Progress Seen at New Mexico Penitentiary As Reforms Take Hold
Prisons consultant C. Warming praised progress at the New Mexico Penitentiary before departing for Florida. He cited about 30 recommendations implemented since last July, including daily inmate movement sheets, sanitation inspections, guard posts in the hospital, a disciplinary board, a full employment program, and a new classification system. Warden Morris Abram noted improved prisoner conduct, and the Prison Board adopted new prisoner rules and guard regulations.
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Santa Fep
A. C. Warming
New Mexico
Florida
L. C. White
Warming
Morris Abram
White
Abram
The
Pen
Rescue 19 Rescue Victims In Cascade Mountains
Rescuers traced a blood trail in deep snow and carried 19 airline crash survivors from the Cascade Mountains. Six people were killed in the same crash near Seattle. rescuers searched the treacherous terrain.
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Seattle
Cascade Mouins
Plane crash at Seattle area wounds, kills crew and tallies survivors
The DC6 chartered by the Army to fly 22 servicemen from Scranton and Washington to Seattle plunged into trees after engine failure. Five crew members died. Pvt. Odell Matthews walked out. stewardess Mrs. Adra Long led rescuers through snow five feet deep as daylight faded. Rescue teams and helicopters evacuated the injured under harsh, icy conditions near a 3,000 foot level in heavy timber.
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Scranton
Washington, D. C
Seattle
Adra Long
Berkeley
Calif
Pvt
Odell Matthews
Howard Warmuth
Carbondale
Chicago
Matthews
Coast Guard
Navy
Allied planes spot three convoys of sick and wounded
Allied aircraft spotted three North Korea bound truck convoys carrying sick and wounded U N troops for exchange at Panmunjom. About 68 trucks were seen moving toward Kaesong with roughly 600 prisoners to be released in groups, while 930 Chinese prisoners awaited transfer. A brief Chinese mutiny aboard a landing ship ended quickly as guards restored order.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Freedom
Panmunjom
Eds
North Korea
Cheju
U. N. Command
UNC
Washington
Switzerland
Yongpong
Sinanju
Kaesong
U. N. Navy
LST
UN Prefers Talks on Korea Truce and Prisoner Exchange
United Nations Command appears ready to resume negotiations with the Communists on a Korean war truce and prisoner exchange. Switzerland may serve as a neutral destination for prisoners unwilling to return home, with U.S. support. The talks aim to resolve how to handle sick and wounded prisoners and possible detentions on neutral soil or island outposts.
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Washington
United Nations Command
U. N
Ween
Cceepi Lwnerea Prouposal
Switzerland
U. S
Mark Clark
Far East
Rep. Short
R-Mo
Korea
Short
House
Armed Services Committee
Far East Veterans From New Mexico Arrive Back in U. S.
Twenty three New Mexico veterans of the Far East return to the United States aboard the Navy transports Gen. Simon S. Buckner and Marine Adder. Names include Mora Archuleta Jr. and Rosendo Baca among others from Mora, Chicayo, Clayton, Hurley, and Santa Fe.
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Seattle
New Mexico
Far East
United States
Navy
Simon S. Buckner
Marine Adder
Mora
Steve Archuleta Jr
Chicayo
Rosendo L. Baca
Clayton
Hal W. Brown
Hurley
Gilbert D. Carreon
Rudy P. Hopcasitas
Tesuque
Sofia O. Gonzales
Cedar Hill
Benjamin R. Lord
Lordsburg
Tally Y. Moreno
Arroyo Hondo
Juan L. Padilla
Hondo
Teofilo M. Salas
Tucumcari
Raymond T. Sanchez
Weather summary from United States Weather Bureau
Temperatures recorded at three hour intervals from 2 p m yesterday to 11 a m today show a high of 75 and a low of 41 with a normal 75 44 for the date. No precipitation in 24 hours to 11 a m today and year to date 1 71 inches. Sunrise 5 29 am sunset 6 28 pm. Forecast calls for fair skies with slightly cooler conditions today and tonight and rising temperatures Thursday with a high around 70 and a low near 38.
Unusual Names Appear on County Birth Records
A county birth records check in Chaves County shows babies given unusual first names including Benjamin Franklin Jesse James Dalton Robin Melody Coy Dawn Honey Olympia Kerry All Lee an Johnnis Clovis Brenta Jarr od Loney and Rito. The sample spans the last five years and highlights odd naming trends in local births.
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Benjamin Franklin
Jesse James
Dalton
Chaves
Robin
Melody
Coy
Dawn
Honey
Olympia
Kerry
Leean
Johnnis
Clovis
Brenta
Jarrod
Loney
Rito
Eisenhower Plans Major 1953 Peace Policy Speech
President Eisenhower will address the chances for world peace in 1953 in a Washington speech. Press secretary James C. Hagerty announced the theme at the president’s vacation headquarters in Augusta Georgia. The luncheon speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors will be televised and broadcast nationwide.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
James C. Hagerty
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Hagerty
Hen Lays Golden Egg for Waitress in Niagara Falls
In Niagara Falls Ontario a waitress named Mary Barnett found a penny within a cracked egg given to a customer over the weekend. The hen reportedly produces valuable eggs, described as a real money maker.
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Niagara Falls
Stolen 1946 Dodge Recovered In Lovington
Hobbs Chevrolet Co. of Portales reported a 1946 Dodge stolen. City police found the car abandoned in Lovington. officer Foy Addison filed the report.
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Lovington
Foy Addison
Hobbs Chevrolet Co
Portales
750 Disabled Chinese POW Sitdown Strike Aboard Ship
About 750 disabled Chinese Communist prisoners aboard a U S landing ship staged a 22 hour sit down strike en route to Panmunjom for repatriation. North Korean prisoners on Koje Island balked. Guards, litter patients and amputees were aboard as U S officers urged movement. The lead detainee refused to debark amid a tense standoff.
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Pusan
Korea
U.S
Panmunjom
Koje Island
Koje
LST
Cheju Island
NMMI Cadets Honored Then Duel Challenge Emerges
In Germany a U S Army prison sociologist faces a pistol duel challenge from Capt Charles Tarpley over a German doctor. Groseclose displayed two pistols in a bag as he allegedly challenged Tarpley at an Army library in Hoechst on Easter Sunday. An arraignment is set for April 21 after a psychiatric exam.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Blondell Groseclose
Mannheim
Charles D. Tarpley
Groseclose
Hoechst
Margarete Meyer
U. S
Robert L. Guthrie
Army
97Th General Hospital
New Mexico Military Institute Cadets Praised After Formal Inspection
Col W H Langdon and a three man inspection team praised the N M M I corps of cadets for a superior performance during the annual government inspection. The team reviewed weapons barracks and activities before leaving Roswell and will report to Fourth Army headquarters.
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W. H. Langdon
Fourth Army
New Mexico Military Institute
Corps of Cadets
Pracrcu Ull Uile Lallipus
Col
Langson
William R. Reilly
Charles H. Brown
Military Department
Roswell
Col. Langson
Charles F. Ward
Cahoon
Col. O. O. Wilson
Department of Defense
Chaplin Surrenders U S Re Entry Permit
British comedian Charlie Chaplin has surrendered his United States re entry permit and plans not to resume residence in the country. The Justice Department announced the action noting a previously issued stop order at American ports and a required re examination upon return to establish readmission eligibility.
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Washington
Charlie Chaplin
U. S
Justice Department
Department
Chaplin
Europe
Atty
James P. McGranery
United States
Becomes Acting Portales Postmaster
Mrs Hazel Little appointed acting postmaster for Portales succeeding Mrs Lillian Howard who retires April 30 after 19 years. Little is daughter of Earl McCollum a longtime Republican hero. She received notification from Postmaster General Arthur Sumnerfield today.
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Portales
Hazel Little
Lillian Howard
Baseball Results in NAL League Nati Pittsburgh Brooklyn
The NAL League game shows Pittsburgh 28 and Brooklyn 0 with Lindell Sandlock Meyer and Campanella contributing. Both teams posted a sequence of runs with final score 28 to 0 in favor of Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
UV Lindell and
Sandlock
Meyer and Campanella
Sandia walkout ends after interim agreement reached
About 2,500 workers at Sandia Base walked off the job but the strike ended as Sandia Corp and union representatives secured an interim settlement.
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Sandia
Albuquerque
Sandia Base
Sprawling
Atomic Center
Sandia Corp
Veteran of Korea Held in Death of Man in Ratón
A Korean War veteran was held for questioning in the death of Vivian Archuleta. The arrest followed sister Sylvia Padilla guiding police to a site visited by Archuleta and the man. Her brother vanished after being driven to a plant by the suspect. Two truck drivers found Archuleta's body under a bridge near Ratón.
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Vivian Archuleta
Archuleta
Sylvia Padilla
Cancer Tag Day Planned in Roswell by Local Society
Cancer Fund Tag Day will be held Saturday in Roswell. Mrs. L. O. Thompson, campaign director for the local American Cancer Society chapter, announced Rainbow Girls will sell tags on the streets to help meet the city quota in the current drive.
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Cancer Fund
Roswell
L. O. Thompson
American Cancer Society
Rainbow Girls
Gas Station Loses 70 Cents to Burglar
Johnnie Manning’s Continental Oil service station at 426 North Main reported an intruder last night who broke open a portion of a cash register drawer and took 70 cents. No other items were stolen.
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Johnnie Manning
Continental Oil
North Main
Injuries Fatal to Hobbs Truck Driver
Hobbs, N M. W H Yarbrough 54 died yesterday from injuries received Monday when crushed under eight inch oilfield pipe while unloading pipe from a railroad freight car. Sam Walker 40 suffered a fracture in the same accident.
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Hobbs
W. H. Yarbrough
Sam Walker
Hurry-up bid to end federal rent controls faces test
Washington lawmakers weigh a GOP bill to end most federal rent controls by April 30 for noncritical areas and June 30 in defense zones. Chairman Wolcott argues to shift control to a federal agency, while the Senate backs a Oct 1 extension and broader wage price powers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wolcott
House Banking Committee
Defense Mobilization
Arthur S. Flemming
Flemming
GOP
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
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AFL
Office Employes International Union
Western Electric
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
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Freedom Village
United States Weather Bureau
eGn
Lionel McGarr
Allied Prisoner of War Command
Richard D. Boerem
Tario
Col Boerem
Panmunom
Boerem
NMMI
Aioe
Beter
Raton
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Floyd Gray
M. J. Begder
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