Farwell man builds speed mowing machine
Farwell July 2 Special H R Crook a Farwell school bus foreman has designed and tested a three blade rotary mower powered by a 22 horsepower engine. The unit clips a 4 foot swath per pass and is steerable from the driver's seat. Parts are mostly salvaged and manufacturing new parts would be costly.
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H. R. Crook
Farwell
Crook
War Surplus
State Line Tribune
Randy
Darral
Simms Plans Law Practice
Former Gov. John F. Simms announced he will not seek political office in 1958 and will practice law full time in Albuquerque. He had been courted as a potential challenger to Sen. Dennis Chavez, but now aims to focus on his legal career and house hunting.
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John F. Simms
Simms
Albuquerque
Dennis Chavez
Chavez
Edwin L. Mechem
Simm
Hereford Hosts 32 Exchange Students on Tour
Hereford residents host 32 visiting exchange students from California on a national tour. The group, representing 16 nationalities, will tour farms and ranches including Renfro and Cameron ranches, with lunch at Renfro Ranch. They will depart July 7 for Oklahoma City after a stop in Deaf Smith County.
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Hereford
California
J. J. Durham
High School
Jack Renfro
Cameron Hereford Ranch
Renfro
Amarillo
Cotton John Smith
Kgnc-Tv
FHA
Cameron Park
Hereford Ffa
Deaf Smith County
Panhandle
Albuquerque
Sheriff Wounded as Two Prisoners Escape in Texas
Sheriff Travis Connor was shot as two prisoners escaped in Madisonville early this morning. One suspect Raymond Muench, 32, Dallas, and Gerald McWhorter, 18, of near Madisonville, were captured within hours in Brazos and Leon counties. Connor, 69, was hospitalized in serious condition with four wounds.
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Madisonville
Travis Connor
St. Luke's Hospital
Houston
Texas
Charley Shoemaker
Raymond Muench
Dallas
Gerald McWhorter
Bryan
J. W. Hamilton
Muench
Connor
Hamilton
Madison County Sheriff's
Woman questions radar fines in New Mexico
An out of state driver fined for speeding asks Justice of the Peace Howard Beacham in Alamagordo NM to refund $20 claiming radar traps fail to reduce highway deaths. She cites a Columbus Ohio letter quoting 10 deaths in the prior 24 hours, but the request was not granted.
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Alamogordo
N.M
Justice of the Peace
Howard
Beacham
Columbus
Ohio
New Mexico
Mother and son held in Mississippi family killing
In Hazlehurst Mississippi a 32 year old mother Mrs Alex Daisy was indicted for murder in the death of her husband last Wednesday night. Her 10 year old son Leo Daisy faced a technical murder charge but was turned over to juvenile authorities. Prosecutors said the mother brainwashed the boy and supplied ammunition to kill the father after he came home drunk, with both claiming they were asleep when the gunfire happened.
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Hazlehurst
Miss
Alex Daisy
Leo Daisy
Mike Carr
Daisy
Leo
Carr
Siren Equipment Arrives in Pampa
Parts of Pampa's air raid and storm warning sirens arrived from California and were unpacked at the city warehouse. Officials including Sheriff Rufe Jordan and City Engineer Monroe Moore inspected the mechanism, a 74 horsepower motor is still awaited, and officials hope to test blast by the Fourth of July at high noon atop the Hughes Building.
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Pampa
California
Rufe Jordan
Public Works
R. B. Cook
Monroe Moore
Ed Myatt
Hughes
Myatt
Las Vegas Doctor Named Highlands University Regent President
Dr. H. M. Mortimer of Las Vegas was named president of Highlands University Board of Regents. He succeeds Ivan Hilton of Las Vegas, who chaired the board for the past two years.
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Santa FE
H. M. Mortimer
Las Vegas
Highlands University Board of Regents
Ivan Hilton
Mechem appoints Alicia Romero to tuberculosis hospital board
Santa Fe July 2 Gov Mechem's office announced the appointment of Alicia Romero of Santa Fe a onetime Democratic secretary of state to the state tuberculosis hospital board.
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Santa FE
Mechem
Alicia Romero
State Tuberculosis Hospital Board
Pampa approves $100000 water sewer bonds sale
The Pampa City Commission authorized a negotiated sale of 100000 municipal water and sewer revenue bonds to the R A Underwood Co of Dallas, named as fiscal agent for Amarillo. It also appointed a traffic commission with set terms and awarded a roof contract for the Central Fire Station at 832 dollars. The new building code nears finalization pending legal compatibility review.
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Pampa
R. A. Underwood Co
Dallas
Amarillo
Traffic Commission
Monte Cotter
Wiley York
Jim Goff
Terry Culley
Bob Mack
Elmer Ratcliff
Don Conley
James Hart
Mack Bukill
Fred Parento
Lilian Jordan
Byron St. Clair
Roy Russell
Jack Miller
Henry Gordon
Osborne Construction Co
Bob Gordon
Glamour Girl Joanne Connelley Dies at 27 in Switzerland
Joanne Connelley a New York glamour figure tied to two famed divorces died at 27 in Neuchatel Switzerland. A heart attack was given as the cause. her Swiss divorce from Jaime Ortiz-Patino was nearly final. Her mother attended, a priest gave last rites, and her body will be flown to the United States.
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Neuchatel
Switzerland
Joanne Connelley
New York
Jaime Ortiz-Patino
Ortiz-Patino
Paris
Reymond
Joanne
United States
Report on New Mexico school tax revenue rise
Figures from the bureau of revenue show New Mexico school tax collections for the first six months of this year totaling 16 725 398 dollars, up 2 229 357 from the same period in 1956. Other taxes show compensating tax 1 871 181 dollars up 465 383, income tax 4 236 697 up 357 448, and gasoline tax 10 254 330 up 889 960.
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Santa FE
Bureau of Revenue
New Mexico
Japan to buy 30000 tons Australian beef yearly
Sydney reports Japan has offered to purchase 30,000 tons of Australian beef per year, signaling a large and ongoing trade prospect. The proposal notes ongoing talks between Japanese buyers and Australian exporters set to influence future beef markets.
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Japan
Sydney
Fishing Report For New Mexico
Santa Fe July 2 state game and fish department reports mixed results across New Mexico. Upper Pecos fair to good. Clayton Lake poor. Brazos good. Canones good. Fl Vado Lakes fair to good. Trout lakes good. Canjilon good. Chama River fair. Alamogordo Lake very poor. Fenton Lake very good. Bonito Lake good. Ruidoso fair. Nogal poor. Red River fair. Hondo and Little Rio Grande fair. Upper Rio Grande high and muddy. Conchas Dam pike and catfish good. crappie bass bluegill fair. Hopewell Lake fair. Rio Del Medio good. Alamogordo area fair in Tularosa Creek and poor in Penasco Creek.
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Santa FE
State Game and Fish Department
Upper Pecos
Clayton Lake
Brazos
Canones
Fl Vado Lakes
Trout
Canjilon
Chama River
Alamogordo Lake
Fenton Lake
Bonito Lake
Ruidoso
Nogal
Red River
Hondo
Little Rio Grande
Rio Grande
Conchas
Hopewell Lake
Rio del Medio
Alamogordo
Tularosa Creek
Penasco Creek
Ranch Foreman Dies in Fall From Horse
Robert Lee Buster Taylor age 46 foreman at Bell Ranch was killed when thrown from his horse and trampled 19 miles north of the ranch headquarters while working cattle. Cowboys said a roped calf caused the rope to wind, spooking the horse. He died about an hour after rescue and arrival of a Doughty Funeral Home ambulance and Dr. Hoover. Survived by wife Helen, step mother Mrs. Clara Taylor, and four sisters in Albuquerque and Denver. Funeral services to be announced.
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Tucumcari
N.M
Robert Lee
Buster) Taylor
Bell Ranch
Here
Taylor
Doughty Funeral Home
T. B. Hoover
Helen
Clara Taylor
Las Vegas
75 Acres of Wheat Burns Near Perryton
Perryton residents witnessed a 40 minute blaze that torched 75 acres of wheat and 35 acres of stubble on the R. W. Taylor farm two miles northwest of town. Fire officials say both recent field fires started when a parked truck ignited the crops. volunteers and the Perryton Fire Department fought the flames, saving the field but burning the trucks.
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Perryton
R. W
Rusty) Taylor
G. M. Cooper
Taylor Farm
Cooper
Airman Trio Help Pampa Fire Extinguish Burned Car
Three Amarillo airmen volunteers from the Amarillo Air Force Base aiding Pampa firefighters extinguish a blaze in a car owned by E. O. Wedgeworth manager of the Pampa Chamber of Commerce. They spotted the fire on a downtown street and attacked it with dirt until help arrived seconds later. The airmen had just left a local drugstore after appearing on a radio program.
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Pampa
Amarillo
E. O. Wedgeworth
KPDN
Hogs Top Prices and Weights From Clovis Market
Hogs 75 head market report shows top butcher hogs 190-240 lb fetching 19.75 with other fat sizes from 16.25 to 19.50 per cwt. Slaughter sows range 15.00 to 16.50 for various weights, shoots 15.00-16.00, and stags 9.00-10.50.
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Clovis
Rodeo Opens Celebration At Clarendon
Clarendon hosts the Panhandle's oldest 4th of July event with an amateur rodeo drawing 100 plus entrants. Bull riding limits entries to one man. Tonight features a Fritch Roping Club square dance and rodeo shows at 8 p.m. tomorrow and 2 and 8 p.m. Thursday. Old timers register Thursday at 9:30 a.m. for the reunion and 5,000 pounds of free barbecue will be served at noon on the courthouse lawn. The 4th of July parade starts at 1 p.m. Dances occur at the Legion and IOOF halls tonight through Thursday.
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Clarendon
Panhandle
Fritch
Legion Hall
IOOF
Crane Collapse Kills Five at Kawasaki Plant in Chiba
A 180 foot crane collapsed at the Kawasaki steel plant in Chiba today causing the deaths of five workers and injuring eleven others. Rescue crews searched the site as officials investigated the accident and addressed safety concerns at the facility.
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Chiba
Japan
Kawasaki Steel
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Ill
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Claude Reymond
Her Majesty
Ann Shuping
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