Peiping Radio Announces Discharges For 11 Airmen
Red China says it freed 11 American airmen jailed on spy charges for about two and a half years. A Peiping broadcast in London and Tokyo said a military tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court ordered their release and their immediate departure from Communist China. It remains uncertain when they will regain freedom. The broadcast cited leniency due to decent behavior and noted the airmen were B 29 crewmen shot down near Antung, Manchuria before the Korean War ended.
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Red China
Peiping Radio
London
Tokyo
Supreme People’s Court of Red China
Communist China
Antung
Turnabout Turncoats Deny Army Charges After Homecoming
In Sausalito three 24 year old ex GIs Otho Bell William Cowart and Lewie Griggs deny guilt in a set of crimes including soliciting desertion aiding the enemy and forming on fellow prisoners while awaiting trial under a new military justice statute. They had deserted repatriated to China after dishonorable discharges in 1953 and were arrested upon landing in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Hong Kong
Peiping
North Korea
Fort Baker Guard House
Sausalito
California
Otho G. Bell
Bilsboro
Mississippi
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Georgia
Lewie Griggs
Jacksonville
Texas
Leveland
Cowart
Army
Bell
Emy
Griggs
China
Uniform Code of Military Justice
New Manager Named for Lea County Farm Bureau
Joseph D. Vila was introduced as the new manager of the Lea County Farm and Livestock Bureau at a Thursday meeting in the Lea County Electric Co op building. R E Willingham urged active member participation and private enterprise to promote price supported commodities while Jim Gilstrap outlined recent county activities and three 4 H members demonstrated farm electrical devices and a portable lamp, with entertainment and a preview of next month’s labor focus.
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Lea County Electric Co-op
Lea County Farm and Livestock Bureau
R. E. Willingham
Bureau
Willinghham
Joseph D. Villa
Villa
Pancho Villa
Joe
Jim Gilstrap
Ft. Collins
Colorado
Jim
McDonald
Roy Woodard
Carlton Benham
Roy
Carlton
Bennie Doram
Willingham
George Sumrald
Harrison Back In City Hall
City Manager Bill Harrison was expected in his office this morning after returning home from Lea County Hospital in Hobbs. He said he was sore with broken ribs and bruises from a lumber accident on July 24 but would rather be at work and hoped his wife would be glad he had left the house.
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Bill Harrison
Lea County Hospital
Hobbs
Break-in at Dr Snider’s Office in Lovington Affects $110
Sheriff's report states $110 cash missing from Dr J D Snider’s Lovington office after a July 30 break in. Entry gained via a back sliding door pried with a pinch bar and screwdriver. Two filing cabinets were forced. $70 in checks taken. a box of narcotics moved but nothing missing.
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J. D. Sniders
Lovington
New Mexico Traffic Toll Rises to 174 in 1955
United Press reports two more fatalities raise the year’s highway death toll to 174. Included are Maudie Hott, 53, of El Paso, killed near Alamogordo. driver Acton J. Anselmi and passengers from Fort Bliss. and a Los Alamos man, Joseph Dombelsky, who died after an embankment fall on US Route 64.
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United Press
New Mexico
Maudie Hott
el Paso
Alamogordo
Acton J. Anselmi
Juanita Anselmi
Fort Bliss
Texas
Sgt
Clarence R. Smith
Eugene Whalen
Arthur Phillips
Los Alamos
Taos
Joseph Martin Dombelsky
Pilar Hill
Walter Neal
Drunk Driving Charges for Two Midland Men
On July 30 Clay Hoty of Midland and Martin Travarez were each charged with drunk driving after a motor vehicle incident. Both suspects face standard legal process and potential penalties.
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Clay Hoty
Midland
Martin Travarez
Lovington All Stars win Hobbs Little League tournament
Lovington Little League All-Stars defeated Eun ice 9-2 behind Jerry Brown's four home runs in the Hobbs tournament final. Pat Armstrong Jr. followed two-hit relief to seal the win as Lovington advances to inter-district play at Carlsbad Monday.
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Lovington
Hobbs
Pat Armstrong
Eunice
Jerry Brown
All-Stars
Pat Armstrong Jr
Brown
Armstrong
Jordan
Levington
Carlsbad
Hobbs Nationals
Lovingtonians
Attempts Made To Break In Tatum Grocery
H and H Grocery of Tatum reported an attempted robbery on a Saturday. The front door was pried and the lock sawed but entry was not gained. The back screen was damaged with blood on it and shutters near the air conditioner were tried. No items were stolen. Police believe the thieves were frightened away.
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Tatum Grocery
Tatum
Maxmi
Final Rites Pending For Thomas B Marks
Final rites for Thomas B. Marks 46 of Hobbs are pending the arrival of his remains from Hobbs by plane Monday evening. He was killed instantly in an automobile wreck near Atoka Oklahoma after his Buick hit a cow and overturned. Survivors include his widow two children and his parents. He was a superintendent and vice president of Neville G Penrose Inc and lived at 1018 North Linam Street. The family attended a Fordyce Arkansas reunion before returning to Hobbs.
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Thomas B. Marks
Hobbs
Marks
Fordyce
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Neville G. Penrose, Inc
North Linam Street
Nicky
Anita Sue
James Marks
Touring Farmers Share Mixed Experiences in Russia Visit
American farmers from Iowa tour Russian agriculture meet senior officials and endure lengthy banquets and vodka. Russians add two more state farms to the itinerary while omitting a champagne factory. Back home three Russian delegates explore a Nebraska ranch, escaping Omaha heat by horseback and swimming in a lake in swimwear.
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United Press
Russia
Iowa
Theey
Omaha
Valentine
Television Set Won by McDonald Resident in Shop Giveaway
I C Smrti of McDonald won a television set in a drawing held by Way nes TV Shop. Wayne Clements, the shop owner, presented the prize free of charge.
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I. C. Smrti
McDonald
Waynes TV Shop
Wayne Clements
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