China accuses Russia of conspiring with West on nuclear ban
China’s NCNA dispatch broadcast by Radio Peking in Tokyo accuses the Soviet Union and Western powers of plotting to block China’s nuclear program. Beijing claims Khrushchev opposed a partial nuclear test ban and says the United States aims to maintain a nuclear weapons monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPC
China
Soviet Union
Peking
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United States
Communist New China News Agency
NCNA
Radio
U.S
Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Kennedy
Mansfield
White House
Montana
Democrat
Moscow
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Sen
Bourke Hickenlooper
China Feared On Sabotage Effort
United Press International reports cautious signs that China may plan a new attack against India as it tensions with the Soviet bloc rise. Observers note potential moves in Vietnam and Laos and intensified bombardments near Quemoy and Matsu amid reported leadership split with Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Hensley
United Press International
Russia
India
Peking
Viet Nam
Laos
Quemoy
Matsu
Congressmen Attack JFK Rail Plan in Hearings
Congressional members clash over President Kennedy’s bid to let the Interstate Commerce Commission take over the rail dispute. Rep Harley Staggers warns of nationalization while Rep John Bennett urges more bargaining before any ruling. Congress has until August 29 to act on the proposal.
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Washington
UPD
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harley O. Staggers
Dw.va
H. E. Gilbert
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
England
Staggers
John Bennett
R-Mich
Congress
Afl—Cio
George Meany
Senate House Committee
Kidney transplant seems successful for boy in Denver
Larry Stern of Houston underwent a five and one half hour kidney transplant at Colorado General Hospital after his diseased kidneys were removed. The donor kidney from his mother is functioning. doctors warn of possible rejection in two weeks. His sister Darthea Stanton, 15, of Bedford Texas, also in good condition after a transplant from her mother Marie Stanton.
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Denver
Larry David Stern
Houston
Colorado General Hospital
Young Stern
Mary Stern
Bedford
Tex
Marie Stanton
Temperatures Yesterday Reported
Yesterday saw a low of 65 degrees at 4 AM and a high of 91 degrees at 2 PM as the day warmed through afternoon.
Senate backs civil rights measures amid southern protests
The Senate manpower subcommittee endorsed two civil rights bills connected to Kennedy's larger program. One expands funding for job retraining and literacy, lowering age eligibility, while leaders noted broad support with no gimmicks tied to the treaty.
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Steven Gerstel
United Press International
Washington
UPD
Kennedy
Senate
Senate Manpower Subcommittee
Congress
Clark
House Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Jim Gregory Dies Monday in Louisiana
Jim Gregory 27, formerly of Lovington, died Monday night in a New Orleans hospital where he was treated for encephalitis. He is survived by his wife and four children. his brother Jack Gregory of 918 W Gore St and family moved from Lovington after learning of his illness. Funeral services are set for today in Columbia, Louisiana, under Reiser Funeral Home.
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Jim Gregory
Lovington
New Orleans
Gregory
Jack Gregory
W. Gore St
Columbia
Reiser Funeral Home
Jack
17 Nation Disarmament Talks Reopen In Geneva
The 17 nation disarmament conference reconvened in Geneva after a six week recess with pledges from the United States and Soviet Union to seek a East West settlement. Talks focused on a peace pact linking the Atlantic alliance and the Warsaw Pact amid optimism about a broader agreement. Tsarapkin urged placing the East West pact first while noting other possible topics such as budget reductions and verification methods. Stelle expressed cautious optimism and emphasized good faith in broader understandings.
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John A. Callcott
United Press International
Geneva
UPD
Soviet Union
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United States
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Charles C. Stelle
Labor Official Calls Bracero Program a Betrayal of U.S. Workers
Labor Undersecretary John Henning urged burying or revising the Mexican bracero law, saying the program harms U.S. workers. A priest for the National Catholic Rural Life Conference backed domestic recruitment while criticizing exploitation in the wage program. The Senate seeks to block extensions. the House already rejected a two year stay. About 114000 braceros were on U.S. farms as critics press for reform.
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Washington
UPI
John H
U.S
Henning
Senate Migratory Labor
U. S
James L. Wizzard
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Senate
House
Harrison A. Williams
D J
Subcommittee
United States
Labor Department
Carlsbad Woman Dies In Highway 66 Crash
A Carlsbad woman, Blanche Ralston, 49, was killed when two cars collided on U S Highway 66 east of Grants. Ralston was thrown 57 feet through a windshield. her husband Emil Ralston, 54, was uninjured. The other driver, Mary Fryer, 45, from Mount Pleasant Iowa, also escaped unharmed.
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Grants
UPI
Carlsbad
Emil Ralston
Mary Fryer
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
U S and North Korea clash leaves six soldiers dead
American troops and South Korean police killed four North Korean infiltrators in two skirmishes near the DMZ. An American soldier Cpl. Georges F. Larson Jr., 24, of Davison Michigan, and a South Korean policeman died in the fighting. The incident marks a spike in tensions in Asia attributed to Red Chinese campaigns.
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Samuel Kim
United Press International
Seoul
UPD
Pentagon
Georges F. Larson Jr
Davison
Mich
U.S. State Department
Asia
Demilitarized Zone
United Nations Command
UNC
U.S
Munsan- Ni
Larson
Korea
Le a County Cotton Meeting and Korea Ambush Report
Lea County growers of Acala cotton urged to attend a 1 p.m. meeting at the Lea County Courthouse basement. The Southwestern Irrigated Cotton Growers Inc of El Paso to present a handling proposal. Separately UNC described North Korean ambushes near Munsan Ni triggering full combat alert for U S forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County
Southwestern Irrigated Cotton Growers, Inc
el Paso
Acala
Southwestern
Lea County Crop Improvement Association
Jim Gilstrap
R. T. Hoover, Inc
Gammons Sentenced For Armed Robbery In Hobbs
Walter Joseph Gammons, 24, of Greenville NC, received a 10 to 10 year sentence after pleading guilty to armed robbery for holding up the Safeway Store in Hobbs. Judge Caswell Neal of Carlsbad presided as other arraignments occurred in separate cases.
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Walter Joseph Gammons
Greenville
N. C
Gammons
Safeway
Hobbs
Caswell S. Neal
Carlsbad
Neal
Kermit Nash
Lea County
William Willis Glenn
Otis Lee Harrell
Kermit Man Dies While Visiting Here
Phil and Jones Chalcoat, 82, of Kermit Texas died Monday afternoon at Lovington Lea General Hospital while visiting his granddaughter Nancy McKnight at 412 West Avenue. Born October 16 1880 in Tennessee he is survived by Nora Lee his wife two sons R L Chilcoat Lovington and J P Chilcoat Midland one daughter Pauline Gibson Abilene one sister Rebecca Hill Cross Plains seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Phil and Jones Chalcoat
Kermit, Texas
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Nancy McKnight
W. Ave
Dublin
Texas
Mr. Chilcoat
Tennessee
Nora Lee
Kermit
R. L. Chilcoat
Lovington
J. P. Chilcoat
Midland
Pauline Gibson
Abilene
Rebecca Hill
Cross Plains
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Lee Ann Cayton
Jack Cayton
George Montgomery
Jim Carlton
House Commerce Committee
ICC
Georgia
Carl E. Sanders
Sanders
Senate Commerce Committee
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Robert F. Kennedy
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ervin
Louisiana
Nation
Stelle
Tsarapkin
Germany
Blanche Ralston
Frank J. Davis
Hobs
Kermit Man
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