Robbery at Roswell Safeway Ties City Record
Roswell police seek two men after a slick early morning Safeway Armed robbery. LeRoy Murray, assistant manager, was forced to open a 612 foot safe, money taken including Saturday sales. The robbers used a 1952 greenish blue Mercury with Texas plates and escaped before 8:17 a.m. Authorities link the case to a Clovis Safeway heist on Nov 1.
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Roswell
LeRoy Murray
Safeway Stores
S. Main St
Safeway
Ah Eee
Tommy Thompson
Thompson
Clovis
Murray
Artesia
Curry County
South Richardson
Texas
Local Weather Summary from United States Weather Bureau
Reading at 3 hour intervals from 2 pm yesterday to 11 am today shows highs near 86 and a low around 62 with normal values slightly higher. Precipitation for four hours ending 11 am reads 0.04 inches with month to date 0.15 and year to date 3.59. Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms today, continued cool conditions, and scattered showers tonight and tomorrow. High today around 82 and low tonight near 60 with sunrise at 5 16 and sunset at 6 51.
Slain Matron Patricia Oberhaus in Menio Park Shooting
Mrs Patricia Oberhaus a society matron was killed in Menio Park California as her two sons watched. A few minutes later police arrested Mrs Doris Gloss who was still holding a pistol. Inspector Kieler said Mrs Gloss admitted the shooting but gave no motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Oberhaus
Menio Park
Calif
Doris Gloss
William Kieler
Officer Kills Sandia Airman Accidentally
A Sandia Base airman, A.2.C. William H. Anderson, 21, was shot and killed by Estancia Town Marshal Ladd S. Embry after Anderson resisted arrest following a dance disturbance. An inquest was planned with Sandia Base officials attending. Anderson had been at Sandia 18 days, from Forbes AFB Topeka, Kans, and is survived by his wife Patricia of Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estancia
Sandia
Justice of the Peace
C. M. Milbourne
A. 2
William H. Anderson
Ladd S. Embry
Milbourne
Embry
Anderson
Sandia Base
Maj. Hunter
1090Th Special Reporting Squadron
Forbes Afb
Topeka
Kan
Patricia
Omaha
Neb
Window Washing Wallops Lansing Area Amid Moth Sprays
City officials estimate at least half a million windows in the Lansing area required washing after air planes sprayed 104000 acres across three counties. The spraying to curb the gypsy moth left an oily film on many panes.
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Lansing
Mich
Midwest
Week Long Phone Rate Hearings Open
The State Corporation Commission opened a week of hearings into Mountain States Telephone Co's bid for higher rates. No specific figure was named. the company seeks a fair rate. An emergency interim rate hike of about 1.39 million dollars was allowed with a 400 thousand dollar bond, in effect since July 7.
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Santa FE
State Corporation Commission
Mountain States Telephone Co
Mountain States
SCC
State Supreme Court
Commission
Jack A. Smith
William J. Torrington
Max A. Millett
Pheonix
Charles C. Boatright
New Mexico
Supreme Court
Italy set for far right bloc as Monarchists and MSI unite
Italy's Monarchist Alfredo Covelli and the Fascist MSI discuss a pact of united action. Monarchists hold 31 deputies and 14 senators, fascists 29 deputies and 9 senators, but even united would be a nuisance in Parliament. Observers see long term impact on a government dominated by the Christian Democrats.
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Rome
Italy
Alfredo Covelli
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Benito
Mussolin
United Action
Covelli
Turing Center
Christian Democrat Party
Chamber of
Achille Lauro
Fone
Lauro
Boy 14 to Face Murder Count in Artesia Slaying
A 14 year old boy is slated to face a murder charge in Artesia after a youth was stabbed to death amid gang warfare. Authorities report the slaying as part of ongoing gang violence, with investigators seeking details on suspects and motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artesia
Murder charges filed after Artesia dance fight death
Eulalio Salgado Jr. of Carlsbad faces murder charges in Artesia justice court after Niconar Gomez died from a stab wound following a dispute outside Our Lady of Guadalupe parish hall. Also charged are Carlsbad youths for affray and weapon offenses. several Artesia youths questioned. Gomez, born June 5 1937 in Artesia, had returned from a California reformatory to attend the dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eulalio Salgado Jr
Carlsbad
Artesia
Hanagan
Gomez
California
Anita Gomez
Sotera Gomez Florez
Visalia
Calif
Paulin Funeral Home
Paulin Chapel
Rhee Urges U S to Arm South Korea with Atomic Support
President Syngman Rhee told U S News and World Report that South Korea is crying for atomic weapons to fight the Communist forces in North Korea. He also accused Britain and France of not being anti Communist and urged naval and air support as well as doubling South Korea's 650000 man army. He said atomic bombs would deter use and could serve as artillery if available. He criticized U S restraint on Chiang Kai shek and warned of Soviet influence in Britain and France.
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Washington
Syngman Rhee
South Kore
United States
Korea
U.S. News and World Report
Rhee
Britain
France
Chiang Kai-shek
South Korea
North Korea
Winston Churchill
Charles
de Gaulle
West Branch preps for Hoover eightieth birthday
Iowa town of West Branch prepares a major 80th birthday program for Herbert Hoover. He will visit tomorrow for a parade and speeches by Gov Beardsley, Dr Hancher, and Vice President Nixon. The celebration includes a state park ceremony at Hoover birthplace and a noon dinner menu of fried chicken and traditional sides.
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West Branch
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Jesse Clark Hoover
Hulda Minthorn Hoover
William
Beardsley
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Eisenhower
Ding
Iowa State College
J. N
Ding) Darling
Fred Albin
Herbert
Albertus Swails
McCarthy Hearings May Dismiss 46 Charges
Senate panel leaders say they will drop some of the 46 charges against Sen. McCarthy and draft rules to curb broad questioning. A committee member notes one disputed item involves a $10,000 Lustron Corp housing pamphlet fee. The panel plans likely public hearings with limits on coverage and a strict relevancy rule to control testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Watkins
Utah
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
McCarthy
Lustron Corp
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Flanders
R-Vi
Morse
Ind-ore
Rain Deluges Hit southeastern New Mexico
Rains up to torrential downpours spotted southeastern New Mexico and southern border areas after weekend storms. Carlsbad saw 30 minutes of heavy rain, Artesia reported a strong downpour, Tijeras Canyon flooded a rio, and traffic paused briefly. Temperatures cooled with highs near 93 in Farmington and Socorro, 75 in Las Vegas.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
District Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Carlsbad
Artesia
Tijeras Canyon
Tijeras
Rio Grande Valley
Glenwood
Silver City
Socorro
Hobbs
New Mexico City
New Glenwood
Raton
Roswell
Tucumcari
Farmington
Las Vegas
Columbus
Grants
Local Man Hurt In Artesia Auto Accident
A 26 year old Roswell baker, Vernon Foye of 314 E Albuquerque St, was hospitalized with a broken leg and arm after his 1954 car careened along Artesia Main Street. The vehicle struck a parked car owned by Jim Belvin, knocked it onto the sidewalk, hit a center street meter, then crossed back and ejected Foye near Roselawn and Main. The owner passenger, S/Sgt Ella Womack of Walker AFB, stopped the car in the intersection. Belvin’s car damage estimated at 150 dollars and Womack’s at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artesia
Roswell Baker
Artesia Hospital
Vernon Foye
E. Albuquerque St
Foye
Jim Belvin
Belvin
Fourth
Main Streets
Roselawn
Ella Womack
812Th
Mtr. Weh. Ltd
Walker Air Force Base
Main Street
Womack
Sears Warehouse Burglars Take Motorcycle Again
Police report a second break in at the Sears Roebuck warehouse at 107 N Virginia Ave. A small motorcycle was recovered a mile away. In the first break a motorcycle was taken. Guns and ammunition were disturbed but not removed. A second floor window was found open during the 12 40 a m inspection.
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Sears-Roebuck & Co
Virginia Ave
Navy war games off Southern California in June
Units of the U. S. Pacific Fleet participated in naval and amphibious war games off the coast of Southern California during June. Aboard the USS LST 175 was David E. Rice Jr. fireman USN, son of Mr and Mrs David E Rice of 1205 E Alameda Roswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
U. S. Pacific Fleet
California
David E. Rice Jr
USN
David E. Rice
E. Alameda, Roswell
Six Major Issues Remain for Congress in Half Dozen Days
Congress faces six unresolved items in six working days including farm policy foreign aid social security debt limit antisubversive measures and atomic energy. The atomic energy bill may delay adjournment as Senate rivals seek to block patent provisions and send it back for another House Senate reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
W. Sterling Cole
House
Senate House
Eisenhower
Traffic Death Count Rises To 194 In State
Sandia Base Public Information Office reports the death of Pfc. Billy E. Hill 21 of Sevierville Tennessee from auto injuries. Hill, of the 8457th Military Police Company, was injured July 17 when the car he rode in left the highway in Tijeras Canyon east of Albuquerque. He died at Sandia Base hospital, increasing the state traffic death total to 194.
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Albuquerque
Sandia
Billy E. Hill
Sevierville
Tenn
Hill
8457Th Military Police Company
Tijeras Canyon
Aldred
Sandia Base Hospital
Nine boys hike 70 miles across Superstition Mountains
In Mesa Arizona nine boys aged 14 to 18 completed a 70 mile hike across the Superstition Mountains east of Mesa. They traced a trail used by pioneering Mormon grandparents who settled the area in the late 1880s. The group foraged on wild game and desert plants and battled rattlesnakes en route.
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Mesa
Ariz
Here
Utah
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Gare
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David Williams
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Lubbock
Disabled American Veterans
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Austin
Ollie B. Livingston
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Quickies
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J. L. Love
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Robert Adams
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