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Bridges Wins
Nevada Suit
To Wed Nisei
RENO, Nev., UPl — “We got
married,” said Harry Bridges.
And that seemed to cap the hec
tic two days in which he went to
court and successfully challenged
'Nevada’s 94-year-old statute ban
ning weddings between Orientals
and Caucasians.
The 58-year-old West Coast
longshore leader and 35-year-old
Noriko Sawada, a Nisei, were
honeymooning yesterday after
convincing a Nevada district judge
that the statute is unconstitutional.
It was patterned after a California
law dating back to the Gold Rush
days. The California law was re
clared unconstitutional in 1948.
Said Judge Taylor Wines, “Mar
riage isn’t a privilege. It is a
right of a free and equal individ
ual.” And—he ordered the county
clerk to issue a license.
“To my wife, who had a rough
go getting here,” said Bridges,
after the private marriage cere
mony performed by Justice Wil
liam Beemer. It was a champagne
toast. The wine was provided free
by Bridges’ hotel host.
Their romantic trip came to an
abrupt and embarrassing inter
lude Tuesday when they learned
— to their surprise and discom
fort — of the old Nevada statute.
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Gains Inheritance
From Half-Sister
He Never Saw
FRESNO, Calif., Uft — Charles
C. Binkley, 73, woke up yester
day with a cold, a headache and
a million dollars.
How does it feel?
“Not much different, son,” re
plied the twinkle-eyed grey
haired little man. “I haven’t seen
the money yet.”
A Superior Court jury delib
erated 3Vfe hours Wednesday and
then awarded Binkley half of a
fortune left by a half-sister he
never met — or had ever heard
of before about three years ago.
Mrs. Cora Nidever died in 1955
at the age of 85. Sh& left an es
tate of $3,126,488 but no will was
ever found.
Binkley, a retired glass blower
from Montpelier, Indiana, first
heard of Mrs. Nidever when he
was shown a clipping in an In
diana newspaper.
He began what he callls a “little
investigation” that included a
check of Civil War pension files.
Then he announced his father,
a Union Army veteran named
Joseph Binkley, had been the fa
ther of Mrs. Nidever.
He has a daughter and five
grandchildren in Weiser, Idaho.
His biggest interest is his horse,
a 7-year-old pacer named Grand
Ripple Mite. He races the horse
at Indiana county fairs.
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Convict Signs
Phenix City
Murder Confession
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. UPl — A
Virginia convict has confessed to
the 1954 slaying of vice crusader
Albert Patterson, Gov. James E
Folsom’s office said Wednesday.
“There appears to be a degree
of truthfulness” in the signed
statement of Calvin W. Pruitt, 28,
who said ‘he shot the Attorney
General-elect in a robbery at
tempt while a debt-ridden soldier
stationed at Fort Benning, the
Governor said.
Folsom said he asked Attorney
General John Patterson to join in
an investigation of the confession
concerning the murder outside his
father’s Phenix City law office
the night of June 18, 1954.
The Patterson slaying sparked
the Phenix City vice cleanup
which he had promised in win
ning the Demicratic nomination
for Attorney General shortly
before.
John Patterson was sent into
the Attorney General’s office in
his father’s place and was elected
Governor this year. He takes
office in January.
Former Chief Deputy Sheriff
Albert Fuller of Phenix City was
convicted 7n the Patterson mur
der and is serving a life term.
Quakes Rock Italian Town
SIENA, Italy, Iff) — Schools
were closed and frightened towns
folk huddled in public squares
yesterday as this ancient walled
city was shaken by the 36th quake
in seven days.
The latest tremor was the
strongest yet and caused wide
spread alarm.
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