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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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The Alaska House voted 39-1 on Friday to approve a bill banning B-girls from being employed in night spots to encourage drink purchases, despite Rep. R. E. Sheldon's plea to preserve the tradition. Exclusions include hat-check girls and entertainers.
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JUNEAU, (AP) - Members of the House turned a deaf ear Friday to one representative's plea that B-girls be permitted to operate in the new state because they represented a bit of by-gone Alaska.
On a vote of 39-1, the House approved a bill which would forbid women to be employed in Alaska's night spots for the purpose of encouraging customers to buy drinks.
Rep. R. E. Sheldon of Fairbanks was the lone dissenter. He argued that the B-girls were similar to the dance hall girls of days gone by, and of the historic dance hall girls, he said:
"Some of them are among our leading citizens and grandmothers today."
Excluded from the bill's provisions would be hat-check girls, entertainers and other bona fide employes of the nightclubs.
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Juneau
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Friday
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vote of 39-1 approving the bill to forbid b-girls in alaska's night spots
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Members of the House approved a bill forbidding women from being employed in Alaska's night spots to encourage customers to buy drinks, turning down Rep. R. E. Sheldon's plea to permit B-girls as part of Alaska's history. Excluded are hat-check girls, entertainers, and other bona fide employees.