Eisenhower heads to Georgia for week of rest and hunting
President Eisenhower flies to Thomasville Georgia for a week at Humphrey estate with Mrs Eisenhower and staff. Doctors report no barrier to another term and he appears fit for another five to ten years. A congressional minority says amendments to the Colorado River storage plan subsidize uneconomic irrigation projects in four states.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Georgia
Columbine III
John S. Doud
James C. Hagerty
Colorado
New Mexico
House
Interior Department
Budget Bureau
Hosmer
R-Calif
Utt
Pilsion
R-Ny
Echo Park Dam
Utah
Wyoming
House Rules Committee
Glen Park
Congress
Poet Untermeyer Sees Slang Rising in American Speech
Louis Untermeyer, noted poet and anthologist, argues slang will win over British English in everyday speech worldwide while literary English remains strong. He spoke at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
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Socorro
Louis Untermeyer
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Los Alamos
John C. Kost
Royal Arch Masons of
New Mexico
Merle I. Pawley
Ardent Spouse Accused of Harassing Ex Wife in Chicago
Rose Saye testified before Municipal Judge Joseph A. Pope that her ex husband Frank Saye a 38 year old truck driver made 343 calls in the past month and 67 calls last Saturday in a bid to reconcile. She said she does not want him back.
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Chicago
Frank Saye
Rose
Joseph A. Pope
Saye
Lack of Chest Surgery Facility At Socorro Hit
Welfare officials report 15 to 16 tuberculosis patients in Socorro face dangerous delays in thoracic surgery due to lack of a local facility. Drs. Northrop and Zahn warn optimal surgery timing is being missed, prompting talks to contract with Bernalillo County Indian Hospital in Albuquerque.
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Santa FE
Socorro
Cedric Northrop
Daniel W. Zahn
Murray Hintz
Bernalillo County Indian Hospital
Albuquerque
Presbyterian Hospital
Hintz
County Indian Hospital
Chaves Drought Committee Sees Enough Forage
The Chaves county emergency drought committee reports sufficient spring forage for livestock on county ranges due to 15 to 20 inch snowfall. They will not seek drought disaster area classification now but may act if moisture remains lacking through summer.
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Chaves County
Lawmaker Accuses West Merchants of Aiding Communists
Sen. McClellan opens public Senate hearings accusing merchants of the free world of aiding Russia by selling items essential to wartime capacity since a 1954 Paris trade curb relaxation. He says efforts to expose the scope of the agreement are blocked by officials amid U. S. ally concerns.
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Washington
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Paris
United States
Subcommittee
Administration
Herbert Hoover Jr
Hoover
U. S
Denver Mine-Mill official sentenced to eight years
Maurice FE Travis 45 an official of the Mine-Mill union was given an eight year prison term and fined $8000 by U S District Judge Jean S Breitenstein. In Dallas Horace Johnson 79 reported a thief entered his home and stole 74 dollars in cash hidden in his Bible pages.
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Denver
Maurice FE. Travis
U. S. Dist
Jean S. Breitenstein
Dallas
Horace Johnson
Johnson
Clinic urged for Roswell Santa Fe
Two physicians urged building a 300 bed Albuquerque hospital as the ideal TB treatment center for New Mexico. They estimate 4 to 5 million dollars cost but say long term savings from lower operating costs and a stepped up care program would reduce patient numbers. They also recommended terminating the Socorro sanatorium as a TB hospital and transferring TB hospitalization jurisdiction to the Health Department.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Albuquerque
State
Cedric Northrop
Washington Health Department
Daniel W. Zahn
Seattle
Murray Hintz
Socorro
Northrop and
Zahn
Welfare Department
Health Department
Six-Foot Wall of Water Surges Through Town
Oklahoma City citizens recount a cloudburst aftermath with a sudden flood surge. A detective listens as a caller reports being followed by radar beams, insisting her doctor doubts her claims.
Relentless Cold Claims 489 in Europe
Europe endures a two week relentless cold wave with at least 489 dead across nations. France leads fatalities with 107, followed by Italy 63 and Britain 45 as subfreezing weather and ice cripple villages and seaways from the Baltic to the Adriatic, with rescue teams mobilized.
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London
Europe
St. Tropez
French Riviera
Matilda
Sweden
Baltic
Denmark
Italy
Baltic Islands
France
Yugoslavia
Britain
Greece
Germany
Turkey
Khrushchev Emerges As Soviet Successor to Stalin's Power
London AP reports British commentators view Nikita Khrushchev as the new dictator of the Soviet Union after the opening of the 20th Congress. They credit him with Stalin like authority to revise Marxist doctrine and to control home and foreign affairs.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow
Stalin
Khrushchev
Daily Mail
Georgi) Malenkov
Newborn Calves Perish in Cold Of Recent Storm
County agent Al W. Woodburn reports calf losses from sub zero temperatures during the recent storm. Calves born in cold spells faced frostbite and death, while some survived with frozen ears or tails. No heavy losses in lambs are expected this season.
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al W. Woodburn
Woodburn
Deputy Faces Term For Beating In Odessa Jail
Deputy Robert William Burkett 37 of Odessa faces sentencing May 14 by Federal Judge R E Thomason for beating prisoner Cecil Cope at Ector County jail. Burkett waived a jury trial after being found guilty yesterday. Cope testified he was soaked by rain then drank three beers at a cafe. Burkett said Cope reached for a knife and he fired and struck. Burkett was defended by his uncle, Joe Burkett, a San Antonio lawyer.
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Pecos
Tex
Robert William Burkett
Odessa
R. E. Thomason
Cecil Cope
Ector County
Burkett
Thomason
Cope
Trusty
Joe Burkett
San Antonio
Guardsmen Jailed Over Drill Report
Four National Guard members aged 17 19 20 and 21 were jailed after failing to report for drill. Authorities say the men were taken into custody last night.
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National Guard
Welcome A and Barron greet Thurman couple
A brief social note welcomes A and Mrs Barron alongside Mr and Mrs Thurman in a society column style item noting the greeting and attendees.
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K. O. Barron
C. K. Thurman
Executioner Hired For Hitchhike Killer’s Death
Gary Jarratt the Louisiana official executioner has been hired to carry out the Upton death sentence. Upton faces a February 24 electrocution date after a Monday hearing before U S District Judge Carl Hatch for the hitchhike murder of a young airman near Albuquerque.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
James Larry Upton
Gary Jarratt
Louisiana
Jarratt
Frederick W. Heisler
Arthur Fay Johnson
Upton
U. S
Earthquake Felt in Hokkaido and Tokyo Injures Eight
A slight quake was felt in central Hokkaido with no damage reported. A stronger tremor jolted Tokyo yesterday injuring eight people.
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Supporo
Japan
Hokkaido
Tokyo
Motorcycle Rider Hurt in Collision
Jimmie Jowers age 20 of 1209 W Second St suffered a back injury and a skinned hand when his 1947 Harley Davidson collided with a 1955 Oldsmobile sedan in the 100 block of West Second. Howard Hamilton 40 of 216 W Third St drove the sedan south in an alley while Jowers rode east on West Second. accident occurred at 1 45 p m yesterday. Owner Marvin D Whitfield 609 W Fifth St owns the motorcycle.
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Jimmie Jowers
Second St
West Second
Howard Hamilton
Third St
Jowers
Marvin D. Whitfield
Fifth St
Search Launched For Missing San Marcos Scouts
Police initiated a search for three Boy Scouts from San Marcos who vanished after departing Saturday for a scout meeting in Austin. The youths are Donald Baker aged 12 Charls Marburger 12 and Terry Nolan 13.
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San Marcos
Tex
Austin
Donald Baker
Charls Marburger
Terry Nolan
Helfand Wins Chicago Boxing Writers Award 1955
Julius Helfand, chairman of the New York Athletic Commission, who led the ban on New York boxing managers' guild, received the Chicago boxing writers' award for major contribution to boxing in 1955.
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Chicago
Julius Helfand
New York Athletic Commission
Boxing Managers’ Guild
New York
Chicago Boxing Writers’ Award
Missouri Avenue Second Graders Run Valentine Post Office
Missouri Avenue School second graders under Mrs. Phyllis Hairston set up a Valentine Post Office in class. Each child addressed cards, calculated postage using play money, and acted as postal clerk, teaching addition subtraction and practical writing in a learning activity tied to community service.
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Missouri Avenue
Valentine Post Office
Phyllis Hairston
Misouri Avenue School
Miniature
Valentine
Hairston
Gary Cowan
Joan Poole
Missouri Ave
Roswell
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National Park Service
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Jack Ridgeway
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