Drought Plans Highlighted By Farmers Meeting
A drought focused irrigation talk by Ivan D. Wood and A&M Extension ag engineers drew over 40 local farmers and ranchers. Wood warned drought is normal and water shortage grows. he urged long term planning and adoption of underground pipelines to curb losses.
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Ivan D. Wood
USDA
Denver
Philip J. Leyendecker
Gordon Hoff
A&m Extension Service
Arkansas
New Mexico
Plains
Texas
Wood
Dwight Eisenhower
Death By Natural Causes Are Verdicts In Two Cases Here
A dual inquest in the court of Justice R. Perry Bean found death by natural causes in two cases. The infant William Thomas Springs, 11 months, and the 77 year old Joseph Orva Meador were identified by witnesses including the fathers, a mortician, and deputy sheriffs. Jurors on both cases included Cons H A Ashcraft and several others.
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R. Perry Bean
William Thomas Springs
Joseph Orva Meador
James T. Springs
Glenn Dennis
Sgt
Doil Wilson
Roswell
Marvin T. Hill
M. D. Belshe
G. A. Mabery
Hill
H. A. Ashcraft
T. J. McKnight
John Cooper
J.F. Vickers
G. F. Bruns
Brink Randle
Police Court Is Redecorated in City Hall Basement
Judge R. L. Ballard presides in a freshly painted police court quarters in the city hall basement. The green and ivory color scheme covers the horseshoe desk and table. No defendants appeared today. yesterday one drunk was fined fifteen dollars.
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R. L. Ballard
Clements File Divorce Complaint in District Court
Gen evieve A. Clements sues Frank E. Clements seeking dissolution of marriage in district court with a divorce complaint filed today.
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Genevieve A. Clements
Frank E. Clements
District Court
Weather Summary from Local Station
Readings show high 40s with a cold wind and possible snow flurries. Today’s high 40, tonight's low 14, then fair and not so cold tomorrow. Sunrise 6 44, sunset 5 38, day length 10.9 hours. Precipitation none in past 24 hours, month to date 0.29 inches year to date 0.58. Highest 74, lowest 26, normals higher and lower for this date.
Doctors Lose Chance to Use Wonder Drug in Child’s Death
A 12 year old girl Olivia Margaret Rodriguez died after 18 months of cancer while her parents arranged a so called wonder drug from Mexico. Lovelace Clinic doctors said they had no medical history or directions with the drug and would not administer it without fuller knowledge. The drug arrived Feb 2 and the girl reportedly received one cubic centimeter. A telephone consult with Albuquerque and Mexican doctors was planned to obtain administration instructions.
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Albuquerque
Olivia Margaret Rodriguez
Mexico
Lovelace Clinic
Albuquerque Journal
Portales Asked to Save Fossil Bed from Destruction
Dr. Fred Wendorff and State Highway Engineer C O Erwin visited Portales to appeal for saving an ice age fossil bed long studied by scientists. The site lies in clay banks beneath sand dunes and a deep gravel deposit is being dredged, threatening the early man locality.
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Wendorff
Oil and Gas Offices Open in Roswell
Two production outfits move into the J. P. White building in Roswell. Lone Star Gas Company and Lone Star Production Company of Dallas establish offices with Joseph W. Marshal as senior geologist and head of the staff. John W. Sledge and Jack Horton join the team.
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Dual
Lone Star Gas Company
Lone Star Production Company of
Dallas
Roswell
J. P. White
Joseph W. Marshal
John W. Sledge
Jack Horton
Russia H-Bomb Boast Linked to Trigger Method
The United States weighs Molotovs claim of Soviet hydrogen bomb superiority against a 1953 shortcut for triggering fusion. Officials say any early Soviet edge via heat induced compression may have been overcome as American weapons programs now lead.
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Washington
Molotov
Russia
United States
Eisenhower on Zhukov and postwar Soviet leadership
AP staff writer recalls Eisenhower praising Georgi Zhukov in Moscow after World War II. The piece revisits scenes with Zhukov in Berlin and Moscow, detailing his clashes with Stalin era politicians and his enduring popularity with the Russian people.
Senate approves mutual security treaty pledging aid to Formosa
The Senate voted 64 to 6 to approve a mutual security treaty with Nationalist China promising U S military support for Formosa and the Pescadores. The agreement, expected after Eisenhower’s war powers request, takes effect upon ratification instruments exchange.
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Washington
Senate
China
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Eisenhower
Far East
Chavez
Gore
D-Tenn
Kefuver
Lehman
D-Lib-Ny
Langer
Morse
United States
Pescadores
Legislative Yuan
Russia
Sen. Morse
Kefauver
Sen. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
Chiang Kai-shek
Experts Doubt Zhukov Will Visit the United States
Washington reports say President Eisenhower might invite Soviet Marshal Georgi Zhukov, but experts doubt such an invitation is feasible now due to hostilities and suspicions. State Department officials call the idea premature, while diplomats note a distant future usefulness of allied ties from World War II.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Georgi K. Zhukov
Moscow
State Department
Zhukov
Berlin
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
United States
Group Boosts New Mexico as Atomic Empire
The New Mexico Manufacturers Association plans a 25000 promotion budget to boost atomic industries in the state. Programs include UNM nuclear research expansion, school level technical training, and more uranium processing plants. President Joe J. O Connell says areas with strongest industrial atomic progress will lead as the nation adopts commercial atomic power.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Robert E. Filliettaz
The
New Mexico Manufacturers Assn
University of New Mexico
Joe J. O’connell
Aldermen Approve Terrace Hill Annexation 10-0
City Council approved annexation of the Terrace Hill subdivision by a 10 to 0 vote in Resolution 862. Boundaries place the area north of Chisum and south of Buena Vista, a half block east of Kansas and west of Union. Resolution 863 deals with land owned by David Q. Kamees, approving a partial release discharge and amended lien claim in the 1500 block between Pontiac and Montana.
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Terrace Hill
Chisum
Buena Vista
Kansas
Union
David Q. Kamees
Pontiac
Montana
Price-Fixing Bill Receives Unanimous Committee Endorsement
Santa Fe A House Ways and Means Committee approved a price fixing bill for all commodities sold in New Mexico after an hour long hearing with about 20 supporters and no objections. The measure targets dealers of all products excluding liquor and cigarettes and requires charging at least the purchase price plus a markup to cover operating costs.
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Santa FE
House
Ways and Means
New Mexico
Gen Schott to Speak at NCO School Graduation
Graduation exercises for Class 55-B of the Walker AFB NCO Preparatory School are set for Saturday at 11 in Theatre No. 2. Gen C W Schott commander of the 47th Air Division will deliver the graduation address and the honor student will receive an award from the wing commander.
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Walker Afb
Boys Who Beat Up Man Are Escorted To Springer School
Three teenage Spanish American boys were taken to the New Mexico Industrial School at Springer after a juvenile court hearing on charges of assaulting and robbing Joe Martinez. The hearing, before Judge George T. Harris, lasted until 5 p.m. Relatives of those involved filled the courtroom as eight youths rode to Springer in a single car.
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New Mexico
Springer
Charlie Troublefield
Hagerman
Joe Martinez
George T. Harris
Martinez
Shell Oil Lands Dispute Case Goes to Fourth Day
In Albuquerque a $100,000 damage suit over Lovington oil lands continued as Shell Oil Co. attorneys began presenting their side in a non jury trial before U S District Judge Waldo Rogers. Plaintiffs seek $1.8 million for alleged withholding of oil properties in the Denton Oil Fields. Robert E. Priest and 10 other heirs seek ejectment and recovery of royalties and rents from third party defendants with deeds to the disputed land. Defense rebuttal was anticipated as the trial resumed.
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Albuquerque
Shell Oil Co
Sadie Priest
Lovington
U. S. Dist
Waldo Rogers
Denton
Robert E. Priest
Legislature Confronts Absentee Voting in Two Ways
The 1955 New Mexico legislature debates absentee voting via two paths. A constitutional amendment clears House approval and moves to the Senate for voter ratification. A second bill by Sen Guido Zecca allows notarized ballots sent by registered mail without revealing voter intent, risking court review.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
House
Senate
Sen
Guido Zecca
D-Mckinley
Zecca
Nationalists Withdraw From Tachens After Island Evacuation
Civilian populations were moved from Yushan and Pishan into Formosa as Nationalist forces blasted tunnels on the Tachens. U S Navy ships patrolled the region while warplanes watched overhead. Reports described the retreat as a Northern Formosa buffer withdrawal.
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Taipei
China
Bourney
Tachen Islands
Defend Ministry
Yushan Islands
Tachens
Pishan
Formosa
Quemoy
Matsu
Nanchishan
U.S
U. S. 7Th Fleet
East China Sea
Yu Shan
Nachishan
Jim Becker
Becker
Yikiangshan
Lorenzo Sherwood Sabin Jr
LST
Liu Lien-yi
Post Office at Maljamar Robbed
Maljamar post office in Lea County was robbed last night through a window. Authorities say more than $100 was stolen from the small oil community post office located 26 miles west of Lovington, in a building shared with the Maljamar Cafe.
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Lovington
Maljamar
Lea County Sheriff’s Department
Tony
Mallamar
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