Honor Student Denied Naval Commission Over Mother’s Past
Eugene Landy, 21, top student at Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy, said to be denied a Naval Reserve commission because his widowed mother was a Communist during World War II. He asserts loyalty and signed a sworn statement denying any subversive ties. Naval officials refuse to disclose the decision basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Landy
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point New York
Landy
Daughters of the American Revolution
Academy
Naval Reserve
Naval
Arraignments in Lovington Court Day
District Judge Roy Anderson presided in Lovington as multiple defendants faced pleas on forgery rape DWI burglary and other charges. Notable actions included guilty pleas for some and not guilty pleas for others with bonds set and court-appointed counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Roy Anderson
Carlsbad
John Brand
Elisha McCullough
Lowell Stout
James Melvin Jones
L. J. Hardaway
Bood
J. W. Neal
Joseph C. Berger
Neal
Giraud
W. W. Riddle
W. 5
Martin
Riddle
Jimmy Maxwell Decker
Col Mack Easley
Hobbs
Walter Bruce Cobb Jr
Dewey Leach
Teonia Jones
W. S. Martin
Warren Brie. Stanfield
Alexander
Bond
Leon Walker
Col Bailey
Louie Dennis Hillard
Henry J. Hilliard
Man Fights Cabbie Jailed On Two Charges
Milton Russell Blackwell 42 of 500 W Byers Hobbs was jailed by Hobbs police on the day on charges of being drunk and fighting at the City Cab stand on South Turner Street. A cab driver said the man refused to leave a cab and fought when asked to exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Russell Blackwell
W. Byers
Hobbs
Turner St
Accident At Los Alamos Closes Part Of Laboratory
About 150 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory employees were sent home after a radioactive material incident late Wednesday. No injuries were reported and officials said the exposure involved a polonium source but in amounts not dangerous. The west wing workers were sent home first as a precaution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Alamos
New, Mexico
Los Alamos _ Scientific Laboratory
Norris E. Bradbury
Safeway Pleads Innocent To Monopoly Charge
Three defendants in the Safeway monopoly suit at Fort Worth entered pleas of innocent. Arraignment occurred in Fort Worth Federal District Court. Defendants include Safeway Stores Incorporated Lingan Warren Safeway president Early Cliff manager of Safeway's Dallas division. The indictment cites two Sherman Act violations and one Robinson Patman Act violation. Attorneys Clark Kemble Marshall represent the defendants. Judge Joe Be Dooley extended motions deadline to September 19.
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Safeway
Fort Worth
Safeway Stores, Incorporated
Lingan Warren
Early Cliff
Dallas
Robert L. Clark
Ramsey Clark
George C. Kemble
Elton Marshall
Kansas City
Missouri
Joe Be Dooley
George Hoteling laid to rest in Lovington
Oldtime Hobbs resident George Ira Hoteling died at his home 313 N Linam after several months illness at age 72. He was born November 3, 1882 and was a longtime member of LOC C F Lodge. Survived by sister Mrs G W Branthouse and brother John Hoteling. Services at Griffin Chapel at 2 30 p m officiated by Rev Cyril Stone with Oddfellow rites. Burial beside his wife in Lovington.
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Hobbs
N. Linam
George Ira Hoteling
Mr. Hoteling
Loc.c.f. Lodge
G. W. Branthouse
Summers, Ill
John Hoteling
Mt Pleasant
Mich
Griffin Chapel
Cryil Stone
Lovington
Liquor Inspector Resigns After Tax Violation Conviction
Canute Martinez of Espanola resigns as New Mexico State Liquor Inspector after disclosure of a 19 year old conviction for possessing non taxed liquor. Martinez, a former Rio Arriba County sheriff, had begun work with six new inspectors and initially denied the charges before admitting them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Canute Martinez
Espanola
John F. Simms
Martinez
Rio Arriba
Iowa Doctors Rap Little League Ball
The Journal of the Iowa State Medical Society criticizes Little League Baseball for exploiting children for adult amusement. It claims boys are pressured to work beyond their development, with practice stretching into dinner hours and youths pushed to make teams to avoid parental disapproval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Iowa State Medical Society
Medical Journal
Jal Couple Sues for Damages After 1955 Car Crash
Doyal R. Avery and Wanda Joye Avery file in Lovington district court seeking damages from J. F. Howard over a January 13 1955 collision at El Paso Drive. Alleged causes include failure to yield speed excess and improper brakes. Mrs. Avery claims serious injuries including arm ankle and back operations. The Averages seek 20000 plus 2500 for medicals and loss of services 600. Other actions include multiple divorces and a quiet title suit and support claim filed with Colorado state cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Doyal R. Avery
Wanda Joye Avery
J. F. Howard
el Paso
Howard
Avery
Don Mayo
Judith Mayo
A. K. Wood
Jewell Wood
Charles IL. Smith
Beva Lou Smith
Orvil Darick
Vilda Darick
Marshall Parker
Leona Apprel
Paul Apprel
Record
Hobbs
James Oilwell Service Co
Colorado
Bulganin Says Press Misinterpreted Him
Soviet Premier Bulganin told a special session of the Russian Parliament that Russia is prepared to examine Eisenhower's proposal to swap military secrets. He said Western newspapers misinterpreted his earlier remarks and that Moscow would consider the plan with seriousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Kremlin
Northwest Stratocruiser runs off runway at Midway
Sixty eight aboard Northwest Airlines Stratocruiser escaped injury when the four engine jet left the runway at Midway Chicago after landing and crashed through a fence onto the street. Three bystanders in a car were treated for shock at Holy Cross Hospital. Flight 410 came from Minneapolis. crew listed as pilot George Stone co pilot Tom Gibling flight engineer H L Kann flight attendant L L Lee and stewardesses H L Kennedy L J Holden. The incident recalls a Baniff Airlines crash nearby last July 17 that killed 23.
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Northwest Airlines
Midway Airport
Chicago
Holy Cross Hospital
Airlines
Minneapolis
George Stone
Tom Gibling
H. L. Kann
L. L. Lee
H. L. Kennedy
L. J. Holden
Baniff Airlines
Lawmaker Proposes Penalty for Illegitimate Child Rate
New Mexico State Senator Henry Eager of Tucumcari urges a special session to tackle welfare finances and proposes a new crime of penitent iary offense for a woman bearing more than one illegitimate child. Eager argues the state funds encourage illegitimacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Henry Eager
Tucumcari
John F. Simms
Eager
Life Photographers Beaten in Galveston Night Club Incident
Life Magazine photographer Joe Scherschel and writer Hank Suydam were attacked after taking pictures near a Galveston gambling club. Suydam was knocked down multiple times and threatened when films were not surrendered. No charges were filed and police described the heat as minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Life Magazine
Galveston
Life
Joe Scherschel
Hank Suydan
Suydan
Surdan
W. J. Whitburn
Defense Chief Sparks Mild Sit-Down Revolt at Hotel
Civil defense head Van Peter caused a minor disturbance at a swank Mckinac Island hotel when he removed his jacket in the dining room. Waiters debated enforcing a strict rule, others followed, but the head waiter backed off as guests protested, and Peterson and companions finished their meals unruffled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Defense
van Peterson
Mckinac Island
Michigan
Peterson
Farm Exports Rise Seven Percent in Year Ended June 30
U S D A reports American farm exports rose 7 percent in the year ending June 30. Commercial and government agencies shipped farm products overseas totaling 3 billion 130 million dollars, up seven percent from the prior year and up 11 percent from the export record two years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.D.A
Ruidoso Downs Manager Responds to State Takeover
The Ruidoso Downs management rejects the state racing commission's takeover for the rest of the season. They assert all races followed NM rules, claim no racing irregularities, cite thousands spent on track improvements, and note the audit found no criticism of racing itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruidoso Downs
State Racing Commission
New Mexico
Ruidoso
Lea County Leads In May With 23 Million In Gross Income
Lea County businesses posted over 23 million dollars in gross income for May with state sales taxes exceeding 300 thousand dollars. Bernalillo County topped income and tax payments with over 54 million dollars and more than half a million in sales tax. Statewide June sales taxes reached 2.4007 million, up 17.1 percent from 1954. First six months receipts totaled 13.1991 million, up 8.5 percent year over year. Lea County paid the largest oil conservation tax at 8.056 dollars. Eddy County followed with 494 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County
Bernalillo County
Bernalillo
Eddy
Airman learns wife remarried while held by China
Ten of eleven American airmen freed by Red China feel happy about reunion plans in Japan. Airman Daniel Schmidt of Portland Oregon learns his wife remarried, believing him dead. Neighbors expect her to return to her first husband. Air Force reviews allotment and case with Denver center and legal experts.
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China
Daniel Schmidt
Portland
Oregon
Air Force
Schmidt
Japan
Philippines
Air Force Finance Center
Denver
Colorado
Alford Fine
Deputy Sheriff Read Returns Prisoners To Hobbs From Texas City
R. A. Whitfield was sent back to Hobbs from Marshall Texas to face hot check charges and removal of mortgaged property. Deputy Sheriff Ivan Read stated the prisoner was brought back Friday night after taking a car mortgaged to Tidwell Motor Co. Whitfield, arrested in Marshall on a drunk charge, was in custody there when Read arrived to return him to New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Read
Hobbs
Texas City
R. A. Whitfield
Marshall
Texas
Ivan Read
Tidwell Motor Co
Whitfield
New Mexico
Four More Cases Of Polio Reported
Health officials report four additional polio cases raising concerns over outbreak control. Details specify patient ages and locations within the affected region, with vaccination gaps cited as contributing factors and ongoing surveillance plans announced.
Polio Cases Rise in New Mexico Reach 51 This Year
The State Health Department in Santa Fe reports four new polio cases, bringing New Mexico’s 1955 total to 51. One victim is a 21 year old Albuquerque youth under long suspected status since April. Others include a two year old girl from Thoreau in McKinley County a 17 year old Clovis youth and an Albuquerque woman with age undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Health Department
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Thoreau
McKinley County
Clovis
Woman Arrested After Hobbs DWI Crash
Lena Haynes of Hobbs was arrested for driving while intoxicated after a one car crash on Cochran Street. She struck an embankment after missing a turn at Standard Drive and was treated for a knee cut at Lea General Hospital before arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Haynes
Hobbs
Miss Haynes
Cochran St
Standard Drive
Miss Hayes
Lea General Hospital
Grandfather Edward J Neer Dies in Portales Burial
Edward J. Neer age 85 of Portales was buried there at 2 30 Saturday afternoon after 40 years residence. Survivors include his wife, one son Edwin Neer, and granddaughter Mrs John Campbell of Lovington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Neer
Portales
Edwin Neer
John Campbell
Lovington
Shark Netted In Manchester By Patrick Noonan
A shark with three rows of teeth was netted in Manchester by Patrick Noonan. The creature measured 53 feet and weighed 150 pounds, shocking observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Mass
Patrick Noonan
Two Lovington Men Injured in Crossroads Butane Blast
In Crossroads on Tuesday two Lovington men Jack Ray Eaton and Julian Halcomb were injured transferring butane from a pickup to a larger tank. They were taken to Lea County Hospital Hobbs and released Thursday. The explosion damaged the pickup and two nearby buildings in front of Boley's Cafe and Service Station owned by Boley Callis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Crossroads
Jack Ray Eaton
Julian Halcomb
Lea County
Hobbs
Young Exploration Co
Boley
Boley Callis
Jury Term Set For September In District Court
Judge John R. Brand will draw a new jury on September 13 with the criminal docket starting September 19. About 15 criminal cases await setting this term as ADA Kermit Nash notes some defendants may plead guilty before trial while others proceed to trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Brand
Kermit Nash
EDC Plans For Industrial Development In New Mexico
The New Mexico Economic Development Commission held its organizational meeting at the state capitol in Santa Fe. Dr. Thomas Donnelly of Highlands University presided as chair and John B. Sutherland of the Kansas Industrial Development Commission outlined how his state runs its program and warned of possible raiding by other states once a successful industrial push begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Economic Development Commission
Thomas Donnelly
Highlands University
Las Vegas
John B. Sutherland
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Susan Ball Dies of Cancer at 22 in Hollywood
Hollywood mourns Suzan Ball 22 after a cancer battle lasting two and a half years. She rose to fame after losing a leg to cancer eighteen months earlier, believing surgery had saved her life but doctors say the malignancy spread to her lungs leading to her death at City of Hope Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Suzan Ball
America
City of Hope Hospital
President in good physical shape say White House doctor
The White House Physician Major General Howard Snyder says the President is in better condition than the average man of his age and that recent heavy travel has not harmed his health. The president said health would influence his decision on running for re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Howard Snyder
Ex Con Lands In Hobbs Jail On 3 Charges
Ray Young 36 who says he was recently released from the state penitentiary in Santa Fe was jailed in Hobbs on three charges. He was arrested for being drunk and became disorderly at the jail, using obscene language. The drunk charge plus disorderly conduct and obscene language formed the three charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Young
State
Santa Fe
Hobbs
Young
Agriculture Head to Visit Europe to Promote Exports
Agriculture Secretary Benson will visit Britain, The Netherlands, Denmark, France, Italy and Switzerland between August 9 and September 13 to promote exports of government supported farm surpluses. He aims to move more than eight million bales of cotton and other products through new export channels as ordered by President Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Euope
Eisenhower
Britain
Netherlands
Denmark
France
Italy
Switzerland
Agriculture Department
State Plans Meetings On School Physical Education
The State Department of Education sets two Albuquerque meetings to discuss improving physical education in the state's secondary schools. One session is in progress Friday. the other starts Monday to study facilities for physical education and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
Albuquerque
Heat Brings Out the Beast and Brain in People
In Brooklyn two men were arrested after attempting to swim with sea lions at the zoo. In Chicago YMCA night classes see a sudden enrollment boom due to air conditioned rooms.
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Brooklyn
Zoo
Chicago
YMCA
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Iowa Doctors
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Susan Ball
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