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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1954
Page
7
Secretary of Labor Mitchell urged a single labor movement in an NBC interview saying it would strengthen responsibility and participation of workers in economic and social life and help resolve jurisdictional disputes across the labor movement.
Lawton Oklahoma City Council adopts preliminary paving plans for Street Improvement District No 89. The projects cover 18th Street, Taylor Avenue, Twelfth Street, Arlington Avenue widening, and an alley between E Avenue and Fifth Street. The measure authorizes manholes gutters drainage and issuance of bonds to fund the work.
Oklahoma City October 18 A federal judge ruled machinists at American Iron and Machine Works may picket at the doors of other firms where the company’s trucks go. The decision supports Local 850 AFL in a wage dispute with the firm while the NLRB dispute over secondary boycotts is noted.
In Amman and across Jordan two leftist candidates won parliamentary seats amid violent ballot clashes and new party mechanics. Abdel Qader es Saleh won in Nablus with a pro Communist front backing, while Rashad Maswadeh prevailed in Hebron amid anti Western sentiment among Palestine refugees.
Thieves with expensive tastes struck Chicago over the weekend, stealing furs and fur coats worth about 250000 from Margaritis Mitchell Inc in the Loop after breaking into a vault. A mink collection and stamps valued at 100000 were taken from Maj.Clifford W Yost's South Side apartment. In another incident Mrs Babette Kornblith reported a break in to her station wagon with 10 of her paintings stolen.
MEMPHIS TENN Boss Crump dies aged 89 burial set today The longtime Memphis political boss died Saturday after nearly 50 years of control Thousands visited the Crump home to pay respects as a police detail managed traffic The Crump machine guided Memphis Shelby County Democratic politics until 1948 when Kefauver and Heiskell rose in prominence
Ex convict known as Mr X testified on KWK radio TV panel of St Louis crime officials calling Missouri Peniten tiary a college of crime. He claimed riot factors included poor food idleness and reliance on stool pigeons. Four men died 31 injured and $3 million in damages.
D. H. Stump, a Greyhound driver for Salt Lake City, drove his bus to Wells despite a knife wound. He said an elderly passenger stabbed him and another rider after a confrontation about leaving the bus near Pequop Summit on U S Highway 40. The assailant escaped. neither victim is seriously hurt.
Oklahoma Natural Gas crews began plugging an abandoned Indian gas well in Tulsa after a city commission approved the action. The Lee Miller family vacated their home as gas concerns grew, with ONG acknowledging no liability for damages. The project, approved by Mayor L. C. Clark and a city committee, required drilling in the city and was expected to take several days.
William S. Orchard 35 manager of Shanghai American Express arrived in Hong Kong today aboard the British freighter Pakhoi after four years waiting for an exit permit. He traveled with his French wife Mary Louise and their two children and plans a two week stay before returning to New York. He said Reds refused exit due to alleged prewar deposits owed by the company and that he was not jailed.
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