Cadets Leave For Holidays At New Mexico Military Institute
Cadets at the New Mexico Military Institute depart for Christmas holidays by air, bus, train and car after a special dinner and Christmas sing. Transportation includes extra Continental Airlines flights to Albuquerque and links to Fort Worth, Dallas, and Houston, plus bus options to El Paso, Amarillo, and Albuquerque. Superintendent Lt. Gen. Hobart R. Gay extended holiday wishes.
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New Mexico Military Institute
Lough
Continental Airlines
Albuquerque
Fort Worth
Dallas
Houston
el Paso
Amarillo
Hagerman Barracks
NMMI
William Burgess
Pearson Auditorium
Vernon W. Robertson
Hobart R. Gay
Post Exchange
Santa Claus
M. P. Fritzvold
Ellsworth N. Murray
Food Mart Inc Expands with Tommy's Supermarket Purchase
Weatherford Texas Food Mart Inc of El Paso announced the purchase of Tommy's Supermarket in Weatherford bringing the chain to 60 stores operated in Texas and New Mexico.
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Weatherford
Tex
Food Mart, Inc
el Paso
Tommy’s
Texas and
New Mexico
NM Legislature Reports 1956 Session Costs
Santa Fe The Legislative Council Service reports the last regular session cost 224207 dollars and 10 cents. House expenses totaled 124068 74 dollars and Senate expenses 91356 90 dollars with salaries and supplies. House salaries 66000 Senate salaries 38020 House employes 29004 90 Senate employes 24806 Printing costs and telephone and mileage listed.
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Santa FE
Legislative Council
House
Senate
Officials Gather Facts for Eisenhower Visit to Clovis
Two Washington officials Kenneth L. Scott and D. Walter Swan conducted an exploratory visit to Clovis. They gathered information on drought areas to pass to President Eisenhower ahead of his planned trip after the first of the year.
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Clovis
Washington
Eisenhower
Kenneth L. Scott
Credit Services
Agriculture Department
D. Walter Swan
White House
Yazzie pleads guilty in drunken driving case after fatal crash
C C Yazzie 29 of Blanco Canyon pleaded guilty to drunken driving before a justice of the peace and remains held for District Court trial on negligent homicide after his truck overturned on State Road 44 December 12 killing 82 year old Morris Sylvester.
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Farmington
C. C. Yazzie
Blanco Canyon
Yazzie
Morris Sylvester
Finance Board backs reflectorized license plates plan
The New Mexico Finance Board approved a reflectorized plate program using up to 338000 dollars and reusable tags for four to five years. The measure awaits Gov elect Mechem's approval and requires steel availability for 1958 plates. The board also urged the Legislature to fund continued subsidies to match federal aid through April 30.
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Santa FE
State Finance Board
Edwin L. Mechem
Jess Holmes
Traffic Safety Commission
John
New Mexico
Mayor Bartle to Speak at Roswell Chamber Dinner
Kansas City Mayor H Roe Bartle will address a full Mess Hall audience at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell for the 38th annual Chamber of Commerce dinner. Local and visiting chamber officials and Santa Fe railroad executives attend. brief talks precede Bartle's evening address.
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H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
R. G. Bird
Chamber
Hobart R. Gay
Glen W. Martin
47Th Air Division
Walker Afb
Bartle
Order of Rainbow Girls
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma City officers punished over use of force incident
In Oklahoma City, Officer R. E. Albee was fired and officer B. J. Revels suspended fifteen days plus a year of probation after the arrest of Lt. Richard James Stiles. Booking Lt. Bill Marcum was reprimanded for screening the arrest. Stiles, an Air Force pilot, was held without bail after alleging mistreatment. A fundraising drive by the Times sought public support for Stiles.
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Oklahoma City
Richard James Stiles
Houston
Roy Bergman
R. E. Albee
B. J. Revels
Revels
Bergman
Bill Marcum
Stiles
Air Force
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Kan
Albee and Revels
Fire destroys Northwest Side department store in Chicago
A million dollar fire swept a Northwest Side department store last night. About 400 shoppers and employees fled. Five persons were treated for bruises and smoke inhalation as flames consumed a one story brick building owned by Goldblatt Bros., Inc. The origin of the fire remains undetermined.
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Chicago
Northwest Side
Goldblatt Bros., Inc
Two Freighters Collide Near Liberty Island
In New York Harbor two American freighters the African Star and the Alcoa Pilgrim collided in the busy ship channel near Governors Island and the Statue of Liberty. Nearly 100 crewmen escaped as African Star took water from a 20 foot hole, was beached on a mudflat 950 feet from Liberty, while the Alcoa Pilgrim avoided sinking.
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New York
Governors Island
Mail Must Come First Before Christmas Postal Service Promise
The post office vows to deliver all mail its staff can handle before Christmas despite Dec 24 being a federal holiday. The department says the Eisenhower designation does not apply to postal employees needed to get the mail out.
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Washington
Post Office
Eisenhower
New Mexico Road Toll So Far This Year
Toll in New Mexico reaches 378 for the year to date, surpassing last year’s 351 by this date. The figure reflects current totals through the period reported in the brief.
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N. M
Vice President Plane Touches Down in Vienna
SPRINGVILLE Utah AP It just wasn't her day Mrs Lizzie Billings slipped on ice crossing a street broke her wrist and cut her head Motorist Edgar Drake picked her up tried to locate a doctor Failing he started to Spanish Fork On U 91 Drake lost control of his auto on an icy patch colliding with a car driven by Mrs Lillian Brown Hospital attendants say Mrs Billings has possible internal injuries and fractures Drake has a back injury and Mrs Brown was bruised
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Lizzie Billings
Edgar Drake
Spanish Fork
U.S. 91
Drake
Lillian Brown
Four Men Arrested in Stolen Oil Map Case
The FBI arrested four men in New York on charges tied to the theft of top secret Gulf Oil seismic maps worth millions. Maps stolen from Gulf Oil Pittsburgh offices were tied to gambling debts with New York racketeers. Seagraves Lester Leivin Lieberman are named among those seized. up to 10 years in prison and fines possible.
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New York
FBI
Pittsburgh
Emanuel Lester
Serge Rubinstein
Seagraves
Rubinstein
John Marvin Leivin
Orange
Tex
Edward Lieberman
Bronx
Tackless
Lester
Archie D. Gray
Gulf
Southwest
Canada
Near East
Gray
U.S
Malcolm Anderson
Anderson
Margo Nelson Elected Head of Chaves County 4H Council
Margo Nelson was elected president of the Chaves County 4H Club Council. Officers named include Donna Smith as vice president Maxine Scranton secretary Juanita Buchanan treasurer Bobby Jack Ridgill reporter Gailon Woodburn song leader and Lela Smith with Susan Bradley as recreation leaders. Plans for January award night were referred to the committee of Scranton Buchanan Nelson and Mahon. Mrs Melonee Echols the acting county extension agent was presented to the group.
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Margo Nelson
Chaves County
4H Club Council
Donna Smith
Maxine Scranton
Juanita Buchanan
Bobby Jack Ridgill
Gailon Woodburn
Lela Smith
Susan Bradley
John Buchanan
Robert Mahon
Melonee Echols
Nehru Passes Viewpoints from Chou to Eisenhower
Indian Prime Minister Nehru says he conveyed Chou En-lai’s views to President Eisenhower urging a friendly move toward Communist China. He notes U S policy may be less rigid and sees potential Soviet U S disarmament progress hindered only by mutual distrust.
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Washington
Nehru
Chou En-lai
Eisenhower
United States
China
U.S
Russia
National Press Club
CBS Tv-Radio
NBC TV
Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
India
Communist
Red China
Nixon Plans Vienna Refugee Study Flight Arrival
Vice President Richard Nixon arrived in Vienna for a three day study of the Hungarian refugee crisis amid musket armed Austrian honor guards. Nixon aims to press Austria for increased U S aid and potential resettlement for refugees while meeting Chancellor Raab and officials including John B Hollister and William P Rogers. The U S government plans about seven million two hundred thousand dollars for refugee care with local groups adding more.
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Vienna
Richard M. Nixon
Theiaw
Nixon
Presient
Eisenhower
Austria
Schwechat
Leopold Figl
Adolf Schaerf
U. S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Guard of Honor
United States
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
U.S
Hungary
Washington
Julius Raab
Eisen
John B. Hollister
International Cooperation Administration
William P. Rogers
Herbert Brownell
Four Hurt In Two Car Crash At Reed And Virginia
Four persons were injured in a two car collision at Reed and Virginia last night. Injured were Mary Johnson 31 Clyde McCoy 9 Rita Horton 15 and Martha Fresquez 15. Police report details and vehicle owners provided.
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Reed
Virginia
St. Mary’s Hospital
Ballard Ambulance
Mary Johnson
Sixth St
Artesia
Clyde McCoy
Eighth St
Rita Horton
Jefferson St
Martha Fresquez
S. Mulberry Ave
Abram L. Horton
Plumber
E. Jefferson St
Dodge
Willie McCoy
Eight St
Horton and Fresquet
Ford
Valley Chevrolet
Desmond Ford
Michigan
Alameda
Milton W. Matson Jr
W. Summit Sr
Billy Thomas Thornton
Cp. Sydn
WAFB
Lieuten- Lee Four
Rifle Discharge Kills Clovis Housewife
Mrs. W. B. Bolin, 30, was killed in Clovis when a .22 rifle discharged while she cleaned a closet. The bullet struck her heart. her 9-year-old son Richard found her. Survived by husband and three children.
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Clovis
W. B. Bolin
Freight rate increases approved by ICC on rail hauls
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted freight rate increases to seven percent in Eastern territories and five percent in Western regions. Eastern and Western railroad representatives said the rises will raise freight charges by about 402.8 million dollars and take effect December 26.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Territories
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Maricopa County Hospital
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Ariz
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