Eisenhower trip hailed as peace mission by world crowds
Merriman Smith and Stewart Hensley report on Eisenhower’s 19 day, 22 000 mile journey. Madrid praised him as sales man of the peace New Delhi signs called him prince of peace in Morocco Berber tribemen greeted Ike with a simple peace sign. The reporters, weary but convinced the trip advanced peace and friendship in freedom with both gains and future challenges.
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UPI
White House
Stewart Hensley
State Department
Prsident Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Washington
Madrid
ABC
India
New Delhi
Morocco
Ike
Eisenhower Tour Highlights In India And Paris Summit
The President's lengthy trip to promote peace drew adoring crowds in India where Jawaharlal Nehru and locals welcomed him as "The American King." In Paris, the Western Big Four invited Nikita Khrushchev for an April 27 meeting, signaling cautious diplomacy amid Cold War tensions.
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United States
India
Paris
Eisenhower
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nikita Khrushchev
Ike Gets Mass Consumption
Smith argues Ike’s foreign tour was a major success to mass audiences across three continents. He notes many crowds were genuine though some were manufactured and warns adulation raises expectations that Congress may not back in a national election year.
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Smith
Taj Mahal
Palace Lancers
New Delhi
Eisenhower
Ameri
Mother of City Druggists Dies
Funeral services for Mrs. R. L. Benge, mother of John Benge of Lovington, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Methodist church in Truth or Consequences. She suffered a stroke Tuesday night and died.
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R. L. Benge
John Benge
Lovington
Methodist Church
Traffic Toll At 442 Albuquerque Death Toll Rises
A six year old Albuquerque boy Weslie Wasson died from internal injuries suffered in a December 18 accident. The incident raised the highway death toll to 42, with James G. Bacher, 22, not charged by city police.
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Albuquerque
Weslie Wasson
James G. Bacher
Last Rebel Williams Buried at 117 the Last Civil War Veteran
Walter Old Red Williams 117, last Civil War veteran, honored at memorial services with blue and gray soldiers. Fife and drum corps from Mount Vernon Ohio played Dixie Johnny Reb and Battle Hymn of the Republic. Funeral at South Main Baptist Church followed by burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery Franklin Texas.
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UPI
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Old Red) Williams
Texas Brigade
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Dixie
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Eisenhower
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U.S
South Main Baptist Church
Williams
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Franklin
Tex
Nativity Program Draws 700 Plus Fans on Lovington Square
More than 700 people attended the nativity program on Lovington square as the event opened with scripture and music at six scenes. Rev. Bob Lindley led the Lovington Ministerial Alliance in arranging the event and commended city police for crowd and traffic control.
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Bob Lindley
Lovington Ministerial Alliance
Church of the Nazarene
J. R. Morgan
Chamber Nativity Committee
James Robinson
H. L. Padget
Beta Lambda
Beta Sigma Phi
Medicine Costs Beat Doctor Fees in 1st Time in U S History
UPI reports Americans spent 4.3629 billion dollars on medicines and medical appliances last year, surpassing nearly 4.3 billion paid to physicians. Private health spending reached about 16.4 billion, with hospital bills at 5.1 billion, much insured.
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Washington
UPI
America
Khrushchev Influence Felt At Western Summit Talks
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev acted as a fifth participant at the Western summit with Eisenhower and the leaders of Britain France and West Germany. A Moscow backed message stressed peace and a published Khrushchev letter to Adenauer warned of a price for German settlement tied to disarmament. Western leaders insisted negotiations proceed from strength and linked political settlements with disarmament as lines form for a possible spring summit.
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Eisenhower
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Soviet Union
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Russia
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Paris
Germany
Shepard Announces Bid to Regain New Mexico Land Commissioner Post
Former Land Commissioner Guy Shepard, 53, announced his candidacy in the 1960 Democratic primary to regain the land post held by Murray Morgan who cannot seek another term. Shepard, a 30-year veteran of state politics, served as state land commissioner 1949-52 and state treasurer 1943-47, and has lived in Farmington since 1955. He faces Ernest W. Bain, the first to announce for the $12,500 post, with filing and primary dates in the 1960 election calendar referenced.
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Farmington
UPI
Guy Shepard
Shepard
Murray Morgan
State Land Office
Santa Fe
Dalhart
Tex
Union County
N.M
Lea County
State
State Oil Conservation Commission
John E. Miles
San Juan County
Democratic Party
Pauline Brown
Ernest W. Bain
State Finance Office
New Mexico
Mild temperatures contrast with Christmas snow across regions
New Mexico awaits more snowy prospects while Madison Wisconsin reports eight inches and New York City records seven inches. Early morn lows vary from 14 in Raton to 37 in Glenwood as skies range from clear to cloudy across the state.
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Wis
New York City
Vaughn
mid-Rio Grande Valley
Raton
Glenwood
Las Vegas
Columbus
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Hobbs
Zuni
British Officials See Brief Paris Summit as Likely
London sources predicted the April summit in Paris will be short just four or five days with limited chance for concrete results. They expect follow up meetings in a continuous chain of summits while noting a tight diplomatic calendar including May Day in Moscow and the Commonwealth prime ministers conference opening May 3.
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UPS
Paris
Harold Macmillan
Geneva
Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Macmillan
Knitting Needles Used as Colorful Plant Stakes
Craft tip shows knitting needles repurposed as sturdy plant supports. Insert the pointed end into soil and tie the climbing plant to the needle to guide growth and add color to the garden.
Victim of Crash Has Kin In City
Mr and Mrs Bud Beavers of 1402 West Polk left for Texas after word of the death of his nephew Donald Ray Haney 23 of Snyder. Haney and his wife Barbara died in a head on collision near Snyder Tuesday night. Also killed were Robert J Bearden of Snyder a Haney passenger and M Sgt and Mrs Elmo Carrell Buford and daughter of Altus Oklahoma. Funeral services are pending in Snyder for Mr and Mrs Haney.
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West Polk
Texas
Donald Ray Haney
Snyder
Haney
Barbara
Robert J. Bearden
Elmo Carrell Buford
Altus
Oklahoma
Wright brother Wright soloed at Whiting Field
Milton Florida Lt Or ville Wright, brother of Wilbur Wright of Doylestown, soloed in a 7 28 at Whiting Field. He stated he is not related to the Wright Brothers of Kitty Hawk fame.
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Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
Doylestown
Whiting Field
Wright Brothers
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