Frontier to Invest 500000 in Roswell Tele Movie Plan
Frontier Theaters, Inc. announces a 500000 investment in Roswell to pipe first run Tele-Movies into homes without ads. Service slated to start by January 1, 1958 with 12 noon to midnight daily programming and three weekly changes. A minimum 5000 subscribers at 9.50 monthly required for break even.
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Hank Smith
Frontier Theaters, Inc
Roswell
Ed Kidwell
Oklahoma
Bartlesville
Okla
Kidwell
Telephone Company
Southwestern Public Service Co
Kid
Senate probes racketeering links in Portland gambling
A Senate committee hearing in Washington promised new disclosures on racketeers and Teamsters officials controlling vice in Portland Oregon. James Elkins described deals with Teamsters leaders and Portland District Attorney Langley amid indictments, while Local 690 in Spokane funded gamblers and saloonkeepers with over 50 000. The testimony links Dave Beck and Frank Brewster to the case, as Beck travels abroad awaiting return to testify in late March.
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Washington
Senate
Teamsters
Portland
Ore
James Elkins
Robert F. Kennedy
Elkins
William Langley
Teamsters Union
Langley
Spokane
Seattle
Dave Beck
The
Frank W. Brewster
Western Teamsters Conference
Albert J. Ruhi
Sam Bassett
Ruhl
Bassett
Richard Klinge
Rainbow Tavern
Kennedy
Klinge
Dave Bcck Jr
Beck
Europe
Humble Treasurer Sees Oil Growth Forecast
New Orleans report from the American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers quotes Dr. Richard Gonzales of Humble Oil and Refining Co. predicting growth in oil production due to improved techniques and new discoveries, with national output rising above prior estimates.
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New Orleans
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
Richard Gonzales
Houston
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Carlsbad man Marvin Redding fined for DWI
Marvin W. Redding 31 of Carlsbad paid a 190 dollar fine yesterday in the court of R. Perry Bean for driving while intoxicated.
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Marvin W. Redding
Carlsbad
R. Perry Bean
Youngest U S Turncoat Quits Reds in Disgust
Samuel David Hawkins, 23, the youngest U S turncoat from the Korean War, left Red China amid anger at the Soviet Union crushing Hungarys revolt. He crossed the border into the U S zone with U S Vice Consul Backe noting he had not forfeited citizenship. Hawkins had been dishonorably discharged in 1954.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Russia
Hungary
Samuel David Hawkins
Soviet Union
Oklahoma City
Hawkins
U. S
China
Canton
S. M. Backe
Backe
United States
Merkel Runaway Girl and Boy Returned to Parents
A 16 year old girl and a 17 year old boy from Merkel Texas were apprehended by the sheriff's department and placed in the care of their parents last night. Authorities did not report further details of the incident.
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Merkel, Tex
Sheriff's Department
State pays one third of East McGaffey project to city manager
A $3,260.92 check was received today by C. M. Woodbury city manager. It represents the state’s one third payment for the East McGaffey project, with work completed on December 7.
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C. M. Woodbury
East McGaffey
Utilities Move Costs Sparks New Mexico Highway Bill
A Senate bill would tap nine million dollars over 15 years from road funds to pay moving costs for utilities along highways. Highway Department oppose unless payments apply only to publicly owned utilities, arguing federal funds could cover some costs. Critics warn private utility bills could boost consumer rates. Representative Edward Yudin and others press concern that shifting costs to customers may occur.
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Santa FE
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Jack Watson
House Judiciary Committee
Watson
New Mexico
Edward Yudin
R-Bernalillo
Labor Fights Bill Shifting Workmen's Claims to Commission
Labor forces rally in New Mexico as the Senate passes SF75 to place workmen's compensation cases under a commission rather than courts. House leadership blocks an early referral while behind the scenes maneuvering and party lines shape a close debate amid past votes and a looming hearing on severance tax and state finances.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
House of Representatives
Senate
T. E. Lusk
D-Eddy
House
Judiciary
Appropriations
Donald Hallam
John Burroughs
D-Roosevelt
Hallam
Lusk
House Natural Resources Committee
Mid-Day Lions Visit Hagerman for Weekly Session
Bill Rives, president of the Roswell Mid-Day Lions Club, led 24 members in an official visit to Hagerman Lions for their Tuesday night meeting. W. E. Knoy, Hagerman vice president, presided in the president’s absence and announced a pancake supper planned to be announced around April 1, with T. A. Bledsoe as pancake supper chair.
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Bill Rives
Roswell
Mid-Day Lions Club
Hagerman Lions Club
Hagerman
W. E. Knoy
Hagerman Lions
Knoy
T. A. Bledsoe
Guilty Pleas In Eight Court Cases Reported
Four defendants pleaded guilty in the eight cases heard yesterday before Judge George T. Harris. Vergara and Tutrow and Campbell and Ernest Allen accepted guilty pleas, with sentences deferred to 1:30 p.m. today. Other defendants stood innocent or awaiting further action. the docket includes grand larceny, receiving and concealing stolen property, conspiracy, and possession of marijuana with various bonds and arraignments pending.
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George T. Harris
Jose Diaz Vergara
Hdy. Sqdn
Walker Air Force Base
Paul Snead
Ver
Grand Larceny
Richard Campbell
Armament Electronics Sqdn
WAFS
Tutrow
Campbell
Dick Bean
Slick Derrick
Hagerman
Antonio Flores Garcia
Ohio Ave
Lee Cathey
George Sanderson Sturges
Bakersfield
Calif
Plymouth
Stanley G. ‘Barnett
Snead
Mollet Sees Narrowed US French Policy Rift After Talks
French Premier Mollet reports progress with President Eisenhower on easing a breach in French American policy following the Egypt invasion. White House Press Secretary Hagerty notes optimism and focuses on Middle East crises, including Israel troop withdrawal and UN sanctions risk.
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Washington
Guy Mollet
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
White House
Mollet
United Nations
Israel
Hagerty
Middle East
U.N
Dulles
Roswell approves 960000 school bond for new junior high
Voters yesterday pass a 960000 school bond by 662 to 78, funding a 500000 junior high on a 10 acre site near East Bland Street. The plan includes high school addition and a new elementary school with contract hoped to be let in June for completion before September 1958. unofficial totals show 339 votes at Washington Avenue and 401 at Missouri Avenue polls.
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Roswell
East Bland Street
Atkinson Avenue
H. F. Allred
Vorhees and Standhardt
Allred
Washington Avenue
Missouri Avenue School
Police Cruiser Strikes Velarde Man Killing Velarde Resident
In Velarde on the highway to Taos a state police car driven by Officer Robert Budagher struck Antonio Romero a 70 year old Velarde resident who was in the roadway. Authorities say Budagher was not at fault and was traveling 35 mph when the walk across the highway emerged suddenly. This incident marks New Mexico's 51st traffic fatality of the year.
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Espanola
Velarde
Antonio Romero
Robert Budagher
Taos
Budagher
I. E. Salazar
Joe Roach
Dist
Walter Kegel
Salazar
New Mexico
Roswell duo’s opera set for Cambridge four performances
Roswell author Paul Horgan and composer Ernst Bacon bring Tree on the Plains to Harvard University with Harvard Radcliffe students in Cambridge Mass. Landon Young of Roswell directs the production with Walter Hendl’s premiere work Great River as a recent national success.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Walter Hendl
Great River
Ernst Bacon
Paul Horgan
Roswell
Tree On the Plains
Cambridge
Mass
Music Department
Harvard University
Harvard
Radcliffe
Landon Young
New England Conservatory of Music
Projo
Boduction
Lorrie Wilcon
Re- Liams
Thomas Gregg
David Sutherland
Assistsi
Margaret
Fairbank
Colorado
Plains
League of Composers of New York
Spartanburg
S. Sc
Greensboro
N. C
Rock Hill
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Syracuse University
Stanford University
Oakland, Calif
Young of
Ros
Nicholas
Harvard-Radcliffe
Boston
Horgan
Thomas M. Messer
Roswell Heaven
American Federation of Arts
New York
Museum of Contemporary Arts
IRA Trips Four Bombs in Ireland
IRA units planted ten bombs in four areas of Ireland last night all set to detonate at 9 30 p.m. Police reported the blasts damaged electric and telephone networks and left several towns in darkness with no injuries.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Communists Spent 20 Million on Propaganda in Japan
A U S Embassy spokesman told visiting American editors that Communists used about 20 million dollars for propaganda in Japan during the previous year.
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Tokyo
Japan
U. S
Two Airmen Hurt In Jet Trainer Crash Near Johnson City
Two Air Force pilots were injured in a jet trainer crash near Johnson City while en route from Shepperd AFB Wichita Falls to Kelly AFB San Antonio. Col. James C. Beam and Lt. Larry Wood were flown to Lackland AFB Hospital after initial treatment.
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Johnson City
Air Force
James C. Beam
Shepperd Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Lowry Afb
Denver
Colo
Larry Wood
Shepperd
Kelly Afb
San Antonio
Lackland Afb
Three Fresno Block Break-ins Loot Totals Three Dollars
Three adjacent Fresno businesses were broken into on the same block. Safe, desks, and filing cabinets were ransacked, yielding a total loot of three dollars. No further details on suspects or motives were provided.
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Fresno
Calif
Three Cases Heard in Police Court Tonight
Three cases were heard in police court today. Two defendants faced intoxication charges and one was charged with drunkenness and vagrancy.
Berkeley Man Faces Jail Time Over Long-Delayed Speeding Ticket
Carl Martin, arrested in 1950 for speeding, saw Municipal Judge Redman Staats after returning from six years in Japan and Korea with the National Guard. Staats told him to post 35 dollars bail and forfeit the ticket or risk jail if he appeared in court.
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Berkeley
Calif
Carl Martin
National Guard
Japan
Korea
Bay Area
Martin
Redman Staats
Staats
Louie G. Link Funeral Rites Planned Thursday
Funeral services for Louie G. Link 49 Roswell city clerk treasurer will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Ballard Chapel with Dr L D Ball officiating Special music by Ted Roberts Masons meet at 1 30 p m at their temple prior to service Masonic rites to follow at South Park Cemetery Survivors include widow Lorene Busby three children Bernard Jov 11 Jov 9 and Mrs Louis Netherlin two grandchildren mother Ivy Mac Donald Link and sister Mrs Willamay Johnson all of Roswell Active pallbearers include Mayor Ernest C Toker city manager C M Woodbury Scott Smith George Spires Cecil Covey and Alex Tindell Honorary pallbearers listed as brothers in law and other named relatives
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Louie G. Link
Ballard Chapel
L. D. Ball
First Baptist
Ted Roberts
South Park
Lorene Busby
Bernard
Louis Netherlin
Ivy MacDonald Link
Willamay Johnson
Roswell
Ernest C. Toker
C. M. Woodbury
Scott Smith
George Spires
Cecil Covey
Alamogordo
Alex Tindell
Melrose
Don Busby
Byron Oglesby
Millard Dement
Willard Haragan
James F. Smith
Fred Blocksom
Kenneth Smith
Gene Fisher
B.F. Patterson
Frank Horsman
Earl Netherlin
Paul Steenson
Pinon
Embrey Wall
Elida
Man's name corrected in court ruling for bogus check case
An admitted bogus check passer complained in U S District Court that the U S attorney's office misspelled his name Judge Waldo Rogers had an a changed to an e in Jimmy Findleys last name and sentenced him to two years
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Albuquerque
N.M
U. S. District Court
U. S. Attorney's Office
Waldo Rogers
Jimmy Findley
Roswell Daily Record Editor Speaks at Lions Club Dinner
Al Stubbs managing editor of the Roswell Daily Record gave the principal address after the annual Ladies Night dinner meeting of the Downtown Lions Club.
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al Stubbs
Roswell Daily Record
Downtown
Lions Club
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