Senators push expansion of SAC and B52 production
Senators Bridges and Saltonstall urged expanding the strategic bomber force as missiles move into rapid production. Johnson said SAC must stay strong to deter the Soviets while missile development continues. Griswold touted continued B52 service and a future hypersonic bomber, and Livingston criticized decision times in the United States.
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Washington
Bridges
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate
Strategic Air Command
Russia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
SAC
Republican Policy Committee
Conference of All
GOP
Johnson
Soviet Union
Francis Griswold
Griswold
Air Force Assn
United Nations Probes Hungary Trials Move To Assembly
The U N Special Committee on Hungary began an investigation into new political trials in Budapest. The five nation panel met in New York and planned a closed door session over refugee witness lists and a Thai envoy report on pleas to withdraw Soviet troops.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N. Special Committee
Hungary
Budapest
General Assembly
Five-Nation
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Thailand
Prince Wan Waithayakon
Russia
Europe weighs NATO talks and missile plan at summit
At a NATO summit in Paris diplomats report growing support for a compromise to advance U S missile bases in Europe while exploring Soviet proposals for East West talks. Dulles and allies discuss Bulganin's diplomacy and the pace of negotiations amid disarmament and German unification questions.
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U.S
Russia
Bulgaria
Europe
Dulles
Bulganin
Middle East
NATO
Africa
United States
Summit Council
Lauris Norstad
Eisenhower
Roswell Chamber Banquet Tickets Selling Fast
Interest in the Roswell Chamber of Commerce annual banquet is high with only 20 reservations left for the December 20 event. Col. Carl Rohr says all seats are reserved and urges immediate calls to secure a seat. Louie E. Throgmorton will be the speaker with Gen. William Kingsbury and Lt. Gen. Hobart Gay also on the program at the New Mexico Military Institute Mess Hall.
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Roswell
Rohr
Throgmorton
Republic National Life Insurance Co
Dallas
Tex
William C. Kingsbury
Walker Air Force Base
Hobart Gay
New Mexico Military Institute
Study Shows Higher Speed On Highways
Santa Fe The Highway Department reports a traffic study showing average vehicle speeds rising from 52 mph in 1950 to 55 in 1955 and 58 in 1957. The study covers five rural Interstate sites including U S 66 near Clines Corners and U S 70 80 near Deming, and notes 70 mph limit was in effect at all stations by 1957.
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Santa FE
Highway Department
Department
U. S. 66
Clines Corners
U.S
U.S. 66
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Deming
Roswellite Narcotics Cure Sentencing Pleas In Albuquerque
Two men pleaded guilty to narcotics related offenses and received suspended sentences conditioned on completing a hospital treatment. Michael Hardin age 23 from Los Angeles and Roswell faced charges of unlawful possession of heroin and grand larceny.
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Albuquerque
Dist
D. A. MacPherson
Michael Hardin
Los Angeles
Roswell
Gonzalo Carriaga
Hardin
Fort Worth
Tex
Carriaga
Monument to Billy Mitchell Stands in Aeronautics Hall
A bronze statue of Billy Mitchell in World War I flying gear is unveiled at the Smithsonian Institution’s Aeronautics Hall. The gift by George H. Stephenson is accepted by Mitchell’s son William who seeks posthumous vindication of the 1925 court martial.
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Mitchell
United States
America
Aeronautics Hall
Smithsonian Institution
Bruce Moore
George H. Stephenson
Philadelphia
William
Air Corps
Army
New York Subway Managers End Eight Day Strike
New York's 2.8 mile subway system returned to near normal as motor men returned to work. The eight day walkout cost Transit Authority over two million dollars in lost fares and prompted promises of legislative help.
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New York
Eisenhower joins NATO session late after nap
President Eisenhower, who skipped the opening of the NATO chiefs of government meeting, arrived 42 minutes after start with Hagerty saying he felt fine. Dulles noted the plan to join later if substantive matters arose as other leaders attended.
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Paris
Eisenhower
NATO Chiefs of Government
James C. Hagerty
Dulles
U. S
Hagerty
Macmillan
NATO
Rene Coty
France
Palais de Chaillot
Thailand election hints at pro Western coalition
In Bangkok the national elections suggested a pro Western coalition government with Acting Premier Pete Sarasin leading. Independents won 35 of 160 seats, with many likely to back Marshal Sarit Thanarat and the military, who hold 123 seats by appointment.
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Bangkok
Pete Sarasin
Thailand
Sarit Thanarat
Eisenhower speech at NATO conference disappoints world peace hopes
Moscow radio reports Eisenhower's Paris NATO address failed to offer a new path to peace. It says the NATO leadership rejected any course other than increased arms buildup and intensified war preparations from the outset.
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Moscow
Eisenhower
NATO
Paris
Centuryold man to light Hanukkah candle for 100th year
Herschel Bergman 104 in Everett Massachusetts will perform a yearly Hanukkah ceremony for the 100th time. He has lived through czars in Russia and the 1930 move to New York before becoming a U.S. citizen at 101. He resides with one of his 13 children.
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Everett, Mass
Herschel Bergman
Russia
New York
Tucker Lambasts Mechem's Actions
Santa Fe state Democratic chairman Ernest Tucker criticizes Gov. Mechem's leadership saying an election today would yield a large Democratic victory. Tucker cites complaints about Mechem ignoring duties and fears proposed moves to appoint heads of state offices. He spoke before a Democratic Executive Committee meeting.
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Santa FE
Ernest Tucker
Mechem
New Mexico
Mr. Mechem
Theft Reported Near Roswell Involving Truck Equipment
Hub Corn reports to the sheriff that someone stole sweeps and a 20 foot log chain from his pickup north of Roswell. The incident prompts an investigation into possible vehicle theft and property loss in the area.
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Hub Corn
Roswell
Sheriff's Office
Funeral set for Michael Raymond Monds at 406 S Union Ave
The address 406 S Union Ave is listed for the Roland E Monds and parents of Michael Ray mond as the funeral today and as the donation point for the Michael Raymond Memorial Fund in lieu of flowers.
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Roland E. Raymonds
Michael Raymond
S. Union Ave
Army plans missile tests raise safety assurances at Ft Sill
Maj. Gen. Thomas DeShazo says missiles like Redstone will be tested between bases only after establishing accuracy and safety. Tests from Ft Bliss to Ft Sill or vice versa would occur in nonmilitary areas once proven, with automatic destruction if off course. Southwest Oklahoma Survival Assn. opposes Ft Sill expansion.
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FT. Sin
Okla
Army
Thomas DeShazo
Ft. Sill Artillery Center
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Here
Ft. Sill
Air Force
Air Force Missile Development Center
Alamogordo
N. M
Wendover
Utah
Altus
John C. Hayden
Southwest
Oklahoma
Robert L Coles Woes Highlight Alimony Case Mixup
Two men named Robert L Coles share a former wife named Geraldine. One, 25, was jailed a week in San Diego County but released after Geraldine Cole Wilson, 24, said he was not her ex husband. The other Robert L Cole, 26, faced child support charges. The mistaken identity ends with the man headed back to his wife Mildred in Lindsay California.
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San Diego
Calif
Robert L. Coles
Geraldine
Robert L. Cole
Geraldine Cole Wilson
Cole
Vermont
Rober Cole
Lindsay
Mildred
Demo Leaders Plan Methods To Raise Money
State Democratic leaders in Santa Fe outlined early 1958 fund raising plans at a meeting of the State Executive Committee. A $10 per plate banquet was favored with events in Roswell and Albuquerque, while discussions included a Democratic News monthly. The group noted a state indebtedness of about $12,000 from the 1956 campaign and invited broader participation from congressional members.
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Santa FE
Executive Committee
Roswell
Albuquerque
Harold Jinks
Piggott
Ark
National Democratic Committee
Arkansas
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Sam Montoya
Ernest Tucker
Montoya
J. V. Simons
Estancia
Democratic News
Toby Garcia
Dick Valdez
Las Vegas
J. Ed Richards Clayton
Henry Priddy
Tucumcari
Tucker
John J. Dempsey
Rep
Dempsey
Washington
New York
John F. Simms
John E. Miles
Jinks
Harrisburg man pleads innocent in murder case
William A. Rowse, 37, Harrisburg and Las Vegas, N. M., pleaded innocent to a murder charge. He was bound over for district court trial on a date to be set. Rowse is charged in the shooting of Dean Dove, 46, an oil field worker from Potter. The body was found Saturday in a haystack.
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Harrisburg
Neb
William A. Rowse
Las Vegas
N. M
Rowse
Dean Dove
Potter
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