Eisenhower Rules Out Government Controls to Curb Inflation
President Eisenhower told reporters no new government controls will be adopted to curb inflation. He urged wage price discipline and spending cuts, warned the fiscal year may end in a 12 billion deficit, and emphasized economy and constitutional protections amid international tensions. He declined to fix a Lebanon withdrawal date, cited U N options, and touted a strong deterrent military posture. The president also noted no concrete vacation plans and limited timetable for congressional speaking engagements.
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Dayton
Moore
United Press International
Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Isabor
Congress
United States
U. S
Gettysburg
Seven Die In Crash On US 66
Seven persons were killed and four injured when two cars headed east from vacation collided head on about 40 miles east of Gallup on US 66. The drivers were Daniel Perez Sanchez of Las Animas Colorado and H G Braggs of California. The crash near Prewitt left five dead at the scene and two more died at St Mary's hospital in Gallup. One victim was Eugene Sanchez of Las Animas. The accident occurred on a slippery stretch with no pass lines as investigators determine which car was on the wrong side.
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Gallup Upi
Here
Las Animas
Colorado
California
Prewitt
Continental Divide
St. Mary's Hospital
Gallup
Eugene
Braggs
Sanchez
St. Mary’s Hospital
Daniel Sanchez
Daniel
Ree
Grants
Rolli Mortuary
Iceland and Britain in clash over fishing limits
Iceland unilaterally extends its fishing limit to 12 miles prompting Britain to threaten escorts with naval vessels. Iceland calls any force against the limit an armed attack. Soviet Russia backs Iceland with trade prospects as influence grows. J Josepsson leads Icelandic fisheries ministry as a Communist figure.
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K. C. Thaler
United Press International
London
UPI
NATO
Iceland
Britain
Russia
Cyprus
Greece
Turkey
Icelandic fisheries row tests NATO unity in cold war
National Student Association delegates and UNM student leader Don Fedric head to Ohio Wesleyan for talks on student government and campus life while Iceland's 12 mile limit dispute strains NATO. Iceland offered to buy 5,000 more tons of Icelandic herring from Moscow, pushing the year’s total to 20,000 as part of Cold War pressure.
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Moscow
Western Defense Alliance
Iceland
NATO
Europe
U. S
Don Fedric
University of New Mexico
National Student Association
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware
Ohio
Dean Waddill
Ave. I
Fedric
Waddill
Phi Delta Theta
Ashville
N.C
UNM
Violence Flares at Indiana Strike Site at National Metal Plant
Heavy violence erupted at the National Metal Products strike site in Connersville Indiana as state troopers attempted to maintain order. A foreman's car was toppled and two men were arrested for picket line jostling while a Swain car was overturned in a nearby lot.
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Connersville
Ind. Upi
National Metal Products
Indiana
Howard Swain
Was The Driver Stupid Prank Spurred Tractor Theft Report
A Leader office received a phone call claiming a teen asked how a tractor lights would be seen as it was driven away. The caller alleged the driver was the culprit and hung up after saying, The driver, stupid. The prior report said lights appeared on the tractor during a theft attempt near J C Novac West Ave N Novac.
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Leader
J. C. Novac
West Ave. N. Novac
Repellent New Developments Pleasing to People and Insects
New York State College of Home Economics reports a new insect repellent developed through U S Department of Agriculture research. The product, die thyltoluamide, is non-greasy with a light fragrance and is highly effective against mosquitoes ticks mites and other biting insects.
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Haca N. Y
UPI
New York State College of Home Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture Research
Bank Heist at Lea County State Bank Hobbs
One year ago on August 19 1957 a lone gunman robbed Lea County State Bank Hobbs taking over 45000 dollars. Despite roadblocks FBI agents and witnesses offered scant clues with a stocky man 33 to 38 wearing straw hat red shirt khaki pants and sunglasses described. No trace of the suspect hasBeen found to date.
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Lea County State Bank
Hobbs
Sanger Street
FBI
Evan Hammett
Hammett
Bob Murphy
Robbie Garner
Broadmoor
Eisenhower urges federal duty to carry out school rulings
President Eisenhower stated there can be no equivocation about the federal government enforcing court-ordered school integration and that states must prevent violence against such mandates. He warned defiance would risk official order and possible use of troops as a last resort, while stressing individual rights and civic responsibility.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
U. S
Harry J. Lemley
Hope
Ark
Little ‘Rock Central
J. Lindsey Almond, Jr
Virginia
Arlington
Potomac
Norfolk
Federal Appeals Court
Little Rock
Hamilton Paces Hobbs to 15-3 Artesia Victory
Hobbs plated five runs in the sixth to blow open a 3-3 game and slugged Artesia 15-3 behind Jim Hamilton who went 5 for 6 with a home run and a triple. John Ahrens earned his 16th win pitching all nine innings as Hobbs tied the western division of the Class B Southwestern League.
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Hobbs
Artesia
Giants
Jim Hamilton
John Hickman
Midland
Carlsbad
Plainview
San Angelo
Cardinals
Hector Garcia
Jerry Krutsky
Hamilton
Roberto Herrera
John Ahrens
George Payne
Texas
Tony Cloninger
Rutgers President Resigns for National Conference Post
Dr. Lewis Webster Jones resigns as Rutgers University president to take a new assignment as head of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Jones, 59, submitted his resignation to the board of trustees and will likely leave Rutgers in early fall.
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New Brunswick
N.J
UPI
Lewis Webster Jones
Rutgers University
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Jones
Rutgers Board of Trustees
Regional Temperature Outlook With Scattered Thunderstorms
The forecast shows temperatures about five degrees above seasonal in the northwest, near normal in the northeast, and two to five degrees above elsewhere with minor trends. Scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers are expected mainly in the north and east, with typical maximums reaching the upper 80s.
Buffalo Feast Sets Open Range Reunion Menu
Open Range Cowboy Association members will be served buffalo at their September 6 reunion. J. J. Lane of the NINE ranch near Tatum donates a yearling, slaughtered and dressed for a 500 pound barbecue to honor old range riders and their days on the New Mexico prairie.
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J. J. Lane
9 Ranch
Packer
Ray Hagan
Finch
Open Range Cowboy Association
Nine Ranch
Tatum
Lane
New Mexico
Lane Ranch
Trumping the Heat Vantage
Milton J. Pritchards and Robert P. Dimins enjoy bridge even on hot days. They filled two-year-old Elsie Pritchard's eight-foot backyard pool with water, set a table inside, and began a game of bridge.
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N. Y
Flash Floods Hit Kansas Raze Ensign Amid 5 Inch Downpour
Torrential rains and electrical storms sweep sections of Kansas early today with Ensign taking the hardest hit as six hours of downpour leave water six feet deep on a highway. A B47 jet bomber crash in the Texas panhandle kills one airman and injures three. cause unknown.
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Kansas
Ensign
Texas Panhandle
Plateau
Rockies
Texas
Wyoming
Nebraska
Guymon
Okla
Pacific Coast
Plains
Atlantic Coast
US Sues California and 400 Oil Firms Over Naval Yard Sinkage
The UPI report notes the federal government, led by Atty. Gen. William R. Rogers, filed a federal suit in Los Angeles seeking an injunction and damages. It accuses California and nearly 400 producers of actions harming U S naval shipyards at Long Beach, where one section has sunk 22 feet since the 1940s due to oil and gas extraction from the Wilmington field under Long Beach harbor.
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Washington
UPI
California
U. S Naval Shipyards
Long Beach
Atty
William R. Rogers
Los Angeles
Rogers
Wilmington Oil Field
Long Beach Harbor
TIDY TAXIS ASBURY PARK CAB DRIVERS RULE
Cab drivers in Asbury Park New Jersey must be clean shaven and not wear T shirts or sleeveless tops under a new regulation. The move aims to improve appearance and rider comfort for visitors to the seaside resort.
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Asbury Park
N. J
UPI
City Annexes School Property and Street Crossing Plans
The Lovington city commission annexed school property outside the city limits after warning from City Attorney H. Carrell that the move may not be legal. A 30 day protest period is allowed. Reappointments were made for three planning and zoning board members. The commission also discussed a proposed Texas and New Mexico right of way crossing at Avenue K with estimated costs of 735 dollars and the need to declare an emergency to finance. City Manager Wes Allen mentioned possible industrial bonds to attract industry and a state commission to aid in drawing in industry and a right to work issue.
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Lovington
11Th Street
H. Carrell
Clyde Lawson
Don Yarbro
Texas
New Mexico
Avenue K
Hester
Carrell
Lea County State Bank
Wes Allen
State Finance Board
Social Security Director to Visit Lovington Monday
J Hassler Strickland manager of the Roswell SSA office will be in Lovington on Monday August 25 to assist residents with old age survivors or disability benefits and to provide general information about the Social Security Act He will appear at the New Mexico State Employment Service office.
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J. Hassler Strickland
Roswell
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United Nations
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U. N
St. Josephs Hospital
Albuquerque
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Integration
Buffalo
State of California
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