Fee cited for tax case prompts political probes
Washington investigators pursue a $65,000 cash fee paid to Welburn S. Maycock after he obtained a favorable 1948 tax ruling for William S. Lasdon of Yonkers New York. Maycock, former counsel to the Democratic National Committee, faces sharp questions about undue influence by Treasury officials and the role of top aides in securing the ruling.
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Washington
Welburn S
Washingdon
House
New York
Treasury
William S. Lasdon
Katonah
N. Y
Washington Atty. Welburn S
Lasdon
Nepala Chemical Co
Yonkers
Maycock
William Solomon
Foley
Charles Oliphant
Weather Summary for United States Date
Reading at 3 hour intervals from yesterday afternoon to this morning shows high near 98 and low around 68. Normal highs and lows for the date are 92 and 66. For 24 hours ending 11 am today no precipitation reported. Day length 13.7 hours with partly cloudy periods this afternoon and evening and widely scattered thundershowers later. Temperature not expected to change much today with a high near 100 and tonight's low around unspecified value.
Day of Freedom Arrives for Allied POWs in Korea
Panmunjom prepares for the big prisoner exchange as 12,763 Reds hand over 400 Allied captives to freedom. USA numbers include 3,313 Americans and 100 sick and wounded groups. Americans travel to Freedom Village near Munsan before helicopter flights to Inchon and home.
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Panmunjom
Reds
North Korea
Red Cross
Y Reds
U. N
Seoul
Korea
Eyeaeua Nine
Pueblo names Russell Rink city manager
Russell W. Rink aged 39, former Palm Springs city manager, was elected Pueblo city manager by the City Council on Monday night to fill the vacancy created by W. T. Loman's resignation last June.
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Pueblo
Colo
Russell W. Rink
Palm Springs
Calif
Rink
W. T. Loman
Continental Air Lines Route Extension Denied
The Civil Aeronautics Board denies Continental Air Lines' request to extend a Wichita Falls to Dallas Fort Worth area route. The decision limits planned expansion and maintains current service patterns.
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Dallas
Cwwil Aeronautics Board
Continental Air Lines
Wichita Falls
Dallas-Fort Worth
Shepperd Urges Tighter Narcotics Laws At Fort Worth
Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd addressing the sheriffs convention in Fort Worth urges tighter narcotics legislation. He advocates stronger penalties and clearer enforcement to curb drug trafficking and related crime.
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Fort Worth
Texas
John Ben Shepperd
Housing Boss Albert Cole Visits Albuquerque on Aug 10
Housing Administrator Albert M. Cole will visit Albuquerque on August 10 to discuss local housing conditions with officials landlords tenants and homeowners.
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Washington
Albert M. Cole
Albuquerque
Fell Down Picture Stirs Confusion in Pittsburgh Family
Paul Slantis 242 returned home to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his first black eye. He explained he hadn’t fought, then posed for his dad, Paul Slantis, staff photographer for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, as the AP wire photo recorded the moment.
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Paul Slantis
Pittsburgh
Paul
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Thieves Take Gun Gas and Cash From Kelley Ranch
Deputies report a 30-30 Martin rifle a purse containing cash under 20 dollars and gasoline stolen from the Carl A Kelley ranch about 45 miles northeast of Roswell. The crime occurred between 7 30 a m and noon yesterday while occupants were working in the west pasture. Two men in an old model blue sedan suspected, they had earlier visited the Newlin ranch seeking funds for a veterans group.
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Carl A. Kelley
Roswell
Sheriff’s Department
West Pasture
J. C. Jones
Newlin Ranch
Albuquerque Building Boom Near Record Thefts
Albuquerque officials report that seven months into the year construction authorized totals 23 million 419 thousand 298 dollars, approaching the 1950 annual record of 19 million dollars. The rise signals a potential record for local building activity this year.
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Albuquerque
Fort Stanton Sheep Shift Cancelled Over Drought Concerns
Officials of the Bureau of Animal Industry cancelled plans to move 2,000 Fort Wingate Navajo sheep to the Fort Stanton area citing improved range conditions. The shift would have transferred oversight from the Indian Bureau to the Agriculture Department as part of a broader program.
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Washington
Bureau of Animal Industry
Fort Wingate
N. M
Fort Stanton
Indian Bureau
Agriculture Department
Animal Industry Agency
Interior Department
Indian Bureau Activites
Southwest
Polio Victim From Walker Air Force Base Flown to El Paso
Chaves County reports its seventh polio case, four year old Susan May daughter of Maj J F May and Mrs May of 73 Holloman Place Walker AFB. She was treated at the base hospital diagnosed with acute bulbar poliomyelitis and evacuated by Air Force plane to William Beaumont General Hospital El Paso. Capt J H Hegg piloted with Capt Alvie Chastain as co pilot T Sgt E B Padilla crew chief flew the child to El Paso. Her condition was listed as fair late last night.
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Chaves County
Susan May
J. F. May
Holloman Place
Walker Air Force Base
Susan
William Beaumont General Hospital
el Paso
Air Force
J. H. Hegg
Alvie Chastain
E. B. Padilla
Las “Fair
Two More Traffic Deaths Occur in New Mexico
State police report two additional traffic fatalities in New Mexico. Jolene Nelson 11 of Indian Village died when she fell from a pickup east of Gallup. James A. Stewart 69 of Sedan perished near Clayton on State Road 18. Warren Ferguson 17 of Sedan suffered a broken leg and shock.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Jolene Nelson
Gallup
James A. Stewart
Clayton
Warren Ferguson
Dulles Lands 13 Hours Late for Rhee Parleys
Secretary of State Dulles arrived in Seoul after a 13 hour late flight to confer with President Syngman Rhee on a post armistice plan. He traveled with Henry Cabot Lodge and aides to discuss a U S Korean treaty and reconstruction aims. Rhee pressed for unification of Korea and withdrawal of Chinese Communist troops.
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Seoul
Dulles
Syngman Rhee
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
United Nations
North Pacific
Korea
Rhee
Far East Air Forces
Tokyo
Robert Stevens
Air Force
Tary
Aleutian
McChord Air Force’ Base Wash
Republic of Korea
Wartorn
White House
South Korea
North
North Korea
Early end to US Korea security talks noted by Rhee
President Rhee pressed against the current Korea truce standoff citing division of land and cities. Dulles aide Walter Robertson joined the talks with possible participation by senators Knowland Sparkman and Johnson as Congress delayed adjournment.
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United States
Republic of Korea
Rhee
Dulles Party
Walter S. Robertson
Korea
U. S
Congress
Len Knowland
R-Calif
GOP
Dulles
Washington
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Lyndon Johnson
Dtex
Senate
Congress Leaves Key Measures in Hopper
The 83rd Congress ends its First session amid action and inaction as the Republican majority shows a mixed record. President Eisenhower’s agenda gets deferred to study commissions or left for a second session while debt limit debates spark late clashes. Eisenhower thanks lawmakers as adjournment nears. no pledge for fall special session.
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Oe P
83Rd Congress
Finis
Eisenhower
White House
House
Senate
Eissenhower
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Sen
Morse
Indore
Lawrence to Fete Little Leaguers
Lawrence to fete Roswell Little League players at Chamber of Commerce night tomorrow at Fair Park Stadium. Will C Lawrence provided tickets good for fireworks and the San Angelo Roswell Rocket game. tickets available at Star Radiator for pickup by each Little Leaguer.
Man Electrocuted At Tatum Church
TATUM 4 B Hill 36 was electrocuted yesterday while working on an electrical transformer at the First Baptist Church. He was an employee of Lea County Electric Cooperative Inc. Hill was married and father of four sons. Funeral services will be in Lubbock Texas.
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Tatum
B. T. Hill
First Baptist
Lea County Electric Cooperative, Inc
Hill
Fof
Lubbock, Tex
Airmen Rescued Near Mosca Pass Colorado
Two airmen from Lowry Air Force Base were rescued after a light plane they piloted and observed was forced down Sunday in rugged southern Colorado near Mosca Pass. Airman First Class Claude L. Way, 24, and Sergeant Harold Schroedermeier, 25, were returned to their squadrons today.
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Denver
Lowry Air Force Base
Colorado
Mosca Pass
Claude L. Way
Harold Schroedermeier
Knowland Elected Senate Majority Leader Succeeds Taft
Republican senators select William F. Knowland of California as Senate majority leader after the death of Robert A. Taft. Homer F. Ferguson of Michigan is chosen to chair the Senate GOP Policy Committee in Knowland’s place.
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Aton
William F. Knowland
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Homer F. Ferguson
Michigan
GOP
Knowland
Price's Creameries Seeks Court Order in Roswell Suit
Price's Creameries Inc. sues O K Gaston Mrs O K Gaston and the Borden Company in district court seeking 2400 and an injunction preventing the defendants from dairy business in Roswell. The case targets Gaston’s two year noncompete ending March 31 and bars disclosure of purchaser details to solicit business for competitors. A Roswell tax return for Borden’s Creamery lists Mrs Gaston as signatory and is described as a subterfuge.
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Roswell
Price’s Creameries, Inc
O. K. Gaston
Borden Company
Gaston
Rosne
City of Roswell
Borden
Borden’s Creamery
O. K
Cofton Ginners Of NM Meet Here For Discussions
Nearly 20 members of the New Mexico Cotton Ginners Association gathered at the Roswell Chamber of Commerce for a roundtable conference today. Attendees include Carl Meriweather of Las Cruces president Earl Compton of Tucumcari vice president and W E Bondurant of Roswell director plus numerous ginners from Lovington Carlsbad Pecos El Paso Artesia and Dexter.
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New Mexico Cotton Ginners Association
Chamber of Commerce
Roswell
Carl Meriweather
Las Cruces
Earl Compton
Tucumcari
W. E. Bondurant
Winston Lovelace
Loving
Walter Craft
Carlsbad
D. D. Patteson
Bill Michaels
Lovington
Bob Brickley
Pecos
Tex
Curtis Bennett
el Paso
O. F. Craford
Clarence Taylor
Carl F. Clardy
H. C. Crowning
Artie McAnaly
Artesia
Virgil Jones
Dexter
New District Formed for Durango Highway District
The State Highway Commission created a new southwest Colorado Durango district after steering administration from Pueblo. The decision, approved yesterday, establishes a distinct highway district footprint for the region.
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Denver
Colorado
State Highway Commission
Durango
Pueblo
Presidents and Governors Meet in Seattle on National Resources
President Eisenhower and Cabinet members joined 44 governors in Seattle for a roundtable on stewardship of natural resources. Secretary Humphrey defended an honest money policy, urged saving benefits from higher rates, and discussed delaying the debt limit rise to 290 billion.
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Seattle
Eisenhower
Treasury
Humphrey
National Governors Conference
Congress
House
Senate
Gover
Arthur B. Langlie
Edgar
Tacoma
Washington
Humphsenhower
West Berlin Chastises Communists Blocking Free Food Aid
West Berlin police repelled more than 6,000 Communists in coordinated raids on food stations in both American and French sectors. Dozens were injured and about 150 were arrested as riot squads used clubs and water to disperse attackers trying to disrupt humanitarian aid to East Germany.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
East
East Zone
Quickies by Ken Reynolds
A snappy column mocks claims about vitamins touted by The Record Wanted, noting sensational promises of cure or death and lampooning hype around health fads.
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Quickies
Ken Reynolds
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Tatum Church
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Cofton Ginners
A. G. Sensabaugh
T. A. Powell
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