Massive New Prison Is City Within Itself In New Mexico
The 8 million dollar state prison near Santa Fe, built to hold 1000 convicts, opened for an inspection by New Mexico media and planned a spring public open house. Warden Harold Swenson praised the facility as the finest penitentiary he has seen.
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John B. Curtis
New State Prison
New Mexico
Radio
Robert E. McKee Co
Edwin B. Swope
Santa Fe
Swope
Harold R. Swenson
Willard C. Kruger
Swenson
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Attorneys jockey for fifth day to pick Graham jury
In Denver the John Gilbert Graham murder trial moved into its fifth day of jury selection. Prosecution seeks a 13 member panel dominated by men while defense aims for a jury weighted with women. Tentative jurors include seven men and six women with an alternate woman.
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Graham
Denver
John Gilbert Graham
Daisie E. King
West East talks open on Middle East crisis in London
Soviet Premier Bulganin and Khrushchev met Prime Minister Eden at Claridges for talks on Egypt Israel balance of power. Crowds along route to Downing Street were hushed as security and officials attended the five hours of secret discussions.
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London
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khruschev
Eden
Middle East
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Claridges Hotel
No. 10
Downing St
Kremlin
Andrei Gromyko
Jacob Malik
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Egypt
Israel
Krushchev
West Germany
United Nations
Eisenhower
U. N. Krushchev
Moscow Radio
Faculty Staff Changes At NMMI For Next Year
With contract offers issued by the Office of the Superintendent it becomes clear that NMMI will see multiple faculty and staff changes next year. Several instructors have received attractive offers elsewhere including Capt. John B. and others, prompting departures and reassignments.
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NMMI
John B
Twenty nine airmen graduate from leadership school at WAFB
Twenty nine Airmen First Class will graduate from Walker AFB Leadership School tonight with a buffet in Windbeam Service Club at 6 30. Brig Gen Charles W Schott will be principal speaker with Col G W Porter and Col Glen W Martin among honored guests. A VIP reception and nursery service are planned, and awards include an engraved wrist watch for the top student.
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Walker Afb
Tnight
Windbeam Service Club
Charles W. Schott
47Th Air Division
G.W. Porter
Glen W. Martin
Food Service Squadron
Windbeam
Service Club
Base
John E. Choate
812Th Air Police
Welcome A-2 and Mrs Lidbey Appear in Society Note
Social column lists Welcome A-2 and Mrs Robert L Lidbey among attendees at the season’s opening events. Mr and Mrs William G Roberts also noted, marking a blend of local families at the gathering.
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Robert L. Lidbey
William G. Roberts
Dr. Marshall Installed As County Heart President
Dr. Steve Marshall was installed as president of the Chaves County Heart Association at the annual meeting. New officers include Dr. K L Bergner as vice president and president elect John Hall as chairman of the board, Mrs. Clayton Meairs as secretary, James R. Miller as treasurer, and Mrs. T H Ferguson as executive secretary. The New Mexico Heart Association plans a Roswell conference May 4-5 with Dr Carleton Chapman as guest speaker on Longevity. John Hall Jr reports $7,176 in fund funds and notes upcoming United Fund drive at Walker Air Force Base.
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Steve Marshall
Chaves County Heart Association
K.L. Bergner
John Hall
Clayton Meairs
James R. Miller
T. H. Ferguson
Pierre Salmon
New Mexico Heart Association
Roswell
Field Robinson
State Heart Association
Carleton Chapman
Dallas
Southwestern Medical College
Oscar Greene
John Hall Jr
Walker Air Force Base
Clyde Camp
WAFB
Marshall
Underworld Night Oddities Hit Dallas Police Garage
A 32 year old ex convict jailed for theft after police caught him picking roses from the fence at the police garage. A 27 year old repeat offender faces malicious mischief charges after officers found an air rifle and pellets in his truck.
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Michief
Detroit Miss Kelley Laments Monaco Wedding Card
AP reports Grace Kelley a Detroit marriage clerk with the name Kelley says the Monaco wedding publicity was tiresome. She jokes about a transfer to a basement file room and notes the prince and princess deserve happiness while admitting relief that the event is over.
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Detroit
Grace Kelley
Miss Kelley
Nasser Flies To Jidda For Conference With Arab Rulers
Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser flies to Jidda to meet King Saud of Saudi Arabia and Imam Ahmed of Yemen for talks cited by the Middle East News Agency. U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold begins final round talks with Israeli officials on Palestine border issues before returning to Beirut. Reports of Israeli patrol activity in Gaza and renewed clashes on the Jordan frontier accompany the conference developments.
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Jerusalem
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Jidda
King Saud
Saudia Arabia
Imam Ahmed
Yemen
Middle East
Red Sea
Mecca
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Palestine
Beirut
Lebanon
U. N
Old Grind
Gaza Strip
Deir el Ballah
Hammearskjold
Beith Guvrin
Judean Hills
Hammarskjold
David Ben-Gurion
Gaza
Nasser
Park to Be Dedicated as State Park in New Mexico
The City of Rocks area between Silver City and Deming will be dedicated as a state park on April 29. The last Legislature passed a bill by Sen. Charles Royall of Grant County authorizing the park’s establishment.
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Silver City
City of Rocks
Deming
Charles Royall
Grant County
Night editor Charles R. Barth dies at 77
Charles R. Barth, longtime night editor of the New York Daily Mirror for 30 years, died yesterday at age 77. He was born in St. Louis and retired earlier this year.
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New York
Charles R. Barth
New York Daily Mirror
the Mirror
St. Louis
Climax Expects in Jury Probe of Missing Mrs Scott
Los Angeles awaits a grand jury session starting Tuesday as the Evelyn Throsby Scott disappearance and husband L Ewing Scott probe tighten. District attorney Roll, police, and investigators review evidence after six weeks of quiet inquiries into her fate and estate valued at about 600000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Evelyn Throsby Scott
L. Ewing Scott
Atty. S
Ernest Roll
Adolph
Scott
Bel- Air
District Attorney’s Office
D. A’s
Teen-Aged Girl Dies in Accident Near Roswell
A 14-year-old girl, Eva Larue Nahquaddy, died in a one-car crash 24.8 miles east of Roswell on U S Highway 70 at 1 30 a m The vehicle a 1955 Chevrolet sedan went out of control and rolled twice The driver was 32 year old Paulina Rowena of Hawthorne California The car also carried Wel don Kowena 38 and their children Juanita 10 James 6 Rhoda 4 and Kate 2 The girl was an adopted daughter and two others were injured They were taken to Ballard Medical Center Police investigator Archie Jennings led the inquiry
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Roswell
Eva Larue Nahquaddy
Chaves County
Paulina Rowena
Doty St
Hawthorne
Calif
Weldon Kowena
Pauline
Juanita
James
Rhoda
Kate
Kowena
Ballard
Archie Jennings
New Mexico
Democratic Party Faces Financial Crisis Ahead of 1956 Election
Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler warned at a two day committee meeting that the party faces a severe financial crisis with only about 100000 in bank balance compared to the Republicans five million. He said fund raising must be the top priority to present party issues and avoid losing the 1956 election to the party with more money.
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Washington
Paul M. Butler
Butler
National Committee
State Senator Gordon Melody Resting After Dizzy Spell
The family of State Sen. Gordon Melody said he was resting at home after a dizzy spell on a business trip to Tucumcari yesterday. His wife said he was treated with oxygen in Tucumcari and later brought home, and he was feeling pretty good.
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Las Vegas
Gordon Melody
Tucumcari
Melody
Arizona survivor Eckhoff dies in California
Rear Adm. Frederick J. Eckhoff aged 58 and a Pearl Harbor survivor died Wednesday in Palo Alto California. Born in Brooklyn New York Eckhoff was among the few who survived the battleship Arizona bombing.
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Arizona
Palo Alto
Calif
Frederick J. Eckhoff
Brooklyn
Two Out of State Men Die In Separate Vehicle Crashes
State Police report two one car crashes killed Glenn Floyd Watson, 38, Garden City Kansas, and George Calvin Shelley, 56, Boise City Oklahoma. Watson died after a car rolled four times on U S 84 twenty miles north of Fort Sumner. Gilbert Green and Wayne Boyd were injured. Shelley died when a car rolled over him at the junction of U S 64 and the old road to Dawson about 38 miles west of Raton. driver Orval Jack Moulder, 29, Boise City, was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Associated Press
Glenn Floyd Watson
Garden City
Kan
George Calvin Shelley
Boise City
Okla
Watson
Fort Sumner
U. S
Gilbert Green
Wayne Boyd
Muskogee
Green
Boyd
Shelley
U. S. 64
Dawson
Raton
Orval Jack Moulder
Colfax Man Sues Albuquerque Land Claim in Federal Suit
Claudio Aragon of Colfax County files a federal suit to quiet title on land he says he fully owns. He sues Marcos Vigil of Trinidad Colorado claiming the Colfax property, seeks a determination of ownership and equitable obligations if not found full owner.
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Albuquerque
Claudio Aragon
Colfax County
Aragon
Marcos Vigil
Trinidad
Colo
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