Fair Trade Liquor Law Repeal Defeated in Senate Vote
The New Mexico State Senate killed by an 18-13 vote a bill to repeal the Fair Trade Laws governing liquor. Senator John P. Cusack led the push for repeal while Senator Henry Eager urged opposition, arguing it would harm small dealers and fail to curb evils. A spokesman cited unnamed lobbying pressure as a factor in the debate.
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Santa FE
State Senate
New Mexico
John P. Cusack
Rchaves
Henry Eager
D-Quay
Cusack
Eager
Free X-Ray Schedule for State Health Units in Roswell
The State Health Department announces free X rays for residents over 15 in Roswell. Unit I operates at Piggly Wiggly on North Union Ave from 11 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 5 30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at NM Military Institute 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Unit II is in front of the First National Bank daily, free chest X rays Tuesday through Thursday 10 30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 6 p.m. A Wasserman blood test is available from the trailer unit in front of the bank.
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State Health Department
Chaves County
Tim
North Union Ave
New Mexico Military Institute
First National Bank of Roswell
State County Health Department
First National Bank
Wasserman
Local Weather Reading and Forecast Summary
Weather report shows three hourly readings from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today with highs and lows, sunrise and sunset times, and a forecast of fair and cooler conditions this afternoon and tonight followed by partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures tomorrow. Wind at times with a high this afternoon near 65 and a low tonight around 26.
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Winday
O Neill Assumes Dual Post as County Probation Officer
Chaves County names O Neill as probation officer and juvenile counselor for 1955. Appointment 9414 signed by Judge George T. Harris. tenure Feb 1 to June 30 or as ordered, salary 300 dollars monthly from court funds with county and Roswell support. He will coordinate with sheriffs and police and hold peace officer powers for under 18 cases.
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Pat O’neill
Chaves
George T. Harris
County General Fund
City of
Roswell
O’neill
New Mexico
Sheriff’s Department
Chaves County
Korean G I Bill Benefits End for New Recruits Today
Washington reports that new military entrants after tonight lose access to wartime G I benefits such as free education and government guaranteed home loans. The presidential order ends benefits for new recruits at midnight, with preexisting service members unaffected for existing post discharge benefits.
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Washngton
Eisenhower
Mothers March in Artesia Raises $1100 for Charity
The March of Dimes total rose to 7200 after events in Artesia Atoka and Cottonwood last night. Artesia collected 1100 with Atoka 296.50 and Cottonwood 344.34. Firemen triggered aerial bombs and sirens for one hour as the campaign spread across the territory. Mrs. Charles E. Currier chaired the drive.
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Artesia
Atoka
Cottonwood
Charles E. Currier
March of Dimes
Carl Folk Makes Final Plea for Life
Carl Folk the New Mexico carnival man and Pennsylvania murder suspect faced the Arizona Pardons and Parole Board for a final plea before his scheduled March 4 gas chamber execution for the rape torture and killing of 24 year old Mrs. R A Allen of Wattsburg Pa on December 2 1953. Folk was to appear in Florence Arizona as part of the customary hearing for condemned criminals and had not indicated his plea.
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Florence. Ariz
Carl Folk
New Mexico
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Wattsburg
Allen
Fugitives Capture After Jail Escape Kidnapping Case
Tempe police arrest Harley Carringer 24 Idaho Donald Dennis 17 Colorado Archie Himes 20 Colorado after a jailbreak and kidnapping of Edgar Parrett 67 New Mexico salesman. Officers recovered seven rifles pistols and knives from their car. Parrett released unharmed near Lup ton Arizona.
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Farmington
N. M
Lupton
Ariz
John Boyd
William Gordon
Tempe City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Boyd
Delta
R. S. Hemphill
Parrett
Albuquerque
Gallup
Arizona Highway Patrol
New Mexico State Police
Moab
Utah
Burlesque Queen Tempest Storm Visits Colorado Campus
Tempest Storm fulfilled her wish to see a real campus as about 1,500 male students crowded a lounge and cafeteria at the University of Colorado Boulder. The crowd caused damage estimated at 500 dollars by school authorities.
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Tempest Storm
University of Colorado At Boulder
Officials to Spell Out Intentions
An American source says Washington is finalizing an announced policy on Nationalist Chinese island outposts including the Tachens, Quemoy, and Matsu. The 7th Fleet and Sabre jets await orders as evacuation plans for about 30,000 Tachens refugees hinge on U.S. assurances of defense for the outposts.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Washington
Defense Ministry
Yushan Island
U.S
Karl L. Rankin
Shennen
United States
Quemoy
Matsu
7Th Fleet
Swift
Tachens
Peiping
Tokyo
New Zealand
United Nations
Foreign Operations Administration
Taipei
Firemen Contain Mattress Fire on 16th Street
Firemen rushed to 420 W 16th St at 8 36 a m yesterday finding two mattresses ablaze. Trucks 1 and 5 responded. A booster helped extinguish the flames and the crew returned to the station at 8 40.
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W. 16Th St
New Warden Speaks on Prisons Idle Time Issue
Edwin B. Swope new warden of New Mexico's penitentiary cites food and idleness as major causes of prison dissension. He argues small industries can operate without competing with private business and cites license plate and brick plants as beneficial. Swope, a former Alcatraz warden and Albuquerque Democrat, emphasizes transparency to the press but opposes outsider involvement in internal troubles.
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Santa FE
Edwin B. Swope
New Mexico
Alcatraz Federal Prison
Swope
Supreme Court
Daniel K. Sadler
Gov. Simms
Albuquerque
Seligman- Hockenhull
Federal Prisons Service
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
Uncle Sam
Churchman urges Lutheran youth to defend American liberties
Dr. Oscar A Benson, president of the National Lutheran Council and Augustana Lutheran Church, told the Atlantic City meeting that the nation’s freedoms hinge on youths tempering hearts with liberty. He urged expanding youth outreach including a division of men and boys work and a possible scouting bureau.
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Atlantic City
U. S
Oscar A. Benson
Minneapolis
Congress
Church
Benson
National Lutheran
New York
Lutheran World Action
Council
Empie
LWA
Mothers Polio Drive in Roswell Nets $3800 in Seed Sum
The Mothers' March on Polio raised unofficially over $3800 last night in Roswell led by chairwoman Mrs. George G. Hansen. Hansen credited generous local response and noted Chaves County totals near $8000 with a county goal of about $12000 for the March of Dimes polio drive this year.
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George G. Hansen
Duke”’ Hansen
Chaves County
U.N. awaits Red China response on Formosa debate
The Security Council prepared to discuss a cease fire in the Formosa Strait and tentatively invited Peiping spokesmen to join. Dag Hammarskjold sent the invitation after the council approved New Zealand's debate request and considered Soviet demands for U.S. withdrawal and island surrender. The council recessed awaiting Peiping's word.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Formosa Strait
Red
New Zealand
U.S
Formosa
Peiping
Hammarskjold
Thursday Rites Scheduled for William C. Urton
Funeral services for William Cooley Urton 77 will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Ballard Chapel with Rev. Austin H. Dillon of First Methodist Church officiating. Burial is in South Park Cemetery. Survivors include his widow Frances and nephew Jason Urton of Portales.
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William Cooley Urton
Ballard Chapel
Austin H. Dillon
First Methodist Church
Dorothy Herring
Norma Brenneman
Board of Stewards
South Park Cemetery
Charles Scarrett
Bob Bear
Roy E. Oldrup
Jason Urton
Alfred Moss
Melvin Key
Urton
Roswell
Frances
Portales
City seeks paving list as 3 miles planned in 1955 plan
City Manager C M Woodbury urges property owners to sign the pending paving list of 22 sectors. He sets February 15 as a tentative deadline and estimates three miles of paving under the 1955 program. Sectors include East Mathews Grand to Sherman and West Alameda blocks 2000 to 2600 among others.
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C. M. Woodbury
East Mathews
Grand
Sher
Man
Bonney
West Alameda
Adda
el Dora Dr
East Forest
Sherman
Mulberry
Mathews
Deming
Hondo River
North Kentucky
W. Country Club Rd
Beech
Bland
Hendricks
12Th Street
N. Lea
N. Missouri
Alameda
Walnut
Hemlock
Sycamore
Tilden
Atkinson
Hale
Pennsylvania
Kenose
Tilen
Chisum
South Michigan
South Washington
Buena Vista
Kentucky
Fourth Army pistol team selects Major John S Dittmer captain
Major John S Dittmer assistant professor of Military Science at New Mexico Military Institute has been named captain of the Fourth Army pistol squad. The unit will compete in the mid winter championships at Fort Benning Georgia.
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4Th Army
John S. Dittmer
New Mexico Military Institute
Fort Benning
Welfare Rolls Open to Public Scrutiny Moves Ahead
The bill to open New Mexico welfare rolls to public inspection advances as the House Judiciary Committee votes five to four for passage. Acting Welfare Director Dee Sturges cautions the department has no position. Supporters seek to curb fraudulent and morally unentitled recipients amid ongoing financial concerns.
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Santa FE
Senate
New Mexico
House
Judiciary Committee
Dee Sturges
Denis Cowper
Valencia
Sturges
Jack Campbell
D-Chaves
Senator Anderson urges federal funds for New Mexico schools
Sen Anderson told the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee that federal aid for school construction is absolutely essential for New Mexico. He cited growing areas Bernalillo Otero San Juan and Lea counties Indian and low income areas McKinley Rio Arriba Taos. He recounted a northern girl whose school had no stove and who prayed for a stove to finish her education.
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Washington
Sen. Anderson
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
New Mexico
Anderson
Bernalillo
Otero
San Juan
Lea
McKinley
Rio Arriba
Taos
Senate
NM Press Assn Sets Summer Convention In Ruidoso
Ed Guthmann president of the New Mexico Press Association says the summer convention will be held June 3 and 4 in Ruidoso. The Roswell meeting chose the site but left exact dates to the board of directors.
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Springer
Ed Guthmann
The
New Mexico Press Assn
Ruidoso
Roswell
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R-N.h
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Rwis
United States Weather Bureau
Washington Hammers
Tachen Islands
Bristling
NEW N. M. Warden
Churchman
U. S. Liberties
U.N
Red China
William C. Urton
Rio Arriba and
Taos Counties
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Jack Ford
D. T. Sellers
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