Second Anniversary of High Court Segregation Bar
Two years after the 1954 Brown v. Board ruling, integration progress varies. Regions outside the Deep South show wider change with Ohio West Virginia Missouri near completion, while rural areas and parts of Texas east of the border lag. Northern governors and mayors aligned observances with proclamations.
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Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Deep South
Ohio
West Virginia
Missouri
Kentucky
Arkansas
Delaware
Texas
East
District of Columbia
Virginia
Carolinas
George
Florida
Alamaha
Mississippi
Louisiana
Favor Cotton Surplus Sale Favor Cotton Surplus Sale
The Texas Farm Bureau advocates an amendment to allow government sale of surplus cotton abroad at competitive prices. President J Walter Hammond urges cotton-area county bureaus to contact Congress in support of Senator Eastland's measure to curb price depressing surpluses.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Farm Bureau
Bureau
J. Walter Hammond
Congress
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
Hammond
Estes Predicts Close Three Primaries In Oregon Florida California
Senator Kefauver forecasts tight races in the final three primaries with Adlai Stevenson. Oregon kicks off Friday, followed by Florida on May 29 and California on June 5. Kefauver says he cannot predict the winner. He resumes Oregon campaign events after a brief Washington stop as Stevenson finishes in Oregon and heads to California and Florida.
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Estes
United Press
Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Oregon
Florida
California
Washington
Stevenson
Redding
Modesto
Los Angeles
Soldier Ted T Allen Attends Seoul Chaplain Retreat
Pvt Ted T Allen son of Mr and Mrs E A Allen of Tatum NM recently attended a five day religious retreat at the Chaplains Retreat Center in Seoul Protestant Catholic and Jewish chaplains alternated in planning the courses Allen a clerk in the 43rd Transportation Light Truck Company entered the Army in January 1955 and completed basic training at Fort Sill Okla The 22 year old former Imperial Drilling Company employee in Tatum attended Eastern New Mexico University for one year.
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Seoul
Ted T. Allen
E. A. Allen
Tatum
N. M
Allen
43Rd Transportation Light Truck Company
Army
Fort Sill
Oklo
Imperial Drilling Company
Eastern New Mexico University
Rites Planned Friday for Duke City Publisher Pepperday
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon in Albuquerque for Thomas M. Pepperday publisher of the Albuquerque Journal. The services are private. Pepperday died Wednesday in an Albuquerque hospital shortly after suffering a heart attack. He was 69.
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Albuquerque
Thomas M. Pepperday
The
Albuquerque Journal
Pepperday
Court Grants 13 Divorces In District Court Session
The district court granted 13 divorces including Mary O. Taylor, Clyde H. Mantooth, Joycelyn Boardwine, Johnie P. Bobbitt, Sadie Renkie, Delton D. Spinks, Bennie G. Courtney, Warren D. Ives, Roberta Helen Spicer, Larita J. Chidester, Opal Huston, Gerta L. Berkstresser, and H. A. Smith. Alfred Warren awarded 2736 from Trend Inc. for injuries. Earl C. Scott awarded 8250 for work injuries. Jack Pullen received one to five years for passing worthless checks.
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District Court
Mary O. Taylor
Harlin
M. Taylor
Clyde H. Mantooth
Colleen Mantooth
Joycelyn Boardwine
Royal D. Boardwine
Johnie P. Bobbitt
Raymond J. Bobbitt
Sadie Reinke
Allan R. Renkie
Delton D. Spinks
Joyce Gail Spinks
Bennie
George Courtney
Reva
Reva A. Courtney: Warren D. Ives From Mary D. Ives: Roberta Helen Spicer
Henry Fred Spicer
Larita Jean Chidester
Buddy Ross
Chidster
Opal Huston
Harry Huston
Gerta L. Berkstresser
Chas A. Berkstresser
H. A. Smith
Dorothy Smith
Alfred Warren
Trend Inc
Earl C. Scott
Jack Pullen
Puullen
Levington
Drought Aid Sought as New Mexico Seeks Recovery
New Mexico drought committee asks the US Department of Agriculture to designate the entire state as a drought disaster area. Chairman H. M. Rickman says conditions worsened, enabling emergency hay and feed programs for farmers and ranchers. moisture remains scarce with 12 counties already reinstated in aid.
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US Department of Agriculure
New Mexico
H. M. Rickman
Wenesday
US Department of Agriculture
Las Cruces
Trawler Rescues Crash Survivor Off England
A French trawler rescued an American lieutenant from a B 47 crash site off England. The survivor, Lieutenant William Blair, was too seriously injured to be hoisted. RAF rescue launched him to a harbor where a doctor awaited. The two other American crewmen are believed dead.
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England
William Blair
Royal Air Force
Graduation pictures from Tatum Eunice Jal and Lovington
The Lovington Daily Leader published student portraits from Tatum Eunice Jal and Lovington. Eunice and Jal photos credit Hobbs Photo Shop while Lovington and Jerry's Foto credits go to Lovington Photo and Jerry's Foto.
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Lovington Daily Leader
Tatum, Eunice
Jal
Lovington
Eunice
Hobbs Photo
Lovington Photo
Jerry
Foto
Leader
Arms shipment to Saudi Arabia sparks Democratic attack
The Eisenhower administration faces criticism from Democratic lawmakers over a new arms shipment to Saudi Arabia valued at $850000 in ammunition and parts loaded at South Port North Carolina. Critics charge secrecy and a destabilizing Middle East balance while the State Department notes higher U.S. defense aid to Israel. A separate Utah burglary reports a thief stealing clothes and $1.50, with the family dog unchallenged.
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Eeisenhower
Saudi Arabia
South Port
North Carolina
Defense
Estes Kefauver
Middle East
Herbert Lehman
New York
Emanuel Celler
Israel
State Department
Car Booby-Trap Foiled in Winter Park Incident
Wealthy Winter Park resident Walter Sumners avoided harm when six sticks of dynamite wired to his car ignition failed to explode as he prepared to take his children to school. Sheriff Dave Starr noted the device could damage a 200 yard area. Sumners, an auto dealer, had recently been served with a federal subpoena as a witness in a Birmingham Alabama sales case.
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United Press
Winter Park
Florida
Walter Sumners
Sumners
Dave Starr
Starr
Birmingham
Alabama
Marine Training Extended Two Weeks at Parris Island
The Marine Corps announced an extension of the training program at Parris Island South Carolina by two weeks. The move follows a deadly shakeup after six Marines died in a so called Death March giving drill instructors more time with recruits.
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United Press
Marine Corps
Parris Island
South Carolina
Indonesia Head Arrives In U S For Talks
President Sukarno arrives in Washington aboard the Columbine Third to meet President Eisenhower. He is welcomed by officials and diplomats, receives the District of Columbia keys, then goes to the White House for lunch and a discussion with the president.
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United Press
Sukarno
Indonesia
Eisenhower
Columbine
Washington
District of Columbia
White House
Mrs Bob Webb Admitted for Observation at Abilene Hospital
Mrs Bob Webb of 111 E Jackson Abilene Texas was admitted to Hendricks Memorial Hospital on Saturday May 12 for observation and is scheduled to undergo surgery on the following Wednesday.
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Bob Webb
E. Jackson
Hendricks Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Texas
Mrs Vera Klastemeyer Visiting Lovington This Week
Mrs Vera Klastemeyer of Denver sister of Mrs Webb is visiting in Lovington this week.
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Vera Klastemeyer
Denver
Webb
Lovington
Army Claims Victory In Disease Battles
The army announces a new vaccine in Washington to combat grippe virus pneumonia and severe colds. In tests at Fort Dix New Jersey hospital cases of respiratory disease fell by over 80 percent among recruits. The Veterans Administration said it will fund a long range mental health research program studying tranquilizing drugs effects on the mentally ill.
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United Press
Army
Washington
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Veterans Administration
Pro Gridder Is Hero in Dallas
24-year-old former SMU student Bob Holladay, a Rams recruit, saved a drowning mother and her three-year-old son at a duck pond in University Park. He pulled them from 12 feet of water, revived the mother with artificial respiration, and was aided by two youths until police and rescuers arrived.
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Dallas
Texas
Southern Methodist University
Bob Holladay
Holladay
Los Angeles Rams
Robert S. Harris
Bobby
Harris
Cooler Weather For Title Fight
Los Angeles area boxing notes center on Sugar Ray Robinson defending his middleweight title outdoors against Bobo Olson Friday night with forecasts calling for cooler, rainless weather. Promoters project a California record gate of at least $200000 after $146000 in tickets sold and orders for $25000 more. Robinson remains the slight favorite in a 24-member writers poll, with heavy betting on a knockout. Saxton and Basilio eyed July showdown while Gil Turner seeks a title shot after a Chicago knockout defeat.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Robinson
Olson
Unite Press
Jack Cuddy
Johnny Saxton
Carmen Basilio
Gil Turner
Saxton
Turner
Chicago
New Mexican Heads National Livestock Tax Committee
Albert K. Mitchell, a prominent New Mexico cattleman from the Albert area, was named chairman of the National Livestock Tax Committee at its Denver annual meeting. He fills the vacancy left by Frank S. Boice of Sonoita, Arizona. F. E. Mollin of Denver was reelected secretary and serves as treasurer and former executive secretary of the American Catfismen's Association.
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Denver
LLP
Albert K. Mitchell
New Mexico
National Livestock Tax
Mitchell
Albert, New Mexico
Frank S. Boice
Sonoita
Arizona
F. E. Mollin
Mollin
American Catfiemen
Sports Edge C Bad 10-9 in 15 Innings
The Hobbs Sports beat the Carlsbad Potashers 10-9 in 15 innings at Bender Park Hobbs. Hank O Neal started the 15th with a walk and scored the winning run on a Carlos De Sousa single after a series of plays tied the game in the ninth. Carlsbad led 9 6 after six innings before Hobbs rallied to force extras.
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Hobbs Sports
Carlsbad Potashers
Bender Park
Hobbs
Hank O’neal
Carlos de Sousa
Carlsbad
de Sousa
I. B. Palmer
Potasher
GOP and Demo Leaders Sign Good Faith Campaign Pact
The GOP and Democratic National Chairman signed a code of fair campaign practices on Thursday. They clashed as they argued over the other side’s alleged good faith, with Democrat Paul Butler repeating charges that Vice President Nixon accused the Democratic Party in 1954 of treason and Republican Leonard Hall offering a $1000 reward for proof of such charges. The code urged defending qualified voters, open issue debates, avoiding whispering campaigns and slander, and condemning appeals to prejudice.
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GOP
Paul Butler
Nixon
Leonard Hall
Three Arrested For Being Drunk
Three persons were arrested on drunkenness charges this morning. B. W. Cameron, 55, of 1131 C. Main. C. W. Fletcher, 42, of Hilton Oklahoma. and E. M. Fegerson of Plains Texas were taken into custody. Fegerson, 38, also charged with resisting arrest.
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Lovington
B. W. Cameron
C. Main
C. W. Fletcher
Hilton
Oklahoma
E. M. Fegerson
Plains
Texas
Fegerson
Six Die In Idaho Fires In Boise Theater And Rest Home
A Boise Little Theater fire at Gowen Field and a Porter Rest Home blaze in Idaho Falls killed six people Wednesday night. Names and ages of victims include Henry Wadr 84 Bernard Bood 67 Andrew Fisher 91 Curtis Burt 108, while 22 residents and a manager were hospitalized. Fire damage was minor at the rest home and steam fog helped control flames.
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Boise
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Porter
Henry Alfred Wadr
Bernard Bood
Andrew J. Fisher
Curtis Edward Burt
Managr
Daniel Clark
Charles Steven
George McKean
Justice O. Craycroft
Gowen Field
A M Rodeo Riders To Compete In National Championship
Four New Mexico A&M College rodeo riders will compete in the national intercollegiate championship in Colorado Springs June 7 to 9. Selection is based on southwestern district performances. Pete Fredericks is all around cowboy and bareback champ, Buzz Fredericks holds saddle bronc title, Betty Simms is all around cowgirl and barrel race champion, Buddine Fredericks places in barrel and opt races.
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State College
N. Mex
New Mexico A&m College
Colorado Springs
Colo
A&m
Pete Fredericks
Buzz Fredericks
Betty Simms
Buddine Fredericks
South Dakota Map Shows Two New Reservoirs
The latest state map highlights Lewis and Clark Lake and Fort Randall Reservoir, two large bodies of water formed behind Missouri River dams in Pierre and the surrounding region.
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South Dakota
Ppierre
S. D
Lewis and Clark Lake
Fort Randall
Texan Charged in $1,900 Theft by Negro Woman
Hobbs police probe a $1,900 theft from William McDonrad Cole of Lockney Texas. He picked up two women on East Marland, stopped in an alley, and one fled after shouting police. Cole reported his pocket money, all in hundreds plus a ten, was stolen. Ann Petty was arrested and charged after the victim filed a complaint.
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Hobbs
Nege
William McDonrad Cole
Lockney
Texas
East Marland
Cole
Visitor Dies In Son's Home
Mrs. T. B. Louise Mitchell born August 19 1892 in Georgia died May 16 at her son Lee Mitchells Woody Acres home where she had visited weeks. She lived in Wilbarger County 27 years 1924 to 1951 then moved to Comanche Oklahoma burial will be in Abilene Texas Survived by Archie Mitchell Arron Mitchell Lee Mitchell and Mrs H A Dunn.
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T. B
Louise) Mitchell
Georgia
Lee Mitchell
Woody Acres Farms
Wilbarger County
Comanche
Oklahoma
Ilene
Texas
Archie Mitchell
Okla
Arron Mitchell
Lubbock
Levington, N. M
H. A. Dunn
Abilene
El Paso Robber Captured on Vernon Abbot Ranch
Deputies JJ Price and James Robinson captured Vernon Abbot, 24, of El Paso, near Mallamar on Clyde Browning ranch after a morning alert that the robber likely headed toward El Paso. Abbot, a parole violator with 39 months remaining, waived extradition as authorities prepared to return him.
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Vernon Abbott
Court House
Jael Robinson
Joe Price
Abbot
Robinson
Price
el Paso
Mallamar
Finch
Vernon Abbot
JJ Price
James Robinson
Clyde Browning
Parker Wins Federal Suit Against Oil Co
The R. E. Parker D Company of Oklahoma City was awarded 109,136 dollars in a federal suit against Anderson-Prichard Oil Co, also of Oklahoma City. The jury announced its decision Thursday morning, compensating Parker for services rendered. Anderson-Prichard had counterclaimed for 318,500 dollars due to damages from a blowout in operation.
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United Press
R. E. Parker D Company
Oklahoma City
Aderson-Prichard Oil Cotton
Oklahoma
Oil Allowable Lower for June Continues Decline
The Oil Conservation Mission and State Engineer discussed salt water intrusion from oil field pits at a San Antonio meeting. They proposed sealing pit bottoms and digging a separate well to return water to its source to protect fresh groundwater. New Mexico oil allowances for June mark a third straight decrease, set at 38 barrels.
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United Press
Oil Conservation Mission
Mf State Commission
San
Oilservation Commission
New Mexico
Fat man sleeps on police floor after failed bed search
In Plainfield New Jersey a 25 year old Al mey weighing about 485 pounds could not sleep and sought help from police quarters. Three officers assisted but he forced his way through the door and slept on improvised bedding on the floor of a judge. Police admitted they would rather have him on the streets.
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United Press
Plainfield
Ni Sey
Almey
Pountey
Toomey
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Alvin Stauffer
Stauffer
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Oie
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Ann Petty
Justice of the Peace
Robert L. Bensing
Visitor
Son
Maljamet
Parker
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