Reds Return Convicted Americans Amid POW Repatriation
The report lists U S enlisted men and officers among Americans freed in the ongoing POW exchange. Cpls Guidotti Reilly and Vadala and Sgt Vadala are named among those arriving in a Kaesong camp group as talks continue on repatriation. The exchange, under a truce timetable, moves toward its final phase with hundreds more prisoners to be released. Maj Gen William F Dean remains a noted prisoner with no word on his status.
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Ae Ee
Red Grouping
Reds
Charles G. Guidotti
Philadelphia
Eugene R. Reilly
New York City
Guy T. Vadala
Stoneham
Mass
Reilly
Vadala
Main Ca
Gerard A. Francois
Jersey City
N. J
U. S
Kaesong
Francois
Pyokton
U. N
William F. Dean
Dean
Treasury Chief Hopes Taxes Stay Flat Despite Defense Needs
Secretary Humphrey told ABC Radio he hopes taxes need not rise to fund defense but warned they could be increased if defense spending grows. He said no special session to raise the 275 billion debt limit is planned, and the government can operate within the limit if tax collection improves, expenditures fall and the debt ceiling is not breached.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
ABC
Congress
Local Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Reading bureaus report three hour interval data from yesterday afternoon to today morning with temperatures ranging from the high sixties to near ninety one. The day’s high 92 and low 61 bracket a near normal pattern with no precipitation in the past 24 hours. Sunrise at 5 29 and sunset at 6 30 yield a 13 hour day.
Mother ship F-84 demo on B36 carrier for long range recon
A modified F-84 jet nears the bomb bay retrieval mechanism on a B36 bomber in an in flight landing demonstration. The Air Force says the concept offers long range high speed reconnaissance with high survival probability for crew and equipment.
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Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Settlement Made in Fatal Wreck Suits
In district court two suits arising from the Valentine Day two car collision at lth and Washington were settled and dismissed with prejudice. Don Rose acted as administrator for Jesse Howell and Bessie Loraine Mangum with Pat rick C. Simmons as defendant. Damages sought totaled 50 417.90 plus 25 000 exemplary in one case and 2 215 for auto and 25 000 exemplary in the other. Stipulation says all issues are amicably settled. terms not disclosed. Judge John R. Brand of Hobbs signed the dismissal.
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Don Rose
Jesse Howell
Bessie Loraine Mangum
Patrick C. Simmons
Lth
Washington
Dist
John R. Brand
Hobbs
Wildcat Discovery Near Lovington Reported in Lea County
The Oil Conservation Commission said Western Natural Gas Co. No. 1 Edison flowed an average of 23 barrels an hour on a drillstem test in the Devonian at 12 520 feet. The new discovery lies seven miles southwest of Lovington, with the nearest production at the Anderson Ranch Devonian pool 16 miles west.
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Santa Fep
Lea County
Oil Conservation Commission
Western Natural Gas Co. No. 1 Edison
Anderson Ranch
Lovington
Crews to Rebuild 186 Flint Homes in Giant Volunteer Project
More than 5,000 volunteers are expected to participate in a weekend effort to rebuild about 186 Flint area homes destroyed by a June tornado that killed 116 people. Homeowners supply materials and arrive with them. dealers offer deep discounts as the project aims to become a historic nationwide building drive.
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Flint, Mich
Flint Area
Donald W. Reigle
Three More New Mexico Families Win Release News
Three New Mexico families celebrate as their sons are freed by the Communists at Panmunjom. Pfc Manuel D Martinez Jr of Truchas, Cpl Jose Marez of Albuquerque, and Pfc Jerry D Baker of Hobbs lift long suspicions after 22 New Mexicans released in Operation Big Switch. Additional freed sailors and marines aboard Gen W F Hase arrive in San Francisco. Martinez and Marez recount years of prayers and letters, while Baker’s family could not be reached.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Panmunjom
Pfc
Manuel D. Martinez Jr
Manuel Martinez
Truchas
Marine Pfc
Jerry D. Baker
Raymond Baker
Hobbs
Cpl
Jose Marez
Pablo Marez
Albuquerque
Army
Reds
W. F. Hase
San Francisco
Franklin D. Gilbreath
Richard E. Killion
Celso J. Montoya
Joseph L. Josola
Isleta
Jose A. Marquez
Raton
Jose E. Martinez
Questa
Martinez
Marez
Baker
7Th Regiment
1St Marine Division
West Dunham St
Bodies of two soldiers arrive in United States
The Defense Department announced the bodies of Sgt. Jefferson L. Connor of Roswell New Mexico and Pfc. Ricardo Carrasco of El Paso Texas have arrived in the United States from Korea. They will be sent to locations designated by next of kin.
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Washington
Defense Department
New Mexico
el Paso
Tex
United States
Korea
Jefferson L. Connor
Mattie Mills
N. Missouri
Roswell
Ricardo Carrasco
Justo Carrasco
Aurora St
Union and mine firm reach wage contract in Idaho
The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers announces a pact with Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Co in Idaho. The agreement provides a general wage increase of 812 cents an hour retroactive to February 1.
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Denver
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Ind
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Co
Idaho
Kerrville P A Driver Collision Kills Three
A head on crash on Highway 27 about 80 miles west of Kerrville killed three people. The deceased are William Featherstone 20 and his mother Mrs. Floyd Featherstone of Kerrville en route to Bracketville and Mrs. B J Edens 70 of San Antonio.
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Kerrville
Tex P
Highway 27
Here
William Featherstone
Floyd Featherstone
Bracketville
B. J. Edens
San Antonio
Twelve year old archer hits bass in Williamsville field
Twelve year old Carl H. Ernst Jr. shot an arrow at a cardboard box in a Williamsville field. The arrow landed in a creek and speared a small rock bass.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Carl H. Ernst Jr
Williamsville
First Cotton Bale From Lubbock South Plains Gins Today
Gordon Aycock 39, who farms land owned by S. E. Cone in Acuff near here, delivered the first bale for cotton in the South Plains for ginning. The bale could bring Aycock as much as 5000 dollars under a fundraising drive by the Lubbock Jaycees.
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Lubbock
Tex
Gordon Aycock
S. E. Cone
Acuff
South Plains
Aycock
Lubbock Jaycees
City approves two state aid agreements for street projects
The City Council adopted two state aid papers at a 7:30 a.m. breakfast session in the Nickson Hotel. One is an agreement covering eight street sectors including Garden and 19th, with state funding about $95,158.80, and the other a supplemental agreement for U S Highway 380 along Second Street. Both limit parking and advertising within rights of way and require state consent for traffic signs.
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Nickson Hotel
Second Street
Garden
College
Montana
Missouri
Sea—Buena Vista
Hobbs Union
Deming
Mathews
Union
Riverside
Sea -Ninth
19Th
Main
Resulus
Max Littell
Winston Daniel
Bert Ballard
Warren R. Cobean
South Main
New Mexico
North Main
O. E. Jenkins
Purdy
Norris
Warren Cobean
Brad L. Hays
James B. Stapp
Tommy Thompson
E. L. Burns
Stanley Crosby
S. Elmo Henslee
Roy V. Tyner
John F. Russell
M. L. Norton
Scientists Hint At 800 Year Life Span Feasibility
Dr Edward L Bortz, former AMA president, told the Gerontological Society convention that extending life to 800 years is possible only if the body keeps its childhood disease resistance. He warned against overoptimism noting human nature resists self-improvement.
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San
Super Dairy Show planned for ENM State Fair
Plans call for a three division dairy show Jerseys Holstein and Guernsey at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair in Roswell October 6 to 10. Premiums total 5000 with 1850 per division. Organizers include Lloyd Danfworth and C R Barley with a goal to attract national Jersey Cattle Club designation and world class participation.
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New Mexico
Fof
al W. Woodburn
Chaves County
Jerseys
Guernsey
Lloyd Danfworth
Dexter High School
Harding Burris
Elida
New Mexico Jersey Cattle Club
Jersey
C. R. Barley
Hope
Woodburn
Jersey Cattle Club
United States
Metrco Jersey Cattle Club
Roswell
Woodburn Says the Board of Direcors of
Parcipate
Fisherman rescues exhausted father after saving two daughters
Chester Fisher, 29, Sarasota, saved his daughters Joan eight and Christine seven from strong tides. A fisherman from the beach cast a line and pulled Fisher to safety before driving off without revealing his name.
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Sarasota
Fla
Chester Fisher
Fisher
Joan
Christine
Deportation Blues Stack Up High for Singer Dick Haymes
Los Angeles AP reports crooner Dick Haymes faces a tough immigration case with three subpoenas issued as a preliminary hearing probes his WWII draft deferment claim and tax liability. He admits a disputed 1939 marriage to Edith Harper and unreported alimony and divorce filings.
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Dick Haymes
LOS Angeles
Haymes
Immigration Service
Supreme Court
Edith Harper
Chicago
Sam
Joanne Dru
Nora Eddington
Argentina
United States
Rita Haworth
Hawaii
Hollywood
Cullender Named Vice Chairman of Demo Committee
James M. H. Cullender a former city attorney with offices on 22114 N. Main St. and lives at 1107 W. First St. is named one of three New Mexico state vice chairmen by Rex Meador of the Democratic Central Committee in Santa Fe. Other vice chairmen are Herbert B. Gerhart of Raton Earl Kerr of Hidalgo County and J. O. Garcia of Rio Arriba County.
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James M. H. Cullender
N. Main St
W. First St
Rex Meador
iNew Mexico
Democratic Central Committee
Santa Fe
Meador
Roswell
Herbert B. Gerhart
Raton
Earl Kerr
Hidalgo County
J. O. Garcia
Rio Arriba
Callender
State Democratic Organization
Congress to Tighten Los Alamos Security Efforts
Rep. Patterson said Congress will issue recommendations to strengthen security at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. A Senate House subcommittee investigated security and released a lengthy report amid a guard dismissal dispute with two workers who refused to answer investigators questions, drawing attention to the controversy.
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Washington
Rep. Patterson
R-Conn
Congress
Los Alamos
N. M
Patterson
Senate House Atomic Energy
Andrew J. Sobien
Oscar M. Hernandez
Eisenhower
Congressional Committee
Los Alamos Se
Major League Baseball score summaries midweek
In the National League St Louis defeats New York 6 to 3 despite a late push, with scoring from Chambers Erautz White and vars along with Corwin and Westrum. Chicago edges Brooklyn 5 to 3 as Klippstein and Hacker combine with Garangiola Meyer Sabine and Campanella for the win.
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St. Louis
New York
Chambers
Erautz
White
Vars
Koslo
Corwin
Kennedy
Westrum
Calderone
Chicago
Brooklyn
Klippstein
Hacker
Garangiola
Meyer
Sabine
Campanella
State to finish paving US 260 in western New Mexico
State Highway Engineer C. O. Erwin says the state will complete paving U. S. Highway 260 in western New Mexico when federal lands or forest funds become available. The project hinges on federal money, possibly arriving late this year or early next.
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New Mexico
C. O. Erwin
Demo Heads Named Santa Fe State Party Aides
Four state vice chairmen named by State Democratic Chairman Rex Meador. J O Garcia of Rio Arriba County remains as a holdover. New appointees include Herbert B Gerhart of Baston Earl Kerr of Hildage County and James M H Cullender of Roswe.
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Santa FE
Rex Meador
J. O. Garcia
Rio Arriba
Herbert B. Gerhart
Baston
Earl Kerr
Hildage County
James M. H. Cullender
Ros
World Bank cooperative stockholders meet in Roswell NM
About 80 to 100 New Mexico stockholders of the Wichita Bank for Cooperatives will attend a two day meeting at the Nickson Hotel Roswell. Invitations went to J E Moore and Roy Ward presidents of local banks and to county agents teachers and farm loan officials. Fred Merrifield and Harry Stephens will present reports and Dean Robert Nicholas will speak at lunch. Congress members on the Agricultural Committee may offer short remarks.
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New Mexico
Wichita Bank For Cooperatives
Nickson
Roy Ward
Moore
Ward
First National Bank of
Roswell
Fred P. Merrifield
WBC
Harry C. Stephens
Robert Nicholas
New Mexico A
M. College
Congress
Agricultural Committee
William J. Hart
Gilbert Tarpening
WEC
C of C Fights Fires Alamogordo
The Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce launches a year round fire prevention program. Wayne Phelps president of the Chamber notes Alamogordo has fared better than nearby towns and urges continued efforts to maintain the record.
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C of C
Alamogordo
India Fails to Win Two-Thirds for Korea Peace Conference Seat
United Nations voting shows India fails to secure the required two thirds in the General Assembly despite a majority in the 60 nation political committee. India did not vote on several motions, while the United States presses its opposition and Russia edges toward participation as a Communist-aligned speaker.
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United Nations
N. Y
India
U.N
General Assembly
United States
Russia
U.S
Henry Lee Lodge Jr
Lodge
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
America
Gladwyn Jebb
North Korea
Pioneer Montoya Dies in Albuquerque Hospital
Mariano iG Montoya 70 of Bernalillo died in an Albuquerque hospital. He served on the constitutional committee in 1910, was a 1914 New Mexico Legislature member, and sheriff of Sandoval County from 1919 to 1932. Surviving is his son Dick, the present Sandoval County sheriff.
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Albuquerque
Mariano Ig. Montoya
Bernalillo
Constitutional Committee
Legislture
Sandovale County
Sandoval County
Hood Reappointed NM March of Dimes Chairman
Max Hood of Albuquerque was named to a fourth consecutive year as New Mexico chairman for 1954 by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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Hood
New York
Max Hood
Albuquerque
New Mexico March of Dimes
National Foundation For
Safety Week Set Santa Fe
Gov Mechem proclaims Child Safety Week for New Mexico starting August 31 to promote safety awareness and child protection across the state.
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Santa FE
Gov
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Col. Wilson
New Mexico Military Institute
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