Mississippi House votes to abolish public schools and create private system
Mississippi lawmakers push a plan to end the public school system and divert funds to private schooling if the U.S. Supreme Court bans segregation. Speaker Walter Sillers says the measure, tied to a constitutional amendment, could pass in March with a 45‑million‑dollar equalization program.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Walter Sillers
House
U. S. Supreme Court
Sillers
Senate
E. K. Windham
Prentiss County
Roswell Discusses Alley Parking and Fire Prep at December Meeting
Roswell city council debated banning alley parking with loading exceptions, aiming to lower fire insurance costs. A merchants forum on Main, East and West Second Streets was proposed to improve fire protection while reviewing truck deliveries including bobtail restrictions and newsprint shipments.
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Bert Ballard
C. M. Woodbury
Roswell
E. L. Burns
Woodbury
Roy V. Tyner
Roswell Daily Record
Alderman Burns
Kuykendall Trial Features Death Cause
In Omaha a district court hears more testimony in the murder case of Joseph Kuykendall accused in the death of Ardath Kuykendall. A pathologist testified the injuries could result from a fall of 12 to 18 feet and described a fractured skull that led to fatal bleeding.
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Omaha
Kuykendall
Joseph
Kykendall
Eugene O’sullivan Sr
James M. Brown
Robert Fromkin
Brown
Eisenhower Warns World On U S Atomic Stockpile Growth
President Eisenhower cautioned that the United States stockpile of atomic weapons is rising daily and may surpass all Allied war totals. He noted 42 test detonations since the 1945 Alamogordo blast, with many at Bikini Las Vegas and Eniwetok, underscoring the dawn of a powerful atomic age.
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Washington
Eienhower
U.S
United Nations
United States
Atomic Energy
Bikini Atoll
Alamogordo
N. M
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Eisenhower
Churchill
New Mexico
Japan
Bikini
Las Vegas
Eniwetok
Marshall Island
Mid- Pacific
Eniwetok Proving Ground
City Council Approves Retainer Payment for Zoning Case
The City Council authorized a $250 retainer payment to Atwood, Malone and Campbell, lawyers, for a zoning argument related case, approved in last night’s meeting.
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Atwood, Malone and
Campbell
Local Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Reading intervals from 7 yesterday to 11 am today show temperatures with 3 hour marks. Precipitation none in last 24 hours and month to date 0.01 inch year to date 8.01. Length of day about 10 hours. Forecast: fair conditions today tonight and tomorrow, rather windy at times with warmer trend. high near 52 and low around 15.
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Tomor
Woodbury Outlines New Paying Jobs to City Councilmen
City Manager C. M. Woodbury presented two paving projects to the City Council. He reported talks with T. B. White and C. O. Erwin about Main Street north to Country Club road, defined an 80 foot right of way, and noted obstacles including an $11,000 ask from a property owner and stakes involving Standard and Shamrock stations plus E! Rancho. He outlined costs, a Garden Street survey status, and a state aid plan with one third city, two thirds owners, plus a $10,000 bridge note.
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C. M. Woodbury
T. B. White
C. O. Erwin
New Mexico
Standard and Shamrock
la Cima
West Me
Water group opposes cotton acreage cut at PVACD forum
The Roswell Geological Society and Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District urged federal officials and New Mexico lawmakers to keep cotton allotments intact. They warned reductions will push farmers toward water‑intensive alfalfa, worsening basin depletion from 10 to 60 feet in a decade. PVACD board and state officials met in Artesia to discuss water problems and corrective ideas.
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Water Group
Roswell Geological Society
Pecos Valley Artesian
Charlie Waller
Erwin Mitchell
Jack Cusack
Farmers Home Administration
Chaves ‘County Acs
Willard Bradshaw
Artesia
Leslie Martin
Lawmakers Cheer Ike Plan Amid Doubts on U N Oversight
Washington lawmakers cheered President Eisenhower’s proposal for international sharing of atomic energy knowledge for peaceful uses while voicing concerns about UN oversight and full safeguards. Senators Johnson Knowland and Arends warned of potential weapon to power plant shifts and Soviet stockpiling, with Durham cautious about a foreign giveaway risk. Hinshaw called it statesmanship and worthy of enactment. Former President Eisenhower lauded the proposal.
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N. Y
Eisenhower
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
U. N
Bermuda
Churchill
Laniel
UN General Assembly
United States
International Atomic Energy Agency
Jack Bell
Washington
Congress
United Nations Atomic Agency
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
U.N
Sen. Knowland
California
Senate House Atomic Committee
Soviet Union
Knowland
Rep
Arends
Soviet Russia
Rep. Durham
D-Nc
U.S
Durham
Atomic Energy Committee
Hinshaw
Calif
Committee
Ver
Butter-Fingered Thieves Leave Trail of Loot
In Denver a $4,000 burglary saw clothing guns and jewelry including 120 watches stolen. A three-block snow trail of footprints led to a stale car registered to Richard Duran, 21, with more loot inside. Duran and brothers Daniel 19 Ambrose 25 and Anthony 33 were arrested and held for investigation.
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Denver
Harold Kal
Richard Duran
Duran
Daniel
Ambrose
Anthony
NYC Newspapers Resume Publication After Strike
New York City’s major papers return to streets after the longest strike in journalism. AFL photo-engravers and publishers agree to a federal mediation backed fact finding board as Times Daily News and Daily Mirror publish. Herald Tribune runs ads in nine days. Afternoon papers Journal-American Post and World Telegram Sun issue first post strike editions.
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New York
AFL
Times
Daily News
Daily Mirror
Herald Tribune
Journal- American
Post, and World - Telegram
The
Sun
Time Lapses in DWI Case Heard in Carlsbad
District Judge C Roy Anderson heard arguments on city authority to assess fines in drunken driving cases. Caswell Neal and Morton Rutherford represented defense while City Attorney James B Stapp of Roswell attended. The hearing concluded with briefs due in 48 hours and the matter likely headed to the state supreme court.
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C. Roy Anderson
Carlsbad
Caswell Neal
Morton Rutherford
James B. Stapp
Roswell
State Supreme Court
Firemen tackle five calls in five hours in Roswell night
Roswell firemen answered five alarms between 8:25 p.m. and 1 a.m. A 1946 Controlet truck cab burned at 1402 S Cahoon Ave and a 1941 Hudson sedan burned on 403 E Hendricks St. A gas stove hose sparked a small blaze at 507 S Main St. A stage area fire behind the Pecos Theater likely started from a dropped cigarette. A false alarm in the 500 block on South Richardson preceded the stretch.
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Roswell
O. B. Sessions
S. Cahoon Ave
John Clay
E. Hendricks St
George Daniels
S. Main St
Pecos Theater
N. Main St
Daniels
South
Richardson
Highway Department awards service pins to New Mexico personnel
About thirty people attended the New Mexico Highway Department service pin ceremony at district headquarters, with similar programs planned in Deming Albuquerque Santa Fe and Las Vegas. Tom Mann presented awards including ten service pins and three merit honors.
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New Mexico Highway
Second and Garden
Deming
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Las Vegas
Tom Mann
Highway Commission
C. O. Erwin
Clovis Youth Activity Leader Denies Rabbery Charge
Zeno Crosswhite a leader in state farm youth activities pleaded innocent to armed robbery in a $3000 Clovis supermarket holdup in November. He was released on 2500 bond after waiving preliminary hearing. Davenport, an escaped Oklahoma convict, is linked to the case and to a Safeway robbery in El Paso. Crosswhite says he fears for his wife and children, who were last seen with Davenport.
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Clovis
Zeno Crosswhite
State Farm
Crosswhite
New Mexico
Norman Davenport
Oklahoma
Davenport
Farr
Safeway
el Paso
FBI
Margaret Conn
Chester
Granite
Okla
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