Countdown To New Year Bets Heavy Traffic And Costs
UPI reports the nation begins a long New Year countdown with heavy travel as 74 million cars are expected to log about 5.28 billion highway miles. NSC cites 340 traffic deaths and 14,000 serious injuries over the weekend. Cities offer varied celebrations and price tags from 37.50 at Cocoanut Grove to 50 per bottle, with 3 a.m. closing hours in New York cabarets and hotel dinners selling out across Detroit Dallas Miami Beach and Denver.
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United Press International
U.S
New York City
National Safety Council
Detroit
Street Railway Department
Los Angeles Cocoanut Grove
New York
el Morocco
Miami Beach
Fontainebleau
Joey Bishop
Dallas
Denver
Brown Palace
Clearer Weather Forecast for New Year Weekend
A weather summary notes mixed precipitation in New Mexico with light snow in Carlsbad, then clearer skies expected for the New Year weekend. Forecasts call for cloudy conditions today with rain or snow, warming trends in the western half, and lows around the upper 20s to 30s with highs near mid 40s.
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New Mexico
San Juan Valley
Otto and
Raton
Glenwood
Lovington
Revenue Chief Sees Smooth Handover As Mechem Takes Office
Santa Fe UPI Revenue Commissioner Robert Valdez said most bureau workers will report for duty as Gov elect Mechem takes over. He recalled chaotic early Burroughs years after mass departures and warned against patronage firings. Valdez noted loyalty to taxpayers and doubted a merit system, citing 1959 law protections. He expects Burroughs to run again in 1962 but won’t rule him out. The highway panel approved a 2.4 mile Lee Hills extension to US 62-180 and NM 18, a $79,627 project by Wiley Brothers to connect Loco Hills and Artesia to Hobbs. They also OK’d a Mike Crow entrance for a curio shop and rejected a Beasley cattle crossing suit. Discussion on county rights of way funding was postponed to Jan 6.
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Santa FE
UPI
Robert Valdez
Edwin L. Mechem
Valdez
John Burroughs
Revenue Bureau
Burroughs
Loco Hills
New Mexico 8
Eddy County
New Mexico 18
Lea County
Artesia
Hobbs
State Department Calls For International Action In Laos
U.S. officials say Laos faces intensified foreign Communist intervention in the civil war with North Vietnam and Red China aiding Red-led rebels. Washington weighs possible actions by UN, an impartial commission, or SEATO as Soviet-backed support grows.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Laos
Viet Nam
Red China
Soviet Union
United States
United Nations
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Prince Boun Oum
Vientiane
Ex-Pentagon employee arrested in secret papers case
Former Pentagon contractor Arthur Rogers Roddey, 38, was booked on charges of stealing government property and executing false affidavits as investigators said he planned to turn about 200 secret defense documents over to the National Security Council. He faced up to 29 years in jail and $42,000 in fines.
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United Press International
Columbia
S.C
UPI
Pentagon
Arthur Rogers Roddey
National Security Council
Defense Department
FBI
Roddey
Washington
Falls Church
Institute of Defense Analysis
New Year’s resolution ideas encouraged by Bishop Creighton
The piece argues resolutions are often mocked but can be meaningful when specific, within one's power. It cites Rt Rev William F Creighton, Episcopal bishop coadjutor of Washington, DC, saying sweeping promises fail and only concrete plans that one can act on work.
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Stoney Hennington
Jack Love
Stoney
Fellows
William F. Creighton
Washington, D.C
Bishop Creighton
New Mexico Maid of Cotton Crowned Second at Memphis
Linda Joy Lackey of Forest Mississippi was chosen 1961 Maid of Cotton after two days of final judging in Memphis. Nancy Sue Gray of Deming New Mexico was named first alternate and Joan Weinke of Lubbock Texas second alternate. Lackey faced onstage mishaps yet kept poise and will fly to New York.
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Memphis
UPI
Linda Joy Lackey
Maid of Cotton
University of Mississippi
Atlantic City
Cotton State
Forest
Nancy Sue Gray
Deming
N. M
New Mexico State University
Joan Weinke
Lubbock
Tex
Miss Lackey
New York
Riots in Brussels as Mounted Police Charge Mob
Anti-government protests in Brussels escalate with mounted police charging 2,000 demonstrators who hurled rocks and smashed windows near Sabena and the central station. At least three rioters injured, two gendarmes hurt, and the king hurried from Spain as the crisis deepens.
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Brussels
Belgium
UPI
Mier
Gaston Eyskens
Sabena
Central Station
Sebena
Baudouin
Spain
Ruch
Socialist Party
Anderson Named Fed Bank Official
Robert O. Anderson, president of Honda Oil and Gas Co. of Roswell New Mexico, to begin duties January 1 as chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Named to the board for three years, he becomes chairman and federal reserve agent for 1961 succeeding Robert J. Smith. Lamar Fleming Jr. of Houston becomes deputy chairman for 1961 and Morgan J. Davis of Houston, Humble Oil president, named director for a three year term beginning January 1.
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Dallas, Tex
Robert O. Anderson
Honda Oil and Gas Co
Roswell, NM
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Federal Reserve
Robert J. Smith
Smith
Lamar Fleming Jr
Houston
Board of Governors
Morgan J. Davis
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Two Killed In Pickup Mishap Near Clayton
Two New Mexico men died when the pickup they rode in overturned six times ten miles south of Clayton on US 18. A Texline youth received minor injuries. Dan ny Sowers 23 of London and William C Canady 34 of Clayton were killed. Junior Davenport 14 was treated for cuts at St Joseph Hospital. State police cited speeds between 80 and 90 mph.
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Clayton Upi
New Mexico
Texas
Here
Texline
Tex
Danny Sowers
London
William C. Canady
Clayton
Junior Davenport
St. Joseph Hospital
Sowers
Canady
Discovery updates from Abo reef and related oil tests
Complete discovery in Abo reef No 1 X New Mexico state section 20 17s 36e flows 545 bpd of 35.9 gravity oil from 9.002 to 9.062 ft with 7,000 gallons acid. gas oil ratio 734 1. Standard Oil of Texas tests Abo via No 3 Vacuum Edge Unit 4 18s 35 with oil flow on two of four tests between 8.354 and 8.940 ft. coring planned at Sun Oil No 1 Hutcherson 9 9s 34e after a 3 hour DST at 9.672 to 9.704 ft. Wayne J Spears Artesia No 1 Kelly 20 19s 30e, a Yates sand discovery 15 miles northeast of Carlsbad, completed to pump 30 bpd oil and 20 bpd water at 1 674 to 1 729 ft after 27 900 gallons roctening.
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Sunray Mid - Continent Oil Company
New Mexico State
West
Lovington Pool
Standard Oil Company of Texas
Sun Oil Company
Hutcherson
Jenkins Wolfcamp Pool
Wayne J. Spears
Artesia
Kelly
Yates
Carlsbad
Red Hills
Eddy County
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