County 4-H records contest honors McDonald cluster
McDonald area 4-H members dominated the county wide records contest with seven winners. Betty McClish James Richardson Stevie Ann Brecken led in home economics field crops and food preparation.
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McDonald
Oee
MccDonald
Betty McClish
James Richardson
Stevie Ann Brecken
Pitchfork
Wilsie Sue Bilbrey
Levington
Barbara Wills
Mary Cagle
Home Improvement
Tatum
Benny Doran
Praiieview Club
Chicago
Eisenhower Acknowledges Slower Pace for School Integration
President Eisenhower said he may have suggested slower integration but denied telling friends he wanted the Court decision halted. He maintained he would not publicly oppose or endorse Supreme Court rulings and that the Justice Department brief would reflect his views. The Court planned an extraordinary session on the Little Rock matter.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Newsweek Magazine
Justice Department
Department
Little Rock
Private Schools May Replace Public Units
Arkansas moves to let Faubus close integration threatened public schools and reopen them next day as private segregated institutions. The plan uses unused public schools as private schools with state aid for attending private schools and a referendum after closure. Legislation targets Central High School and fears a federal court order delaying integration.
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Littlerock
Ark
UPI
Arkansas
Orval £. Faubus
United Press International
US declines to say on intervening in Chinese fight
President Eisenhower declined to state whether the United States would fight to defend Nationalist held islands off Red China. He reaffirmed US commitment to Formosa and the Pescadores, warned against nuclear war, and noted increased Communist artillery on Quemoy and other offshore targets. He cited one third of Communist forces now west of the Pescadores, linking their defense to Formosa.
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William Galbraith
United Press International
Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
United States
Red China
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Quemoy
Pescadores
Alaska votes for statehood by wide margin in landmark election
Alaska voters backed statehood by about 5 to 1, with 6,865 for and 1,231 against as turnout exceeded previous records. Electors in Fairbanks and Anchorage faced long lines, while villages counted as anti statehood precincts produced surprising support for statehood. The election also offered Alaskans their first chance to nominate congressional candidates.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Fairbanks
Artesia Rocks Cardinals Again
Artesia beat Hobbs 7-2 behind Anselmo Herrera as Artesia used a five run second inning. Ron Wisher hit a second inning homer for Artesia while Hobbs’ Bert Herrera homered in the fourth. Plainview rallied to down San Angelo 12-8 with Jerry Boxer a key pitcher and hitter.
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United Press International
Plainview
San Angelo
Artesia
Hobbs
Anselmo Herrera
Carlsbad
Midland
Ron Wisher
Giants
Stan Patykula
Bert Herrera
Jerry Boxer
San Angelo Pirates
Boxer
Ray Barboza
Paul Rawl
Pete Cadella
Hobbs Cardinals
Banks Attract New Law For Farm Loans
President Eisenhower has signed a law to boost insured farm improvement and conservation loans by banks. The bill raises the limit a national bank may lend to one borrower to 25 percent of capital and surplus, and allows loans insured under the Bankhead Jones Act or the Water Facilities Act. It also lets the secretary issue anticipatory loans during tight money periods before private sale.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Farm Cash Marketings 11 Percent Up From 1957
The Agriculture Department reports farm marketings totaled 16.6 billion dollars in the first seven months of 1958, up 11 percent from the same period in 1957. Livestock and products receipts reached 10.6 billion, up 11 percent, with cattle hogs eggs and broilers driving the gain. Crop receipts rose to six billion, up 12 percent due to wheat corn citrus and potatoes. July receipts were about 2.7 billion, up 7 percent from July 1957.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
New Mexico Weather Outlook with Isolated Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy afternoons with isolated showers or thunderstorms. Fair conditions today tonight and Thursday. Light temperature change today. slightly cooler Thursday in the eastern portion. Highs range from 80 to 95 degrees across the state.
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New Mexico
Car Stripping Incident Hits Polk Street Resident
Roger Ranne of 321 West Polk Street reported theft damage last night as car strippers stole two fender skirts and all four hubcaps from his late model vehicle in the driveway. Hubcaps valued at 24 dollars and fender skirts at least 10 dollars total a 34 dollar loss.
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Roger Ranne
W. Polk Polk Street
Ranne
Scientist urges orbiting telescope to study ultraviolet spectrum
Fred Whipple, director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, told the International Astronautical Congress that the United States should shoot a telescope into orbit to explore the ultraviolet spectrum. He said feasibility studies exist and the project could be launched with simple modifications of tested instruments. The telescope would transmit findings to Earth from high orbit, avoiding atmospheric distortion.
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Robert Musel
Amsterdam Upi
United States
Fred Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Man
International Astronautical Congress
Whipple
Earth
Strict Traffic Enforcement For Labor Day
Santa Fe police will extend Fourth of July style strict traffic enforcement for Labor Day weekend. Roadblocks will run around the clock and shift spots as state and local agencies pool manpower to curb speeding and unsafe driving amid many fairs and fiestas.
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Santa FE
Roach
Moon habitat study seeks volunteers for simulated mission
Prof Tibor Helvey of Kansas University calls for two men and two women to live eight days in a circular 16 foot hut simulating lunar conditions. Volunteers would wear space suits to leave the hut for a simulated moonscape and use lightweight tools to mimic lunar tasks as part of a space age prep project for Radiation Corporation of Orlando Florida.
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Amsterdam
Helvey
Radiation Corporation
Orlando
Fla
Pickens Says Mechem Had Him Fired
Homer C. Pickens charged that Gov. Edwin L. Mechem forced his dismissal as head of the State Game Department for personal and political reasons. The commission, by a 3-2 vote, refused a hearing, saying it would be useless since Pickens did not want to return to work. Mechem offered no comment on the charges. The three commissioners who voted to fire him earlier—Lovelace, Brown, and Spurrier—served in Santa Fe Carlsbad and Corona.
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Santa FE Upi
Homer C. Pickens
State Game Department
Edwin L. Mechem
Pickens
Game Department
Mechem
Willis Lovelace
Corona
Henry Brown
Carlsbad
Richard R. Spurrier
Santa Fe
Commission
Nautilus Crew To Be Honored In New York
New York will honor the Nautilus crew with a ticker tape parade up lower Broadway as part of a three day tribute led by Cmdr. William Anderson and Rear Adm. Hayman Rickover. About 80 of 113 officers and men will ride in a 20 car motorcade through the financial district.
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New York
UPI
Lower Broadway
North Pole
Robert F. Wagner
William Anderson
Hayman Rickover
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Army
Navy
Air Force
Court Slow Tuesday in Lovington Shapes Local Justice
Lovington settled into a slow court day under City Magistrate Reese Greaves with one city case and one state case heard. Clarence McElroy paid a $5 fine in city court for failing to yield. James Turbett was jailed in JP court after pleading guilty to a $25 fine plus $5 in costs over traffic matters.
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Lovington
Reese Greaves
Clarence McElroy
James Turbett
Guil
Eisenhower Declares Surprise Nuclear Attacks Improbable
President Eisenhower said the United States could not be defeated by a surprise nuclear attack due to its overwhelming military strength and readiness. He warned the nation must stay militarily alert while stressing progress and priority given to missile development since 1954, and that air and bombers will offset any lag behind Russia.
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United States
Justice Department
Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
U. S
Congress
Defense Department
Russia
Badge mix up at Santa Fe raises badge questions
State Police Captain presented a badge to Ed Springer and officials debated whether it was honorary or real. Theodore Van Soelen will investigate the badge granting while the board notes the end of honorary badge practices. Springer, a Republican leader, has clashed with Governor Mechem, who denies involvement.
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Santa FE
S'a‘e
Joe Roach
Ed Springer
Cimarron
Penn Winston
Springer
State Police Board
Theodore van Soelen
van Soelen
Edwin L. Mechem
Mechem
Formosa Strait bombardment active as Red forces shell Quemoy
Defense Ministry spox Adm. Liu Hoh Tu said Communist naval units converged on the Formosa Strait area with 4,000 to 5,000 landing craft in place. They pounded Quemoy with thousands of artillery rounds and targeted islands in Amoy Harbor mouth, while denying airstrip damage rumors amid a multi day bombardment.
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Taipei
Formosa
UPI
Defense Ministry
Adm
Liu Hoh-Tu
Formosa Strait
Quemoy Islands
Liu
Tatan
Erhtan
Amoy Harbor
Quemoy
British Banks Offer Unsecured Personal Loans at 5 Percent
Midland Bank announces unsecured loans up to 1400 for good steady customers at 5 percent interest effective next Monday. Other major British banks expect to follow, widening credit access and likely lowering rates from finance companies.
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London
UPI
Britain
Lord Monckton
The
Midland Bank
Midland
U. S
Skeptic Burnet Doubts Imminent Cancer Cure
Sir McFarlane Burnet, returning from conferences in London Stockholm and Toronto, says it is highly improbable a cancer cure will be found. He notes progress in easing suffering but warns against expectations that a cure is just around the corner.
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Sydney
Australia
UPI
McFarlane Burnet
London
Stockholm
Toronto
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Artesia Rocks
Cardinals Again
Winford Carlile
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C. E. Jackson
Chamber
C. L. Mears
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