Kuchel Urges United Action on Indochina
Sen. Kuchel proposes taking the Indochina issue to the United Nations to rally joint international effort to prevent aggression. He argues the United States cannot alone extinguish fires worldwide and cites the Korean truce signatories as a model for collective action.
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Washington
Sen. Kuchel
R.-Calif
America
United Nations
Indochina
Nix
Kuchel
Nixon
American Society of
United States
France
Congress
State Department
United Action
Dulles
Department
U. S
Lake Ontario
Democratic
Repub
Artesia Cotton Week Promises Festive Area Celebration
Roswell hosts the first Southeastern New Mexico Cotton Week from May 10 to 15. The event culminates in the selection and crowning of Southeastern New Mexico's Cotton Queen as part of a growing regional celebration.
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Roswell
Cotton Week plans advance in Roswell with community support
Artesia Carlsbad and Roswell groups submit entries while Walker Air Force Base pledges entertainment support for Cotton Week. Roswell merchants commit funds and plan events from May 11 through May 15 including a coronation and grand ball. Patrick McGinnis gains control of New Haven Railroad in a proxy battle.
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Artesia
Carlsbad
Roswell
Walker Air Force Base
Chaves County
Cotton Week
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Kaufmann
Ray Laney
Carol Hunter
Norton Kessell
Jim Owens
Leslie McPherson
W. G. Slaughter
Fair
Cotton Queen
Elk’s Hall
Patrick B. McGinnis
New Haven
New York
Conn
McGinnis
John Simms Jr. Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Democratic governor candidate John Simms Jr. was admitted to St. Joseph's hospital in Albuquerque for emergency appendectomy. The operation at 9 a.m. was reported completely successful with no complications. He was observed at home overnight, remains in hospital for two to three days, and plans to resume campaigning in about two weeks.
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Albuquerque
John Simms Jr
St. Joseph's Hospital
Simms
C of C Breakfast Reservations Due
Chamber of Commerce stockholders were reminded by President Homer Glover that reservations for the breakfast on Wednesday must reach the Chamber by noon Tuesday. A tele phone call to confirm attendance is requested. Bill Deane will speak on DE Day and brief reports on three projects will follow. The breakfast runs 7:30 to 8:30. Non stockholders may attend. Several new stockholders will be introduced.
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Chamber of Commerce
Homer Glover
Nickson
Glover
Bill Deane
Yankees Drop Tight Opener to Red Sox 28 15 Final
New York falls behind early then punches back but Boston holds on in a 28 to 15 opening game victory. Byrd Gorman and Berra lead the Yankees with late scoring while Nixon Kinder Owen White pace Boston in a high scoring tilt.
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New York
Boston
Byrd
Gorman
Berra
Nixon
Kinder
Owen
White
Local Weather Highlights for United States
Temperature readings taken at three hour intervals show a high of 92 and a low of 46. Normal highs and lows for this date are 76 and 46. Precipitation totals 0 for 24 hours ending 11 am today, month to date 0.09 and year to date 0.30. Sunrise at 5:24, sunset at 6:31, day length 13.1 hours.
Roswell Fire Crews Respond to Mattress and Car Fire
Roswell firefighters made two calls on Saturday night. At 7 30 p m they battled a mattress fire in an unoccupied house at 807 S Lea Ave. At 11 32 p m they fights a blaze that burned the front seat of a 1953 Ford at 205 S Stanton Ave.
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Roswell
S. Lea Ave
S. Stanton Ave
Stolen Torso From Carnival Game At Daytona Beach
William Flanigan reported the theft of the torso from a stuffed dummy with a wooden head. The dummy was part of a mechanical carnival game run by a beach concession yesterday in Daytona Beach Florida.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
William Flanigan
Ex-Pro Red POW Dickenson Goes on Trial in Novel Case
Ex Prisoner Dickenson, 23, of Cracker’s Neck Virginia, faces life in prison under a new charge for wartime conduct with the enemy. Col. Guy Emery leads his defense as testimony begins with Corporal Thomas Carrick of Blacksburg who shared a foxhole with Dickenson. The case hinges on a unique count alleging actions to gain favorable treatment by captors. Dickenson says he was forced by Communist pressure and protested Red lectures, while Bard’s team argues he provided information to aid himself.
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Cracker
Charees
Dickenson
Sean Rte
No. 5
Pyoktong
Korea
Guy Emery
Bard
Army
Cpl
Thomas A. Carrick
Blacksburg
Eight Police Court cases heard on intoxication lead blotter
Eight cases handled today on the police court blotter. Five were for intoxication and one each for shoplifting drunken disorderly conduct and a 30 day sentence with a $55 bond posted.
Marine Pfc E W Thomas in four weeks of training
Pendleton California reports Marine Pfc E W Thomas son of Mrs James Collins Roswell undergoing four weeks of individual combat training at the Marine Corps training center.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
E. W. Thomas
James Collins
Roswell
Marine Corps
Supreme Soviet to Meet for Budget Approval
The two houses of the supreme Soviet will convene tomorrow to approve the national budget. The move marks the first formal session of the legislature in the budget process.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Banks Must Report Washington
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for banks to report the condition of all national banks as of the close of business April 15.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Oil Rig Activity Surges in Lea County and Statewide
Hughes TY Tool Co reports a sharp rise in drilling with 76 rigs active in Lea County, up 15 from a week earlier. Statewide total active rigs increase from 105 to 120 over the same period.
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Hobbs
Hughes TY Tool Co
Lea County
Nebraska cowbelle to add Western color to Senate
Eva Bowring, a 62 year old rancher and Republican worker, is appointed to fill part of the unexpired Griswold term in the U S Senate. She blends Western grit with social grace as she prepares to serve in Washington, tending cattle and running a 10,000 acre sandhills ranch near Merriman.
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Merriman
Nebraska
United States Senate
Adn
Eva Bowring
Sandhills
Bowring
French Battle to Hold Back Vietminh Assault at Dien Bien Phu
French forces fought to stop a Vietminh breakthrough at Dien Bien Phu. Vietminh attacked from the northwest and neared the fortress core while French troops, including tanks and artillery, pressed countermeasures. An army spokesman reported losses on both sides and light clashes outside the fortified perimeter.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Girl's Parents Witness Genuine Easter Miracle
Oklahoma City report recalls Patricia Joy Payne a 9 year old who was knocked unconscious by a swing at school. After a coma and near death she reportedly gasped and revived on Easter morning in a claimed life saving miracle witnessed by her parents.
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Oklahoma City
Patricia Joy Payne
Patricia
Payne
Dust Clouds Sweep Eastern New Mexico Amid Record Heat
Choking dust from parched eastern Colorado and western Kansas reduces visibility to about a mile in parts of eastern New Mexico. Temperatures Sunday topped out in the 80s and 90s at sites including Carlsbad 94 Hobbs 90 Columbus 91 Tucumcari 91 Albuquerque 86 as officials log new heat records and forecast little change today and tomorrow.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Rio Grande Valley
Carlsbad
Hobbs
Columbus
Tucumcari
Albuquerque
District Weather Bureau
Reading
Eisenhower Dulles Hold Conference on Asia Defense
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles meet in Augusta Georgia to discuss bolstering Indochina against the Reds and protecting Southeast Asia. Dulles will report on London Paris talks about a Pacific defense alliance while Nixon’s Indochina troops remark is noted.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Dulles
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Columbine
Washington
London
Paris
Augusta National Golf Club
Congress
Nixon
Senate Banking Committee Gains Access to FHA Tax Records
President Eisenhower ordered the Senate Banking Committee to obtain income tax returns linked to FHA loans under the National Housing Act as the panel opens a probe into multimillion-dollar alleged windfalls for builders. Albert Cole of HHFA indicated a housing official faces serious charges of taking money in connection with irregularities in the housing program.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Senate Banking Committee
Albert
Bank Committee
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Washington V
Guy T. O. Hollyday
Capehart
R-Ind
Hollyday
Banking Committee
Albert M. Cole
Housing and Home Finance Agency
HHFA
PHA
FHA
Cole
FBI
No Fishing Licenses Fined in Roswell Justice Court
W. E. Ogden and M. L. Dawson of Roswell were each fined $25 plus court costs for fishing without a license in a justice of the peace court today, per district game warden M. F. Embrey.
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W. E. Ogden
M. L. Dawson
Roswell
Justice of the Peace Court
M. F. Embrey
California wine heir and Huntington heir wed in Las Vegas
Secondo Guasti of ITI 29 and Martha Outlaw Huntington 33 daughter of railroad heir Henry Edwards Huntington II were married Saturday in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Secondo Guasti
ITI
California Wine Family
Martha Outlaw Huntington
Henry Edwards Huntington
Call 7 Witnesses In Rape Trial Here
Seven witnesses were called by the state in the Carl Nelson Hagerman rape trial. Names include Dr William E Toney Artesia Curtis Earp and wife Doris Onita Bond Deputy Charlie Troublefield Hagerman Glenn V Painter Artesia and Arnold J Smith Artesia New Mexico Police. The offense is alleged March 14 near Lake Arthur. Jurors sworn at 10 20 a m include Lawrence B Hess Horace Hamilton McGee James H Raleigh Milton Swatek Robert A Aaker George Drew Crawford Asrey William Henry Dearholt R C Powless Marion C Yarnell E Charles Edwards Charles B Boreing. The trial of Nelson precedes co defendant Charles Ray Gibson.
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Carl Nelson
Hagerman
William E. Toney
Artesia
Curtis Earp
Doris
Onita Bond
Charlie Troublefield
Glenn V. Painter
Arnold J. Smith
New Mexico
Lake Arthur
Charles Ray Gibson
Nelson
George T. Harris
Lawrence B. Hess
Horace Hamilton McGee
James H. Raleigh
Milton Swatek
Robert A. Aaker
George Drew
Crawford Asrey
William Henry Dearholt
R. C. Powless
Marion C. Yarnell
E. Charles Edwards
C. C. Wooldridge
Crawford
Pat Hanagan
William W
Bill) Osborn
Gibson
Glenn G. Stiff
Henry S. Corzine
Clyde Backenstoss
Jean Willis
Harry Puryear
Marvin T. Hill
Paul Snead
Dave Calderon
Longhorn baseball tickets selling fast for opening game
Tickets for the Longhorn baseball season opening on Tuesday evening at Fair Park stadium are moving quickly. Mayor elect Bert Ballard leads advance sales while George Carraway and Bert Luttrell report strong citywide interest in the opener against the Carlsbad Potashers. Tickets available through local businesses and the Chamber of Commerce to avoid crowding. Opening ceremonies begin at 7 30 with the national anthem and an invocation by Father Charles R Davies. Patsy Allen will intro Roswell Baseball Club directors Ben Ginsberg Darrel Adams and Bert Bal.
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Bert Ballard
George Carraway
Bert Luttrell
Carlsbad
Chamber of Commerce
Fair Park Stadium
Charles R. Davies
J. R
Patsy” Allen
Roswell Baseball Club
Ben Ginsberg
Darrel Adams
Bert Bal
New Weapons Challenge Conduct of Large War Drills
Washington reports that atomic cannon missiles rockets and guided missiles complicate coordinating modern combat during upcoming maneuvers involving 100 000 Army and air forces. The exercises test how to allocate firepower across corps artillery ranges and theater level coordination.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
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