Las Vegas To Get Conservation Officer Soon
Santa Fe UPI reports North Eastern Area Game and Fish will send an unnamed conservation officer to Las Vegas after headquarters moved to Raton. The Las Vegas office closed amid protests as the commission study continued and no action was taken at the July 28 meeting.
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Santa FE Upi
Fred A. Thompson
Las Vegas
Northeastern Area Game and Fish Department
Raton
Thompson
Game Commission
Department
Boost in Social Security Benefits Approved by Administration
The Eisenhower administration okayed a boost in Social Security benefits and the House approved taxes. Secretary Flemming opposed the bill’s public assistance provision, testifying before the Senate Finance Committee. The changes would lift benefits about 7 percent and taxes about 14 percent in 1959.
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Eisenhower
House
Arthur S. Flemming
Flemming
U S Charges China Over East Asia Tensions
UPI reports the United States accuses Communist China of trying to raise the specter of war in the Far East. In Flint Michigan the vice president of James Hoffa's local Teamsters union was sought as Hoffa's brother was questioned in a labor hall job believed to have backfired and cost Frank Kierdorf his life.
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Ashington
Flint, Mich
James Hoffa
Jocal
Hoffa
Frank Kierdorf
Weather Outlook With Scattered Afternoon Thundershowers
Weather bulletin notes widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening in the west and north portions. Otherwise fair conditions expected today through Saturday with little temperature change.
Peke Surrenders on $3000 Bond in Embezzlement Case
John A. Peke, union executive, turned himself in to Sheriff John Flaska in Albuquerque and posted a $3000 property bond with attorney John Hackney present. He faced embezzlement charges for $51,449 from the welfare fund of the Associated Plumbing, Heating, and Piping Contractors Union of New Mexico. An audit showed a union fund shortage totaling $91,500.
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Albuquerque
Peke
Associated Plumbing, Heating, and Piping Contractors Union of
New Mexico
Crops Prosper After Recent Local Rains
New Mexico crops prosper after rains. USDA reports cotton shows good growth with insect control. grain sorghums at various growth stages nearing maturity. small grains harvest largely complete. third alfalfa cut in south, second cuts under way in north and mountains. Lettuce fall plantings in Valencia Dona Ana, Chaves, Eddy with cantaloupe and early peaches harvests. apples developing. livestock in good condition with calves contracted and some ranchers vaccinating for blackleg.
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New Mexico
United States Department of Agriculture
USDA
Valencia
Dona Ana
Chaves
Eddy County
Amarillo Driver Killed In US 70 Wreck Near Roswell
A 29 year old Amarillo Texas truck driver William Franklin King died when his two ton truck failed to negotiate a curve on US 70 east of Roswell and plunged off an embankment. The body was found at 4 55 AM by Atlas Trucking Co workers as the vehicle rested 375 feet from the highway. The death raises the year's traffic fatalities to 201, surpassing 1957's 262 on this date.
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Roswell
Tatum Man's Mother Dies in Amarillo Texas
Mrs. Mary V. Baker died Monday in Amarillo Texas and was the mother of Barney C. Baker of Tatum. Survivors included four other sons Sidney Ray of Portales Vernon of Amarillo James of Gilroy California and daughters Mrs. Jack Hebison and others.
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Tatum
Amarillo
Texas
Mary V. Baker
Barney C. Baker
Sidney
Ray
Portales
Vernon
James
Gilroy
Calif
Jack Hebison
Refunds Still Due Many Auto Insured People
A Better Business Bureau spokesman told a Senate subcommittee that millions of dollars in auto collision insurance overcharges remain unpaid. Chicago BBB chief Kenneth Barnard said about 16 of 25 million dollars originally due has not been paid, noting uniform high rates for many customers without specific risk categorization.
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Washington
UPI
Better Business Bureau
Kenneth Barnard
Chicago Better Business Bureau
Senate Interstate Commerce
Association of Better Business Bureaus, Inc
Subcommittee
A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Barnard
Monroney
Collision Insurance Companies
Oklahoma boys aim to launch 40 mile orbiting rocket
Two 18 year old Oklahoma youths Clif ford Ramsey and Bradley Glover plan a civilian rocket launch in New Mexico. Their 22 foot rocket weighs 300 pounds and costs 450 dollars. After a 1957 failure at Holloman they seek Air Force approval to launch a short orbit sponsored by the American Rocket Society and missile center.
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Alamogordo Upi
New Mexico
Clifford Ramsey
Bradley Glover
Broken Arrow Okla
Holloman Missile Range
Air Force Missile Development Center
Air Force
American Rocket Society
The
Missile Center
Holloman
Andrew Jackson Fell Breaks Hip in Abilene Move
Andrew Jackson 93 year old father of Tom Jackson fell Wednesday and broke his hip. He is in an Abilene Texas hospital where he is progressing as well as expected. He had been in Breckenridge hospital and moved to a Abilene nursing home and planned to return to Lovington. He will be moved to Lovington when able to travel by ambulance. Doctors said if he continued to improve he probably could be released soon.
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Andrew Jackson
Tom Jackson
Abilene, Texas
Breckenridge
Texas
Abilene
Lovington
Lovington Hospital Plans Target County Unit Self-Sustaining
A big addition is planned for Lea General Hospital and Lovington unit could be self sustaining within 60 days of opening. Hospital board member John Campbell and Commissioner Hobby Gann backed the project noting profits from other Lea County units would support better equipment at Sea General.
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Lea General Hospital
Lovington
John Campbell
Campbell
Hobby Gann
Lea General
Charles Hicks
Gann
J. D. Snider
Levington
Sea
Walter Hopkins
Hobbs
Tatum, Lovington
Eunice
Jal
Sea General
Chamber of Commerce
Winford Carlile
Lubbock
Roswell
Minton
Lovington High School
Chester Dotson
CC Hospital Committee
Snider
Dotson
Lea County
Seanathey
Psue
Tatum Lovington
Tatum
Reds Know Little of US during Stevenson Moscow Visit
Adlai Stevenson voiced concern over widespread misunderstanding of the United States in the Soviet Union after a four week tour. He urged freer exchange of ideas and people and noted talks with Soviet leaders on royalties for translated American works. He met Khrushchev for about 2 hours and said the two nations share common goals.
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Moscow
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Soviet Union
Stevenson
Warsaw
Democratic Party
Russia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Nudity Battle Roils Las Vegas Strip Over Nude Shows
In Las Vegas a split forms along U S 91 as nude or art oriented acts clash with anti nudity factions. The Catholic bishop denounces the trend and urges Catholics to avoid such shows while hotel executives defend artistic expression amid growing public debate.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
U. S. 91
California
Robert J. Dwyer
Diocese of
Nevada
Stardust
el Rancho
Major A. Riddle
Dunes Hotel
Police Hunt Diamond Thief In Albuquerque Store Burglary
Police searched for a thief who took three unmounted diamonds valued at 12 345 dollars from F D Fogg Jewelry Co in Albuquerque. Ed Gabriel store manager said he unlocked the display case to show stones to a customer and later found the case open with four black pads and the gems missing. Diamonds ranged from 1.05 to 2.96 carats.
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Albuquieque Upi
Sixteenth Victim Dies After Tanker Crash Near Newport
In Newport Hospital a critically burned survivor from the collision of two tankers died, raising the known dead to 16. Samuel Williams of Port Arthur, Texas, a Gulfoil fireman, was among four gravely burned crewmen. one Gulfoil crewman remained missing. Of 35 hospitalized, 10 released and 24 still treated. Gulf Oil valued its tanker at 700000 dollars and planned salvage. The S E Graham’s damage or value was not disclosed. Navy and Coast Guard crews fought flames for nearly seven hours as the 1591 ton coastal tanker and the 10340 ton Gulfoil collided in fog at Newport harbor.
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Newport
New York
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf Oil
Philadelphia
Graham Transportation Co
S. E. Graham
Navy
Coast Guard
Graham
Newport Harbor
Montreville Eden
Port Arthur
Tex
Open Range Cowboys Reunion Set for Sept 6 in Lovington
The Open Range Cowboys Reunion will be held in Lovington on September 6 at the Fair Building. Henry Record, president, plans door prizes and special gifts from the Lovington Daily Leader for the oldest cowboys and cowgirls, longest married couple, and long-time Lea County residents. A photographer will document attendees 70 and older and many others, with histories and pictures used in the October Golden Jubilee edition.
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Lovington
Henry Record
Fair Building
Lea County
Identity Of Girl Found In Rail Yard Solved
Omaha police chased a strong lead in the Jane Doe case after receiving a photo of Elivena Felan, 19, missing from San Antonio two months. The image matches the dark haired girl found wandering the rail yards May 27 and under hospital care.
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Omaha
Douglas County Hospital
Youth Bureau
Jack Dabney
Confusion Over Landslide Leads to Commission Shakeup in Waterbury
In Waterbury Vermont James Eldredge was reelected to the water commission but violated term rules, prompting officials to replace him with Paul Bigelow whose term had expired. Eldredge’s election was nullified and he will remain on the commission.
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Waterbury, Vt
UPI
James Eldredge
Water Commission
Paul Bigelow
Eldredge
Snake disrupts Cayuga County sheriff’s office power outage
A six foot snake reportedly short circuited the department's communications for five hours at Aubur n Y causing a temporary loss of phone lines and radio silence. Officials investigated the incident as an unusual electrical fault.
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Aubury N. Y
UPI
Cayuga County
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F. D. Fogg Jewelry Co
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