Pflimlin Resigns In Bitter Night Session
Paris UPI reports Premier Pflimlin submitted his resignation to President Coty after a chaotic General Assembly session. Coty halted acceptance pending a new government as de Gaulle was urged to return and form a cabinet to avert a possible military or Communist move.
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Paris
UPI
Rene Coty
Charles de Gaulle
France
Foree
Elysee Palace
Coty
Pierre Pflimlin
General Assembly
Pflimlin
de Gaulle
Colombey- Les-Deuxeglises
Senate
Gaston de Monnerville
Socialist Party
Guy Mollet
Jay
Catholic Popular Relay
Catholic Popular Reican Mrp
Pierre Henrin
Mollet
Pinay
Teitgen
Gaulle
Four-Cent Stamp To Go Into Effect August First
The four cent stamp for local and out of town letters will take effect August 1. President Eisenhower signed a bill raising both postage rates and wages. First class letters rise from 3 to 4 cents and air mail from 6 to 7 cents. He called some provisions problematic especially the plan to charge treasury for postal costs rather than users.
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Washington
Treasury
New Satellite Fails To Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL The 2 inch satellite atop the Vanguard rocket failed to reach orbit Tuesday night the Navy announced. Vanguard director Dr John P Gagen said the rocket functioned through three stages but no orbit was achieved though the satellite's radio signal suggested otherwise. He noted the scientific package reached high altitude and the telemetry should yield valuable data. Dr Richard W Porter echoed the statement from Washington.
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Cape Canaveral
Vanguard
Navy
John P. Gagen
Vanguard Project
Antigua Island
Bwi
Hagen
Richard W. Porter
International Ecophysical Year Satellite Program
Washington
City Budget Up Hobbs Up
City commission approves proposed budget of 1.82 billion to 2.404 billion, an increase of 3149.273 over the current year. The bulk of the rise funds city employees.
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Hobbs
Funeral Rites Held For M. C. Sweat
Marion Cecil Sweat 71 longtime Lovington resident died Monday at Lea General Hospital. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. at Smith Yarbro Funeral Home Chapel. He planned to retire as a Lovington School bus driver after 19 years. Survived by wife Ethel, six children, 18 grandchildren, two great grandchildren. interment in Lovington Cemetery.
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Smith- Yarbro
Marion Cecil Sweat
Lovington
Lea General Hospital
Sweat
Cecil, Jr
Denver City
Tex
Floyd Wilcox
Norco
Calif
Bryan Fort
Tatum
Robert H. Sweat
Houston
Clyde Eleverett
Hobbs
M. C. Benge
Billie Beauchamp
J. C. Quarles
Hillcrest Baptist Church
Joe Tarry
Clyde Lister
Henry Griffin
Shorty Smith
Gaston Taylor
Wandall Wilks
Mr. Sweat
Lovington Cemetery
Final Rites Planned for C. G. Sharp in Rochester
Charlie Girard Sharp 56 died in a hospital around 8 30 Monday night. Final rites set in Rochester Texas with burial there Thursday. He was a maintenance engineer for El Paso Natural Gas and lived in Eunice eight years. Survivors include wife Nettie three sons C E Sharp Tucumcari D W Sharp Andrews TX and C D Sharp Pampa TX four daughters Lucille Littlepage Jal Ruby Hubbard Fort Worth Velma Lusk Moncnie AZ and Odessa Lewis Notrees one brother D A Sharp Rochester two sisters Bertie Poe Knox City and Ina Rogers Goree and mother Mary Sharp of Rochester. He belonged to the Masonic Lodge at Rochester and First Baptist Church. His body was moved from Hobbs to Rochester Wednesday.
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Charlie Girard Sharp
Rochester
Texas
el Paso Natural Gas Company
Eunice
Nettie
C. E. Sharp Tucumcari
D. W. Sharp
Andrews
C. D. Sharp
Pampa
Lucille Littlepage
Griffin
Hobbs
Mochester
Court Refuses to Rehear Case from Lovington
The New Mexico Supreme Court refused to rehear a damage case arising from a 1956 Lovington automobile accident. The Lea County district court had awarded L. H. Terry $10,000 for injuries caused by L. A. Biswell, but Judge J. R. Brand set aside the verdict, a decision later overruled by the high court with instructions to render judgment. The court then denied a motion to reconsider its action.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Supreme Court
Lovington
High Court
Lea County District Court
District Court
L. H. Terry
L. A. Biswell
J. R. Brand
Brand
Terry
Supreme Court
Landscape gardening course at New Mexico A and M
Clarence Watson assistant in agronomy at New Mexico A M will help conduct the course in landscape gardening at Homemaker College June 2 5. He will discuss mowing fertilizing and watering of lawns and growth characteristics of warm and cool season grasses.
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Las Cruces
UPI
Clarence
Watson
New Mexico A&m
Homemaker College
Scouts to Camp Grants Ups
More than 49 boy scouts from the Manzane district will hold their annual four day camporee starting June 6 on the Arthur Bibo Ranch east of here. District Chairman Lt. Col Vernard Fitzgerald of the Strategic Air Command said the site is ideally situated and has all a-
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Manzane
Arthur Bibo
Here
Vernard Fitzgerald
Strategic Air Command
Leader Corrects Budget Story Error
The Leader apologizes for yesterday’s report on Lea County budget figures. The corrected figures show a total of 2,874,913 for the 1958 59 fiscal year including taxes and tax credits. the budget was cut by over 1,000,000 from 1957 58 due to courthouse completion.
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Lea County
Dismissal Sought In $50,000 Suit Against Trimble Yantis
A motion to dismiss the $50,000 damage suit filed against sheriff elect Alex Trimble and L N Yantis was filed by Melvin Neal. The plaintiffs claim ridicule and embarrassment from actions linked to Trimble and Yantis and campaign materials could justify removal from office. Clerk William Beauchamp indicated arguments may be heard next week or at the next court term.
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Alex Trimble
L. N. Yantis
Melvin Neal
Neal and Neal
Hobbs
Trimble
Yantis
J. G. McAdoo
McAdoo
William Beauchamp
Child Escapes Car Injuries Near Tragedy Averted
Billy E. Martin 26 of West Avenue N turned his pickup to the curb to avoid a collision with eight year old Ronnie Red who rode a bike from a driveway on Main street. Ronnie escaped unharmed with minor scrapes as Martin was charged with driving without a valid license.
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Billy E. Martin
West Avenue
Martin
Main Street
Ronnie Red
No. Love
Ronnie
Roswell Police to Acquire Five New Cars
Roswell police department will receive five new cars as the city moves to upgrade its fleet. The city manager is authorized to advertise bids to be opened at the next regular city council meeting.
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Roswell
School Year Ends Peacefully at Central High
Ernest Green became the first African American to graduate from Central High School in Little Rock as police and National Guardsmen maintained order after ceremonies. The year featured riots bomb threats and federalized guard surveillance, yet the graduation proceeded with 4010 attendees and no major incidents.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Central High School
Ernest Green
Green
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Announce New Lea Locations Across Oil Fields
New Lea locations listed by multiple operators including Ohio Oil Company Slate McDonald Cabot Carbon Atlantic Refining Co and Lowe Land Co with drill sites identified by section township and range. Entries mention undesignated sea drill 5000 and 18900 barrel retentions and notes from Caprock Queen and McAlester fuel.
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Ohio Oil Company
Slate McDonald A/ct
South Eunice — Lea
Carper
Queen
John H. Trigg
Caprock Qn
Chaves
Cable Queen
Cabot Carbon
State of New Mexico
McAlester Fuel Co
Dew
Mechem Blames Dems for Sabotage of Eisenhower Team
New Mexico Governor Edwin L. Mechem accuses holdovers from the Democratic regime of sabotaging the Eisenhower administration. He says GOP funds from the Lincoln Day dinner are being withheld and vacancies filled before the state party learns of them. Mechem cites patronage and questions whether Republicans control Washington.
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Albuquerque
Edwin L. Mechem
Eisenhower
Mechem
GOP
National Committee
New Mexico
F. P. Tony Llewellyn
Robert McKinney
Santa Fe
International Atomic Agency
Washington
Republican National Committee
Truman Should Have Read Stevenson Speech on Cruise
Washington UPI reports Harry Truman should have carried Adlai E. Stevenson's Chicago speech on his Mediterranean cruise. The memoir passages reveal Truman's view that Stevenson slighted him, critiquing Stevenson's campaign moves, party ties, and 1952 Harriman bid amid 1956 convention maneuvering.
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Truman
Stevenson
Washington
UPI
Harry Truman
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Aflcio
Walter P. Reuther
Trunan
Eisenhower Warns Against Overly Optimistic Economic Hopes
President Eisenhower cautions that a full economic upturn is not imminent despite some positive indicators. He notes durable goods sectors lag, rejects immediate tax cuts, and stresses maintaining a stable dollar and living costs while pursuing limited reforms for small businesses. He refuses to define a clear date for a recovery.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
United Press International
Congress
$50,000 Damage Suit Filed in Portales
James Gober files a $50,000 damages suit alleging injuries from a drilling rig puncturing a high tension line near Portales. The suit names the responsible party and seeks recovery for medical costs and damages.
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Portales Ups
James Gober
Tito Wins Big Victory in Feud With Khrushchev
Foreign News analysis notes Tito appears to have won a major clash with the Soviet Union as Khrushchev toasts Tito on his 66th birthday. The piece traces Tito’s defiance, Stalinists’ opposition, and shifts in Yugoslav Soviet relations amid post Stalinist liberalization.
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Tito
Charles M. McCann
UPI
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Russian Communist Party Presidium
World Communist Movement
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Communist League of Yugoslavia
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Russia
Josef Stallin
Belgrade
Stalin
Soviet Union
Poland
Hungary
NATO
Three Air Force Pilots Die In Clovis Collision
Three Air Force pilots were killed when two jets collided near Cannon AFB during landing as one attempted an emergency landing for radio failure. Victims: Captain William R. Gilmore 30 Interlaken NY First Lieutenant Leslie T. Ikeda 28 Honolulu HI and First Lieutenant William R. Jarman 24 North Arlington VA, all under visual flight rules.
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Clovis
N. M. Upi
Air Force
Cannon Air Force Base
William R Gilmore
Interlaken
Leslie T. Ikeda
Honolulu
Hawaii
William R. Jarman
U. S. Military Academy
North Arlington, Va
Expect Radical Change In Highways By 1968
A 1950s outlook predicts New Mexico highways will be largely upgraded by 1968 with extensive four lane interstates and fewer stop lights. The piece forecasts safer, cheaper travel, broader rural access, and growing economic impact, while noting funding limits and potential shocks from war, inflation, or downturns.
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New Mexico
Funeral services for Mrs Bessie E Adamson
Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m Thursday at Griffin Chapel Hobbs for Mrs Bessie E Adamson 58 who died in hospital late Monday A member of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints will officiate Burial will follow in Memory Gardens Mrs Adamson had lived in Hobbs three years moving from Kansas She is survived by her husband Henry W Adamson who is in charge of the sprinkling system in the Hobbs schools
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Griffin Chapel
Hobbs
Bessie E. Adamson
Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints
Memory Gardens
Adamson
Kansas
Henry W. Adamson
Sounded Fishy Without Doubt
AUGUSTA Ga. UPI Merch ant Sam Bruce grew suspicious after reading the check and the signer's address. Bank officials verified the check, but Bruce noted the customer lived on Dead Man's Alley in Langley and used the name Blue Monday.
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Augusta Ga
UPI
Sam Bruce
Bruce
Dead Man’s Alley
Langley
Weather Brief for New Mexico Mountains and Southeast
A few afternoon and evening thunderstorms develop in the mountains and southeast, with thundershowers possible in the northeast. Clearing tonight and Thursday with fair conditions.
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New Mexico
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C. G. Sharp
Gov. Mechem
Demos
Pannell
H. C. Pannell
Parnell
Tee Frank E. McKinney
Indiana
Spring‘field
Dayton Moore
Lebanon
L. D. Wilson
Santa FE Upi
Tucumcari
Gallup
Arizona State Line
Lordsburg
Raap
el Paso
Mrs. Adamson
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