Tornado Outbreak Smashes Midwest Killing 11
News reports confirm 11 deaths across Illinois Missouri and Indiana as a trio of states reels from 23 tornadoes. Mount Vernon Murphysboro and surrounding towns suffer severe damage with dozens injured and power lines down statewide. Governor Straton orders state police to aid the devastated areas.
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Midwest
Mount Vernon
Murphysboro
Sunfield
Ill
Barrington
Missouri
St Louis
Straton of
Ilinois
Chaffee
Sincw
McBride
Demos Challenge Eisenhower On NATO Strength
Senator Mansfield calls Russia superior in ground air and sea. Senator Humphrey urges a concrete list of programs and coordinated economic and political efforts alongside military plans. The dissent comes as NATO forces are reported far below the pledged strength.
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United Press
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Montana
Mike Mansfield
Russia
NATO
Senate
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Pickett probes eight hour rest rule and mandatory driving training
Corporation Commissioner Ingram B. Pickett urged two traffic safety measures for the next legislature. One would require an eight hour rest period for private motorists at ports of entry, enforced by state police after driver rest checks. The other would make high school driving training mandatory in districts with 25 or more pupils, challenging the New Mega Educational Association’s opposition and noting 88 New Mexico high schools already offer courses serving about 4000 students.
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Ois
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pickett
Commis Ner
Mega Educational Association
NMEA
Charles Wood
New Mexico
Russia Leads Missile Race Says Jane's Verdict
Jane's All the World’s Aircraft declares Russia far ahead in guided missiles and space propulsion, with Soviet Sputniks showing a giant stride in spaceflight. It notes surprises in conventional aircraft with new gas turbine engines for transport planes, despite limited missile data.
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Russia
Jane's
London
Morean Will Direct Sale of State Trust Lands in New Mexico
Commissioner Morean E. Morgan will travel to Almogordo on December 23 to personally conduct a sale of three state trust land tracts in Otero County near Dell City. Bids start at 10 a m on the courthouse front steps, with prequalification at the Santa Fe Land Office or the sale morning.
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Santa FE
N. M
Murray E. Morgan
Public Lands
Almogordo
Otero County Court House
State Land Office
Crow Flat
Otero County
Dell City
Texas
Land Office
State of
New Mexico
Highway Toll Claims two More
A two vehicle collision north of Trash or Consequences killed a Socorro couple. Cliff S. DeVaney 54 and his wife Aline 48 died Tuesday night when their northbound car struck a semi. Excessive speed blamed. The road toll for 1957 rose to 413, four from the 1938 record of 417.
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Socorro
Cliff S. DeVaney
Aline
New Mexico
New Moyer Family Moved to West Jackson Street
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Moyer and their four children Suzanne Jan Lana and Steven recently moved to 1014 West Jackson Street from Flager Colorado. Mr. Moyer becomes the new manager of Gambles on the west side of the square and will assume duties January 1.
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Aubrey Moyer
West
Jackson Street
Flager
Colorado
Suzanne
Jan
Lana
Steven
Moyer
Gambles
Louisiana Eyes Death Penalty for Narcotics Dealers
A Louisiana legislative panel weighs the death penalty for adults convicted of selling narcotics to anyone under 21. A federal attorney praised Louisiana and Ohio along with Seattle Baltimore and Honolulu for aggressive narcotics suppression. Ohio reports a 700 percent drop in narcotics violations in one year. Baltimore jailed most violators. Seattle maintains strong pressure. Hawaii reports only two dope arrests last year.
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United Press
Louisana
New York City
Ohio
Seattle
Baltimore
Honolulu
Hawaii
New Vet Advisor Whittier Named VA Administrator
President Eisenhower appoints Summit Whittier former Massachusetts lieutenant governor as Veterans Administration administrator. He will assume office on a recess appointment until Senate confirmation when it reconvenes.
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Eisenhower
Summit Whittier
Massachusetts
Whittier
Senate
Director Wood Denies Carlsbad Teachers Forced To Join NMEA
Charles Wood of the New Mexico Education Association denies reports that Carlsbad teachers were forced to join NMEA or NAEP. He says it violates policy and that teachers are not fired or compelled to join, despite columnist claims of 108 teachers fearing loss of jobs for refusal.
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Wood
Carlsbad
NMEA
United Press
New Mexico Education Association
Gaid
Charles Wood
Will Harrison
Carlsbad School Board
National Educational Education Association
Virgil McCollum
Associ
Hillbilly singer T. Texas Tyler freed on probation
In San Antonio the Hillbilly singer T. Texas Tyler was released on probation after a five year prison term for illegal marijuana possession. He had sought a reduced sentence after pleading guilty in federal court during a tour with the Grand Ole Opry Co. last September.
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San Antonio
T. Texas
Tyler
The
Grand Ove Opry Co
Theft of hubcaps from Jimmy Norris property
Jimmy Norris reports four large Olds 1956 hubcaps stolen from 1808 South Fifth during the 14th or 15th. He had stopped at several locations. subcaps valued at 24 dollars.
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Jimmy Norris
South Fifth
Gies Denied Parole After Six Year Term
Bascom Giles, former state commissioner, was denied parole by the state board after a hearing attended by his younger son Rogan. The two to one vote keeps Giles to serve his six year sentence for involvement in the 1955 veterans land scandal with release not before January 1959.
Defense Department Seeks Death Ray and Foxhole Digger
A 1940s article describes the Defense Department advertising for inventions including a death ray able to strike 500 yards away, a tunneling device to bore rock at half a mile per hour, and a foxhole digger that can bury a Patton tank in under a minute. The push invites inventors to submit through a booklet titled Inventors Wanted by The Armed Forces.
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United Press
Pentagon
Washington
Defense Department
Armed Forces
Atlas Launching Big Step In Missiles Race
The United States fired an Atlas intercontinental missile from Cape Canaveral marking a milestone in the missile race with the Soviet Union. The 90 foot weapon stayed on course for a few hundred miles and could carry a nuclear warhead continent to continent in flights up to 5 500 miles. General Donald Yates hailed the test as a success and a step forward, noting earlier firings were largely successful but destroyed in the air due to malfunctions.
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Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral Missile Test Center
Russia
Donald Yates
Geneva
Yates
Wreck on South Main Avenue B Causes Vehicle Damage
No citations issued after a wreck Wednesday afternoon at South Main and Avenue B. Everett Roy Reynolds, driving a 1957 Ford, sustained 50 damage to the right rear fender. Roy L. Boland, in a Buick, reported 150 damage to the front grill and hood.
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Everett Roy Reynolds
Roy L. Boland
South Main
Avenue B
Theft reported in South Fifth district dress valued at $40
Mrs Adel Parker of 1012 South Fifth reported the theft of a gold knit coverall ladies suit valued at 40 dollars from her locked house between 4 and 5 p.m. on the 17th. The dress was a Christmas gift.
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Adel Parker
South Fifth
Bumper Crop Sparks Record Yield Across Small Acreage
The agriculture department reports a bumper crop with the smallest planted area in 38 years. This year matches the record harvest of last year and 1948 and sets a new all time yield per acre.
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United Press
Agriculture Department
Four Lea County Jail Escapees Plead Guilty in Lovington
Four prisoners who escaped from Lea County Jail on the third floor of the Lovington courthouse entered guilty pleas before Justice Reese Greaves. Each was remanded to jail and minored under 2500 dollars bond as district court action awaits. Names listed are James Jackson I L Lee Cecil er Rinehart and Thomas J Burleson.
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Lea County
Lovington
Justice of Peace
Reese Greaves
District Court
Jack Love
Christmas Cantata This Thursday at High School Gym
The public is invited to a Christmas Cantata Thursday December 19 at 7 30 p m in the high school gym. Admission is free. The Freshman Girls Chorus will perform Shepherds Come Virgin Slumber Song Bethlehem's Lowly Manger and Song of the Angels. The boys Chorus sings As Joseph Was A Walking Born as Jesus in Bethlehem and Patapan. The Girls Senior Chorus presents The Sleigh The Shepherds Story Bethlehem Town and A Star Was His Candle. The Acappella Choir will sing The Night Before Christmas While Shepherds Watched Their Sheep and Let Carols Ring. Directed by Wm Chandler Jr.
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Bethlehem
Joseph
Jesus
Patapan
Dulles Plans Spain Visit After NATO Summit
Secretary of State Dulles will visit Spain on the way home from Paris after the NATO talks. The United States embassy in Madrid says he will meet Gen. Franco and other Spanish officials during the trip.
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United Press
Dulles
Spain
NATO
Paris
United States
Madrid
Franco
Funeral Attendees Honor Dot Wood in Sonora Texas
Mrs. Arthur Scott, Mrs. Nancy Woods, and Mr. and Mrs. George Spires attended the funeral of Dot Wood in Sonora Texas on Tuesday.
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Arthur Scott
Nancy Woods
George Spires
Dot Wood
Sonora
Texas
Tarp Lost Between Plains and Lovington
Norman MacDaniels cleaner reports a 33 foot tarp missing somewhere between Plains and Lovington. A possible loss incident is being investigated.
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Norman MacDaniels
Plains
Lovington
Fire at Hilburn Gin No 2 Causes Burrs Loss
A fire at Hilburn Gin No 2 caused loss of burrs in a bin east of the gin. The blaze occurred at 12 19 Wednesday.
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Hilburn
Russian Proposal Prompts Talks On Cold War Easing
A Soviet plan to ban nuclear bases in central Europe prompts possible new negotiations to ease the Cold War. Bulganin's Peace and Co existence letters suggest mutual limits if the US quits Western bases, while NATO debates missile bases in West Germany and seeks a path to talks.
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Europe
Bulganin
United Nations
United States
Wes Germany
Russia
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Paris
NATO
Soviet Union
Adenauer
West Germany
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Bulgaria
Bukanin
Washington
NATO Summit Endorses American Missiles and Talks on Peace
At a four day Paris meeting NATO leaders approve a Charter of Paris to bolster Western defenses with American missiles and nuclear stockpiles in Western Europe and open the way for peace talks with the Soviet Union. They vow closer coordination, standardization, and enhanced production while exploring disarmament under UN auspices.
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Paris
NATO
Fiield
Europe
Eisenhower
Russia
Paul Henri Spaak
U. S
Pres
Mideast
Africa
Free World
Indonesia
United Nations
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Council
Hubcaps Stolen From 1955 Chevrolet
Lon McKinstry reports the theft of three wire type hubcaps from a 1955 Chevrolet. The loss was discovered about 9:59 Wednesday night.
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Lon McKinstry
V M Chamber Admitted To Lea General Hospital
V M Chambers of Lovington was admitted to Lea General Hospital in Hobbs Tuesday afternoon. He is noted as an early settler in the region.
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V. M. Chambers
Lea General Hospital
Lovington
Lea Ceneral Hospital
Hobbs
Mr. Chambers
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Death Ray
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Ray
Atlas
United States Missile Development
James Jackson
I. W. Lee
Ceciler Rinehart
Thomas J. Burleson
Tarp
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