Nine Counties Represented At Big Farm and Ranch Feed
Approximately 2 000 farmers and ranchers from nine counties—Chaves Otero Lea Eddy Lincoln DeBaca Guadalupe Curry and Roosevelt—attended a Roswell barbecue at the Southeastern New Mexico State Fairgrounds. The Chamber of Commerce event thanked agri business for local wealth and activity with lines of food and brief remarks from Homer Glover and Cecil Hunter.
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Roswell
Southeastern New Mexico State Fairgrounds
Chaves
Otero
Lea
Eddy
Lincoln
DeBaca
Guadalupe
Curry
Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce
Fair Building
Homer Glover
Cecil Hunter
Tulsa
Okla
Glover
Elkins
Hunter
Sam
Radio Ame
Local Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Temperatures recorded at 2 00 p m yesterday through 11 00 a m today show a high of 86 and a low of 61 with normal values for the date at 91 and 65. Precipitation totals for 24 hours to 11 a m today are 1.57 inches for the month and 6.90 inches year to date, above the month normal of .91 and year normal of 7.63. Sunrise is at 5 32 and sunset at 6 40 giving 13.3 hours of daylight. Forecast calls for variable cloudiness with scattered thundershowers and a slightly warmer afternoon, followed by cool nights. Highest today around 90, with cooler nights expected.
Nine Chaves County Men Inducted Into U S Army
A group of nine young men from Chaves county departed Roswell for El Paso to be inducted into the U S Army today. Names listed by Mrs Verna L Core, clerk of the local Selective Service office include Kirby Cook Lykins Junior Roy Huff Don Othell Hudson Ted Copeland Jr Bob Harrison Paul Richard Summersgill William Kelly Johnson Patrick James Leonard and Emit H Carmack.
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Chaves County
Roswell
el Paso
U. S. Army
Verna L. Core
Selective Service Office
Kirby Cook Lykins
Junior Roy Huff
Don Othell Hudson
Ted Copeland Jr
Bob Harrison
Paul Richard Summersgill
William Kelly Johnson
Patrick James Leonard
iEmit H. Carmack
New Mexico Educators Open Three Day Leadership Conference
Educators in Albuquerque begin a three day annual leadership conference of the New Mexico Education Association. Speakers include Tom Popejoy of the University of New Mexico J Cloyd Miller of New Mexico Western College and John Russell of the Educational Finance Board.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
New Mexico Education Assn
Tom Popejoy
University of New Mexico
J. Cloyd Miller
New Mexico Western College
John Russell
Educational Finance Board
Coup in Iran Ends Mossadegh Rule with 300 Dead
Tehran reports show more than 300 Iranians killed and hundreds injured as royalist forces led by Maj. Gen. Zahedi seize power in a nine hour coup ending Premier Mossadegh's government.
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Tehran
Mossadegh
Zahedi
City bus routes altered as school term nears
William Farrell, owner of the local bus franchise, announces the discontinuance of the North Main line due to poor patronage and adds the West Alameda route. The Union Avenue circuit is reconfigured and the McGaffey line remains via Main and Second. Changes take effect Monday Aug 24 as officials seek increased ridership with 10 rides for 75 cents. A council committee, including Winston Daniel and John F. Russell, will study the service.
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William Farell
Second
Main
Country Club Road
West Alameda
Wyoming
Alameda
Washington
Third
Union Avenue
Ton Main
Fourth
Lea
College
Union
18Th
McGaffey
Cahoon
Bland
Farrell
Roswell
Farell
Bert Ballard
Winston Daniel
Max Littell
John F. Russell
Allocation of $660000 for flood surveys nationwide
Washington reports Army Engineers have allocated 660000 dollars for flood control surveys across 38 states including the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
Bradley criticizes budget cut and warns of reduced readiness
Gen Omar Bradley voices concern that the more than five billion dollar Defense Department cut could become a dangerous habit. He argues a narrower production base may save money but risks unpreparedness in all out mobilization, and urges maintaining pressure for higher security.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
Saturday Evening Post
Congress
Bulova Research and Development Laboratories, Inc
Defense Wilson
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Wilson
Truman
Joint Chiefs
Luxury Air Cruise Approval Sought by Pan American World
Pan American World Airways requests Civil Aeronautics Board approval for a luxury world cruise. The DCGB airliner would carry 30 passengers on a three month trip starting around January 21 from New York at a fare of 15000 per person with sleeping quarters a lounge bar and full galley service.
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Washington
Pan American World Airways
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pan American
DCGB
New York
American POW Weds Chinese Worker During Captivity
Sgt. Roy Story of Jonesboro Tennessee reports an American POW married a Chinese girl while held in Camp 1. He said the man left his unit four months ago and moved to Chongsong to live with her, planning to enter China after the war ends.
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Freedom Village
Porea
Roy Story
Jonesboro
Tenn
Chongsong
China
Sweet Odor Racket Uncovered by Federal Raid
Federal agents uncovered a still for making fake perfume and counterfeit labels from leading houses. A 15-gallon still and bottled perfumes with fake labels were seized, tied to Robert Goldman of Detroit and sold in multiple cities at high prices.
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Middletown
R. I
Joseph E. Lannon
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
Internal Revenue Bureau
John J. Hannan
Food and Drug Controldministration
Lannon
New York
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Havana
Cuba
Robert Goldman
Goldman
John M. Kelly Tops Monthly Oil Lease Sale Near Monument
John M. Kelly of Roswell bid 162.50 an acre for a 160 acre tract near Monument to lead the monthly oil and gas lease sale announced by Land Commissioner E. S. Walker. The oral bid of 26,000 set the top price as 10 tracts were offered with total sale value 734,197, including 598,407 from sealed bids and 135,500 from oral bids. All tracts were in southeastern New Mexico.
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Santa FE
John M. Kelly
Roswell
Monuments
E. S. Walker
New Mexico Highway Death Toll Reaches 237
The Associated Press reports New Mexico's highway death count rose to 237, up 26 from last year at this time, with two new victims. Louis Rivas, 28, of Tucson, Arizona, died in Lordsburg from a three car crash, and Wallace D. Blackwell, 28, of Amarillo, Texas, died after a collision on U S 87 near Clayton.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Louis Rivas
Tucson
Ariz
Wallace D. Blackwell
Amarillo
Tex
Rivas
Lordsburg
Blackwell
John D. Kelly
Houston
U. S. 87
Clayton
Hail and Rain Sweep Albuquerque Area
A thunderstorm swept Albuquerque causing power outages and sewer clogging. Downtown stores flooded and trees lost leaves. A car overturned on U S 66 east of the city injuring Donald Wicks, his wife, and their child.
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Albuquerque
U. S. 66
Donald Wicks
Smith Construction suit moved to federal court in Roswell case
A breach of contract suit by Smith Construction Co. against Theater Enterprises Inc. from Roswell has been transferred from Eddy County District Court to federal court in Albuquerque. The firm alleges Theater Enterprises failed to permit completion of a project on Valley Drive in Roswell.
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Albuquerque
Smith Construction Co
Eddy County District Court
Theater Enterprises, Inc
Roswell
Valley Drive
Oilman and Family Vanish Over Alaska Seekers Pivot to Planes
KETCHIKAN Alaska authorities and two nations search for Ellis Hall 54 oilman his wife and two daughters and 17-year-old Hibben after their twin engine plane vanished near Annette Island as pilots and crews broaden the air hunt from Juneau toward Smithers over rugged water and islands with no clues found so far by coast guard or air force planes.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
United States Coast Guard
Annette Island
Annette
Ellis Hall
New Mexico
Texas
Land Patrick Hibben
University of
Halls
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Hall
CAA
Dixon
Smithers
League Results Show Mixed Outcomes Across American League
Baseball scores from the American League list Philadelphia losing to Boston 4 to 6 after a late rally, New York shutting out Washington 9 to 0, Cleveland edging Detroit 4 to 2, and other games showing varied innings and pitcher performances as the season progresses. Mitchell, Berra, and Wynn are noted among scorers and pitchers.
National League pitchers clash in late season games
Spahn and Crandall face Nuxhall and Seminick as Milwaukee falls 37 to 0 at Cincinnati. The Mets also win and Brooklyn tops New York by a 7 to 5 score with Grissom Wilhelm Koslo and Westrum on offense for the visiting club while Milliken Hughes and Campanella contribute for the home team.
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Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Spahn and Crandall
Nuxhall J
Seminick
New York
Brooklyn
Grissom
Wilhelm
Koslo
Westrum
Meyer
Wade
Milliken
Hughes
Campanella
Walker
Reds Cover up Great Number of POW Deaths
AP photographer Frank Noel, detailing his 1952 North Korean POW camps experience, reports 4 000 to 5 000 Allied prisoners in four camps, with about 3 000 believed dead and buried near Pyoktong and Chonchong. He alleges Red forces tried to hide deaths by pressuring doctors to blame syphilis.
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Korea
Demilitarized Zone
Munsan
U. N
Frank Noel
North Korea
Olen Clements
Tokyo
Reds
Pyoktong
Chonchong
Manchuria
China
Novem
Letter from Berlin soldier to wife read in New Orleans
A 10 foot long letter written by PFC Ray mond J. Hunter from Berlin reaches his wife and infant daughter Dot in New Orleans. The note, bordered with soldier drawings, is read aloud at their home, showing the personal side of a serviceman stationed overseas.
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Raymond J. Hunter
Dottie Ray
Eisenhower Visits New York for Housing Project Dedication
President Eisenhower arrived at LaGuardia Field aboard the Columbine for a 24 hour stay in New York. He attends a 32 million dollar federal slum clearance dedication on the Lower East Side and meets with GOP leaders and officials before flying to Denver. The trip includes a Baruch family bust unveiling and a Baruch playground ceremony. He is to leave for Denver at 3 30 p m EST after meetings with labor officials and city leaders.
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New York
L Eisenhower
LaGuardia Field
Columbine
Denver
Eisenhower
Waldorf-Astoria Towers
Nixon
J.russel Sprague
Republican National
Board of Elections
Baruch
Thomas E. Dewey
Bernard Baruch
Alse
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Simon Baruch
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Arkansas
Missouri
Nevada
Policeman Recovers From Poisonous Adder Bite
In Porthleven Cornwall England Police officer Frank Sandercock reported for duty and found an adder under his helmet. He had stopped to repair a bicycle tire and laid his helmet aside. He escaped serious harm thanks to his thick hair.
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Porthleven
Cornwall
England
Frank Sandercock
Sandercock
Royalists Seek Shah Return After Tehran Uprising
Tehran Radio reports Royalists seized the government and urged Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi to return at once. Mossadegh allegedly fled or was captured as mobs clashed with police. Zahedi installed as premier with the Shah in Rome awaiting news on Iran’s capital.
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London
Tehran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Middle East
Mossadegh
Houssein Fatemi
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Soraya
Fazollah Zahedi
Rome
Zahedi
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Britain
Tehykn
Ahmed Qavam
Qavam
Tudeh Party
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