Cattle Growers Push Postponement of New Mexico Land Hearing
New Mexico Cattle Growers Assn Gov Mechem and Rep Dempsey win postponement of Alamogordo land hearing on 778000 acres for Ft Bliss firing range. Army supports. groups seek study of resources tax school impact. Meeting could be moved to November due to stockmen conflicts and illness of the stockmen secretary.
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Alses
New Mexico Cattle Growers Assn
Edwin Mechem
Dempsey
D-N.m
Alamogordo
Welense Department
Dida
New Mexico
Ft. Bliss
Army
Clovis
Denver
New Mexico Wool Growers Assn
New Mexico Taxpayers Assn
Mat- A
Senate
House
Armed Services Committees
Armed Services
Sherwood Culberson
Lordsburg
The
Mechem
Horace Hening
Moisture Shell Hangs in Breech Artesia Saved
A Weather Bureau report says New Mexico faced unusual moisture and heavy cloud cover keeping rain light overall. Hobbs saw 85 mph winds and hail, while Artesia experienced street flooding and a near flood threat from Sacramento Mountains. State roads sustained about 250000 dollars in damage with repairs centering northeast Tucumcari and southwest Santa Rosa.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Hobbs
Artesia
Sacramento Mountains
Portales
Socorro
Silver City
Tucumcari
Roswell
Carlsbad
Zuni
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Farmington
Grants
Ira B. Miller
Miller
One Case Heard In Police Court Today
Police Court business was limited to a lone drunk who was cited and fined fifteen dollars.
Weather Summary for Local Area
Reading at three hour intervals from 2 p m yesterday to 11 a m today shows a high around 83 and a low near 63. Precipitation totaled .21 inches in the past 24 hours with 1.48 inches month to date and 4.87 inches year to date. Forecast calls for less cloudiness and a few scattered showers through tomorrow with warmer afternoons. high today near 89 and low tonight about 62. Sunrise 5 27, sunset 6 32, day length 13.1 hours.
C of C Breakfast Speakers Outline Institute Program
Col. Charles F. Ward of the New Mexico Military Institute briefed Chamber of Commerce stockholders on the Institute's program and community role. Lt. Col. Carl J. Rohr described the Institute's complex finances. Ward noted NMMI's 1893 charter and its unique structure with high school, junior college and since 1948 senior college.
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Charles F. Ward
New Mexico Military Institute
Carl J. Rohr
Chamber of Commerce
Col. Ward
Claude Simpson
Homer Glover
Roswell
Goss Military Institute
NMMI
Distinguished Visitor to Attend Santa Fe Fiesta
The fiesta will feature His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman as a highlight with events from September 3 to 6. Spellman will crown the statue of La Conquistadora and preside at a pontifical Mass. Zozobra burns to start the festivities, followed by coronations and a Fiesta Queen, Angelina Teresa Oyaca.
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Santa FE
Francis Cardinal Spellman
North America
New Mexico
Holy Cross
Don Diego de Vargas
de Vargas
la Conquistadora
Spellman
St. Francis Cathedral
Edwin V. Byrne
Will Shuster
Angelina Teresqy Oyaca
Woman Falls From Train in El Paso Hospitalized
A woman on the southbound Imperial passenger train entering El Paso yards fell from a vestibule door. She suffered head wounds and was taken to a local hospital. A porter reported seeing her tumble from the lower half of a vestibule door. Papers in her purse bore the name Antonette Bydine of Chicago Illinois.
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EL Paso
Southern Pacific Imperial
L. High
Antonette Bydine
Chicago
Judge Commutes San ta Fe Murderer Uranga Sentence
Gov. Mecem approved a second commutation for Juan Uranga convicted of second degree murder in Dona Ana County on September 26, 1952. The sentence was reduced from 99 years to a range of 20 to 35 years in prison.
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Santa FE
Gov. Mecem
Juan Uranga
Dona Ana County
Extension agent quits Clovis to join Rosedale as instructor
John Gaume, extension agent for Curry County, resigned yesterday to take a position as an agriculture instructor at Rosedale School. He leaves his current post after several years of service and will begin the new role next month.
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Clovis
Curry County
John Gaume
Rosedale School
Laundries Puzzled By Robes At World Council Assembly
In Evanston Illinois during the World Council of Churches Assembly laundries face uncertainty over finishing foreign church garments. Delegates and plain visitors from across the country mingle as interfaith interest grows with a Moslem meeting and a Gandhi card giveaway adding color to the event.
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George W. Cornell
Wilmette
Martin Fogel
Brookings
S.C
Assembly
Rome
Mahatma Gandhi
Artesia Farmer backs water meters only to measure need
Artesia farmer Howard Stroup, president of the Eddy County Farm Bureau, says meters on water wells should first determine how much water is needed before enforcement. He opposes arbitrary quotas and supports using meters to study actual use before fixing allocations.
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Artesia
Howard Stroup
Eddy County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Stroup
Pecos Valley
Conservancy Board
Willard
Killer Beats Union Official to Death in Cleveland
Rahmond Weirouch a vice president and chief steward of CIO United Auto Workers Local 515 was dragged from his car and beaten to death by a club wielding assailant. Witness Walter Hahn described the attack as the killer fled in a car, with police seeking the suspect. Weirouch, a married father of four, was well regarded by Local 515 president H I Sorge who doubted any union motive.
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Cleveland
Rahmond Weirouch
CIO
United Auto Workers Local 515
Iron Fireman Stoker Co
Walter Hahn
Weirouchs
Weirouch
Watermelon theft case dismissed in Ripley court
In Ripley Tennessee Judge J R Lewis dismissed a case after three boys accused of stealing three watermelons from a farmer’s patch were brought in. The judge challenged attendees to admit any childhood watermelon theft, and all participants raised their hands.
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Ripley, Tenn
J. R. Lewis
Willard Norvell
John Sanford
Trash Fire Blast Injures Boy 13
Keith Godrey, 13, was hospitalized after a trash burning explosion at 5 11 p m yesterday on 203 N Washington. Police believe a cartridge shell or dynamite cap caused the blast. Metal fragments were removed from his face and arms.
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Keith Godrey
St. Mary's Hospital
Washington
Three Break-ins Reported to Police
A trio of break-ins were reported to police in calls 47 minutes apart early today. The first at 8 05 came from Myers Co Inc 106 110 S Main St followed by Johnnie Huff landscaper for Dan Carpenter at 301 N Orchard Ave and a third at Greene s 110 N Main St. No major value was taken with one place reporting 50 cents loss. Juveniles suspected.
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Myers Co., Inc
S. Main St
Johnnie Huff
Dan Carpenter
Huff House
N. Orchard Ave
Greene's
N. Main St
Tommy Thompson
County ASC Committee Election Set for Tuesday
Delegates from four ASC community committees in Chaves County will meet in the J. P. White Building to elect county committeemen for the coming year. The three year tenure limit has been removed from the governing regulations.
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ASC
Chaves County
J. P. White
Secretary of Agriculture
E. T. Benson
Smallest Parents Take Baby Home After Birth
Mr and Mrs Floyd Dixon of Los Angeles the cities smallest parents have taken their first child home from the hospital Debra Jo weighed 5 pounds 14 ounces at birth by Caesarean section on August 10 at French Hospital The parents are 3 feet 11 inches tall and aged 35 and 37 respectively The hospital sent mother and child home yesterday.
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Los Angeles
Floyd Dixon
Debra Jo
Dixon
Baseball Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE results summary
Scores show Chicago beating Washington 7 to 6 behind Pierce and Batts. Baltimore defeated New York 3 to 1 with key runs in the later innings. Detroit downed Boston 9 to 7 in a high scoring game with Nixon gaining the win. Gray and Jand House contributed for Boston in the loss.
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Chicago
Washington
Pierce and Batts
Stewart
Pascual
Fitzgerald
Detroit
Boston
Gromek
Miller
Gray
Jand House
Nixon
Sullivan
White
W—Nixon
L—Gromek
McCarthy Defense Tack Hue in Senate Censure Hearings
Senate committee plans hearings starting Aug. 31 on five charge categories against Wisconsin Republican Sen. McCarthy. Chairman Watkins says the panel may expand charges and witnesses if needed, while McCarthy avoids comment but calls the committee "a good committee." The probe may use public records to shorten proceedings.
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Washington
McCarthy
Watkins
Flanders
Fulbright
D-Ark
Morse
la Jolla
Calif
Senate
Grover C. Williams Dies in Texas at 67
Grover Cleveland Williams, 67, formerly of Roswell, died last week in a McAllen hospital. He was a pharmacist in Roswell before moving to Alamo nine years ago and worked at a Pharr drug store at death. Survivors include his wife, a son in Dallas, a daughter in Alamo, three brothers in Arkansas and California, four sisters in Arkansas New Mexico and California, and one grandson.
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Grover Cleveland Williams
Roswell
McAllen
Texas
Wedding Clears Medical Legal Hurdles At Army Hospital
M/Sgt William Hardin and Miss Isako Shirayama plan a post chapel wedding at Valley Forge Army Hospital. Shirayama faces immigration hearings in Washington on stay rights tied to a six month visitor visa. Hardin, hospitalized for tuberculosis, cannot leave ward. the couple awaits outcomes of legal and language obstacles as they wed.
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Isako Shirayama
Kobe
Japan
William Hardin
Louisville
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Phoenixville
Louisville, Ky
Shirayama
Washington
United States
Hawaii
Hardin
Korea
Osaka
California death by own action linked to New Mexico murder case
San Bernardino detectives link Kenneth W. Slocum to a prior Albuquerque taxi driver homicide. Slocum, 50, registered in El Paso, Texas, and found dead by a hotel maid from a self-inflicted .25 caliber wound. An empty .38 cartridge and a newspaper clipping of Roger Chapman’s murder were found among his effects. FBI ballistics will compare the cartridges with Chapman's bullet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Calif
Albuquerque
Kenneth W. Slocum
el Paso
Tex
Flora Caddell
Raymond Barker
Violence in Brazil After Vargas Death Triggers Riots
Riots erupt in Brazil after Getulio Vargas dies by suicide as troops fire on protesters. Three dead and about 30 injured across cities including Rio de Janeiro Porto Alegre Belo Horizonte and confrontations target U S diplomatic facilities and media houses amid anti American sentiment and mourning declared nationwide.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Air Ministry
Getulio
U.S
Rio
United States
Vargas
Top Budget Western Located for The Man From Laramie
Columbia Pictures sends pre production scouts to Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico to locate locations for The Man From Laramie based on a T. T. Flynn novel. James Stewart stars with William Goetz producing and filming slated for mid September at an estimated cost over two million dollars.
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Los Angeles
Columbia Pictures
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
N. M
Laramie
T. T. Flynn
James Stewart
William Goetz
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Biggin Hill
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United States Weather Bureau
Cardinal Spellman
Killer
Union
King Solomon
Baltimore
New York
Coleman
Blyzka
Murrray
Lopat
Berra
Senator Quiet
Tack
Senate Group
Grover C. Williams
California
Workers Guarantees
Germany
Sao Borja
Rio Grande Do Sul
Seek N. M
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
D. V. Crowley
R. J. Barbour
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