Strippers Accuse AGVA of Union Abuses in Senate Hearing
Actress Penny Singleton testified before a Senate rackets subcommittee alleging that the American Guild of Variety Artists abandons strip teasers to racketeers and failed to enforce contracts. She cited social security taxes, drink commissions, and club fronts for criminals. AGVA official Jack Bright defended the union, while pledging cooperation with investigators and denying broad complicity.
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Blondie
American Guild of Variety Artists
AGVA
Senate
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AGWA
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Fire Kills Navy Man and Two Women in Trailer
In Portsmouth New Hampshire a fire destroyed a trailer at Hillcrest Trailer Park killing Jimmy H. Rolland a 23 year old Navy communications specialist on the submarine Skipjack, his wife Sandra 20 and Mrs Sally A. Almer 22 visiting from Hamp ton New Hampshire. Rolland’s home town was listed as Orwigsburg Pennsylvania and his wife from Saratoga Springs. The Almers’ connections and the fire’s cause remain unclear as authorities survey the scene. The park houses 26 trailers and the blaze began around 3 a.m. with no explosion reported.
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Penguins Kidnaped For Parties
Four Bronx Zoo penguins were abducted by party hosts who wanted the birds at high society events. The birds vanished from Penguin Plaza and reappeared at parties, unharmed and enjoying human company. To deter further acts, the zoo bought a parties car to patrol the 252 acre grounds at night.
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Bronx Zoo
Penguin Plaza
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