Truman Takes Strong Stand On Civil Rights
Former President Truman publicly backs federal aid to end racial segregation during Chicago remarks. He plans to announce his preferred Democratic nominee soon, with Harriman and Stevenson camps weighing potential endorsements and strategies as the convention approaches.
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United Press
Chicago
Democratic Platform Committee
Adlai Stevenson
Mr. Truman
Stevenson
New York
Harriman
Chicgo
Lovington Police Cite Ten for Courtesy Traffic Drive
City police issued ten citations in a drive to enforce courteous driving. Speeding fines hit Thomas T Tipton and Robert Gaines at 10 dollars each. Stop sign violators Eldon Hale Mrs Dorothy Smith J E Romine and Erwin Berry paid five dollars each. Grace Beauchamp paid two dollars for illegal parking. Three drivers under intoxication were charged Fred Dossey posted 100 dollar bond Don Roch posted 250 dollar bond and Lloyd S Runion pled guilty fined 100 dollars and had license suspended for one year. Police warn slow down You may not live to regret the next accident.
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Lovington
Thomas T. Tipton
Robert Gaines
Eldon Hale
Dorothy Smith
J. E. Romine
Erwin Berry
Grace Beauchamp
Fred Dossey
Don Roch
Lloyd S. Runion
Hoover, 82, celebrated in San Francisco dinner
Former President Herbert Hoover marks his 82nd birthday with a private dinner in San Francisco hosted by old friends. He quips about possibly blowing out a cake and avoids a speech, then offers advice to fellow seniors to stay busy. He notes retirement brings little joy except productive work and that he keeps finding new roles.
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United Press
Herbert Hoover
San Francisco
Mr. Hoover
Oldsters
Hoover
Mistake Caused Marcinelle Mine Disaster
Preliminary investigations point to a single error triggering the Marcinelle disaster in Belgium. An elevator was sent to a wrong shaft level and started with a loaded coal cart jammed inside, dumping onto a power line and causing a short circuit. Sparks ignited coal and timbers, melting cables and vents and risking hundreds of miners.
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Marcinelle
Belgium
Leaders Confer on Suez Crisis
U S officials hold several pre London talks on the Suez Canal crisis as Dulles visits New York with Hammarskjold. Eisenhower to meet Congressional leaders at the White House for strategy ahead of the August London conference.
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Dulles
New York
Suez
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Eisenhower
White House
Russia
Britain
Lea County Harvest Prospects and Crop Notes
Lea County reports several crops nearing peak markets with black eyed peas moving to Paul Fain Produce Co. and Lubbock buyers. Squash yields look strong and pink tomatoes appear sparse for two weeks. Crop inspectors from the New Mexico Crop Improvement Association plan visits August 23, with fields to be ready and an escort to guide inspectors. The 1956 Lea County Fair Catalog is circulating with entry forms due September 10. Cotton faces rising insect pressure including thrips and bollworms. silage yields look promising as corn heights reach ten to fifteen feet.
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Lea County
Paul Fain Produce Co
Lubbock
Dallas
J. C. Stovall
New Mexico Crop Improvement Association
State College
John Easley
Newsmen Ban Reconsideration Sought by U P President
Frank Bartholomew of United Press urged Secretary Dulles to lift the State Department travel ban to Red China. He argued reporting truth should not be a bargaining tool and urged a decision on merit free of political hostages concerns.
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Leon Wolcott
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Department
State Public Health Department
Stanley Leland
Welfare Department
Health Department
Leland
John F. Simms
Health and Welfare Departments
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Socorro
Murray Hintz
Bord
Hintz
United Press
New York
Frank Bartholomew
John Foster Dulles
State Departments
Red China
State Department
Forty Nine Convicts Moved to New Pen
Forty nine more convicts were transferred to the eight million dollar State Penitentiary, bringing total moved from the old institution to 215. Twenty five chronically ill inmates will be moved with hospital facilities later. Warden Swenson reports morale up and notes inmates viewed the new quarters as still a prison.
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Harold Swenson
Swenson
Alcoa Workers Return to Plants After Walkout Ends
About 18,000 Alcoa workers resume work as a nine day walkout ends. Alcoa and United Steelworkers Union reach a contract with wage and fringe benefit increases totaling 45.6 cents per hour over three years. Reynolds Metal plans talks in Washington with expectations of a similar settlement. Roughly 10,000 USW workers struck Reynolds.
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Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
United Steelworkers Union
Reynolds Metal Company
Washington
Reynolds
Wilson Defends Flexible U S Armed Forces Amid Cuts
Defense Secretary Wilson says American armed forces remain flexible to meet any crisis while warning of manpower cuts and higher spending. NATO chief Gruenther opposes reductions in Europe and plans discussions with President Eisenhower. Norstad to succeed him in December.
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United Press
Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Defense
Wilson
Eisenhower
NATO
Alfred Gruenther
Gruenther
Europe
Three Navajo Die In Traffic Mishap Near Bloomfield
A gravel truck stalled on State Route 44 south of Bloomfield was hit by a pickup, killing Nita Ben ally 31 Ja vin Ben ally 5 months Farmington and Nancy Jesus 20 Farmington. Sammy Sandoval, June Charley, and Joe Allen Thompson were treated or in hospital with injuries. The accident raises the 1956 highway death toll to 230.
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Bloomfield
State Board
Nita Benalley
Javin Benalley
Farmington
Nancy Jesus
San Juan Hospital
Sammy Sandoval
June Charley
Nagazi
Joe Allen Thompson
State Police Expand Lea County Staff in Hobbs
The state police force in Lea County grows to six with the addition of Melvin L. West following graduation from the State Police School on June 17. He is assigned to Hobbs and joins Sgt. Nolan Utz Patrolmen Hoover Wimberley Arnold Payne Sherman Creek and Les Raney serving in Lea County communities including Lovington Tatum and Eunice.
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Lea County
Hobbs
Melvin L. West
Ray West
Dexter
N. M
West
Nolan Utz
Hoover Wimberley
Arnold Payne
Lovington
Sherman Creek
Tatum
Les Raney
Eunice
Tatum Woman Seeks Warrant for Texan Oil Field Worker
A 30 year old blonde Tatum woman filed assault charges after claiming a Texas oil field worker choked her in her car to force intimacy. She described a night at the 200 Club with three unfamiliar men and a later ride to a motel where she says the assault occurred before a deputy and cabin search led to the complaint. Judge Bailey, away ill, signed the complaint this morning.
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Tatum
Sheriff’s Office
Texas
Judge Bailey
Watermelon Display Draws Crowd in Texas Town
Chief of Police Lloyd Smith described a 75 pound watermelon on display. He said the melon came from Weatherford Texas billed as the watermelon capital of the world. An onlooker from Florida asked if the fruit was an olive.
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Lloyd Smith
Smitty
Watherford
Texas
Florida
Finders Keepers Losers Weepers in New York Demolition
A wrecking worker named Pearly Dickens found about $3,000 in cash while demolishing a house in New York. Police warned him to turn in the money within 10 days. if the owner does not claim within 90 days, he may keep it. Authorities trace ownership to locate the rightful owner.
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Wrecking Company
Pearly Dickens
New York
Pearly
Dickens
Little Danger Of Cotton Shortage
The Agriculture Department forecasts the 1956 U S cotton crop at about 13 percent million bales, down from 14,700,000 last year, with a ten year average near 13 million. A carryover of over 14 percent million bales remains, government ownership or loans totaling about 10 million, enough to meet demand for two years. Yields are projected around 394 pounds per acre, below 1955’s 417 but above the ten year average of 283.
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United Press
United States
Agriculture Department
USDA
Department
Venezuelan Plot to Assassinate President Revealed
Venezuelan Security Police disclosed a supposed plan to kill President Marcos Perez Jimenez. Exiled Venezuelans in Puerto Rico allegedly coordinated with Costa Rican authorities, with arms allegedly smuggled via Colombia. Caracas officers displayed weapons linked to the plot, which reportedly failed when conspirators lost nerve.
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United Press
Venezulean
Marcos Perez Jummenez
Puerto Rico
United States
Caracas
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Colombia
Former Air Secretary Harold Talbott Meets President
Harold Talbott, former Air Secretary, paid an unannounced call on President Eisenhower at the White House. The two spoke for about 45 minutes, with Talbott saying the topics were not political and offering no specifics about the discussion.
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Washington
Harold Talbott
Eisenhower
Talbott
White House
NAM Official Offers Platform To Democratic Conclave
NAM president Cola G Parker addresses the Democratic National Convention committee on Prosperity and Progress. He argues prosperity stems from confidence, free market policies, balanced budgets, and reduced government spending. He outlines platform planks on taxation, spending, subsidies, and monetary policy to sustain growth.
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Chicago
Cola G. Parker
National Association of Manufacturers
Parker
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America
Federal Reserve System
Resolu
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