti 22 planning to wed Buddy Bregman 28 after church OK. Mother Vittoria Alberghetti criticizes the match citing divorce and religion, while Bregman asserts future plans and parenting arrangements. Anna Maria travels to New York for a one month appearance, with a civil first wedding previously.
Washington aims to decide on a wide mix of 270 ballot proposals across 39 states. Questions range from legalizing a product for religious groups to tax exemptions and private issues. Voters confront a broad slate of decisions influencing regions and organizations nationwide.
Albany reports focus on the Rockefeller Harriman gubernatorial contest with weather as a factor in upstate votes. The New York Post editorially backs Harriman while Dorothy Schiff withdraws support, calling Rockefeller pro Arab and anti Israel allegations into question.
Eawin J. Biske, 63, managing editor of the Arkansas Democrat since 1940, died Monday after several weeks illness. He suffered from a heart condition.
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