Large Power Failure Hits El Paso Region
A 100 mile area including El Paso and southeastern New Mexico lost power Friday night due to a fire in a 66 000 volt transformer at the El Paso Electric Co plant. Power was restored in about 1 hour 20 minutes with outages extending to Alamogordo Ruidoso Cloudcrest Tularosa Holloman AFB White Sands Truth or Consequences and Carrizozo. Telephone lines were down about 17 minutes.
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EL Paso. Tex
el Paso
New Mexico
Santa Fe
el Paso Electric Co
Carrizoz, N.M
Alamogordo
Ruidoso
Cloudcrest
Talarosa
Holloman Air Force Base
White Sands Missile Range
Truth = or Consequences
Carrizozo
Albuquerque
Unseasonable cool spell grips most of nation
The Associated Press reports most of the country experienced unseasonably cool weather with light rains on the Eastern Seaboard and central Plains while southwestern states faced lingering heat. Needles California hit 108 degrees as a high, with many areas seeing temperatures in the 90s.
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Seaboard
Souther
Central Plains
Needles
Calif
Hopco rodeo opens with Ronnie Dalley contending atop horse
Webster City rider Ronnie Dalley fights to stay atop a dronc in the hareback event as the Hopco rodeo opens at the Hopco sports arena southwest of Atlantic. Rodeo runs through today and Sunday with matinee and evening shows. Weather brings showers from New Mexico to the Plains and a rain band drains the East Coast. A New York storm causes damage and fatalities. Names listed include Mrs. Lynn Parrott, Mrs. Breton Fudge, Phil Chinitz, Sim Linn, Agnes Kelley, Ed Ballensiefer, Connie Eblen, Leeps, Mrs. Forrest Cross, Amy Jo Corning.
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Ronnie Dalley
Webster City
Hopco Sports
Atlantic
New Mexico
Plains States
Maine
Virginia
New York
Lynn Parrott
Birch Street
Breton Fudge
West Third Street
Phil Chinitz
Sim
Summer Vacation and Local Notices in Atlantic
Mr and Mrs Rex Moorman depart for a cottage summer vacation in the Jackson House country. A marriage license was issued to Harold Alliband and Marjorie Watson of Atlantic. Visitors from Escondido and Denver called on local residents P L Anderson and Virt L Anderson. Dr BE C Petersen travels to New York for medical society meetings. his daughter Suzanne Madlener will visit. A replevin case seeks possession of a 1956 Buick a 1954 Chevrolet station wagon and household goods with a $3140.40 note. $1346.82 due. Atlantic records a 41 degree low as weekend weather expected fair with highs in the 80s.
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Rex Moorman
Jackson House
Frank McMullen
Harold Alliband
Marjorie Watson
Atlantic
New York
Dor. BE. C. Petersen
New York City
American Medical Association
American Society of Abdominal Surgeons
Dr. Petersen
Suzanne Madlener
New Haven
American Acceptance Con
Howard
Ruth Burkey
Attlantic
Mercury
Fall Fractures Hip of Mrs Doris Schaaf in Omaha
Mrs Doris Schaaf of 207 West Fourteenth Street fractured her hip in a Monday fall and is in room 233 at St Joseph’s Hospital Omaha.
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Doris Schaaf
West Fourteenth Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Omaha
Local residents hospitalized at Atlantic Memorial
Hospitalized patients include Mrs. Lloyd C. McAfee of Brayton Winfield Smathers of Walnut William Muller of Cumberland Mrs. Wendell Hansen 801 Elm street M O Burnham 402 Oak street Cynthia daughter of Mr and Mrs Creighton Lindt of Griswold Ricky son of Mr and
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Atlantic Memorial
Lloyd C. McAfee
Brayton
Winfield Smathers
Walnut
William Muller
Cumberland
Wendell Hansen
Elm Street
M. O. Burnham
Oak Street
Cynthia
Creighton Lindt
Griswold
Ricky
Keene and Devereaux Family Amid Hospital Stays
Anita Jack Keene remains a patient at Veterans Hospital in Omaha ward 5 west. Sheryl Devereaux age 12 daughter of George Devereaux underwent serious brain surgery at Jennie Edmundson Hospital Thursday morning.
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Anita
Jack Keene
Veterans Hospital
Omaha
Wiota
Sheryl Devereaux
George Devereaux
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Medical Notices From Harlan Hospital
ELK HORN Richard Peter sen is a patient at Harlan hospital. Mrs Harvey Nissen underwent major surgery Thursday at Harlan hospital.
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Elk Horn
Richard Petersen
Harlan Hospital
Harvey Nissen
Cut Your Speed When Dusk Falls Warning
Authorities urge drivers to slow down after sunset to reduce accidents as visibility worsens and pedestrians become harder to spot. Public safety officials emphasize daytime habits may not apply at dusk.
Two Injured in Griswold Truck Crash
A 1951 Ford pickup rolled on a county road east of Griswold injuring 15 year old Darla Lynn Robinson and her father John Robinson after loose gravel caused the vehicle to overturn. Both were thrown from the truck. driver slowed and lost control near 7 PM Friday.
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Darla Lynn Robinson
John Robinson
Griswold
Jewish Leaders Condemn Public School Baccalaureate
The National Community Relations Advisory Council, a Jewish umbrella group, adopted a resolution criticizing public school baccalaureate exercises as violating separation of church and state. It said school ceremonies marking graduation must not be religious.
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Washington
National Community Relations Advisory Council
Russia to Free Japanese Fishermen
The Foreign Ministry said a Japanese Maritime Safety Board vessel will depart June 29 for Shikotan Island to receive 14 Japanese fishermen detained by the Soviets for allegedly violating Russian fishing waters. Moscow had signaled willingness to release them through the Soviet embassy in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Foreign Ministry
Japanese Maritime Safety Board
Shikotan
Japan
Mrs Owns Of Fontanelle Dies
Mrs Lilly Owens 92 dies Friday at a Greenfield nursing home. Survived by daughters Mrs Anita Welcher Fontanelle and Mrs Warren Cook Boulder Colo and son Del Burlington. Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday at Ewing funeral home Fontanelle.
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Bridgewater
Lilly Owens
Greenfield
Anita Welcher
Fontanelle
Warren Cook
Boulder
Colo
Del
Burlington
Ewing Funeral Home
Truck pulls from station ignites gasoline fire in Atlanta
A pickup rush to exit a downtown Atlanta service station pulled away before removing the nozzle. Gasoline spilled and ignited, destroying two cars and threatening a 30,000 gallon tank. Drivers Wilson Miles and Martin Eisler escaped injury as firefighters used foam to control the blaze.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Wilson Miles
Martin Eisler
Trade with Japan profitable to Americans states Ikeda
Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda told a Waldorf Astoria luncheon that trade with Japan benefits the American economy. He noted export voices are loud but some U S industries seek import limits, stressing expansion is key to political and economic stability in Japan. He spoke after meeting President Kennedy.
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New York
Hayato Ikeda
Japan
Trade friction rises as unions push protectionism
Ikeda noted his government has placed export controls on 50 commodities, including cotton textiles tuna plywood and transit radios, signaling rising protectionist tendencies alongside labor movement pressures.
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Ikeda
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