Byrd raises White House role in Korea ammo shortages
Sen. Byrd suggests top policy makers from Truman era may share responsibility for ammunition shortages in Korea. He cites a Sept. 27, 1950 directive signed by Gen. George Marshall that urged budgetary assumptions the war would end by mid-1951. Witness Lt. Gen. Palmer testified on Army supply. Lovett and Marshall could be called to testify.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
White House
Harry S. Truman
Korea
Secretary of Defense
George C. Marshall
Truman
Virginian
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
W. B. Palmer
Marshall
Defense
Louis A. Johnson
Armed Services and Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Leesburg
George H. Decker
Army Comptroller
Joint Chiefs
Robert A. Lovett
Margaret Chase Smith
Rme
Subcommittee
Eisenhower urges Soviets to seek peace beyond fear
President Eisenhower challenged Soviet leaders to end the Cold War, disarm the world, and fund aid to poverty to avoid atomic war. He proposed steps toward a world disarmament plan, including independence for East European satellites, a unified Korea, and a European community with East European independence. He outlined five core disarmament measures and called for international inspection under the UN to enforce them.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
U. S
Korea
Indochina
Malaya
Germany
Kremlin
United Nations
Red POW Convoy Near Swap Point Six Miles From Freedom
Six miles from freedom in Kaesong, the first Allied sick and wounded arrive as Red POW convoys near the swap point. North Korean staff officers say about half of the first 100 to be traded Monday are non Koreans while U N officials plan to swap 600 disabled POWs this week.
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Munsan
Korea
Kaesong
Freedom
Pyongyang
U.N
Panmunjom
U. N
U. S
Pusan
Red
United Nations
Washington
Mark Clark
Far East
Clark
Reds
Turkey
Greece
South Africa
Netherlands
Philippines
Columbia
Australia
Canada
City Manager Sees Parking Lots as Answer to Problem
City Manager C. M. Woodbury argued that city owned parking lots could ease future traffic in downtown Roswell. The hearing on the revised city plan at City Hall covered traffic and street construction along with proposed bridges over the Hondo and Spring. About 25 citizens attended with Chamber of Commerce members and school board president among them. city officials including the mayor and planning staff were present.
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Roswell
C. M. Woodbury
City Hall
Country Club Road
Atkinson, Garden
College
Eighth
19Th
Hondo
Spring
Hinton Wilmot
Chamber of Commerce Planning Group
Gene Reischman
Planning and Zoning Commission
Warren R. Cobean
Dick Bean
Frank Standhardt
Phil Helmig, Jr
Earl Lostetter
S. Elmo Henslee
Max Littell
Weather Summary From Local Weather Bureau Report
Reading at three hour intervals from 2 PM yesterday to 11 AM today shows highest 73 and lowest 36 with 75 normal maximum and 45 normal minimum. Forecast calls for fair skies, warmer today with high near 78 and windy periods, mild tomorrow. sunrise 5 27, sunset 6 29.
Imperial Sulphur Plant Opens in Fruitland New Mexico
Imperial Sulphur and Acid Co opens in Fruitland as the second sulphur plant in New Mexico with a third under construction near Eunice. The $350000 facility, operated by El Paso Natural Gas Co, produces about one ton of sulphur per hour on trial and can extract up to 40 tons daily from waste gas from the San Juan Basin. Dudley Cornell, vice president and general counsel for the Fruitland company, notes plans to make sulphuric acid for uranium processing.
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Fruitland
New Mexico
Imperial Sulphur and Acid Co
Warren Petroleum Co
Monument
Eunice
Dudley Cornell
Albuquerque
Fruitland Company
el Paso Natural Gas Co
San Juan River
Cornell
San Juan Basin
el Paso Natural
UN Command to Issue Truce Talks Verdict Tomorrow
The U.N. Command will decide tomorrow if it is ready to resume long stalled Korean armistice talks and is expected to say yes. The U.N. requested a meeting to deliver a letter answering repeated Communist requests to restart negotiations. Talks were suspended on October 8.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
Red
Bandit Takes Over Two Hundred In Hobbs Holdup
A note bearing bandit robbed the Piggly Wiggly in Hobbs last night taking more than $200 from the check stand. Cashier June Brooks 18-year-old high school senior emptied the register after the bandit demanded all money in a sack and warned not to be a nut and get killed. She did not see a gun.
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Hobbs
June Brooks
Brooks
Mad Tinsmith carries out seven family killings in Massachusetts
Peter Akulonis 39 killed seven relatives in Lawrence and Methuen mass attack using an ax before turning the weapon on himself as police closed in. Victims include wife Madeline 32 son Michael 5 mother Mary 72 brother Alphonse 32 and nephews James 5 and Paul 2. A second son Peter Jr. 9 was missing. Police found three notes with hostile lines.
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James
Paul
Alphonse
Peter Jr
Akulonis
Akalonis
Clair
Lawrence
Michael
Methuen
Peter
Raymond
Alamogordo Man in Fair Condition After 20-Foot Fall
Robert Audette, 25, of Albuquerque, was listed in fair condition at an Alamogordo hospital after a 20 foot fall from a stringer in a hangar under construction at Holloman Air Development Center. A military spokesman said the injury occurred Tuesday and involved a possible back injury and a broken right arm.
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Alamogordo
Robert Audette
Albuquerque
Audette
Holloman Air Development Center
Ford Foundation to survey Navajo educational facilities
A spokesman for the Indian Service says the Ford Foundation offers a free thorough survey of Navajo Reservation educational facilities and problems. The proposal is under consideration by the Navajo Tribal Council advisory committee.
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ALLUP
The
Indian Service
Ford Foundation
Navajo Reservation
Navajo Tribal Council
Woman seeks Durango city manager post
Mrs. Irvin Smith, 47, a businesswoman who sometimes drives trucks, has applied for the city manager job in Durango Colorado. City Manager A F Barnett resigned last week from the town of about 7500 residents.
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Durango
Colo
Irvin Smith
A. F. Barnett
Shriners to Attend Roswell Ceremonial Convention
Six hundred Shriners will converge on Roswell for a state wide ceremonial convention and parade led by Potentate J Leon Thompson of Ballut Abyad Shrine Temple Albuquerque. The event includes 100 new nobles to be conferred and a barbecue luncheon at the fair grounds.
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Roswell
J. Leon Thompson
Ballut Abyad Shrine
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Mystic Shrine
Dan
Masonic Temple
Nickson Hotel
Main
Fifth Streets
Walnut Street
Fair Grounds
Larry Rigsby
WAFB
Gerald McBride
Glover Packing Co
Country Club
W. J. Rodden
Blustery Storm Swings Through Great Lakes and Plains
A sharp spring storm brought snow and rain with strong winds across the Great Lakes region and Northern Plains. Temperatures dipped below freezing in many spots while the eastern U S faced rain and showers on the leading edge of the cold air. Winds eased in the south central as warmer air moved into the Rockies and Pacific Coast.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Plains
Virginia
Gulf
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Cattle Shipments Rise in New Mexico for March
The New Mexico Cattle Sanitary Board reports March cattle shipments from the state rose by 5 000 head to 22 845 from the previous year. Inbound shipments for pasture last month totaled 6 084 head.
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Albuquerque
The
New Mexico Cattle Sanitary Board
New Mexico
Chavez Trial Delayed Awaiting County Audit Report
Manuel C. Chavez, former Valencia County treasurer, faces 28 counts of embezzlement. The trial is paused pending an audit of county records. Chavez was suspended from office last August.
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Albuquerque
Manuel C. Chavez
Valencia County
Chavez
Coleman Construction Wins Silver City Post Office Remodel
The General Services Administration awarded Coleman Construction Co. of St. Louis the contract to remodel the Silver City New Mexico post office. Coleman was the low bidder at 22133 dollars.
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Denver
General Services Administration
Coleman Construction Co
St. Louis
Silver City
N. M. Coleman
Santa Fe liquor director suspends two city licenses
Santa Fe Liquor Director Elfego Baca suspended the Model Cafe and Bar at Columbus for 60 days for a Sunday liquor sale. He also suspended The Beacon at Alamogordo for 30 days for selling to a minor.
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Santa FE
Elfego Baca
Model
Columbus
Baca
Alamogordo
Firefighters respond to reported blaze on East Hendricks
Roswell firemen rushed to 400 East Hendricks at 8 17 last night after a report of a fire. The squad found the blaze already extinguished upon arrival.
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Roswell
East Hendricks
Even Bird Entangled in Home Building
A robin building a nest 60 feet high became tangled in string. Fireman Frank Armstrong climbed a ladder to free the bird from the tangle.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Frank Armstrong
Two Men Die As Car Overturns Near Artesia New Mexico
State Police report two men, Dale Hodgkins and Milford Harland, died when Hodgkins driving lost a curve on State Road 83 and the car overturned four times about 19 miles south of Artesia. The 3:45 a.m. crash near Artesia also left a Navajo woman with fatal injuries in nearby Farmington.
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New Mexico
Artesia
Farmington
Dale Edmund Hodgkins
Ft. Worth
Milford Harland
Oak Grov
A. J. Smith
Hodgkins
Bessie Closson
Shiprock Hospital
Bobbie Lee
Arizona
Petit Cline
Fruitland
Lee
Myhre Elected President of Frontier Airlines
Denver announces C A Myhre is elected president of Frontier Airlines after serving as executive vice president.
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Denver
C. A. Myhre
Frontier Airlines
Riots Rock Buenos Aires After Peron Rally Bombing
Pro Peron mobs burned and looted in Buenos Aires after a bombing at a rally for President Peron. Six killed and 92 injured as opposition HQs and the Jockey Club burned. An American circus worker Esteban Jacyna was arrested for questioning. Violence spread to nearby districts as police efforts waned.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Peron
Viva Peron
Jockey Club
Esteban Jacyna
Herkimer
N. Y
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Mad Tinsmith
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Hagerman
A. B. Bingman
NMMI
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Roswell High School
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Paul B. McEvoy
W. E. Rollins
James Callender
W. R. Eccles
D. N. Pope
Shriners
U.S
Brooks Thomas
el Paso
Eiie
William Raftery
Adriana Kelley
Geraldine Schroeder
J. J. Peter de Benedetti
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