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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1956
Page
13
Bartlesville Oklahoma police let motorists pay reduced traffic tickets by visiting headquarters within 45 minutes and placing a nickel in a meter installed there. If not, the charge is a dollar.
Richardson Dilworth proclaims tomorrow Bill of Rights Day in Philadelphia The first ten amendments to the Constitution became effective December 15, 1791 after ratification by state legislatures The Philadelphia Bar Association schedules observances in historic churches to commemorate the ratification
A Syracuse New York woman attempted to buy $8.56 in stamps at a city post office using a charge plate issued by department stores. The clerk refused the charge plate, saying it’s not valid there, and the woman protested that it’s accepted elsewhere.
In Los Angeles William C. Nichols and his estranged wife Irene shopped for their three children setting aside quarrels and agreeing on gifts. Their lawyer E Lord Sanders told Judge Elmer D Doyle there was nothing more to do, offering to rebate his $175 fee if they reconciled before Christmas.
A shop sign in Philadelphia reads Clearance sale going out of business. A handwritten note beneath批 reads Promises, promises, promises. The fragment captures a shopper’s reaction to the sales display.
New Bedford dancer Carol Haney, once MGM under contract at 275 dollars weekly, rose from Broadway numbers in The Pajama Game to a leading film role at Warner Brothers. After years as Gene Kelly’s choreography assistant and dance, she finally beats the odds, though MGM still holds three years on her contract and charges 30 thousand for her services.
Grand Rapids Junior College football team in Southern California had $800 stolen from players lockers at Compton field during practice for a game against Coffeyville. Compton students raised the funds and returned the money to the team.
Furrs Markets employees cancelled their annual Christmas party and redirected $1,280 to the American Red Cross Hungarian Relief drive. Pen Bailey presented the check to Harvey Lee of the Odessa chapter, funds to be sent to Washington and distributed to aid Hungarians battling Russians. Also noted, actor director Gregory Ratoff, 59, is at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for a routine checkup after appearing at a film showing.
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