High School Girl Testifies in Photo Blackmail Case
A 17 year old Roswell High School student testified in district court that she paid 75 to a man claiming to have a compromising photo. The man denied the charge and the airman defendant pleaded not guilty with bond set at 1500.
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Roswell
Justice Court
New Mexico
Elliott Adam Smith
Walker Air Force Base
Smith
District Court
George L. Reese
R. Perry Bean
Justice of the Peace
Charles R. Meredith
White
Walker
Meredith
Yucca Nite Club
Dowaliby Pleads Guilty In Fireworks Case
James M. Dowaliby Jr. pleaded guilty and paid a $25 fine for discharging fireworks within city limits in a Police Court session. Judge R. L. Ballard presided. other blotter items were a $15 fine for a separate man identified as Mansion.
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James M. Dowaliby Jr
Charles B. Dowaliby
John M. Otto
R. L. Ballard
Local Weather Brief With Dusty Wind and Showers
The report notes considerable cloudiness through tomorrow with windy conditions and dust. Scattered light showers are expected tomorrow. Warmer today with a high near 90. Colder tomorrow night into Friday with a low around unspecified value. Sunrise 5 12, sunset 6 39, day length 13.5 hours. Month to date and year to date totals are given, normal values listed, but some data appear truncated.
Stevens Testifies on Dismissing Security Risk Cases
Lawton states Army counselor John G. Adams urged him in November to dismiss certain security cases at the radar research center. Ray H. Jenkins, special counsel, says Lawton dictated the action in his presence and characterizes the memo as Stevens seeking to halt the senator’s investigation of allied activities at Mon.
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Lawton
Army
John G. Adams
Army Radar Research Center
Ray H. Jenkins
Senate
Jenkins
Stevens
Mon
Four youths plan summer work trip to Alaska by hearse
In Norwood Mass four youths ages 18 to 20 prepare to depart in a $60 1907 model hearse bound for Alaska. George Burns Cornelius Sea Strom Theodore MacCarthy and Thomas Hillman carry a $400 stake for gasoline and food and aim to sleep in the hearse en route. They hope to find summer construction jobs in Fairbanks.
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Norwood
Mass
Alaska
George Burns
Cornelius Sea‘Strom
Theodore MacCarthy
Thomas Hillman
Gen Risely Visits City Before Departing for Orient
Maj. Gen. James Risely of the US Marine Corps and his family visit local residents before heading west May 3. He plans to stop at Kaneohe Hawaii to present a flag to the First Marine Air Ground Task Force and trace his career from the Naval Academy through World War II.
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James Risely
US. Marine Corps
Mary
Margaret
Ris
3Rd Marine Division
West Coast
Kaneohe
Oahu
Hawaii
Marine Air Ground
Risely
U. & Lewd Academy
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Marine Corps
Eisenhower vows war only through Congress Indochina stance
President Eisenhower said the United States will not enter Indochina war without a Congressional declaration. He noted Foreign Assistance limits and declined to discuss ongoing matters, while stressing his plan to campaign nationwide on the administration's program and to respect constitutional processes.
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United States
Eisenhower
Congress
Indochina
Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Atomicin
Sen
Williams
R-Del
White House
Guy T. O. Hollyday
Federal Housing
Sikes
Bennett
R-Mich
Atgress
Rep. Coudert
R-Ny
House
Senate
U.S
Joff
Korea
Seek to Prevent May Day Violence in Tokyo Area
U S Army Navy and Air Force order personnel off Tokyo streets Saturday to avoid a repeat of the Communist inspired May Day clashes two years ago. Two years prior demonstrators chanted Go Home Yanks and fought police amid fires. last year saw no large scale violence.
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Tokyo
U. S. Army
Navy
Air Force
Army Deploys 30 Atomic Cannons in Germany
The U S Army disclosed it now has 30 of its 289 mm atomic cannons in Germany. The first battalion of 500 to 600 men and six guns arrived last October, the second last January, and a third unit formerly at Pt Sill, Otia, has arrived but the date was not disclosed.
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Rankfurt
Germany
U. S
Pt. Sill
Otia
State Passes Golden Chance For Publicity
New Mexico considered a publicity deal when a Jamaica firm asked for two million marble pebbles to distribute for favorable publicity and travel stimulation. The State Tourist Bureau vetoed the plan due to inability to cover shipping costs.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Jamaica
N. Y
Molotov backs Asia for Asians at Geneva talk
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov endorsed the Asia-for-Asians stance at the Geneva conference, urging hostile parties to aid Asian peoples in settling their affairs. Australia’s Casey warned UN forces may remain in Korea until a democratic government unites the peninsula. Talks on a Dien Bien Phu truce soured with a clash between Molotov and Bidault over participation in Indochinese settlement.
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Geneva
V. M- Molotov
Chou En-Lai
Molotov
Asia
Richard G. Casey
Australia
United Nations
Korea
Russia
France
Dien Bien Phu
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Seene
Casey
Glendale native Smith stationed in England since 1953
Glendale, New York, formerly of Roswell, is noted as Smith has been stationed in England since November 1953.
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Glendale
N. Y
Roswell
Smith
England
Baseball Scores from American League Roundup
Cleveland edges Boston 9 to 2 as pitchers Garcia Hogan Nixon Brewer and to. Chicago loses 4 8 to New York with Consuegra Dorish Lollar Lopat Reynolds and Berra in action.
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Cleveland
Boston Garcia
Hogan
Nixon
A. A
Brewer
Chicago
New York
Dorish
Lollar
Lopat
Reynolds
Berra
Sikes Calls for A Bomb Test to End Indochina War
Rep. Sikes urged the United States to supply atomic bombs to France for use in Indochina to win the war and avoid sending American troops. He claimed untested A-bombs could determine the outcome. The debate touches on congressional authority and potential troop deployment amid rising tensions in Indochina.
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Washington
Sikes
D-Fla
United States
Indochina
Lightning Kills Father and Sons Near Greenville
A lightning strike in a mountain rural area near Greenville, South Carolina, killed Leroy Edwards, 29, and his two sons Leroy Jr 7 and Larry 5, who stood around a tractor. A neighbor, Opert McJunkins 20, was injured along with Billy Crain the tractor driver who was treated. Two others escaped serious injury.
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Greenville
8. C
Leroy Edwards
Leroy Jr
Larry
oPert McJunkins R
Billy Crain
Ee Roy
Chou En-lai Pushes Anti-West Line For Geneva Talks
Red China premier Chou En-lai asserted an Asia evacuation by non-Asiatics and removal of foreign bases in a major East-West parleys address. He urged outlawing the hydrogen bomb and opposed West German rearmament, signaling a strategy to sway Asian nations and torpedo Geneva discussions.
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Russell Brines
Washington
Red China
Chou En-lai
Chou
Asia
West Germany
Sue Buol
Robert Buol
Stockton
Cailif
Geneva
Switzerland
Buol
Albuquerque
N. M
Formosa
Lawrence Buol
Calif
Yunnan Province
Civil Air Rt Line
Taipeh
Pickett Charges Sample Ballots Target Opponent in Campaign Feud
State official Ingram Pickett accused Santa Fe attorney Harry L Bigbee former Revenue Commissioner Victor Salazar and former Bernalillo County Chairman Manuel Sanchez of using marked sample ballots to influence his primary opponent Terry Anihan of Taos. The three denied the charges and called the claim a stunt.
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Pickett
Assocs
State Corporation
Ingram Pickett
Santa Fe
Harry L. Bigbee
State Revenue
Victor Salazar
Bernalillo County
Manuel Sanchez
Bigbee
Albuquerque
Terry Anihan
Taos
Legislature
The
Democratic
City OKs Cutting Back Courthouse Curb on Main Street
City Council at a breakfast meeting approved trimming 13 feet from the Main Street side of the courthouse square between Fourth and Fifth streets. The diagonal parking spaces will be added and the plan has county approval and garden clubs consent. Eight actions were taken by the council.
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Nickson Hotel
Courthouse Square
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Garden Clubs Council
Tatum to Open New Air Strip with Free Barbecue
Roswell readers are invited to the opening of Tatum's new air strip two miles east of the city. The event is set for Saturday at noon and will feature a free barbecue, music, speaking, and entertainment, per W. S. Clary secretary treasurer of the Tatum Chamber of Commerce.
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Muleshoe
Tex
Roswell
el Paso
J. Rufus Brown
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tatum
W. S. Clary
The
Tatum Chamber of Commerce
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