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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1955
Page
10
The National Council of Churches announced a $1,000 fund to aid the widow and five children of Clinton Melton a 33 year old Negro service station attendant slain by a white man in Mississippi last week during a gasoline dispute.
Dr Frank Sainburg of Big Spring Texas says he will fight extradition to New York state over a kidnapping charge. He serves a three day contempt sentence in Longview jail for refusing to return his son Phillip to his mother in Ithaca. Sainburg was arrested in Yuma and is linked to a step-child threat claim. Ithaca authorities seek extradition on kidnapping and assault counts.
Gerald Nye, 63, longtime isolationist and North Dakota Republican who began serving in the Senate in 1925, collapsed while shopping downtown Monday. He was rushed to emergency hospital where officials later reported he is in good condition.
Christmas in Australia runs in midsummer with high heat and surfside gatherings. Families travel to beaches or mountains while businesses close for holidays. Churches are busy and many celebrate a hot turkey dinner with plum pudding and brandy sauce.
Dorothy Warren will wed Dr. Carmine Clemente UCLA professor Monday at Wayfarers Chapel Palos Verdes. Chief Justice Warren and family plan to attend. Warren’s 24 year old daughter and Clemente met six months ago in the UCLA library where she works. Her sister Nina eloped to Las Vegas last November 1 and married Dr. Stuart Brien.
An emergency board recommends an 16 percent hourly raise plus health and welfare benefits for 750,000 nonoperating rail workers. The plan, led by Dudley E. Whiting, aims to narrow gaps with operating staff, cost about 250 million dollars yearly, and hinges on railroad and union acceptance.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on whether employers can be compelled to disclose financial records to unions. The issue, long disputed, centers on compelled disclosure in labor relations.
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