Six Marines Drown In Swamp Training Drill
Six young Marine recruits died during an unscheduled Sunday night hike into swampy marsh near Parris Island. Capt. Ralph Wood and Gen. Randolph Pate ordered an investigation with Maj. Gen. Joseph Burger leading the inquiry as families and trainees await full findings. Names of the victims include Donald O'Shea and Charles Reilly, with one more still missing Thomas Hardeman.
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Parris Island
S. C
Marine
Matthew C. McKeon
Worcester
Mass
Ralph Wood
Sgt. McKeon
Randolph Pate
Marine Corps
Washington
Joseph C. Burger
Donald Francis O’shea
Brooklyn
N.Y
Charles Francis Reilly
Clyde
Jerry Lamont Thomas
Alexandria
Leroy Thompson
Norman Alfred Wood
Bay Shore
Thomas Curtis Hardeman
Vidalia
Burger
State Traffic Fatality Toll Rises to 91 This Year
A speeding car crashed into a tree on U S Highway 550 near Farmington at 1 30 a m killing driver Willie Captain 18 of Shiprock. The 91st traffic death of the year was reported by State Police with other victims including Adam R Padilla and Elias Calles both dying of injuries from separate incidents.
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Associated Press
Farmington
Willie Captain
Shiprock
A. B. Munsey
Adam R. Padilla
Ribera
Elias Calles
Alamogordo
Calles
Padilla
Santa Fe
Rowe
U. S
Harold O. Batchelder
el Paso
Roswell Recreation Council Backs Cigarette Tax Funds Plan
At its monthly meeting the Roswell Recreation Council voted unanimously to send a letter to Gov. John F. Simms urging the cigarette tax funds for juvenile recreation remain under existing control. They requested a State Advisory Board on Recreation with district representation and urged coordination with other municipal groups.
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Roswell
Simms
Santa Fe
Roswell Recreation Council
Roswell Group
Martin Predicts Winning Formula For Farm Bill Fight
House Republican chiefs seek a path to victory in the farm bill battle as Martin predicts a winning formula at a GOP conference. If the bill is vetoed, Eisenhower may keep Congress in session to approve another farm measure, while Democrats push an omnibus bill including a $1.2 billion soil bank and higher price supports.
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Washington
House
Joseph M. Martin Jr
Mass
Congress
Martin
Eisenhower
Senate House Conference Committee
Benson
Rayburn
Tex
GOP
Senate
Eisenhower Probably To Ask Congress On Use Of Troops
President Eisenhower signaled he would seek congressional authorization to deploy U.S. troops if the United Nations orders action in the Middle East. A White House statement stressed adherence to UN Charter and support for Hammarskjold peace efforts amid Arab-Israeli hostilities.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
U. S
Middle East
United Nations
Washington
White House
Dulles
United States
U.S
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
U.N. Security Council
U. N
Israel
Egypt
Czechoslovakia
Man Survives Blast Of Dynamite In Hand
In French Lick Indiana a dozen sticks of dynamite exploded while employee Chester Pruett age 52 tamped a blasting hole. He survived though suffered facial burns possibly causing loss of sight in one eye, a mangled hand and a broken arm.
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French Lick
Ind
Chester Pruett
Pruett
Intoxication cases dip. two fined $15 each
Police court activity halved from yesterday with only two intoxication cases on the blotter. Each defendant received a fine of 15 dollars.
CAP Ends Search for Missing Light Plane
Air Force and Civil Air Patrol planes halted the search for a single engine plane missing since April 2 on a Tucson to El Paso flight. The craft carried pilot A. C. Slatter and engineer Hampton Hadley of North American Aviation Los Angeles. North American said two of its planes would keep looking through today.
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Albuquerque
Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Tucson
el Paso
A. C. Slatter
Hampton Hadley
North American Aviation
Los Angeles
North American
Judge weighs suspended sentence for Pasqual in man slaughter case
Judge Paul A. Tackett has taken under advisement a motion to invoke a suspended sentence for 24 year old Harry Pasqual charged with man slaughter. Assistant District Attorney Tibo Chavez said a preliminary hearing will be held Friday for Pasqual and Calvin Rough Surface 24, both charged in the death of Dan Hudson Jesus.
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Los Lunas
Paul A. Tackett
Harry Pasqual
Asst. Dist. Atty
Tibo Chavez
Pasqual
Calvin H. Rough Surface
Dan Hudson Jesus
Preference test in spotlight for Eisenhower Illinois primary
Illinois voters participate in a presidential preference primary with Eisenhower facing Stevenson and Kefauver in write in capacity. Stevenson campaigns in a television address while Kefauver draws write in interest as analysts predict about two million of nearly five million registered voters will cast ballots. Weather calls for clouds with possible rain or snow and voting runs from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. CST.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Sen. Estes.Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Minnesota
Area Teachers Invite Input on Retirement Plans in Roswell
Roswell area teachers will hear retirement plans explained by Don Roush of the New Mexico Education Association at the April REA meeting in the high school Little Theatre Wednesday at 7 30. Four plans have been developed for state teachers and questions from the floor are expected. Roswell will send 15 delegates to the NMEA spring meeting as a retirement plan for 10 000 statewide teachers is sought. Carrol White urges local teachers to attend.
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Roswell
Don Roush
New Mexico Education Assn
van French
Roswell Education Assn
REA
Little Theatre
Roush
Council of the
NMEA
French
Carrol White
Chaves County
Dust storms fade as rain, snow move into plains
Dust storms diminished in the southern plains as gusty weather shifts eastward. Snow fell in eastern Kansas and Oklahoma with Emporia recording 1 inch, bringing ground totals to 4 inches. Drenching rains covered Arkansas, Mississippi, eastern Texas and Missouri while many areas saw clear to partly cloudy skies.
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Mississippi Valley
Kansas
Oklahoma
Emporia
Kan
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Missouri
Got Too Tired To Complete Mail Route
Elwyn A. Hughes nineteen year old former mail carrier on two years probation after pleading guilty to obstructing the mails. He was arrested last February following complaints of missing mail as 10,000 pieces were found in his attic. he claimed he got too tired to finish his route.
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Detroit
Elwyn A. Hughes
Hughes
Theodore Levin
Dentist Daugherty Captures Attention At Hobby Show
Dr. Joe Daugherty of Lexington showcased a bite on anyone for rare teeth at a Kentucky State Dental Assn hobby exhibition in Louisville. His display featured a prehistoric shark tooth and a wild boar tusk from Oahu as he aims to obtain an elephant tusk.
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Louisville
Joe Daugherty
Lexington
Kentucky State Dental Assn
Daugherty
Oahu Island
U N Peace Mission Opens In Middle East
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold began a on the spot effort to broker peace in the Middle East. He and Maj. Gen. E L M Burns planned talks in Cairo with Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser after arriving in Israel.
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Jerusalem
U. N
Daz Hammarskjold
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Israel
Lydda
E. L. M. Burns
U.N. Palestine Truce Commission
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.N
East Odean
Orban-Israel
Gaza Strip
Gaza
Palestine
Egypt
British Air Force Seizes Cyprus Airport in Security Move
The British Air Force assumed emergency control of Cyprus International Airport to protect travelers from rebel sabotage. Technicians installed X-ray gear to scan bags and mail for time bombs after a letter directing bomb placement was found. The letter, dated March 30 and signed Dighenis, was publicized in photo copies.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Eoka
Dighenis
Greece
Three Die In Auto Crash East Of San Angelo
A car overturned 25 miles east of San Angelo killing three people. The victims are Mr and Mrs Howard Perry of Brownwood and their son George Freeman 27 of Corpus Christi.
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San Angelo
Howard Perry
Brownwood
George Freeman
Corpus Christi
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Keating
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American Society of Newspaper Editors
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