Mechem Seeks More Federal Funds for New Mexico
Gov. Edwin Mechem released a study tallying New Mexico’s 1952-53 federal intake and outlays, showing $124.6 million collected by federal agencies and only $30.9 million returned as grants. He cites lands and highways subsidies as evidence the state pays, urging more highway and land-area funding.
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Mechem
New Mexico
Bureau of Land Management
Reclamation Bureau
Rio Grande
Wesern
Jack Dempsey
Assn
Federal Treasury
South Koreans Try to Block Train Near Seoul
South Koreans attempted to stop a train carrying homebound Indian soldiers near Seoul. American troops chased them off with bayonets, three Koreans were slightly injured, and the train proceeded to Inchon port. The incident drew sharp comments from South Korea's national police and local officials.
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Seoul
U. S. 8Th Army
8Th Army
Won Yong Duk
Inchon
Kim Chang Heung
South Korea
ROK
Man Pleads Guilty to Forgery Charges at Roswell Court
Merlin McDermott, 21, pled guilty in justice court to a forgery count after a $6 subscription check was raised to $16 and passed at East Grand Plains store. He bound over to the district court with $1,000 bond. He was returned to Roswell by Deputy J C Jones after being apprehended in Clovis.
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George Washington
United States
District Court
R. Perry Bean
Roswell
J.C. Jones
Jones
McDermott
Clovis
W. S. Wagner
East Grand Plains
Wagner
R. L. Ballard
James R. Harrod
Local Weather Summary from United States Weather Bureau
Readings show temperatures from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today with highs around 70 and a low near 27. No precipitation in 24 hours ending 11 a.m. Winds will be windy at times with a clear sky and a high around 72. Tonight’s low near 32 and little change expected tomorrow.
Dulles Notes Gains At Big Four Parley
Secretary of State Dulles briefed 15 lawmakers in Washington on the Big Four Berlin talks. He defended participating in an April Geneva conference with Communist Chinese and Soviet delegates and said the United States secured what it needed. He aims to reassure critics that the Geneva meeting does not promise formal recognition or UN membership for Peiping.
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Dulles
Congress
Berlin
House
State Department
Geneva
United States
China
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Britain
Anthony Eden
France
Georges Bidault
United Nations
Peiping
Panmunjom
Happy Apodaca Seeks Dona Ana Sheriff Nomination Again
A. L. Happy Apodaca longtime Dona Ana County peace officer announces candidacy for sheriff returning for the Democratic nomination. He previously served after being convicted for civil rights violations tied to the torture of murder suspect Wesley Byrd during the Coogler case.
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Apodaca
Dona Ana
Las Cruces
Federal Reformatory
Neek
A. L
Happy) Apodaca
Hubert Beasley
Wesley Byrd
Altapass
N. C
Ovida
Cricket) Coogler
Roy Sandman
Eight Die in New Mexico Road Crashes This Weekend
Eight people died in New Mexico traffic incidents since Friday raising the year total to 58. Victims include Mrs. Soledad Camacho and Paul Cargile of Pittsburg as well as William Cargile and Carrie May Austin among others in Alamogordo Truth or Consequences and Socorro areas.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Soledad Camacho
Albuquerque
Paul J. Cargile
Pittsburg
Calif
William Cargile
Calvin J. Green
Salem
Marvin W. James
Serene
Helen Couchella
Williams
Ariz
Louie Couchella
Carrie May Austin
Artesia
Camacho
Wade Johnson
Wew
Petra Vargas
Carlile
Fort Sumner
Cargile
Bobby
Green
James
Coachella
Socorro
Don Hammond
Salvador Coachella
Austin
Mayhill
It's Better To Be Safe Than Blown Sky High
A Los Angeles trash collector found what looked like a bomb in a downtown alley. Police and Army experts investigated and ultimately revealed the device was a $1.95 alarm clock with sponge rubber and wax.
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Los Angeles
Ray Pinker
Army
William Parker
Thad Brown
Brown
Parker
Mitchell Plans Senate Briefing on Farm Power Policy Tactics
National Chairman Stephen Mitchell outlines to Democrats from nine Western states a strategy to exploit public opposition to Eisenhower farm price supports and public power. He reports optimism from tours of eight Western states while stressing tax policy and recession fears as 1950s electoral tools. He presses lawmakers to frame tax cuts as a broader Democratic effort to boost buying power for low income earners.
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Washington
Stephen Mitchell
House
Eisenhower
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Utah
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
New Mexico
Mitchell
Congress
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Illinois
Sen. George
D-Ga
Gore
D-Tenn
Kansas Democratic Club
Topeka
Sen. Bridges
Freedoms Awards Given New Mexicans
Freedoms Foundation awards were presented to Ernest H. Jackson and Sgt. Paul Java of Albuquerque for Armed Forces Personnel honors and to the Hobbs Public School System for the Freedom Library Award in New Mexico.
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Valley Forge
Freedoms Foundation
Armed Forces
Ernest H. Jackson
Paul Java
Albuquerque
Freedom Library
Hobbs
Rocky Mountain AAPG Convention Draws 1000 Geologists
The fourth annual Rocky Mountain section convention of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists opens in Albuquerque with 1000 attendees and a projected 2200 total. Exhibits and networking kick off today as formal sessions begin tomorrow with talks on fuels from ground in the Rocky Mountain region.
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Albuquerque
Rocky Mountain
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Lea County Oil Activity Slackens
Lea County drilling activity remained near stationary with 69 rigs operating, one more than last week. The county leads the Permian Basin in activity, as New Mexico total rigs reach 103 statewide per Hughes Tool Co. survey.
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Hobbs
Lea County
Hughes Tool Co
New Mexico
West Texas
Hughes
Divorce Granted in Henderson Versus Henderson Case
In district court today a divorce decree was granted in the case of Mary Lee Henderson against Donovan I B Henderson. The ruling ends the marriage and formalizes the divorce settlement.
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Mary Lee Henderson
Donovan
Henderson
Adjutants General Conference Opens at Santa Fe
The Adjutants General Association of the United States opens its general conference at the New Mexico state capitol in Santa Fe. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway delivers the opening address as adjutants general from 48 states plus the District of Columbia and territories Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico are expected. Brig. Gen. Charles R. Fox of Charleston West Virginia presides as the first Air Force officer named state adjutant general.
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Santa FE
Adjutants General Association of the United
Rabies Vaccination Clinic Tonight in Dexter
Dexter area residents are reminded that a veterinarian will be at the fire station in Dexter between 6 and 8 p.m. today to vaccinate dogs against rabies. County sanitarian L. B. Summers urges all dog owners to take advantage of this opportunity to protect their pets.
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Dexter
Sanitarian
L. B. Summers
George H. Bonsal Named Harrisburg Bankers Life Manager
George H. Bonsal brother of Mrs. David A. Dennis of Roswell has been named manager of the Harrisburg agency of Bankers Life Co Des Moines Iowa.
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George H. Bonsal
David A. Dennis
Roswell
Harrisburg
Bankers Life Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Important Dates on Artesia Farmers Calendar
Artesia County Agent Richard E. Marek announces key dates for Eddy County farmers. Cotton Caravan is Thursday with a noon barbecue at the Veterans building. tickets via registration. A countywide Farm and Livestock Bureau meeting is Feb 27 at Atoka school to elect officers and plan programs. A March 3 high school library session will discuss a large acre castor bean project.
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Artesia
Record
North Eddy County
Richard E. Marek
Eddys County Farm and Livestock Bureau
Veteran’s
Reb
Marek
Farm Bureau
Atoka School
Secretary of Army To Face McCarthy
Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens will appear before Senator McCarthy's investigations subcommittee at 10:30 a.m. EST tomorrow to explain what McCarthy calls an Army push to coddle and promote Communists. Stevens said he will testify though no official notice was received. The hearing will be public and televised by NBC.
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Army
McCarthy
Senate Investigations
Stevens
National Broadcasting Co
New York
Irving Peressaden
Political Activity in State Centers Around Conventions
Weekend political activity in New Mexico focused on county conventions for both parties. In Socorro County Republicans sent 44 delegates with 22 votes to back Holm Bursum for governor. Democrats assigned 18 total county votes from 36 undetermined or 19 unreported ballots. Culbertson contested Simms’s tallies and planned a protest with Finley Morrow disputing reported results from Bernalillo County.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Socorro County
Holm Bursum
Socorro
W. O. Culbertsona
Bernalillo
John Simms Jr
Culbertson
Albuquerque
Finley Morrow
Albuquerque Tribune
Berk County
Simms
Morrow
Cal
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Hiram M. Dow
Clarence E. Hinkle
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U. S. Quartermaster’s Corp
Col. Hood
United States Weather Bureau
Freedoms
1,000 Petroleum Geologists Register
Adjutants General Conference
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Chums
Dora Lea Sanders
Seine
Nan Schwab
Margaret Schweiger
Miss Schwab
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Sen. McCarthy
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Roswel
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