Population estimates spark Albuquerque Amarillo debate
The piece examines city population projections for Albuquerque and Amarillo, citing officials like John McCarty and Earl Allmand. It notes Albuquerque may reach 370000 by 1965 and Amarillo around 328000 by 1970, with Randall County housing about 8.81 percent of Amarillo residents.
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Albuquerque
Amarillo
John McCarty
Earl Allmand
Chamber of Commerce
Randall County
Labor leaders use colorful language in critique and humor
A clippings round features Walter Reuther on Ford and GM strategies, jokes about indigo prices and the draft, Davy Crockett's appeal in Canada, theater plans at West Texas State, a Paris horn honk ban, Hackney Club notes, and Doctor Ingham's returning health remarks, with quips on hospitality and work culture.
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Walter Reuther
UAW
Ford
Wall Street Journal
General Motors
Iraq Monarchs Wish for Bowie Knife Is Granted
King Faisal II of Iraq will receive a genuine Bowie knife from San Antonio. The request came after a UNM Press book sparked interest. Tom L. Popejoy, president of the University of New Mexico, arranged shipment under separate cover from Buckhorn in San Antonio.
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University of New Mexico
Faisal
Iraq
Raymond Thorp
James Thorpe
Tom L. Popejoy
Faisal I
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Albuquerque
Raymond W. Thorp
University of New Mexico Press
Faisal II
Abdul Wahab Shakir
State of Texas
San Antonio
UAW Calls End to GM Ford Wildcat Walkouts
The CIO United Auto Workers leaders said the unauthorized GM and Ford walkouts idled about 58,000 workers nationwide, sabotaging contract talks. They ordered strikes halted and warned leadership to stop further stoppages as Reuther and Livingston urged plant presidents to curb the protests.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Wildcat
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
eIuppeyses
Reuther
Ford
John S. Bugas
Big Dearborn Rouge
Thunderstorms sweep High Plains. farmer killed near Plainview
A cold front triggered severe storms from the High Plains to the South Plains. lightning killed a farmer near Plainview and damaged the J H Oldham home near Shamrock. Dozier shows 24 inches of rain with hail and high winds. Shamrock fire crews failed to save property.
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High Plains
South Plains
Panhandle
Plainview
Shamrock
Memphis
Weather Bureau
Earl Rogers
J. H. Oldham
Dozier
Oldham
Jim Jones
Shamrock Fire Department
Texas Storm Rips Wide Region Causing Death and Damage
A major Texas storm swept from the Oklahoma line to the San Angelo area, killing at least one person and injuring several others. Winds up to 60 mph, heavy rain up to 4 inches, and hail toppled buildings, caused crashes in thick dust, and disrupted power with transformers blown and lines down. Rural areas around Shamrock and Perryton reported extensive crop and farm damage, while lakes rose to record levels on local farms.
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Shamrock
North Wall
Magic City
Kelton
Lela
J. ©. Bradley
McLean
Kid McCoy
Perryton
Huntoon
Jailbreakers Brag Leads to Capture
Two young men escaped from the Leadville jail and stole a car bound for New Mexico. They traveled through Santa Fe and Albuquerque before turning east on Route 66, picking up a 16 year old hitchhiker as they neared their capture.
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Daily News
David L. Webster
William Lee Pidcock
Leadville
Colo
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
William Eugene Foust
Uniform buyer faces charges by air force
Three charges were filed against Air Force Captain Raymond Wool in a Senate inquiry into armed forces clothing contracts. Alfred Tartaglia and others faced suspensions and firings tied to alleged improper business ties and payments from government contractors.
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AIR Force
Washington
Army Quartermaster Corps
Senate
Raymond Wool
Lev
Tartaglia
Carmine Bellino
Him
Harry Lev
Chicago
Senate Investigations
Fred" Tartaglia
Quartermaster’s Clothing
Philadelphia
Nehru in Moscow with Soviet leaders during state visit
Prime Minister Nehru meets with Molotov and Bulganin in Moscow on day two of a two week state visit. Amb Menon says they covered almost every current world issue while discussions on the For mosan, West German talks, and Tito–Belgrade meetings were suggested. Nehru and Indira Gandhi visit Lenin and Stalin tombs before a Kremlin tour.
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Nehru
Russia
Foreign Ministry
V. M. Molotov
K. P. S. Menon
Nikolai Bulganin
Menon
Molotov
West
Konrad Adenauer
Belgrade
Tito
Yugoslavia
Bulganin
Indira Gandhi
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
A. L Mikoyan
Georgi Malenkov
Lenin
Stalin
Red Square
Kremlin
Moscow Radio
Lightning Kills Man Near Plainview
Earl Rogers 54, a farmer, was struck and killed by lightning while knifing cotton on his son Tommy’s farm about 12 miles southwest of Plainview. The body was taken to Lemons Funeral Home. Surviving relatives include wife, another son Walter Bob Rogers of Las Cruces New Mexico, a daughter Mrs Ernest Sneed of San Antonio, and son Tommy. Rogers belonged to the Church of Christ.
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Earl Rogers
Rogers
Tommy
Lemons Funeral Home
Hale Center
Acuff
Lubbock
Walter Bob Rogers
Las Cruces
N.M
Ernest Sneed
San Antonio
Church of Christ
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