Governor Calls Overhaul of Penal System at Governors Conference
Gov. John S. Fine of Pennsylvania urged a complete overhaul of the U.S. penal system to end prison violence. He advocated uniform state policies, studies of convictions and parole, and inmate rehabilitation while opposing costly new prisons. He also defended a hard line against mutineers during strikes.
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Seattle
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
National Governors Conference
United States
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
States Rights Movement
National Party
Yestday
Potomac
Gulf of Mexico
Byrnes
Truman
Eisenhower
South
Fine
Famed POW Lt Col Harrison Returns from Captivity in Korea
Lt. Col. Thomas D. Harrison of Clovis New Mexico, freed from Communist captivity, arrived maimed and laughing at the enemy. He withstood seven days of starvation and torture after his F80 fighter was shot down near Sinuiju on May 21 1951. He lost a leg, was carried to a North Korean hospital, and later recounted his escape and survival before reporters. He expressed desire to meet his wife Doris and daughter in San Francisco and to receive care at Walter Reed Hospital.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Thomas D. Harrison
Clovis, N. M
William K. Harrison
Col. Harrison
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
West Point
Military Academy
North Korea
Harrison
Freedom
United States
Doris
San Francisco
Walter Reed Hospital
Sinuiju
Truman
MacArthur
Pyongyang
Cpl
Russell P. James
Auburn
Wash
Death Valley
James N
Robert M. Wilkins
Detroit
Colorado Springs Chief to Europe on Police Aid Mission
Colorado Springs veteran police chief I. B. Dad Bruce will travel to West Germany for a State Department invited mission to assist in improving local police departments. The trip highlights U S efforts to share policing practices with allied nations.
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Europe
Colorado
Weather summary from United States Weather Bureau
Readings show temperatures from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m today with highs near 97 and a low around 67. Precipitation: 24 hours ending 11 a.m. none. month to date 0.01 inches. year to date 5.35 inches. Normal values and sunrise sunset noted. forecast calls for cloudiness at times through tomorrow.
Hurd Painting to Be Shown at Lincoln Museum Presentation
Peter Hurd painting of 1952 Kid's Rodeo winner Gerald Marr will be presented at Lincoln County Courthouse Museum at 1 p.m. Sunday. Thomas Fortune Ryan III of Three Rivers sponsors. Lions Club of Tularosa assists. Tom Babers Bert Pfingston and John Boylan slated to attend.
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Peter Hurd
Lincoln County
Thomas Fortune Ryan, III
Three Rivers
Gerald Marr
Ryan
Lions Club of
Tularosa
Marr
Hate Marr
Tom Babers
San Patricio
Babers
Young Marr
Kids Rodeo
el Paso
Bert Pfingston
Old
Lincoln County Memorial
John Boylan
Dozen Civil Cases Filed in District Court
A dozen civil cases were filed in district court in the first five days of the month. Damages actions lead with five filings, five divorces, two debt suits, and one compensation claim. Divorce cases include Leslie H. Butler v Elma L. Butler, Elizabeth Perry Orrick v James Loyd Orrick, Thelma B. Ramsey v Albert R. Ramsey, Opal Walker v Horton Walker.
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Leslie H. Butler
Elma L. Butler
Elizabeth Perry Orrick
James Loyd Orrick
Thelma B. Ramsey
Albert R. Ramsey
Opal Walker
Horton Walker
New Official Assigned to Turkey Range Project
Richard E. Bingham, 45, Capitan, has been hired by the State Game Department and assigned to the turkey range development project in the Jemez and Mt. Taylor areas.
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Santa FE
Richard E. Bingham
Capitan
State Game Department
Turkey Range
Jemez
Mt. Taylor
Portales Girl Betty Mc Coy Named Immigration Commissioner
Betty Mc Coy of Portales New Mexico was appointed commissioner of immigration and naturalization for Girls' Nation last night.
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Portales
Washington
Betty McCoy
N. M
Immigration and Naturalization
Weather Delays Search For Airmen Missing At Sea
Rescue efforts under gray skies as U S Air Force planes and ships scour the North Atlantic for 16 missing airmen after a RB36 reconnaissance bomber crashed south of Iceland. Four survivors and three bodies recovered from lifeboats and dinghies. other crew listed with addresses in Oklahoma California Utah Washington Pennsylvania Michigan.
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London
U. S. Air Force
North Atlantic
Iceland
Manchester
de Vere Speer
Route
Benning
Travis Air Force Abase
George E. Parkes
Nephi
Utah
J.C. Harold E. Parker
Spokane
Wash
Charles M. DeHaven
Stroudsburg
Prisoners Return From Korea War Exchange Amid Turmoil
Reports describe 70 Americans released from North Korean camps with many ill or injured while others suffered hunger and beatings. U.N. observers protested as escape attempts and clashes with Red guards occurred, prompting calls for investigations and further exchanges.
American League baseball scores and pitching notes
Box score style recap shows Chicago Philadelphia Detroit New York Cleveland Washington St Louis and Boston games with runs hits errors and common pitchers listed. Notable line: Boston win in 10 innings 7 to 0 with Kretlow Littlefield and Stuart on mound and White Wil iber listed among others.
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St. Louis
Boston
Kretlow
Littlefield
Stuart
Courtney
Brown
Nixon
Kinder
White
Wiliber
National League results share late game figures
In a rough box score style report for the National League, New York and Chicago split in a 12 66 game with late inning runs. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati also produced a 48 3 outcome with key pitchers and catchers named in the scoring.
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National League
New York
Chicago
Grissom
Corwin
Hearn
Wilhelm
Noble
Hacker
Church
Simpson
Willis
Leonard
McCullough
Sawatski
Expansion Planned for Continental Oil Gillis Plant
Houston reports a $1,500,600 expansion planned for Continental Oil Co. Gillis natural gas plant near Lake Charles. Production manager Hal Nabors says construction will begin in about six weeks.
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Houston
Continental Oil Co
Gillis Natural Gas
Lake Charles
Hal Nabors
Penal Island Guards Die from Potent Cocktails
In Islas Marias off the Pacific coast five guards were affected after consuming a home brewed mixture of alcohol ether and lemon juice. Four guards died one was blinded and two fell gravely ill. The drinkers were evacuated to Mexico City for treatment. Proportions of the cocktail were not disclosed.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Pacific
Islas Marias
Nine Airmen Hospitalized After Wreck Near Roswell
Nine airmen from Walker Air Force Base were hospitalized after a two car collision 23 miles east of Roswell on US 380 at 4:30 a.m. The Ford rammed from behind by a Dodge as the latter attempted to pass. Injuries were non fatal with one man, Elliott Smith, sustaining a broken leg.
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Walker Air Force Base
Roswell
Waurika
Oklo
Hobbs
Ford
Dodge
Elliott Smith
James E. Hicks
Emanuel L. Brumley
C. B. Curry
Food Service
Smith
Ricks
Brumley
Curry
812Th
Ernest Edward Brewer
Jewel Allen
Freddie Tidwell
Turmer Dunn
Joseph J. Johnson
Bud South
New Mexico Police South
Brewer
Season Set Santa Fe River Frog Season Declared
The bull frog season for the Rio Grande watershed in Grant and Hidalgo counties is announced from sunrise September 1 to sunset September 15. The limit is eight frogs per day or in possession, with angling as the authorized method.
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Santa FE
Rio Grande
Grant
Hidalgo Counties
Slug-Riddled Man Suspected Of Robbery
Donald Rex Dorn is held by local and Albuquerque police on suspicion of an armed liquor-store robbery on July 30. He claims multiple bullet wounds and a history in thermopolis and Lubbock, with eight or more injuries and an Oldsmobile as evidence. He asserts cooperation from Roswell police and local deputies aided the arrest. Dorn’s account includes a park shooting and hospital recovery in Thermopolis after surgery for liver and kidney injuries.
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Harry Puryear
Albuquerque
Donald Rex Dorn
Dorn
Lubbock
Thermopolis
Wyo
Marvin Hill
H. E. Argenbright
Doyle Wilson
Jones
Set
Jimmie Lannon
Roswell
iThermopolis
South Pacific
Suspect Held in Robbery Case in Albuquerque
Donald Rex Dorn, 28, is held as a robbery suspect by Albuquerque peace officers after an arrest by city and county officers. He bears five healed bullet wounds. he says he was shot during an argument over women in a park in Thermopolis Wyoming.
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Donald Rex Dorn
Albuquerque
Thermopolis
Wyo
Wildcat Opens New Field in Chaves County
Forest Oil Corp No 1 and American Oil Co completed a good flow discovery from the lower Permian likely Wolfcamp in northeast Chaves County. The well gave an estimated 1021.6 barrels per day of 42.2 degree oil through a half inch choke with 495 to 1 gas oil ratio and 450 psi tubing, based on four hours of flow. The opener sits eight miles northeast of Lightcap Field and 48 miles northeast of Roswell.
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Forest Oil Corp. No. 1
Federal General American Oil Company
Wolfcamp
Chaves
Roswell
Wool Auction At Albuquerque Sells Large Wool Lot
Ralph Van derwart of Roswell paid 54 percent cents a pound for 7000 pounds of fine wool at the Wool Warehouse Co show in Albuquerque. Four bidders bought about 120000 pounds total at 47 to 57 percent cents per pound.
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Albuquerque
Ralph Vanderwart
Roswell
Wool Warehouse Co
Inequities Alleged In Wheat Allotments Referendum
In Denver Colorado Harvey Solberg president of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union warned that Western state allotments contain inequities that could drive farmers to reject marketing quotas in the August 14 referendum. He urged Colorado lawmakers to consider the concerns.
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Denver
Colo
Harvey Solberg
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Colorado
Betting record likely at Pueblo race plant meet
RECORD ASSURED PUEBLO Colo A new betting mark is certain this year at Pueblo's Lake Avenue Greyhound tracing plant as the 1952 handle of 2 012 984 dollars was passed last Monday The 1953 meeting winds up Saturday night across the track with expected record wagering.
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Pueblo
Colo
Lake Avenue
POW Stories Highlight Emaciated Returnees From Korea
Freed Americans and South Koreans recount brutal beatings starvation and death marches by Red captors. Among 392 returnees some are severely emaciated or dead. U S airmen face particular brutality as reprisals. Lt Samuel Massinberg recalls four days of torture and coerced communist indoctrination.
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Freedom Village
Korea
U. S
Samuel E. Massinberg
Detroit
Massinberg
Pyongyang
Shung Keum Shoon
New Mexico Officers Die In Semiole Texas Crash
State Police Sgt. John C Ramsey 39 and fellow officer died in an auto collision near Seminole Texas while en route to a funeral. Four Chicago residents and a Hobbs officer were injured or killed. investigators cite a quick pass and shoulder collision as the cause.
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Seminole
Tex
New Mexico
John C
Jake) Ramsey
Semple
Ramsey
Lea County
Joe Aven
Antoinette Marovitch
Ursula Elizabeth Marovitch
Joe Kalec
Ann M. Kalec
Hobbs, N. M
Kalec
Mary Maroviteh
Chicago
Aven
Hobbs
Bill Long
Sweetwater
Santa Fe
Gaines County
Robert L. McReynolds
Abilene
Texas
Illinois
CAP to Hear of New Regulations Meeting Announcement
Captain Tony Redman announces that national CAP headquarters issued new regulations and orders to all units. Senior members will discuss them at the weekly meeting Friday at 17 30 p m, followed by a study of Air Force and Civil Air Patrol regulations open to interested persons at CAP headquarters by the municipal airport.
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Tony Redman
Roswell
CAP
Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Redman
Ifire Department
Ex POW Shaves Beard After Prison Camp
W. O. Dwight E. Coxe 50 of Fresno Calif grew a long beard during 24% years in a Communist prison camp. He shaved it off in Inchon Korea saying he had no reason to travel except to return to his wife and five children waiting in Fresno.
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Inchon
Korea
W. O
Dwight E. Coxe
Fresno
Calif
Las Cruces cabbie charged in fatal collision
Tommy Graham, 22, a Las Cruces cab driver, faced involuntary manslaughter charges after a collision near Old Mesilla last Sunday that killed Josephine Duran. He was assigned a $2,500 bond yesterday.
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Bond
Tommy Graham
Las Cruces
Old Mesilla
Josephine Duran
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