Elvis Presley Blamed For Riot
i N.Z Press' Association —Corn/right) NEW YORK, December 21.
The Communists linked the influence of Elvis Presley today with a riot in which Soviet Zone youths threatened to kill an East German soldier in Halle, United Press International reported from Berlin.
The newspaper said the police, investigating the homes of one of the ringleaders, discovered he had been to West Berlin and had brought back Presley rock ’n’ roll, records
A Communist newspaper stated the unidentified youth even “possessed a photograph” of Presley, now a private (first class) in the United States Army stationed in Germany, complete with the rock ’n roll singer’s autograph.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28776, 23 December 1958, Page 8
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