Sabotage Test at Walker AFB Foiled by Roswell Police
Five saboteurs from another station attempted a security breach at Walker Air Force Base but were captured before reaching vital areas. Roswell Police, led by L. O. Thompson, aided by base security, detained four within 15 minutes and tracked the fifth. Brig. Gen. Musgrave praised interagency cooperation and noted the community’s responsibility to safeguard the base.
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Roswell
Walker Air Force Base
WAFB
L. O
Tommy” Thompson
Walker
Thomas C. Musgrave, Jr
47Th Air Division
Joseph Sylvers
Juan Gonzalez
Paul Smith
M/Sget
Guy
Walter Heny
Poe
Shah in Rome Hears Tehran Riot News
The Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi smiles after hearing that Royalist supporters clashed with Mossadegh forces in Tehran. Rioting left about 300 dead as royalists gained control in the capital. AP Wirephoto from Rome.
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Iran
Mohammed Reza Pahlev
Rome
Italy
Tehran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Wreck injures two youths as pickup overturns near East McGaffey
A 14 year old boy and another 14 year old passenger suffered fractures after a 1948 blue International pickup swerved, overturned, and struck a ditch one and a quarter miles east of East McGaffey Street. Driver George Glass and Howard Jones were not hospitalized. The accident happened about 2:30 p.m. near St. Mary's Hospital location and involved hay spilling from the truck.
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East McGaffey St
St. Mary’s Hospital
Tonya
Washington Ve
George Glass
Washington Ave
George Glass Electric Co
Young Treat
Howard Jones
N. Union Ave
Jones
Glass
Treat
Marvin T.ee Ore
Tony Treat
East McGaffey
St. Mary's Hospital
Local Weather Data and Forecast From United States Weather Bureau
Readings at 3 hour intervals show varying temperatures with a high near 91 and a low around 65. Precipitation totals for today and month to date are noted, with normals for date and month. Sunrise and sunset times indicate a 13.2 hour day and a forecast of cloud cover with chances of showers and a warm afternoon.
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Ceveey
Fate Unknown For 63 N. M. Fighting Men
Thirteen are free. Three are dead. Sixty three New Mexico servicemen remain unaccounted for as U S and Communist exchanges shift battleline claims. Marine Pfc Lloyd E Osborn of Albuquerque was among 150 POWs released.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Korea
Reds
Pfc
Lloyd E. Osborn
Albuquerque
Panmunjom
Solomon Padilla
Old Mesilla
Americans 150 Strong Gain Freedom
A large group of 150 Americans plus 300 South Koreans were freed in a Korean War prisoner exchange at Panmunjom, their largest single day repatriation yet. Reports detail brutal Red treatment of Allied POWs, including a sailor forced to stay outside in 25 below weather and a prisoner left to die tied to a tree, as more flights were handed over.
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Panmunjom
Chongsong
Yalu River
Kanggye
Kaesong
Reds
Korea
Cpl
Phillip E. Rogers
Denver
U. S
Leyte
Camp 1
Melvin R. Heath
Indianapolis
Gildo Rodriguez
New York City
Duke City Couple Learn Son Is Free
An Albuquerque mother and her hospitalized husband learned their son Pfc. Lloyd E. Osborn was among 150 Americans freed in today’s prisoner exchange. Osborn, captured in December 1950 with the First Marine Division, was reported in good health and to be freed soon by a letter from another prisoner.
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Albuquerque
E. A. Osborn
Pfc
Lloyd E. Osborn
Lloyd
Osborn
First Marine Division
Voters Choose Amendments in New Mexico Ballot
Chaves County voters head to the polls on September 15 to cast ballots on 11 proposed NM Constitution amendments. Roswell precincts split by north and south Second Street and by highways 70 and 380 with 8 am to 7 pm voting hours. Amendment 10 allows residency rules for absent workers and students and enables remote voting for qualified electors. Other amendments limit debt issuance, set tax and voting thresholds, and address automatic laws after governor inaction and vacancies in state offices.
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Chaves County
New Mexico
Roswell
Second Street
Second
Chaves
United States
Arafa Confirmed as Morocco Sultan in Rabat Palace Return
Moulay Mohammed ben Arafa, 64, uncle of deposed Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef, named Morocco's sultan. He will reside in Rabat's palace as ruler, while guards tighten across French Morocco and Tangier. The senior religious council confirmed the selection and unrest subsided.
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Paris
Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa
Morocco
Arafa
Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
France
Corsica
Rabat
Pasha Thami el Glaoui
Marrakech
French Morocco
Tangier
Fez
Imorocco
Kinsey Sex Report Sparks Wide Controversy on Women
The Kinsey report on women triggers debates across personal, religious, moral, and scientific lines. Scientists delay public judgment until after the book’s September 14 release, while clergy and parents weigh effects on youth, marriage, and access to sex education.
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Kinsey
Associated Press
Science
New York
New Kinsey
Earnest A. Hooton
Harvard
French unions order thousands back to work in partial strike end
Non Communist unions push thousands of workers to resume jobs amid ongoing France strike. FO and CFTC approve government deal with Premier Lanier on postal telegraph and telephone workers. Rail and transport, CGT still idle.
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Paris
France
Socialist Workers’ Force
Christian Labor Federation
CFTC
Joseph
Lanier
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Delega
Guard Units Open Test Firing Today At Summer Camp
New Mexico National Guard 111th Anti Aircraft Brigade trains in El Paso for two weeks under Brig. Gen. C. G. Sage to defend New Mexico. Test firing targets include the R Cat radio controlled aerial target as crews seek high gunnery scores for assignment.
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Robert A. Barnes
EL Paso
New Mexico
111Th
New Mexico National Guard
C. G. Sage
Bataan
Sage
Col. F. E. Rowell
Roswell
Col. C. M. Woodbury
Santa Fe
Taos
Espanola
Las Vegas
Belen
Socorro
Alamogordo
Deming
Polio Cases Rise in New Mexico Counties
Three new polio cases in Chaves and one in Curry County last week raise New Mexico 1953 polio total to 53, compared with 195 this time last year.
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Santa FE
Chaves
Curry County
State Health Department
Caverns Receive Nearly One Million for Improvements
Carlsbad Caverns Superintendent Taylor Hoskins says about one million dollars has been raised for cavern improvements. Funds will finance two new elevators inside the caves.
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Carlsbad
Taylor Hoskins
Carlsbad Caverns
Roswell High tickets on sale Aug 28 for season
Roswell High School season tickets will go on sale at 5 p m August 28 instead of today as reported. The limit is 10 tickets per person. Seven home games begin September 11 with a match against Gallup.
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Roswell High School
RHS
Poe Corn
Coyotes
Gallup
Oklahoma City Seeks Home for Roy Edwards 17
Roy Edwards, a 17 year old homeless youth from Eugene Oregon, was found in Oklahoma City and offered schooling and potential foster placement after his mother died in a car crash and his search for his father failed. Local residents and an Oklahoma City couple expressed interest in aiding him, with the sheriff saying Roy should decide his own future after considering offers.
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Oklahoma City
Roy Edwards
Eugene
Ore
Roy
Antlers
Okla
Coburg Consolidated Schools
Florida
University of Oklahoma Rotc
Bob Turner
Punch
Police Court Blotter Records Two Intoxication Cases
Today two men faced charges of intoxication on the police court blotter. The prior two days showed seven cases yesterday and four the day before.
AEC Chief Warns on Atomic Arms as Soviet Hydrogen Test Circulates
Chairman Lewis Strauss warns that enemies may develop powerful atomic weapons and a stockpile is not a guaranteed deterrent. The letter to Senator Wiley followed news of a Soviet hydrogen bomb detonation on August 12, with CIA and AEC officials briefing the committee in a closed session. Wiley calls for renewed U N disarmament talks, while lawmakers differ on Russia's bomb yet.
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Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Strauss
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Moscow
U. S
Wiley
Oe Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss’ Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
United States
W. Sterling Cole
R-Ny
One Man Dies In Washington Reformatory Riots
About 300 inmates rioted at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe. Gunfire from guards left one dead and four wounded as fires destroyed several buildings during the hours long uprising. Authorities, including officers from Seattle, faced rock and debris as they regained control.
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Monroe
Wash
Washington State Reformatory
Reformatory
Washington
Seattle
P. J. Squier
Squier
Reinformatory
Washington State Penitentiary
Ito
Betan Dies After Truck Fall on U.S. 66
Ben Betan of Shiprock died in a local hospital from injuries from a fall from a truck driven by Howard Nez of Shiprock on U.S. 66. Police said Betan was the 239th highway death in New Mexico this year.
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Albuquerque
Ben Betan
Shiprock
Howard Nez
U.S. 66
Betan
New Mexico
Fort Bliss Land Allocation for Missile Training Center
Officials at Fort Bliss have been notified of authorization totaling 3,615,000 dollars to acquire 657,431 acres for a surface to air guided missile training center. All land is at or near the fort.
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EL Pas
Tex
Ft. Bliss
Fort
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