Laos King Blocks 14 Nation Peace Conference
Laos leader King Savang Vathana opposes the 14 nation peace conference proposed for Laos and Cambodia. Sihanouk withdraws Cambodia sponsorship and Phnom Penh invitation while India would send an international control commission to arrange a cease fire. Rebels press drive 45 miles north of Vientiane as talks stall.
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Vientiane
Laos
Savang Vathana
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Luang Prabang
W. Averell Harriman
Kennedy
Sisavang Vong
Phnom Penh
Geneva
India
International Control Commission
Nehru
Red
Poland
Canada
No Man’s Land
Roswell Barber Named to Board
Gov Mechem appointed Gilmer Brown of Roswell to the State Board of Barber Examiners to fill a vacancy for the remainder of Aaron W White’s term and then for a full three year term from July 1 Bernabe Romero of Santa Fe remains on along with Bryan Prater of Albuquerque The move follows Romero’s reported disputes over board policy and admissions issues
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Santa FE
Gilmer Brown
Roswell
State Board of Barber Examiners
Edwin L. Mechem
Brown
Aaron W. White
Hobbs
Mechem
Bernabe Romero
Romero
Capitol
John Burroughs
Burroughs
Bryan Prater
Albuquerque
Stolen gray suit and pants from Sammy Lucero home
Police report says a gray suit and pants owned by Sammy Lucero of 102 S Mulberry were stolen from his residence on Saturday. The value is listed at $35.
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Sammy Lucero
S. Mulberry
Letter Carrier's Photo Graces Magazine Cover
A Rural Carrier James Grantham of Roswell appears on the front cover of the April Postal Service News sent to all letter carriers nationwide. The lead article highlights Rural Mail Box Improvement Week. Cover photo by former Record photographer John Foster, now with the Indianapolis News, notes Grantham's 40 years of service as typical of rural carriers serving patrons despite weather and obstacles.
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James Grantham
Roswell
Postal Service News
United States
Official
Post Office Magazine
Record
John Foster
Foster
Indianapolis News
Grantham
Road Deaths Rise Three
Three persons died in automobile accidents in New Mexico towns over the weekend. Hijinio J. Cordova 28 of Penasco Benjamin D. Phillips 28 of Dumas Texas and David Lee Park 17 of Truth or Consequences were killed when their cars overturned after failing to negotiate curves. Phillips car tumbled into the Cimarron River off U S 64 seven miles west of Cimarron. Park's car flipped into the Rio See ROAD VPage 2.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Hijinio J. Cordova
Penasco
David Lee Park
Benjamin D. Phillips
Dumas
Tex Park
Phillips
Cimarron River
U.S. 64
Cimarron
Park
Rio See Road
May Day Parades Highlight Global Communist Celebrations
In Moscow the May Day program featured Maj Yuri A Gagarin beside Premier Khrushchev during a three hour parade. Malinovsky boasted of up-to-date warfare while Cuba’s Castro and Guevara outlined a four year plan. Berlin and Tokyo also held mass rallies with pro Communist displays and calls for closer ties to China.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Maj
Yuri A. Gagarin
Gagarin
Khrushchev
Red Square
Rodion Malinovsky
Peiping Radio
Fidel
Castro
Ernesto Guevara
Berlin
China
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Astronaut Faces First US Space Flight Step
Cape Canaveral prepares for a dawn launch as an American astronaut, among three named candidates Glenn Shepard and Grissom, faces a 100 minute suborbital ride aboard a Redstone rocket. The mission emphasizes duplicated life support and safety measures, with two pilots ready if the first is disqualified.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Yuri Gagarin
John Herschel Glenn Jr
Marine Corps
Concord
Ohio
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr
East Derry
N. H
Ivan Grissom
Mitchell
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Redstone
Law Day events in Roswell feature UNM Dean and state leaders
Law Day activities in Roswell include Vern Countryman, dean of the University of New Mexico Law School, addressing Roswell High School students at 11:15 a.m. and the Roswell Bar Association and the high school pre law club at noon and 1:15 p.m. State Sen. J. Penrod Toles speaks to the New Mexico Military Institute cadet corps at Pearson Auditorium from 4 to 5 p.m., sponsored by the local bar association.
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Roswell
Vern Countryman
Law
University of New Mexico
Roswell Bar Association
J. Penrod Toles
Cadet Corps of New Mexico Military Institute
Pearson Auditorium
Bar Association
Bodies of Girls Found In Michigan Dunes Area
In Holland Michigan police and volunteers found the bodies of two 12 and 11 year old girls missing since Saturday. The location lies about 150 feet from a path and near homes. A Boy Scout leader 16 is sought in connection with the case amid notes and a blood stained shirt suggesting possible accidental shooting.
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Holland, Mich
Rex Webbert
Margaret Chambers
Kedward Lennon
Grand Haven
Mich
Webbert
Margaret
Carol Gee
William Chandler
James S. Stephens
Lake Michigan
Bernard Gryson
Ottawa County
Stephens
Chesapeake & Ohio
Kennedy signs $394 million plan to aid hard-hit areas
President Kennedy signed a 394 million aid bill to spur development in unemployment distressed towns and appointed William L Batt Jr to run the program. The new Area Redevelopment Administration will funnel 100 million in loans for plants and facilities and 100 million for low income rural areas plus 4.5 million to retain workers and 10 million for subsistence pay.
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Washington
Kennedy
William L. Batt Jr
Pennsylvania
Illinois
West Virginia
Kentuck
Alabama
New York
Batt
Commerce Department
Luther H. Hodges
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paul H. Douglas
D-Hl
Area Redevelopment Administration
Secretary of Commerce
Menominee Nation Declares Political Independence in Wisconsin
The Menominee Indian nation became the first tribe to gain independence as a political unit, with the federal government handing over multimillion asset stewardship at 12:01 a.m. The 365-square mile reservation is welcomed as Wisconsin's 72nd county, though some feel independence arrived too soon.
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Keshena
Wis
Wisconsin
Paula Wiseman Takes Horse Show Honors
Roswell rider Paula Wiseman won high point English rider for ages 13 to 17 at the Carlsbad Horse Show held weekend. Other Roswell winners included Barby Mitchell Susan Maddox and Diane Maddox with multiple firsts in jumping, horsemanship, and hunt seat events. judges included Sheriff Howard Babcock Jr. and Lt. Col. A H Norton.
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Paula Wiseman
E. S. Wiseman
Roswell
Carlsbad
Chaves County
Howard Babcock Jr
A. H. Norton
Sue Bunch
Skunk
Susan Wilmot
Barby Mitchell
George Smith
Susan Maddox
Albuquerque
Master Holt
Diane Maddox
Diane Schauer
Soberano
Linda Corn
War Gift
Texan Dies in New Mexico Plane Crash
Farmington AP report: F Gilbert Woodside of Lubbock Texas died when his T28A stunt plane failed during a slow roll near Farmington airport. Witnesses said the aircraft dipped low, a wing scraped dirt, and the craft crashed as he was nearly finished with the maneuver.
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Farmington
F. Gilbert Woodside
Lubbock
Tex
Woodside
Winfield mother of Lt Gov Bolack dies at hospital
Mrs. Hazel Bolack of Winfield died yesterday at a Winfield hospital. She was the mother of Lt. Gov. Tom Bolack of New Mexico, and her death marks the loss of a regional figure linked to state government circles.
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Winfield, Kan
Hazel Bolack
Winfield
Tom Bolack
New Mexico
Winfield Hospital
Clovis School Fire Blamed on Arsonists
Police say a Sunday blaze at La Casita Elementary in Clovis was arson. Three classrooms burned, all rooms smoky, offices torn, papers scattered, obscene writings found. Investigators cite possible link to a recent church fire with similar vandalism.
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Clovis
la Casita
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J. Caldwell Wilson
Mountain States Tel & Tel
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