Van Fleet Offered High Federal Staff Post
Gen James A Van Fleet was invited to serve as staff military adviser to the Senate Appropriations Committee a role with influence over defense funding. Senators Bridges and Ferguson said the offer was made and Van Fleet would decide in coming days. The former Eighth Army commander retired after 38 years in service at 61 and testified on ammunition shortages in Korea.
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Washington
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Bridges
R-Nh
Purse String Committee
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Defense Funds Subcommittee
van Fleet
William C. Bullitt
Eighth Army
Senate Armed Services
Pentagon
Sen. Holland
D-Fla
Auburndale
Fla
Alaska
Army
Senate
Fireman Sets Fires to Drive New Fire Engine
Alliance Ohio police held Harold R. Haas 24 after he admitted starting seven small fires to ride and drive the department’s new fire engine. Six grass fires and one barn fire caused about 500 dollars in damage. Haas bailed at 5000 dollars for grand jury action after pleading guilty in Municipal Court.
Mechem Mentioned As Possible GOP National Chairman
President Eisenhower lists Western Republican governors as possible choices for national chairman to succeed C Wesley Roberts. Potential candidates include Edwin L Mechem of New Mexico and Dan Thornton of Colorado along with three younger state leaders. Controversy over narcotics theft at New Mexico prison follows the shift in prison staff and investigations continue.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
C. Wesley Roberts
Roberts
Kansas
GOP
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Edwin L. Mechem
New Mexico
Howard Pyle
Arizona
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Robert K. Goodwin
Iowa
Wayne Hood
Indiana
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio State
Communist Troops Hit Allied Lines In Central Korea
Chinese forces renewed attacks in Central Korea as a 175 man assault hit a strategic outpost hill near Chorwon. U S 3rd Division held the hill in a two hour hand to hand battle as 15th Regiment repelled the Reds. 15 Chinese bodies lay on the hill with at least 30 more killed or wounded.
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Korea
Chorwon
15Th Regiment
Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Truce Chief Warns Against Optimism on Prisoner Exchange
At Panmunjom U N truce negotiator Rear Admiral John C Daniel avoided optimism about the prisoner exchange talks while plans move for quick return of sick and wounded Allied prisoners from the North. The Eighth Army readies transport medical care and supply with convoys and helicopters to move prisoners to field hospitals as preparations increase.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
North Sea
U. N
Panmunjom
John C. Daniel
Daniel
Tokyo
Mark Clark
Eighth Army
Paul D. Adams
U. S. Marine
Seoul
Fiveman
William K. Harrison Jr
Clark
Reds
Broadway Stars Turn Troopship Into Night Club Welcome Home Korea Vets
New York City hosts the first 1 923 Korea veterans reaching an East Coast port aboard the Gen. William Weigel a troopship turned into a late night venue. 315 other Far East service veterans also aboard. Ed Sullivan directs the all night show featuring Lucienne Boyer Cab Calloway Victor Borge and more. Vets from 31 states plus DC, some from Kansas Missouri Nebraska and New Mexico, arrived after Yokohama departure March 6 via the Panama Canal.
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New York
Korea
Navy
William Weigel
Far East
Ed Sullivan
Lucienne Boyer
Victor Borge
Jimmy Nelson
Cab Calloway
Tom Ewell
Vanessa Brown
Martha Wright
George Britton
Billy Kenny
Ink Spots
Snub Mosley
States
District of Columbia
Mississippi
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Yokohama
Panama Canal
OPS Suit Dismissed Against Lodge Operator
An OPS case against William G. Beebe operator of the Blue Spruce Lodge at Raton was dismissed on request by U S Attorney Maurice Sanchez. Beebe allegedly overcharged to the tune of 635 39 dollars and settled for a payment of 150 dollars.
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OPS
Albuquerque
Office of
William G. Beebe
Raton
U. S
Maurice Santhez
Beebe
Sanchez
Temperature Readings and Forecast For Local Area
Temperature readings at 2 PM yesterday through 11 AM today show a high of 83 and a low of 34 with varying intervals. Precipitation none for 24 hours ending 11 AM, month to date, or year to date. Forecast: fair through tomorrow with milder afternoon temperatures, frost tonight, and lowest near freezing. protect tender plants.
Optimism Grows Over Communists Change of Heart
On Good Friday the West saw signs of conciliation from Moscow as 14 French civilians held since the war were released from Korea. Paris hailed the gesture amid hopeful moves toward peace and talks on prisoner exchanges and possible armistice steps, while East Germany intensified church harassment by banning Easter services and seizing a seminary.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Korea
Seoul
Paris
North Korea
United Nations Command
John Daniel
East Germany
East
West Germany
Evangelical-Lutheran Synod
Weimar
Eilsleben
Bond Posted On Fugitive Warrant For Stevens
M. C. Stevens posted a 2000 bond in the justice court yesterday on a fugitive warrant from Odessa Texas. District Attorney Pat Hanagan said Stevens had been charged in Odessa with grand larceny for taking the body of a dump bed truck. Spurious check charges against Stevens related to a 668 check to Roswell Package Store and a 25 check to C R Anthonys were dismissed.
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M. C. Stevens
Justice of the Peace Court
Odessa
Texas
Stevens
Pat Hanagan
Roswell
C. R. Anthony
Deficit Projection Reaches 61 Percent Of Budget
Government finance specialists warn the nation faces a deficit near 61 percent of the annual outlay, about half a billion more than prior forecasts, by the close of the current fiscal year on June 30.
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Washington
Malenkov Peace Overtures Face Careful US Review
President Eisenhower said the U S should take every Soviet offer at face value until proven otherwise. Officials see signs of a possible Korea truce and renewed peace talks, with a meeting among Eisenhower Malenkov possibly involving Churchill and Mayer if it occurs.
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Washington
Georgi Malenkov
Eisenhower
U. S
Russia
Korea
Malenkey
Churchill
Mayer
Prison Narcotics Raid Prompts Lawmaker Probe
A special legislative committee will investigate a prison narcotics raid disclosed yesterday. State Rep. Hugh Horne of Albuquerque chairs the 14 member joint Senate House panel and will convene soon. He questions why the September raid was absent from hearing transcripts and plans to question Warden Morris Abram about further undisclosed incidents.
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Albuquerque
Hugh Horne
Albuquérque
Joint
Senate House Committee
Horne
Morris
Abram
Legion plans half million office building in Albuquerque
The Hugh A. Carlisle Post of the American Legion announced plans for a downtown Albuquerque office building costing about five hundred thousand dollars. The four story structure will house office and store space on all but the top floor to be used by the Legion.
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Albuquerque
Hugh A. Carlisle
The
American Legion
Legion
Firm seeks to compensate in Lordsburg compressor death
Reyas Talavera filed in federal court a compensation claim against El Paso Natural Gas Co. for the February 17 death of Baltazar Salinas in a compressor station crash near Lordsburg. The company said it is willing to pay once proper parties to receive compensation are identified.
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Albuquerque
Reyas Talavera
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Baltazar Salinas
Lordsburg
Traffic toll rises in Ruidoso death near Walton
Mrs. Winnie Bransford, 61, of Walton, West Virginia, died yesterday when a car driven by her husband left the road near here. The death marks the 77th on state highways this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Bransford
Walton
W. Va
Fine Assessed On Assault Charge
A $50 fine was levied in a justice court on assault and battery case involving a Black woman named Fine Blue Bailey. The charge for assault with a deadly weapon was reduced to simple assault amid a knife wound incident against Caleb Taylor dated March 20. Floyd Blackburn of Hobbs received 60 days in jail plus costs and restitution for stealing $20 from Norton Insurance on July 30 last year.
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Blue Bailey
Caleb Taylor
Floyd Blackburn
Hobbs
Norton Insurance
APA regional meeting opens in Albuquerque at UNM
The annual regional gathering of the American Psychological Association began today at the University of New Mexico. Psychologists from the Rocky Mountain region are attending the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
American Psychological Association
University of New Mexico
Rocky Mountain Area
Projectionist Moses W. Li Dell Found Dead in Booth
Moses W. Li Dell a 45 year old projectionist from Lubbock was found dead yesterday in the theater projection booth. Justice of the Peace Alfred Bass said a verdict of death from natural causes would be returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Moses W. Lidell
Lubbock
Justice of the Peace
Alfred Bass
Prospecting Bill Aims Mineral Exploration on National Forests
Senator Bennett proposes legislation to open national forest lands to mineral prospecting, with an aide noting emphasis on expanding uranium exploration.
Amarillo Hosts Dexter Railroad Club For Civic Honors
Dexter Railroad Club youths and leader Jack Hubbard visit Amarillo hosted by Santa Fe Railway and local sponsors. Boys aged 15 to 18 ride the Santa Fe Pecos Valley special, tour the roundhouse and Grand Canyon Limited section, tour the central control, dine at the Air Force Base, and tour the Globe News plant as part of civic recognition for traffic safety projects.
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Amarillo
Dexter Railroad
Santa Fe Railway
New Mexico
Dexter Railroad Club
Mame
Hubbard
The
Santa Fe
Tual
Santa Pecos Valley
Dexter
Clovis
Round House
Grand Canyon Limited
Amarillo C. of C
Amarillo Air Force Base
Albuquerque Population Estimate By Public Service Co
The Public Service Co of New Mexico estimates Albuquerque’s population at 150000 in its annual report released yesterday by president Arthur Prager. The figure reflects recent growth and projections for the city’s urban area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
The
Public Service Co
New Mexico
Arthur Prager
May Build Hangars at Kirtland AFB
El Paso bidder P R E Mem Kee was the apparent low bidder for two medium bomber hangars at Kirtland Air Force Base. His bid totaled 3 653 050 dollars.
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Albuquerque
R. E. Mem Kee
el Paso
Kirtland Air Force Base
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Morris Abram
Charles Mead
Los Lunas
Will Harrison
W. L. Hamilton
Fred Eugene McManus
Valley Stream
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Dubuque
Dubuque County
Leo J. Mastin
McManus
Minnesota
Illinois
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L. C. White
Howell Earnest
Joseph Schifani
Wayne Collins
Charley Mead
Albert Babcock
U.N
Willard Carlock
United Nations
Red China
New York Port
Gen
Brooklyn
deBremond Stadium
Roswell High School
Alfred C. Pace
itaUu Vyev
Maion Odell
First Presbyterian Church of
Artesia
F. Homer Tegler
First Christian Church
Marion Nilsson
Episcopal Church
St. Andrew’s
Charles R. Davies
St. Peter’s R. C
Mathias Heiley
First Methodist Church
Austin Dillon
Calvary Baptist Church
J. H. Brister
Brister
Joshua
First Presbyterian Church
Sergeon
the Great Assurance
Ster
W. W. Robertson
Hugh Jordan
United States Weather Bureau
Malenkov
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Clyde Storey
A. B. Sturdevant
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