Four state primaries test party control in GOP races
In Kansas Missouri Michigan and West Virginia the primary results showed incumbents mostly winning while a revolt against the Kansas Statehouse administration emerged led by Lt. Gov. Fred Hall against Gov. Edward Arn. Donald Leonard won Michigan GOP governor nod with D Hale Brake second as Leonard prepares to face Governor Williams.
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Kansas
U. S
House
Congress
Fred Hall
Edward F. Arn
Hall
GOP
George Templar
Missouri
West Virginia
Michigan
George D. O’brien
Matthew M. Neely
Wva
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Homer Ferguson
Senate
Dewey Short
Rmo
House Armed Services Committee
Noel Cox
Short
Cox
Donald S. Leonard
Detroit
Leonard
D. Hale Brake
High Court Sets Oct. 29 For Heisler's Execution
The New Mexico Supreme Court set Friday October 29 as the date for the electric chair execution of Frederick W. Heisler, the Brooklyn born hitchhiker who killed John Gunnish near Tucumcari in 1951. His clemency hopes rested with Gov. Mechem, but the case was left to the warden after the final Supreme Court action.
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Frederick W. Heisler
John Gunnish
Tucumcari
State Supreme Court
Heisler
Supreme Court
Edwin Mechem
Fletcher Catron
Gunnish
Martins Ferry
Ohio
U. S. Highway 66
Amarillo
Adin
Calif
Weather Summary from United States Weather Bureau
Reading of temperatures from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today shows highs near 93 and lows around 71. Precipitation 24 hours ending 11 a.m. today none, month to date 0.05 inches, year to date 3.44 inches. Sunrise 5 12, sunset 6 55, day length 13.7 hours. Forecast: partly cloudy and warm with possible scattered thundershowers tomorrow. High today near 97, low tonight around 70.
Chicago Beats New York 4 In Ninth Inning Loss
National League game with Chicago scoring three runs in the ninth to edge New York 4 3. Pitchers Minner Klippstein and Maglie Snes McCall Lid e listed with Cooper Elvin Tappe as catchers in a low scoring affair.
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Chicago
New York
Minner
Klippstein
Cooper
Elvin Tappe
Maglie
Snes
McCall
Lide
Baseball tie ends in extra innings between teams
In a tense American League game the score remains unresolved after extra innings as Kemmerer and Brown face Hurd and Kinder with Owen and Wilber contributing from the field.
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Boston
Chicago
Kemmerer
Brown
Hurd
Kinder
Owen
Wilber
Artesia boy wins WAFB contest visits base and B 36 bomber
A 12 year old Artesia lad Gene Lowry won a WAFB contest about flies and mosquitoes and is guest of Walker Air Force Base today. An escort took him to the base where he toured the facilities, dined with airmen, and saw the B 36 intercontinental bomber and KC 97 tanker to learn how they operate.
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Artesia
Gene Lowry
Walker Air Force Base
WAFB
Walker
Gene
S. Fifth St
Air Force
Cut Water Release From Elephant Butte
Water releases from Elephant Butte have been cut to 600 acre feet as officials reduce the supply. The level sits near 11 000 acre feet with unofficial local forecasts predicting closure and no releases further this week without rain.
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Elephant Butte
General Named as Probable German Intelligence Director
Bonn Germany General from Hitler era now in anti Soviet espionage is a likely choice to run West Germany's intelligence after sovereignty is restored. Reinhold Gehlen former Russian front intelligence chief heads a tight staff at Pullach near Munich and coordinates with American authorities.
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Hitler
Wehrmacht
United States
West Germany
Gehlen
Russia
Soviet Union
Pullach
Munich
Bavaria
Fort Bliss Unit to Deploy Corporal Missiles to Europe
The 259th Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Bliss Texas becomes the first U S unit in Europe to be equipped with the Corporal guided missile. The battalion with 531 officers and men has 10 launchers and will train with NATO forces as part of a long range plan to provide modern defense capabilities.
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Washington
259Th Field Artillery
Ft. Bliss
Tex
United States
Europe
259Th
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Free World
Mayor cites July water use and efficiency idea
Mayor Bert Ballard reported the city pumped 366,831,500 gallons in July with an average daily draw of 7,895,470 gallons. He estimated two million gallons of daily use went to air conditioning and urged adoption of recirculating pumps to conserve water.
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Bert Ballard
Ballard
Indian artists honored by France in Palmes Academiques
Twelve American Indian artists and one art instructor will receive the French Palmes Academiques on August 15, marking the first time the French government has singled out American Indians for this honor.
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Gallup
Palmes Academiques
Roswell Chamber Committee Pushes High Election Turnout
The American Way Committee of the Roswell Chamber of Commerce voted to sponsor a get out the vote campaign for November in cooperation with civic groups. It also plans business and opinion surveys of local firms to gauge participation and awareness.
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American Way Committee
Roswell Chamber of Commerce
Bill Deane
Glover’s Packing Co
Wilmot Hardware
Roswell High School
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
New Mexico
Baby swept to death in flood dip on State Highway 26
An eight month old girl drowned after her mother fell in a flood dip on State Highway 26 between Deming and Hatch. Mrs. George Montgomery of Hurley stepped from a stalled car and was swept downstream. The infant was recovered a quarter mile away and died at a Deming hospital despite artificial respiration. Mrs. Montgomery suffered bruises and shock.
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George Montgomery
Hurley
Cook’s Peak
Dwight Marable
T. E. Dawson
Eisenhower Pledges Role in McCarthy Row
President Eisenhower said he must engage in the McCarthy dispute to keep the Republican Party united. He defended Gen. George C. Marshall against accusations tied to the Senate debate led by Sen. Flanders.
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McCarthy
Washington
McCarthey
Senate
Sen
Flanders
R-Vi
R-Wis
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Harry H. Woodring
Woodring
Welfare Department Budget Is Approved
SANTA FE An 18 million 319 thousand 352 dollar Welfare Department budget won approval from the state finance board. The budget is 700 thousand less than requested by Welfare Director Richard Strahlmen and about 112 million above the 1953 54 budget of 16 million 907 thousand 525 dollars. The board deferred action July 9 and will review the budget again at the October meeting due to concerns over funding if trends continue.
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Santa FE
State Finance Board
Richard Strahlem
Finance Board
Strahlmen
Tractor Wheel Bruises Boy in Council Bluffs Incident
Eight-year-old James C. O Shea of Council Bluffs was pinned beneath a tractor wheel weighing about 2 500 pounds after his bicycle pants leg snagged a sprocket chain. Driver E T Jackson 59 stopped the machine when he found the boy under the wheel. The injuries were bruises.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
James C. O’shea
James
E. T. Jackson
Jackson
Eisenhower Defends Marshall and Foreign Aid Vote
President Eisenhower defended General Marshall against claims of personal gain and said the Senate’s foreign aid authorization, though lower than House totals, risks harming the United States. He criticized McCarthy’s censure debate and reiterated opposition to admitting Red China to the United Nations under current conditions.
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Eisenhower
Senate
United States
Kremlin
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House
George C. Marshall
Common
Harry Woodring
Marshall
Army
Woodring
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
China
Red China
United Nations
Texas Boy Killed In New Mexico Highway Crash
A 15 year old from Canyon Texas Floyd Andrew Rogers was killed in a four vehicle pileup on U S Highway 66 half a mile west of Old Laguna New Mexico early today Rogers drove a 1940 Chevrolet in a line with two farm combines and a panel truck State Police identified him as the victim in the crash involving four vehicles
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Laguna
Canyon
Tex
Old Laguna
Floyd Andrew Rogers
Guatemala Gripped by Army Rule After Brawl and Surrender
Guatemala remains under a shaky military rule as President Castillo Armas and the junta suppress dissident units. The Aurora base clash left 25 dead and 70 wounded after a 12 hour fight with irregulars, while 700 liberationists in Guatemala City were disarmed.
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Carlos Castillo Armas
Castillo Armas
Liberation Army
Aurora
Col
Ramon Gonzalez
Zacapa
Chiquimula
Gua
Temala
National Military Academy
National Palace
Commé
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Santa Fe to hear grain program details next Tuesday
The drought emergency grain program details will be released to New Mexicans next Tuesday. Gov. Mechem’s office says Jim Browning of the U S Department of Agriculture will fly in to present the program, with groups including the Drought Committee Extension Service Cattle Growers Farm Bureau and other agricultural organizations expected to attend. It is unclear if Mechem will attend.
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Santa FE
Edwin Mechem
Jim Browning
Department of Agriculture
Washington
New Mexico
State Drought Committee
The
Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Mechem
Highway Dept Worker Crushed in Santa Fe Area Incident
A 39 year old Highway Department employee, Ernesto Perea of Duran, was crushed to death when his tractor and mowing machine struck a bridge abutment six miles south of Gallisteo on U S Highway 285. He was hurled down an embankment and died instantly. State Police attributed the accident to the mower tip hitting the abutment and throwing him from his seat.
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Highway Department
Galisteo
U.S. Highway 285
Ernesto Erea
Duran
Perea
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