Deadly Illinois tornado toll climbs to eleven
A massive outbreak of unseasonal tornadoes in Southern Illinois and Missouri leaves at least 11 dead and over 100 injured. Murphysboro bears greatest human loss with nine fatalities in a single family among the dead, while Mount Vernon and nearby towns report extensive destruction and hundreds left homeless. Local cleanup begins as officials count collapsed homes, fires, and millions in damage.
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Illinois
Missouri
Mount Vernon
James L. C. Ford
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Ford
Weather Bureau
du Quoin
Farmington
Sunfield Y
James Carter
Robert Shannon
Martha Butcher
Julia Marshall
Bobby Marshall
Brenda Joyce Johnson
Richard Lee
NATO Allies Accept West European Nuclear Defense Plan
At the Paris NATO summit the 15 nations accepted Eisenhower's offer of ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads for Western Europe and urged Russia to join UN disarmament efforts. The communique blames Moscow for blocking disarmament and calls for a foreign ministers meeting to resolve stalemate. NATO vows vigilance and backs free elections for a unified Germany.
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NATO
Moscow
Eisenhower
Europe
Russia
Dulles
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U.N. Commission On
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Germany
Wash- See Key
Dusty Roads Kill One In Roswell Auto Crash
One man dead and nine injured in a multi vehicle wreck at the 9 Mile Y on U S Highway 285 south of Roswell. Mike Brady 57 a barber died at St Marys Hospital after arriving there. His wife Augustina and Mr and Mrs Alberto Orosco were hospitalized. Three airmen were treated at Walker AFB Hospital. Severe dust reduced visibility to zero around the scene.
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Roswell
U. S. Highway 285
Mike Brady
E. Tilden St
St. Mary’s Hospital
Brady
Augustina
Alberto Orosco
Lake Arthur
Walker Air Force Base
Ballard
Valley
Walker Air Force Base Hospital
Edward Weaver
Lions Tail Amputation Prompts Cahoon Park Fence Plan
Cahoon Park gains a seven foot fence around the lion bear and fox pens after Caesar the lion lost part of his tail Tuesday night. City Manager C M Woodbury says a local and a San Diego veterinarian will treat Caesar. Alderman Max Littell cites night racing boondocking and whisky bottle litter prompting added barricades and lighting near the cage.
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Cahoon Park
Caesar
Mgr. C. M. Woodbury
San Diego
Max Littell
Land Owners Get 40 000 Percent Road Profits
State Tax Commission records show landowners along a stretch of New Mexico interstate extracting massive profits from a 1947 sale to Gutierrez Land Grant Co. Access limits under federal highway law reduced damages to $408 030 while 2 200 acres east of Route 422 were tied to the highway expansion. The land reverted to the state for unpaid taxes in the early 1930s and was bid up to 1 000 dollars, with Jersey grazing rights and annual rental of 10 cents per acre totaling about 220 dollars.
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State Tax Commission
New Mexico
Tax Commission
Gutierrez Land Grant Co
Bernalillo
Uncle Sam
Abran Montoya
Gutierrez
Mortoya
Jersey
J. R. McDonald
Two Wichita County Men Charged in Conspiracy Case
Robert Haney 59 of Iowa Park and Willie Bailey 41 of Wichita Falls were charged with conspiring to have a Black woman reported incident involving a white man’s wife. Each posted $1,500 bond. The District Attorney said the woman was mistreated but not injured, with the offense alleged to have occurred in the Haney home.
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Wichita Falls
Wichita County
Robert Haney
Iowa Park
Willie Bailey
Asst. Dist. Atty
Gene Richie
Haney
Assault Charge Made In Santa Fe Case
District Attorney Walter Kegel filed charges of assault with a deadly weapon and assault with intent to rape against Eugene Shephard of Santa Fe age 49, a former Santa Fe New Mexican janitor. He was arrested in the newspaper office early Tuesday during an investigation of an assault on a late night female employee, arraigned before Justice Fred West, and held in the city jail on $5,000 bond.
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Santa FE
Walter Kegel
Eugene Shephard
Shephard
Santa Fe New Mexican
Justice of the Peace
Fred West
First Moon Speak Debate at Stanford Meet
At a Stanford science conference 17 physicists from 10 nations debated what language the first human on the moon will speak. M N Levy proposed broken English while L R B Elten of Kings College suggested perfect Russian as an equally plausible guess.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University
M. N. Levy
University of Paris
France
L. R. B. Elten
Kings College
London
Roswell Plans Federal Airport Tower and North South Runway
The City of Roswell will apply to the Civil Aeronautics Administration for a new north south runway and a control tower. The project extends the runway 1000 feet north to 150 feet wide and requires 16 acres of land. City Manager C M Woodbury said the three year program follows six months of effort to obtain a tower, hindered by federal cash shortages at the October council meeting.
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Roswell
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Mgr. C. M. Woodbury
Christmas Vacation Schedules Near for Roswell Schools
Roswell city and county schools will close for Christmas at 3 00 p m Friday and reopen January 6 with county schools dismissing at 3 30 p m Friday Several Christmas programs remain including the Roswell High School band concert and junior high Christmas assemblies at North and South Junior High Elementary programs at Parkview Pecos School and others across Highland Flora Vista Military Heights Edgewood Valley View and Washington Avenue Also noted are past programs at Mark Howell Youth Center and the Exceptional School at South Junior High auditorium.
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Roswell
Little Theater
North Junior High School
South Junior High School
Elmentary
Parkview
Pecos
Ther
PTA
Highland
Flora Vista
Military Heights
Edgewood
Valley View
Washington Avenue
Mark Howell
Missouri Avenue School
South Junior High
Toll on Highways Hits 414 With Alamogordo Death
The 1957 traffic toll rose to 414 dead after Nicolas Guerra, 62, died from a brain concussion from a fall from a truck driven by Luis Baca Rey, 34, six miles north of Alamogordo on U S 54 70. Guerra died in Alamogordo.
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Associated Press
Alamogordo
Nicolas Guerra
Luis Baca Rey
Guerra
Rudolph Gonzales
U. S
New Building Opening Set January 11
Chaves County Savings and Loan Association announces the formal opening of its new office at 300 N. Pennsylvania Ave on Saturday January 11 from 9 am to 8 pm. Will C. Lawrence says the public is invited to inspect the building featuring a fire-proof vault a large lobby planter a drive in window after hours depository and ample free parking. Three door prizes of 100 50 and 25 will be awarded along with notices for ladies men and children.
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Chaves County Savings and Loan Association
Pennsylvania Ave
Will C. Lawrence
Lawrence
Roswell
Influenza Cases Steady in New Mexico Statewide totals rise
Influenza cases in New Mexico stayed around eight hundred weekly with 844 reported last week. The year’s total reached 38,943, up from 4,723 a year earlier. The peak week occurred Oct 26 with 5,003 cases statewide.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Jailbreak costs four prisoners in New Mexico incident
Four inmates pleaded guilty after a jailbreak at a Lovington jail. They overpowered a jailer and the cook, locked them in a cell, ripped out a telephone and fled. Bonds were set at 2500 dollars for Cecil Rinehart Thomas Burleson I W Lea and James Jackson. Conviction on jailbreak could add one to five years on top of existing sentences.
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Lovington
Cecil Ray Rinehart
Hobbs
Thomas J. Burleson Jr
I. W. Lea
Melrose
James A. Jackson
Triple Slaying at Hobbs Tops 1957 New Mexico News
The three killings west of Hobbs, two women and a truck driver, led New Mexico’s top stories of 1957 per Associated Press. Second was rancher John Prather’s clash with the Army over missile testing range plans. Third was the probe into the adjutant general’s office under Maj. Gen. Charles G. Sage who resigned amid charges of mis...
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Associated Press
Prairies
Hobbs
New Mexico
John Prather
Prather
Adjutant General's Office
Charles G. Sage
J. D. Cantrell
Carlsbad
Barbara Edwards Lemmons
Dorothy Fern Gibson
U. S. 180
Cantrell
McGregor Range
Alamogordo
New Mexican, Santa Fe
Notable 1957 New Mexico murders and land dispute headline mix
News briefs recount the Paris NATO disarmament hopes and skeptical Senate reactions led by Humphrey Fulbright and Sparkman while Curtis condemns talks with the Soviets. The No 1 1957 New Mexico story covers the Cantrell Lemmons Gibson triple homicide near Hobbs and John Prather’s land feud with the Army over McGregor Range, with an Adjutant General probe spurring further questions.
No funds planned for arming West Europe with missiles
Officials say the foreign aid bill of 3.94 billion dollars has no money set aside to arm West Europe with 1,500 mile range Jupiter and Thor missiles. They warn that hundreds of millions may be needed later if European nations request them.
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Washington
West
Europe
Congress
Army Launches Fiery Jupiter Missile With Technical Trouble
The Army test launched a Jupiter IRBM from Cape Canaveral last night. It appeared successful until four minutes into flight when technical difficulties prevented full completion. The Jupiter is designed to hit targets around 1500 miles away, with reports of a Jupiter 4 variant. The Defense Department termed the test “successfully carried out” though details on range and accuracy were not released.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Army
Missile Test Center
Here
Defense Department
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