Nuclear test aims to study peaceful use of atom
The United States planned Project Gnome a 5 kiloton underground nuclear test in southern New Mexico 23 miles southeast of Carlsbad to explore peaceful applications such as harbor digging power generation isotope production and ore recovery. Over 500 observers stood five miles north of ground zero as safety precautions limited contact with the site.
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Carlsbad
UPI
United States
New Mexico
Here
Atomic Energy Commission
Ground Zero
Pickup Flips After Crash Near State Route
A 1954 Chevrolet pickup traveling north left the road on the east side after 150 feet and rolled over after another 239 feet. Mrs Sumruk was treated for lacerations and possible broken ribs. The pickup was a total loss and the right front tire of the state police was involved.
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Oral Hospital
Sumruk
Restate
Funeral today for Gladys Irene Harton of Tatum
Funeral services for Mrs Gladys Irene Harton of Tatum are set for today at 2 p m in the First Baptist Church of Tatum. She died Friday in a Houston hospital after a long illness. P D Fullingem of Lubbock will lead the rites, with burial in Tatum Cemetery by Smith Verbro Funeral Home. Casketbearers named. Born 1912 in Tatum, she lived there all her life and belonged to the local First Baptist Church.
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Gladys Irene Harton
Tatum
First Baptist Church
Charlie Pruitt
D. L. Daniels
Horton
Michael
Bill Anderson
Anderson
Colorado Men Draw Sentences
US Judge Waldo Rogers in Albuquerque considers an all time record sentencing in a case involving Colorado men. The report notes the judge weighing lengthy terms as prosecutors seek tough penalties.
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Colorado
Slbuquerque
UPS
Waldo Rogers
Khrushchev Says USSR Holds 100 Megaton Bombs
Premier Khrushchev claimed the Soviet Union possesses nuclear bombs bigger than 100 megatons and that cosmonauts Gagarin and Titov in space ships could deliver them anywhere on earth. He warned the West that such bombs hang over them like the sword of Damocles due to Western lack of comparable weapons.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
West
Berlin
Khrushchev
World Federation of Trade Unions
Paris
NATO Council
Westtern
Romanian Princess To Speak Monday In Lovington
Princess Saradja born in Romania in 1893 will discuss Life Behind the Iron Curtain at 7 p.m. Monday in the American Legion Building Lovington. She has toured the United States for five years giving talks and is on a Southeast New Mexico circuit sponsored by the American Legion Post.
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Catherine Saradja
Romania
American Legion
Lovington
Saradja
United States
New Mexico
American Legion Post
Jim Gilstrap
Princess Saradja
Radu Kretulescu
Irene Cantacuzene
Europe
France
British Broadcasting Company
England
America
Comfort
Texas
R. Birct
U. S
Hobbs
Katangese Troops Launch Massive Night Drive on UN Positions
U N spokesman reports heavy Katangese assault on Elisabethville with fierce night fighting. Canberra planes reply with cannon fire to halt the attack amid reports of casualties and bombardment across the city. A mercy train is approved to evacuate civilians while Swedish jets strike at Katanga forces and infrastructure.
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William Anderson
United Press International
United Nations
U. N
U.N
Elisabethville
M. Moke
Katanga
Roy Welensky
Ofighbors
Manono
Ojiive
Muyumba
UPI
Neil Smith
AFL-CIO Feuding Factions Seek Truce Before Convention
In Miami Beach, AFL-CIO leaders held behind the scenes talks to resolve major issues and avert a floor fight at the convention. A Hoffa readmission ban and racial bias censure on A. Philip Randolph were among items discussed as the Resolutions Committee drafted compromise positions.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Afl-Cio
Florida
Teamsters
Af-Cio
James R. Hoffa
A. Philip Randolph
Randolph
White Jury Frees Negro in Rape Case in Dallas
An all white district court jury acquitted Negro businessman and ex-dj Anthony Thomas Davis of raping a white British Freedom Rider Pauline Kathleen Sims of London. Sims was not in court for the verdict. Davis expressed gratitude to the jury and his lawyer C B Bunkley Jr. Tessmer led most of the defense but was ill and absent. Remaining names appear in the crowd of observers.
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Dallas
UPI
Diac
Pauline Kathleen Sims
London
Anthony Thomas Davis
Texas
C. B. Bunkley Jr
Charles Tessmer
Davis
Tessmer
Recess Till Monday In Carrillo Trial
A recess until Monday was called in the embezzlement trial of State Rep. Rodolfo Carrillo. Character witnesses filled the final day of defense testimony while prosecutors confronted Carrillo with checks he had written as Dona Ana County clerk. He is accused of embezzling $6,416 in county funds before entering the state legislature.
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Las Cruces
UPI
Rodolfo Carrillo
Carrillo
Dona Ana
Annual Lighting Contest Planned in Lovington
The Kiwanis Club president H. H. Howell announces Lovingtons annual Christmas Home Lighting Contest with five categories for homes yards windows and doors. Businesses are automatically entered. Tipp’s Men’s Store won last year’s Loving Cup. Entry blanks available December 4 with entries due by noon December 19. judging December 19 22 and winners announced December 23.
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Lovington
H. H. Howell
Kiwanis Club
Tipp’s
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
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