Prisoners Move Toward Big Exchange Under Truce
Red Cross teams prepare to cross Communist lines for the first time as 12,673 Allied captives including 3,313 Americans are set to be exchanged with 74,000 prisoners in return. The operation aims to complete within 60 days, with daily transfers and medical aid at Panmunjom and Munsan Freedom Village.
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Red Cross
Panmunjom
Peiping Radio
Fueng Sie Pogemeen
United Nations Red Cross
North Korea
Neutral Nations Armistice Supervisory Committee
Freedom Village
Munsan
Neatherlin
Inchon
Seoul
U. S. Air Force
Japan
Cho Island
Cho
Manchuria
China
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Korea
U. S
Syngman Rhee
Way Cleared For Congress To Adjourn
The Senate Finance Committee rejected President Eisenhower’s plea to raise the national debt limit in an 11-4 vote, clearing the way for possible adjournment by Monday or Tuesday. A fall special session remains possible. The measure’s defeat affects plans to expand Social Security coverage and other administration proposals awaiting action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Knowland
California
Senate
House
Finance Committee
South Korea
Senate House
Defense Department
Truman
Local Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Readings show temperatures at three hour intervals from 2 a.m. yesterday to 11 p.m. yesterday with highs near 96 and a low of 64. Precipitation for the 24 hours ending 11 p.m. yesterday totaled 0, month to date 2.46, year to date 5.34. Sunrise 5 11, sunset 6 57, day length 13.9 hours. Forecast calls for some cloudiness but mostly fair today and tonight with a high near 98 and a low about 65.
City buses may halt if business stays slow in Roswell
Roswell bus service faces possible suspension as residents urged to ride more. Franchise owner William Farell warned operating at a loss is unsustainable while city officials lament low passenger turnout on the three routes from North Main to downtown.
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Roswell
William F. Farell
South Main
East Bland
East McGaffey
West Second
Union
Farell
City Hall
C. M. Woodbury
Fire Crews Responded To Early Morning Blaze
Roswell firemen answered a 2:12 a.m. alarm at 613 S Atkinson St arriving as firefighters found the fire out. The blaze started when gasoline used to clean a floor at Don Burton’s property ignited by fumes from a hot water heater.
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Roswell
S. Atkinson St
Don Burton
Licensed to Wed Marriage Licenses Issued Here
Friday licenses issued to Hayden Barker 22 Sonora Texas and Miladeen Low 19 Luling Texas who married by Justice R Perry Gean and Carl E Davis 20 Old Hickory Texas and Helen Joan Strickland 19 well.
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Hayden Barker
Sonora
Tex
Ranchers Don’t Need Help Says Texas Official
Ed White, father of the state agriculture commissioner, declares farmers and ranchers are “fat as town dogs” and do not require government assistance. He is a weathered, lifelong land worker from Wichita Falls.
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Wichita Falls
Texas’ Agriculture Commissioner
Ed White
New U.S. Attorney Sworn In in Albuquerque
Republican Paul Larrazolo of Belen took the oath of office as the new U.S. attorney for the district, based in Albuquerque, amid the transition in New Mexico.
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U. S
Albuquerque
Paul Larrazolo
Belen
Soviets Deny Train Tickets To East Germans Seeking Food
Berlin reports Soviet Rail way Ministry banned sale of single trip and Sunday roundtrip tickets between Soviet zones and Berlin after about 200000 East Germans swarmed into West Berlin seeking food relief. Exemptions include season, commuting, vacation, and student tickets. The move follows U S plans to continue large scale food aid.
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Soviets
Berlin
West Berlin
German Democratic Republic
United States
Man Sets Out On Raft To Save Girl At Sea
TRURO MASS CAPE COD Coast Guard rescues a 7 year old girl Lee Roudebush daughter of Navy lieutenant and her father W T Roudebush of Bethesda Mo after they were carried three miles offshore on an inflated inner tube and a plastic life raft.
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Truro
Mass
Lee Roudebush
Cape Cod
W. T. Roudebush
Bethesda
Coast Guard
Chairman Calls Off Scheduled Parley On NM Vote Contest
Senate Elections Committee Chairman Barrett said a conference with staff and attorneys on the New Mexico senatorial election contest was canceled due to other legislative matters. Wellford Ware and Myron Ehrlich had been in New Mexico examining charges by Patrick Hurley challenging Chavez's victory. The committee seeks 160000 to continue its inquiry as staff differences were reportedly resolved.
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Washington
Barrett
Senate Elections Committee
New Mexico
Wellford Ware
Myron Ehrlich
Patrick Hurley
Sen. Chavez
Hurley
Senate
Parade on Wheels Planned by CCMYC Friday
The Chaves County Memorial Youth Center schedules a Parade on Wheels for Friday August 7. Children should meet CCMYC at 9 30 a m and be escorted by police to First and Main. The parade proceeds to South Street then to the court horse square for sales sites and cold drinks with prizes for best decorated wheeled items. Roswell boys and girls are invited to participate.
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Chaves County Memorial
CCMYC
Sourth Street
Court Horse Square
Roswell
State Funeral Scheduled For Sen Taft
Senator Taft will receive a state funeral in the Capitol at noon Monday with President Eisenhower Vice President Nixon and other leaders in attendance. Taft will lie in state in the rotunda with viewings from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Cincinnati private rites follow Tuesday and burial will be at Indian Hill Church Cemetery. The Senate set the arrangements and invited officials and family members for the observance.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Nixon
Congress
United States
Supreme Court
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Diploma Ic Corps
Senate
Taft
Capitol Rotunda
John J. Pershing
New York
Rotunda
Capitol Dome
Cincinnati
Indian Episcopalian” Church
Sen
Knowland
California
New York Hospital
Frederick Brown Harris
Harris
Justices Hear Chaves County Clerk Arguments
The New Mexico Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the Chaves County clerk’s office was vacant on January 12, 1953. Harold Rives Jr. and Dorothy Herring, both Democrats, disputed who held the post after the outgoing clerk refused to surrender. The district judge backed Herring. Rives appealed as the high court reviews the vacancy and authority.
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Chaves
Santa FE (Ap
State Supreme Court
Harold Rives Jr
Dorothy Herring
Anumtwy Clark
Herrine
Wac
Democratic County Commission
Phyllis Chandler
Republican County Commission
Rives
District Court Dismissals and Divorces Filed Summary
The district court dismissed four cases and filed three divorce suits with equal numbers of divorce decrees. Defendants Joseph Flowers and S E Mills were released on own recognizance with restitution timelines. Civil dismissals included State of New Mexico v F M Little et al and City of Roswell v Samuel J Powell et al. Divorces granted: Yates Belcher Carlson. New suits filed: Rubio Rubio Deal Deal.
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District Court
Joseph Flowers
S. E. Mills
State of New Mexico
F. M. Little
Air Base Road
City of Roswell
Samuel J
Maude E. Powell
Doris Jackwylinn Yates
Clifton Earl Yates
Flora Adell Belcher
Joe Odell Belcher
Iva Ann Carlsono
Richard R. Carlson
Bonnie Fay Graham
Haskell Lee Graham
Annie Lee
Edward L. Ruebush
Mary Ann Chaves Rubio
Ignacio M. Rubio
Thomas M.deal
Vernice Lucile Deal
Lefroy Donahue
Betty L. Donahue
General Clark Attends Son's Wedding in New Orleans
General Mark Clark, United Nations Far East commander, arrived late yesterday to attend the wedding of his son to a New Orleans socialite, adding a high profile note to the ceremony.
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New Orleans
Mark Clark
United Nations Far East
Lone Survivor Of B-50 Crash Is Lucky Man
Mrs. Angel Roche praises her son Captain John Roche the lone survivor of a B50 shot down over the Sea of Japan. The 17 man crew was attacked by Russian aircraft and Roche was rescued after a harrowing incident described as unprovoked by officials in Tokyo.
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Miami
Fia
Johnny
Angel Roche
John Roche
Siberia
Mayor and Wife Plan Pacific Northwest Auto Trip
Mayor Warren R. Cobean and his wife depart Wednesday for a two week vacation by car. They will travel via Santa Fe and Durango to Idaho Falls to visit their son Lt. Warren R. Cobean Jr. with the Atomic Energy Commission project. In Tacoma they visit Mrs. Cobean’s aunt and nephew George Cobean. Alderman Bert Ballard serves as mayor pro tem during the absence.
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Warren R. Cobean
N. Main St
Pacific Northwest
Santa Fe
Durango
Colo
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Warren R. Cobean Jr
U. S. Navy
iAtomic Energy Commission
Arco
Tacoma
Wash
Air Mail Pound Drop Noted in Local Post Office
A drop of 512 pounds in air mail marked a sour note amid a generally steady postal receipts report for July 1953. Air mail totals reached 3,344 pounds, about a fourth of a ton less than July 1952, while receipts summed to 26,875 dollars, up 2,296.31 from the previous year, despite space crowding at Roswell’s post office.
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Roswell
Last American Soldier in Korea Praised as Fine Soldier
Sgt Harold R Cross Jr of Michigan and Kansas is hailed as a good soldier after being killed on July 27 on the Eastern Front near Christmas Hill. He served in Germany after World War II and re enlisted in 1952 before coming to Korea with King Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regimental Combat Team. Cross was 24, tall and blue eyed, described by comrades as popular and morale boosting.
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Pvt. McLeod
Germany
Korea
Coins of Engineers
Picacho
Roswell
Cpl
Baudina Montoya
Santa Fe
Roy T. Nalley
Albuquerque
Jose I. Archuleta
Espanola
Paul G. Dominguez
Silver City
Jimmy E. Duncan
San John
Santo Perez
Gallup
Robert Q. Reneau
Albu‘querque
Loyal P. Reynolds
Luna
Eastern Front
Harold R. Cross Jr
Husky
Michigan
Kansas
Cross
Christmas Hill
R. Cross
Detroit
12Th
United States
King Company
5Th Regimental
5Th Rct
U. S. 45Th Infantry Division
Japan
M.sgt
John of McCrimmon
Lincolnton
Local bunker tragedy as blast seals two chambers
In a World War II bunker near combat lines six men including Bluhm and Cross faced a night of shelling. A mortar blast shattered Cross’s entrance, tore his flak jacket, and collapsed the roof, trapping survivors and wounding several others in the split interior.
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Bluhm
Cleveland
Ohio
McCrimmon
Cross
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Big Exchange
Mercy Organization
United States Weather Bureau
ROK
Roe B. McLeod
Hairs
Joe Bennett
Man
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Burton Hill
Hill
Pfc
John
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Phillip Pellae
P. V. Fisher
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