Dulles Calls on Free World to Reject Soviet Promises
The State Bureau of Revenue orders an all out crackdown on alleged violations of state cigar and luxury tax laws. A survey to determine the extent of violations begins immediately in Farmington San Juan County. School Tax Director George Case notes the Farmington case as typical.
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Santa FE
State Bureau of Revenue Today
George Case
Farmington
San Juan County
Bureau of Revenue
Case
Thousands Flee to High Ground as Floods Threaten Four States
Nearly 3,000 people fled to higher ground in four states as flood waters rose across the Southwest. About 2,500 more awaited dispatch from Army engineers amid thunderstorms in the Mississippi Valley. Crews worked levees near Shreveport and East Port while forecasts warned of more flooding along the Red River. Governor Chandler mobilized National Guard and requested pumps for Prestonburg. Hail the size of eggs fell near Pueblo as the weather system moved east.
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United Press
Army
Mississippi Valley
Carolina
Kentucky
U.S. Weather Bureau
Levisa
Big Sandy
Prestonburg
Paintsville
Martin
A. B. Happy Chandler
Flen
Prestonrg
Red River
Louisiana
Shreveport
East Port
Pueblo
Colo
Soviet Moves Harden Western Rally To Summit Talks
In Copenhagen the NATO ministerial meeting ended with a united Western stance on a forthcoming summit. Western powers led by the United States Britain and France align against Soviet tactics and set a stronger hand for Moscow talks with Andrei Gromyko. The Soviet reaction denounced Western strength and blamed delays on the alliance while pressing reunification questions.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
NATO
Western Alliance
Russia
U. S
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Reciprocal Auto License Pact Extends Across Three States
The American Municipal Associations report residents of Washington Oregon and Idaho may transfer to another of the three states without purchasing a new auto license until their old plates expire. The three state reciprocal agreement took effect January 1.
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Chicago
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Home loan trend shows new houses funded in 1957
About 35 percent of the home loans closed by the nation's 6,000 savings and loan associations in 1957 financed new homes. The United States Savings and Loan League said the remainder funded existing houses.
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Home Loans
Chicago
Savings and Loan Associations
United States Savings and Loan League
City budget rises for next year amid projected expenditures
City commissioners approved a budget near 41.25 per resident for the next fiscal year with total expenditures up to 618800 subject to State Board of Finance approval. The current year budget was 578720 and salaries plus repairs see notable increases across departments.
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State Board of Finance
James Robinson
National Guard Ordered From Little Rock Arkansas
President Eisenhower ordered withdrawal of federalized National Guard troops at Central High School in Little Rock. The order to Maj. Gen Edwin A. Walker was given by phone about 8:15 a.m. directing withdrawal as of May 29, with summer recess approaching May 28. Governor Faubus avoided committing to May 29 withdrawals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Guard
Central High School
Little Rock
Ark
Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Edwin A. Walker
D. T
U. S .District Court
Orval E. Faubus
Prison Escapee Nabbed by Police
A 49 year old escaped convict was caught by Santa Fe police in Artesia while hitchhiking. Casmiro Garcia, serving 1 to 10 for manslaughter in Roswell, admitted he escaped from a prison work gang and planned to return to Roswell.
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Santa FE
Artesia
Casmiro Garcia
Roswell
Garcia
Albuquerque
Las Vegas
Door Loosened Nothing Taken At Save Way Grocery
An attempted burglary at Save Way Grocery 200 W Avenue D was halted when night watchman R L Klostermeyer found the back door loosened from a top hinge around 1 a m. Police and store operators conducted an intensive search but found no intruder or entry. Operators noted no signs of entry and no cash was missing. About three months earlier the same door was pried and a small cash amount was reported missing. The thefts were later admitted by a young...
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Save Way Grocery
Avenue D
R. L. Klostermeyer
Young Vs
Nicaraguan To Visit New Mexico Farmers
Edgardo Bruno Latino Geronimo Chavez a Nicaraguan 4H club leader will live with farm families in Dona Ana Santa Fe and San Miguel Counties for six months. The exchange is part of the International Farm Youth Exchange program run by the National 4 H Foundation and Cooperative Extension Service to foster understanding through people to people contact.
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Edgardo Bruno Latino R
United States
Nicaragua
New
Mexico
Olin Mathieson Chem
International Farm Youthical Corporation
Latino Geronimo
Jerry) Chavez
Wanced Education In Agriculture
Latino
Dona Ana
Dalgo
Santa Fe
San Miguel
IFYE
Tries
National 4-H Foundation
New Mexico
University of Line
Acne Mas
Michigan
U. Sed
Farmers Seek End to Out of State Labor Recruiting
The Cotton and Labor Committee of the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau urged an early end to Labor Department demands for out of state recruitment by New Mexico farm employers. Eight cotton counties attended the meeting in Alamogordo and endorsed opposing further outside recruitment after initial efforts to hire local workers.
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Alamogordo
Labor Department
New Mexico
Cotton and Labor Committee
New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau
All New Mexico Farm Ranch Employers Association
Labor Dept
Otero
Sierra
Chaves
Eddy
Dona Ana
Socorro
Hidalgo
Luna
Roosevelt Counties
USDA Fixes 1957 Cotton Crop At 10,964000 Bales
The Agriculture Department set the 1957 cotton crop at 10,964,000 bales and valued the crop at about 1.618 billion dollars based on a May 1 price of 29.5 cents a pound. The 1956 crop yielded 2.113 billion dollars with an average price of 31.7 cents. Actuarial ginnings show a 1957 production of 13,310,000 bales versus 1956’s 13,310,000?
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Call for Strong Civilian Outer Space Agency
Washington House Space Committee backs creating a robust civilian space agency with powers rivaling the Atomic Energy Commission. Drafting begins after today’s hearings as leaders push for quick committee action by next week amid Senate doubts over oversight of scientific space exploration.
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Washington
House Space Committee
Hhe
Senate Space Committee
Consel George J. Feldman
House Committee
House Democratic
John W. McCormack
Mass
House
Dog Licensing Sets Record in Lovington April Sales
City records show April dog licenses broke previous highs with most sales after mid month. By last night 88 licenses were sold in the first week of May according to City Clerk Osborn Fisher. Police Chief James Robinson ordered strict enforcement of dog laws after an official warning to owners, with violators to be prosecuted. Officers report few complaints, praise for the crackdown, and a push to remove strays from the city. About 40 dogs have been picked up this month, some destroyed after 72 hours if owners fail to reclaim.
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Osborn Fisher
James Robinson
Robinson
Lovington
Southern Union Plans Expansion in Lovington
Southern Union Gas plans summer expansion in Lovington under local manager Alex White. He notes work will be under contract with unclear start date and cost, replacing lines with larger ones and adding four miles of new line to loop the city, with an announcement on a start date expected next week.
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M. Kindel
Wes Allen
Utility Department
Southern Union
Joe F. Smith
Allen
Southern Union Gas Company
Lovington
Alex White
White
Riy
Weather Forecast for New Mexico
Cloudy east and south with partly cloudy northwest today and Friday Scattered light showers and a few thunderstorms mainly east and south Cooler today and Friday southeast Highs 65 to 75 plus south and 7 higher 85 in southern areas Readings tonight 40 to 50 in north 50 to 60 in south
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New Mexico
Just Some New Words Mother
Washington lawmakers hear playful yet flashy terms in House Space Committee testimony. Definitions include spatiography planetary ecology and astrobiology showing how science discourse can mix whimsy with technical sounding ideas.
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Washington
House Space Committee
Mars
US 66 shows high share of highway fatalities
Highway Department reports one in five fatalities from 1953 to 1957 occurred on US 66. In 1957 there were 880 accidents with 65 deaths and 594 injuries, with fatigue cited as a key factor alongside speed and driver error on the busy corridor.
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Santa FE
State Highway Dept
North Dakota Forum wins Pulitzer for tornado reporting
Fargo Forum staff earned a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished local reporting on a June tornado. City Editor Wallace Lindell organized a two man desk and wrote the lead as staff filed first hand accounts of the disaster with 11 dead. The paper published 24 columns of news and photos by 7:09 am.
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Fargo
N. D
Forum
Wallace Lindell
N.D
Iig
Society
Lindell
Lindely
Black Flag Protest Over Loss of Home to Highway Widening
Dr. P. J. Andreasen of Coolidge New Mexico raises a ten foot sign and a black flag along US 66 east of Gallup to protest the state highway department. He says his home was razed for a four lane project and vows to fly the flag until he gets satisfaction. He previously helped push a McKinley county grand jury inquiry into highway operations.
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Gallup
Here
New Mexico
P. J. Andreasen
Coolidge
N. M
Highway Department
U. S Con
Andreasen
McKinley County
State Highway Department
Jeasen
Grants
Mechem
State Senate
Oil Field Tools Reported Stolen From Warren-Bradshaw Rig 62
Equipment valued at 450 dollars vanished from Warren-Bradshaw rig 62, located 15 miles south of Artesia on the highway. The loss includes a Schaffer type 29 blowout preventer ram set, first noticed after April 1 when the rig moved. A driver and company staff conducted a check to determine loan or movement of the items.
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Warren-Bradshaw
Artesia Highway
Boston burglar steals groceries then fixes own lock
A Dorchester thief took $190 worth of groceries and after smashing a lock installed a new one of his own. The incident prompted police to investigate a break in and theft scene in Boston.
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Boston
Dorchester
Zaineptrapce
Missouri Barge Move Boosts TVA Grain Traffic
Missouri River barge movements expanded steadily and contributed to a 70 percent rise in grain moved by barge into the Tennessee Valley Authority territory, according to the TVA report.
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Missouri
Omaha
Kalamazoo Committee Renamed to Child Guidance Clinic
Kalamazoo Michigan up reports the Michigan Society for Mental Hygiene group adopts the shorter name Kalamazoo Child Guidance Clinic after asking city commission to approve the change due to unwieldy original title. The move aims to reflect its focus on child welfare and guidance services.
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Kalamazoo. Mich
Kalamazoo
The
Michigan Society For Mental Hygiene
Dulles Urges West to Reject Soviet Peace Promises in Berlin
In Berlin Secretary of State John Foster Dulles urged the free world to reject alluring Soviet peace promises, arguing it would be reckless to concede to the Soviets on word alone. He affirmed U S armed presence in Berlin, recalled President Eisenhower's authority, and praised Berliners while noting past Soviet reversals like Austria.
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Berlin
Eisenhower
Tempelhof
Dulles
NATO
Copenhagen
Russia
Austria
AWOL Suspect Held by County in Louisiana Case
J. D. Nipp, a desertion suspect from the U S Army, is held in county jail awaiting a federal marshal after admitting to leaving the service last December 14. Bond denied. Arrested on a farm between Lovington and Tatum. Juvenile Weldon Hughes ordered to pay $5 costs for an auto scooter incident. Jessie Holquin and Kay Mexia fined $10 and costs for illegal license plates. Maxine Dale fined $10 for expired license and following too closely. F A Houston paid $10 and costs for speeding. City police brought one accused before the Magistrate. Harry Porter pled guilty to being drunk.
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J. D. Nipp
U. S. Army
Louisiana
Reeves
Lovington
Tatum
Weldon Hughes
Jessie Holquin
Kay Mexia
Maxine Dale
F. A. Houston
Harry Porter
Moss industry in Wisconsin tops 480000 dollars
Moss growing in central Wisconsin, an industry over 100 years old, has become an annual 480000 dollar business. Farmers harvested about 300000 bales last year, growing sphagnum moss used to hold water around plant roots during shipment.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Life tenure for Sharon town clerk and accountant
Charles E. Collins, a wheelchair user with a wife and 11 year old son, was granted life tenure as town clerk and town accountant by local voters in Sharon Massachusetts, ending the need for future elections.
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Sharon
Mass
Charles E. Collins
Collins
Kent Exhibition Draws 160000 In Leningrad
Moscow Radio reports more than 160000 people visited an eight week display of pictures and drawings by American artist Rockwell Kent in Leningrad during the Soviet Union tour.
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Soviets
London
Rockwell Kent
Leningrad
Moscow Radio
Cabinet Streamlines U S Aid in Lebanon After Defeat
Beirut Lebanon The Lebanese cabinet approved measures to streamline the U S aid program in Lebanon following the defeat of a minority bid to cancel the aid. The move comes as authorities seek to maintain assistance while addressing local concerns and coordination with American partners.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U. S
Americans Buy Bulldogs in London at High Prices
Americans have emerged as a major market for English bulldogs in London with prices reaching as high as 2800 dollars per dog. The report notes strong demand among buyers from the United States and lists sellers catering to this international trade.
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London
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