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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1955

Page

3

Chrysler CIO Talks Near Agreement in Big Three Contracts

Detroit report says Chrysler and the CIO United Auto Workers near a settlement to avert a strike by 139,000 workers. Talks resume with a deadline looming, aiming to mirror Ford and GM patterns including 60 to 65 percent pay for up to 26 weeks of idleness. Other plants and unions such as Bendix Aviation and International Harvester remain in active negotiations over layoff pay, wages, and benefits as strikes threaten tens of thousands.

Detroit Chrysler Corp Chrysler CIO United Auto Workers General Motors Ford UAW American Motors Corp Bendix Aviation Corp UAW and Company Bendix South Bend Ind Teterboro N. J Elmira Heights N. Y North Hollywood Calif St. Joseph Mich Inglewood

Jap Women Plan New Fight On Prostitution

Tokyo report notes Japanese women reformers influenced by Western ideas plan to press a new anti prostitution campaign in the next parliamentary session. The piece recalls Allied occupation spurred calls to reform, the current centralized red light districts, and the lingering social patterns that sustain prostitution in Kyoto and Tokyo.

Tokyo Japan U.S

Man Sought After Shootings Leaves Note About Going Out

Lincoln Sayre, 47, left a note saying he planned to go out of this world as police pursued him for the rifle slayings of his sisters in law in Buffalo West Virginia. Police found Phloe Johnson, 49, shot in her chair and Alice Martin, 60, dead on the lawn. Sayre remains missing with a high powered rifle feared in rugged hill country. Bloodhounds aided the search amid bitter family quarrels revealed by neighbors and Sayre’s son Cotton, 20.

Buffalo W.va Lincoln Sayre Sayre West Virginia Charleston Phloe Johnson Alice Martin Nitro E. C. Guthrie Johnson Guthrie Cotton

Leggers Forfeit Bonds In Court In Lawton

Bond forfeitures totaling sixty dollars were ordered against two Lawton bootleggers for failing to appear in Municipal Court on charges of illegal possession of liquor operating a joint and maintaining a public nuisance. Wayne Tisdel and Jack Shaw each posted three twenty dollar bonds after raids at a Roosevelt address and a Cache Road service station.

Lawton Wayne Tisdel Roosevelt Jack Shaw Cache Road Jesse Allen Dunn Byers Tex Dunn Fort Sill Blvd Jackie James S. Eighth J. Merle Oaks David Pilley Lillie Pilley Robert Washington Pearl Washington Judge Oaks

New Morocco Boss Takes Over

Gen. Pierre Boyer de la Tour du Moulin arrived in Rabat to implement France's peace plan for Morocco after the bloodier violence. He succeeds Gilbert Grandval, whose Paris announced resignation begins the process. Premier Faure aims for a nationalist Moroccan government by September 12 to end direct French rule. A guardian council would replace Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa.

Rabat Morocco Pierre Boyer de la Tour du Moulin France Boyer de la Tour Tunis North Africa Gilbert Grandval Paris Edgar Faure Granidval Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa

Oil Well Gushes Crude Over LA Streets

An oil well near Atlantic and Washington boulevards spewed 500 gallons of black crude over cars and shops. Foreman J. W. Vandervanter of Atlantic Oil Co. blamed gas overaccumulation for the sudden gusher, which splattered homes and vehicles in a two block area before shutdown. Two trucks collided on the slick pavement.

Los Angeles Atlantic Washington J. W. Vandervanter Atlantic Oil Co

Red Cross Reaches $1 Million for East Coast Flood Aid

New York chapter of the American Red Cross surpassed the $1 million goal in its flood relief appeal led by chairman H. P. Davison. The chapter raised $1,049,276 but will keep fundraising for victims of the worst east coast floods in history as the national Red Cross target stands at $10 million.

New York American Red Cross H. P. Davison National Red Cross

Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery

Doctors report actual shrinking of piles with Bio-Dyne used in Preparation H. Suppository or ointment form relieves pain and itching quickly. Sufferers say piles have ceased to be a problem. At your druggist, Reg. U. 8, Pat. 68%.

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