Trieste News Quiet Amid Yugoslav Italian Spat
Trieste residents saw no demonstrations as Rome and Belgrade spar over the Free Territory. Yugoslav officials deny plans to annex Zone B and assert rival powers seek control with Western support.
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Trieste
Adriatic Free Port
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste “Free Territory
Pnesivws
Tito
Zoen B
Ales Bebler
Idrija
Bebler
U. S
Rome
Belgrade
Yugo
Venice
Adriatic
Giuseppe Pella
Pella
Two Lea Countians Die Instantly in Head-on Collision
Two Lea County residents were killed early yesterday in a head-on crash 10 miles east of Hobbs on Highway 180. Victims were John Alton Smith 33 trucker and Floyd Daniel Truman 44 oilman for Skelly Oil Co. Both sole occupants perished instantly. Truman widowed with four daughters and Smith survived by wife and multiple children.
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Hobbs
Lea County
Here
John Alton Smith
Hobbs Independent Trucker
Floyd Daniel Truman
Eunice
Skelly Oil Co
Texas
New Mexico
Illinois
Truman
Smith
Jess Lee Smith
Amarillo
Fifth Poindexter Boy Selects Navy
Troy Harold Poindexter 18 of Hondo becomes the fifth Poindexter son to enlist in the U S Navy. Two brothers served in World War II and three sons now in the Navy, with Troy beginning boat training at San Diego. Wanda Sue of Colorado City and Jimmie Ruth Conley 18 of Hobbs are undergoing WAVES recruit training at Bainbridge Maryland per Roswell Navy recruiter Chief Loren L Linville.
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Troy Harold Poindexter
William Poindexter
Hondo
U. S. Navy
Troy
San Diego
Wanda Sue
Colorado City
Tex
Jimmie Ruth Conley
Doris Conley
E. Scharbauer St. Hobbs
Local Weather Update With Temperature and Rain Notes
Partly cloudy with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. Temperatures show little change. Highest today 95, lowest tonight 65. Sunrise 5 32, sunset 6 25. 24 hour precipitation ending 11 a m is 0, month to date 2 11, year to date 7 44. Normal to date 1 45. Highest on date 99, lowest 65, high today 89.
New Mexicans Freed From Korean POW Camps
The Associated Press reports the return of several New Mexicans from Korea over the weekend. Sgt. Juan J. Vigil of Springer and Cpl. Margarito Trujillo of Capitan were freed Saturday, with Second Lt. Paul A. Roach Jr. of Las Cruces returning Sunday, bringing total releases to 28 in Operation Big Switch. Other veterans described prison conditions and propaganda attempts, including Marquez of Raton and Munzell of Truth or Consequences, who left Tokyo for the United States.
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Associated Press
F Joe Nwe
Korea
Juan J. Vigil
Agapito Vigil
Springer
Cpl
Margarito Trujillo
Nestor Trujillo
Capitan
Paul A. Roach Jr
Hester D. Roach
Las Cruces
Freedom Village
Pfc
Jose Marquez
Raton
San Francisco
Donald Munsell
Tokyo
United States
Marquez
Candido Mascarenas
Vadito
Tony Apodaca
Vaughn
Vigil
North Korea
Irrigation Water Management Training School Slated Here
A four day irrigation water management training school will be held in Roswell starting at 8 a.m. tomorrow in the Chaves County courthouse courtroom. About 35 SCS engineers and soils specialists will attend the program led by Dale Shockley with Beene Hedges Henderson Cavett and Solga Yager among officials participating from multiple areas. The program includes field trips to farms near Dexter Hagerman and Clovis with classroom sessions and on site irrigation demonstrations. Landowner plots will be announced later. participants will stay in Roswell hotels.
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Beene
Area Six
Area
Frank Hedges
Las
C. A. Henderson
Raton
Herb Cavett
Clovis
Albuquerque
Charlie Solga
Tom Yager
Artesia
SCS
Roswell
Repatriated Americans in Korea Prisoner Exchange Update
The dispatch reports another 150 Americans freed at Panmunjom amid ongoing exchanges with the Communists. It notes 250 South Koreans released and predicts about 1,100 more Americans and 250 South Koreans to be returned, with Lt. Col. James P. Carne among the British officers slated for release.
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Panmunjom
Reds
James P. Carne
Red
Carne
Britain
Gloucestershire Regiment
Imjin River
Mos
Peiping
Kaesong
Barbara Payton's Ex-Hubby Is Freed
Air Force Captain John Payton Jr., ex-husband of actress Barbara Payton, was released from Communist captivity in Korea. The former flyer, from Burlington Iowa, said it figures she is now married to actor Tom Neal, and noted she was reportedly divorcing Franchot Tone. He had been aboard a bomber shot down near Pyongyang on May 30, 1952.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Air Force
John Payton Jr
Barbara Payton
Tom Neal
Payton
Franchot Tone
Burlington
Iowa
Eee
Pyongyang
POW News Is Shock To Woman
In Lexington Tennessee Ava Nell Cogburn and James Hern, an ex Marine, wed last summer two years after her husband Sgt Jimmie Cogburn was listed missing. Cogburn is released by the Communists. Ava Nell plans divorce and remarriage. Hern vows support as the couple faces the situation. Their child James Danny is six and Marilyn Bonita is one month old.
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Lexington
Tenn
Ava Nell Cogburn
James Hern
Jimmie Cogburn
Cogburn
Hern
James
Ava Nell
Cecil Manley
Ex Artesia Mayor Roberts Dies At 55
Former Artesia mayor Roberts who led the city from 1948 to 1952 after moving from Texas to head an oil pipeline firm died at General Hospital after a long illness. He is survived by his widow and daughter Mrs. Gene Thomas of Ozona Texas. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Artesia
Roberts
General Hospital
Oklahoma
Texas
Gene Thomas
Ozona
Library extends hours three nights weekly
The Carnegie Public Library will stay open three evenings a week until 9 p.m. from Wednesday, with the children's department closing at 6 p.m. The extension on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays depends on how much the library is used during those hours.
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Carnegie Public Library
Merola Dies During Outdoor SF Orchestra Concert
Gaetano Merola, 72, founder and musical director of the San Francisco Opera Company, collapsed and died yesterday while leading an outdoor San Francisco Symphony Orchestra performance of Madame Butterfly. He pitched forward at the musicians’ feet as the selection concluded.
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San Francisco
Gaetano Merola
San Francisco Opera Company
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Canon City Beats Salida in Colorado Open Softball Final
Canon City Bebels defeated Salida Staples 4-1 in the Colorado Open softball final. The Canon City team qualified for the regional tournament starting September 4 in Denver.
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CANON
Trinidad
Colo
Canon City Bebels
Salida Stapletons
Canon City
Denver
Brownell warns of Communist threat in unions and clergy
Attorney General Brownell says domestic Communists pose a greater danger than ever. He notes underground activity and stronger organization in labor unions and says expelled CIO unions unlikely to face subversive lists. He refrains from tying the clergy to communism and mentions Matthews’ contested Mercury article. He anticipates no U S hearing before October.
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Washington
Brownell
U. S. News and World Report
U.S
Communist Party
CIO
J. B. Matthews
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Matthews
American Mercury
United States
McCarthyr
Mattthews
Eisenhower
Matthew
House UN- American Activities Committee
RAF Detains Airman Over Suez Disappearance Fuss
WEST DRAYTON England The Royal Air Force declined to discuss Leading Aircraftsman A V Rigden who vanished in the Suez Canal zone July 9 sparking a major clash between Britain and Egypt. Britain alleged Egyptian kidnapping while Egypt denied knowledge of him. RAF later said Rigden was under arrest at the air station as the investigation continued.
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West Drayton
England
Royal Air Force
A. V. Rigden
Suez Canal Zone
Rigden
Egypt
Ismailia
RAF
Harmony Bell Phone Strike Ends with One-Year Pact
An 11 day Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. strike ended at 6 50 am with a one year contract effective yesterday. The wage increase ranges from 1 50 to 3 a week based on seniority and job class. About 53 000 Communications Workers union members were to return to work on their next shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
CID
Ex State Highway Safety Engineer W R Eccles Dies
William R. Eccles aged 69 longtime East Grand Plains resident died at St Marys Hospital after a three week illness. He served as New Mexico state highway engineer from 1932 to 1934 and again from 1945 until retirement in 1947. Eccles held key surveying and engineering roles across Chaves County and Eastland County Texas, helped create drainage projects, and was honored by the Western Safety Conference for his program. He was a 32nd Degree Mason Shriner Elk member married to Birdie D Canon. He is survived by his widow and sister Grace Slack and several nieces.
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William R. Eccles
East Grand Plains
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mr. Eccles
Plattsmouth
Neb
Samuel Eccles
Mary ‘Cole Eccles
Beatrice
University of Nebraska
City of
San Diego
Southern Pacific Railway i Co
New Mexico
Chavés
Eccles and Vaudelet
Eccles and Hunter
Chaves
Eastland County
Texas
Las Cruces
Silver City
Deming
Roswell
Western Safety Conference
State Highway Department
The
Elks
Birdie D. Canon
Austin
Grace Slack
Birmingham
Ala
Elizabeth Webb
Albuquerque
Ruth McPherson
Eugenia Slack
Santa Fe
2500 Persons Homeless Along Swamped Texas Coast
2,500 plus people homeless along the swamped lower Texas coast as ten days of heavy rain flooded coastal plains. About 2,000 evacuated in Robstown near Corpus Christi, with 450 evacuated in Linton and 60 families sheltered in Kingsville. No deaths reported though damages rise and more rain expected.
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Texas
Robstown
Tex
Corpus Christi
Gulf
Linton
South Texas
Ben A. Bennett
Kingsville
Dudley Dunlap
Floods Hit Robstown and Nearby Texas Towns After Massive Rainfall
Robstown water fell back only a few inches as rainfall up to eight inches drenched higher ground west of town. A lake three feet deep formed near the dikes, covering eight square miles. Linton endured a seven inch cloudburst in under five hours, totaling near 20 inches since Thursday. Bay City along the upper coast recorded 10.23 inches since Saturday with eight inches flooding streets. Houston measured 4.19 inches since Friday night. More rain was forecast.
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Robstown
Linton
Texas
Bay City
Houston
Witnesses in New Mexico election probe allegedly intimidated
Wellford Ware said he has documented proof that witnesses questioned by the Senate subcommittee staff investigating the New Mexico election were intimidated. He planned to hand the information to the U.S. attorney general for arrests and prosecutions.
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Albuquerque
Wellford
Ware
Senate
New Mexico
U. S
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Patrick ‘Hurley
Dennis Chavez
DNM
Senate Subcommittee
Attorney General of the
United States
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Richmond
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Ohio
Coon
U.N. Command
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Harmony
Bell
Ballard
W. R. Eccles
St. Mary's Hospital
Frank Lonergan
CWA
Hadeen
Missouri
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Vate
Pens League
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New York
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Lown
Leonard
Willis
Garagiola /Grissom
Westrum
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