New Mexico Legislature Approves Bond Plan For State Institutions
In Santa Fe the Legislature moves on two fronts to fund state institutions. A Senate bond bill authorizes 4% million for four facilities linked to the 1953 bond issue, while an emergency House bill splits 2 13 million from the general fund for non recurring capital outlays.
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Santa FE
Senate
House
Calvin Horn
D-Bernanillo
Los Lunas
Springer
General Fund
New Mexico Western College
Silver City
University
New Mexico A&m
Highlands
New Mexico Western
Eastern New Mexico University
Nw Mexico Mines
Northern New Mexico Normal
el Rito
Capitol Buildings Improvement Commission
Girls Welfare Home
State Park Commission
Museum of New Mexico
State Police
Adjutant Genera
Carrie Tingley
J. G. Moore
Carrizozo Republican
El Paso Couple Buys Ezra Casper Ranch
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Merrill of El Paso have purchased the Ezra Casper ranch between Kingston and Hillsboro. They plan to raise cattle and fruit on the 30 sections of land.
Weather record for United States shows mild trend
Reading times 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 show high 48 and low 31 with normal 62 and 32. Precipitation none in 24 hours ending 11 a.m. today, month trace year to date .29, normal .40, .82. Sunrise 6:31 sunset 5:52 length 11.4 hours. Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness through tomorrow with sprinkles, occasional windiness, and warmer conditions. today high 55 and low 30.
Five day New Mexico outlook cool and dry
The five day outlook for New Mexico calls for temperatures 2 to 5 degrees below seasonal norms with frequent day to day changes. Little or no precipitation is expected.
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New Mexico
Plane Leaves with Crash Victims' Bodies
A special plane departed Albuquerque today carrying the bodies of 12 of 16 crash victims from a Saturday crash near here. The remaining four victims were from New Mexico. TWA said a DC4 cargo plane would fly the bodies to home cities or nearby points of the victims.
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Albuquerque
Here
New Mexico
TWA
Fire inspectors call South Side station a fire trap
Fire officials say the South Side building is a fire trap and must be repaired or torn down. The structure serves as a fire station and faces safety scrutiny.
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Chicago
Artesia Aldermen Tackle Hospital Finances and Safety
The Artesia City Council moved 5000 dollars from the emergency fund to cover hospital debts as of January 31 the hospital owed over 4600 dollars more than 60 days past due. Receivables stood at just over 50000 with liabilities around 12000. The panel rejected a north end fire escape but approved other safety upgrades ahead of a March 11 accreditation visit.
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Artesia
Ralph Lennon
Lennon
National Committee On Hospital Accreditation
Fire Department
General Taylor Meets Eisenhower on Far East Plans
General Maxwell D. Taylor, commander of U.S. Army forces in the Far East, met President Eisenhower yesterday. He refused to discuss their talks or comment on Tokyo reports that he will succeed General John Hull as U.N. representative in the Far East on April 1.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S. Army
Far East
Eisenhower
Tokyo
John Hull
U.N
Second Nuclear Submarine To Buck Waves in Near Future
The Sea Wolf, the United States second nuclear submarine, likely will launch within two or three months at General Dynamics Elec Boat in New London Connecticut. It follows the Nautilus with design improvements and a different atomic engine type, with a spring 1956 readiness target.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
New London
West Milton
N.Y
General Electric Co
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Navy
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Gas Station Robbery Sparks Police Hunt in 1:15 A.M. Heist
A white male, 22 to 23, 5 ft 6 in to 5 ft 7 in and 160 pounds, robbed attendant John Adams at Shamrock service station at Country Club and North Main at 1:15 a.m., taking 47 dollars. He fled in a 1950 gray Ford with Kansas plates as roadblocks remained in effect until 4:30 a.m. A second break-in occurred at Dee's Drive-In Cleaners with minimal loot.
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John Adams
Shamrock
Country Club
North Main
Kansas
Tommy Thompson
Bailey’s Shamrock
N. Main St
Dee’s Drive-In Cleaners
S. Main St
Thompson
R. Perry Bean
Justice of the Peace
Ray P. Karamanos
Frank Rodriguez
509Th Field Maintenance Lqdn
Walker Base
House Bills Bill to Open Welfare Rolls
The heavily Democratic New Mexico House refused Gov. Simms request for a welfare rolls bill without a publication ban. The Senate approved version failed 29 to 20 after two attempts to restore publication prohibitions were rejected. Gov. Simms had urged a ban on publishing recipients names, arguing it may be unconstitutional.
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Santa FE
House of Representatives
House
Manford Rainwater
Quay
Senate
Rainwater
Donald Martinez
D-San Miguel
Martinez
Albert Amador
Drio Arriba
Donald Hallam
D-Lea
Senator Predicts High Prices Will Persist in 1956
Senator Clinton Anderson of New Mexico argues farm prices will stay high though fluctuate between 75 and 90 percent of parity under the 1949 law. He favors drought relief, broader powers for the Agriculture Department, and soil and weather control measures, spoke to about 600 Rotarians in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Clinton Anderson
D-Nm
Anderson
Benson
Agriculture Department
Rotary International
Truman
Rotary
Hsiung Eng-teh
Defense Ministry
Nanchishan
Tachen
Keelung Harbor
Formosa
Keelung
Hsiung
Another Bloodless Victory Is Scored By Chinese Reds
Formosa AP reports Nationalist China abandoned Nanchishan to the Chinese Reds, marking another bloodless success for the Communists in the civil war as the Defense Ministry announced the evacuation.
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Chinese Reds
Taipeh
Formosa
China
Nanchishan
U. S
Nanchi- Shan
Keelung Harbor
Red
Chiang Kai-shek
Tachen Islands
Yikiangshan
Matsu Complex
Matsus
Quemoy Island
U.S
Pescadores
Foochow
Quemoy
Amoy
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Tachens
Peilungshan
Houston Mother Faces Death Penalty for Texas Slayings
Ann Williams, 28, photographed in Houston after arrest hours after dismembered bodies of her sons Calvin, 9, and Conrad, 8, were found near Algoa. She faces four murder charges across two counties amid debate on a possible electric chair execution.
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Ann Williams
Houston
Tex
Calvin
Conrad
Algoa
Associated Press
Texas
San Antonio
Emma
Goree
State Trooper Embarrassed to Point of Tears
Linthicum Heights Md. State trooper Joseph White spoke to the Linthicum Heights Methodist Men's Club about reckless driving. He showed a safety film and said 90 percent of highway accidents are caused by defective drivers. He returned to say he had backed his cruiser into a member’s car and arranged repairs.
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Lintchicum Heights
Joseph White
Linthicum Heights Methodist Men’s Club
Frederick Lang
White
Pickup Crash Kills Two Men on Curry County Road
A pickup truck left a road near Bellview in northeast Curry County killing Boforg Hughes and Charles Clark. A third man, E. J. Ward, was injured and hospitalized in Clovis. Police say the overturn happened around 10:30 last night and the wreck was found after nine hours.
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Clovisp
Bellview
Curry County
Boforg Hughes
Friona
Tex
Charles Clark
16Th St
Lubbock
Clovis Memorial Hospital
E. J. Ward
Charlie Hawkins
Hawkins
Wreck Fatal for Lovington Area Youth
Lovington area youth Ray Darden Beaves, 20, was killed when the car he rode in overturned three times about five miles east of Lovington. Driver Carroll Cook, 20, was injured and listed in fair condition at Lea General Hospital in Hobbs. State Patrolman Jean Pate said Cook dozed, car left the highway and traveled at a moderate speed. Beaves was the son of ranchers Raymond and wife, living 18 miles east of Lovington.
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Lovington
Ray Darden Beaves
Here
Carroll Cook
Lea General Hospital
Hobbs
Texas
Jean Pate
Seminole
Cook
Pate
Eaves
Raymond Eaves
Lea County
Paris Treaties Debate Forges Ahead in Bundestag
In Bonn parliament defeated a Socialist bid to suspend debate on the Paris treaties. It was the second failed maneuver since the three day ratification debate began yesterday in the Bundestag.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Bundestag
Milne Elected Chairman of New Mexico Board
John Milne the Albuquerque school superintendent was elected chairman of the New Mexico Board of Education. Gov. John Simms serves as ex-officio chairman and former school superintendent Georgia Lusk is ex-officio secretary.
Eisenhower Declares March as Red Cross Month
President Eisenhower designates March as Red Cross Month, urging national support and participation in blood drives and relief activities across the United States.
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Eisenhower
Consolidation Protested in New Mexico Education Board
Mrs. Angus MacGillivray for Sandoval County objects to December consolidations of Sandoval District 22 with Albuquerque Bernalillo system and Bernalillo District 19 under municipal control, asking the State Board of Education to rescind the actions.
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Santa FE
State Board of Education
Angus MacGillivray
Sandoval County
Edward Hawthorne Fined for Thirty Chicago Traffic Tickets
Edward Hawthorne 31 a laborer was fined 1225 dollars for thirty traffic tickets some dating back to 1951 in Chicago courthouse records.
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Chicago
Edward Hawthorne
Auto Show Section In Roswell Daily Record
The Roswell Daily Record features an Auto Show section detailing the 1955 model cars with photos and stories on automotive advances. It notes the show runs tomorrow and Sunday from 1 to 5:30 p.m. at the B 36 hangar at WAFB and offers tips to save motorists money and time.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Air Force
Walker Youth Association
Officers Club
Legislature Reaches Milepost on Routine Bills Ban
The 22nd New Mexico Legislature hits a milestone: no new routine bills allowed after day 45. Senate passes the administration small loan bill 30 to 1, limiting grandfather clauses and annual license renewals, with House to act.
Pay Raises Measure Near Final Action in Congress
Congress poised to approve a compromise pay bill increasing annual salaries to 8750 for members and 7500 to 10000 for federal judges. The plan sets 23750 for lawmakers, splitting the House’s 25000 proposal and the Senate’s 22500. Increases to take effect next Tuesday pending presidential signature.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
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Harriet Smither
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New Orleans
Walker Air Force Base
United States Weather Bureau
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Paris
W. C. Baumaf
W. K. Cagle
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