Finish Talks Over Airmen Held by Reds
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and Premier Chou En-lai closed Peiping talks with a pledge to continue contact. They avoided comment on the 11 U.S. airmen held in China and noted the discussions were useful. Hammarskjold leaves Peiping for Hong Kong then Tokyo and San Francisco.
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United Nations
U.N
Pomggend
China
Peiping
Chou
State Council
People’s Republic of China
Peking
Per Lind
Hammarskjold
Hong Kong
Tokyo
San Francisco
Hugo Wistrand
United States
Reds Have infiltrated defense plants says Senate panel
The Senate Investigations subcommittee reports that the Communist party has successfully infiltrated national defense industries and urges new safeguards. It urges Congress to bar suspected saboteurs from defense plants and the Defense Department to create regulations removing Communists from establishments producing materials for national defense. The panel notes no current law allows ousting from nonsecret work and stresses the need for strict security to prevent espionage or sabotage.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Communist Party
Subcommittee
Congress
Senate
House
Defense Department
National Defense
United States
Weather summary from United States Weather Bureau
Temperatures recorded at 3 hour intervals from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today show a high of 37 and a low of 18 with readings around mid 20s. Precipitation none in the past 24 hours. month to date and year to date totals are .10. Sunrise 7 03 sunset 5 09 length of day 10.1 hours. Forecast calls for clearing today and rising temperatures with a high near 45 tonight increasing cloudiness and a low around 20. Partly cloudy and slightly warmer tomorrow.
Youth Week Plans Map Meeting Tonight at First Christian Church
National Youth Week plans will be set at a 7 pm meeting at the First Christian Church. Miss Betty Taylor, president of the United Church Youth Movement Council, outlines observance for Jan 30 to Feb 6 and election of this year’s officers. Junior and senior high students, pastors, and adults are invited. Observances are interdenominational with past activities including morning worship, banquet, and closing rally.
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First Christian Church
Betty Taylor
United Church Youth Movement Council
United Church Youth Movement
United States
Brake and Light Sticker Due For 1955 Period
Group 3 motor vehicles including trailers and motorcycles must obtain No 6 brake and light stickers for January 1 to June 30 1955 Capt I R Funk of New Mexico Police said the 6 sticker replaces the 12 which expired December 31 1954 motorists with expired stickers face penalties under the law.
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I. R. Funk
New Mexico
Seven Die in Wreck Near Fincastle Virginia
Seven persons were killed late Friday night near Fincastle in one of Virginia's worst automobile accidents.
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Fincastle
Virginia
Eisenhower seeks power to cut tariffs and expand trade
President Eisenhower asked Congress for authority to cut tariffs up to 15 percent gradually and reciprocally to boost economic growth in allied nations. He urged customs simplification, favors abroad investment tax cuts, and proposes expansion of tax treaties, GATT review, international travel duties, and increased participation in world trade fairs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Customs
United States
Free World
U.S
Snow Brings Relief and Hardship to Texas Cattlemen
Snow up to eight inches covers West Texas ranges aiding drought weakened deer while closing schools and freezing roads. In Centerville a plane crash killed 31 year old W F Davidson as rain fell across East Texas. Ranchers report deer starvation and cattle feeding efforts amid scarce forage and new weed growth.
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Big Spring
Tex
Texas
Centerville
W. F. Davidson
Municipal League seeks more funds for wobbly cities
The New Mexico Municipal League asks the Legislature to approve higher property and auto license tax revenue for cities to ease tight budgets. Proposals include a property tax cap of 20 per thousand and shifting auto license sales money from the general fund. Also favored is optional Social Security coverage for municipal workers. Cities at the meeting included Santa Fe Albuquerque Clovis Ruidoso Carlsbad Deming Farmington Clayton and Aztec.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Municipal League
New Mexico
League
Adair Gossett
Carlsbad
Gossett
Albuquerque
Clovis
Ruidoso
Deming
Farmington
Clayton
Aztec
Firemen Respond Four Times In Weekend Blaze Roundup
Roswell firefighters logged four runs over the weekend. At 1 42 p.m. they tackled a blaze near a workbench at 121342 W Second St causing minor damage. A 1951 Cadillac burned near town with trunk area affected. A trash truck fire at the city garage required a booster. A house fire at 301 N Orchard Ave damaged floor and couch when a burning log rolled from the fireplace.
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Roswell
Second St
George Daniels
Dan Carpenter
N. Orchard Ave
Weekend Break-Ins Reported in City
Police report two break ins over the weekend. At New China Cafe 400 S Main St a jukebox cash box containing 20 dollars was taken in a 6 15 a m break in yesterday. Tesco Neon Signs 602 E Second St was ransacked but nothing stolen in a 11 30 p m Saturday incident.
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New China Cafe
S. Main St
Tesco Neon Signs
E. Second St
New Mexico Criticized for Handling Crime and Corrections
The National Probation and Parole Assn reports New Mexico lacks adequate resources to rehabilitate offenders. It urges two commissions for juvenile and adult offenders, more detention and shelter care, expanded probation staffing, and a state parole bureau with trained officers to supervise released inmates.
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Albuquerque
National Probation and Parole Assn
New Mexico
Criminal Court
John Schapps
National Probation and Parole Assa
Schapps
Schapp
Springer
Hallam Emerges as Leading House Speaker Hopeful
Hobbs attorney Don Hallam stands as the leading contender for the 1955 House speaker post as New Mexico lawmakers brace for a Democratic majority in both chambers. Democrats plan caucuses at the Capitol and La Fonda to organize the Senate, while Hallam faces rivals Floyd Darrow, W. O. Culbertson, Virgil McCollum, and Ralph Gallegos for the speakership. The Senate remains 22 to 9 Democrats with one change: Tom Montoya replaces his brother Lt. Gov. Joseph Montoya after a county appointment.
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Santa FE
Don Hallam
Hobbs
House
Senate
John F. Simms
Capitol
Tom Brown Sr
la Fonda
Hallam
Alvin Stockton
Floyd Darrow
Albuquerque
W. O. Culbertson
San Miguel County
Virgil McCollum
Carlsbad
Ralph Gallegos
Tom Montoya
Sandoval
County Commission
Joseph M. Montoya
Snow Deposits on Ranchland Across Southeastern New Mexico
A new storm edges toward California and may bring snow to western New Mexico by tomorrow afternoon. The southeastern ranchlands saw over one inch of snow, with Hobbs reporting one and a half inches. Weekend snow fell in northern mountain ranges and the far northwest, as temperatures cooled with Grants at two above, Farmington 26, Columbus 48, and Clovis 32 during the day.
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Main Street
California
New Mexico
Hobbs
Grants
Farmington
Columbus
Clovis
Atomic scientists injured in head on crash near Las Vegas
Five atomic scientists and technicians traveling from Las Vegas to Camp Mercury were injured in a head on collision about 40 miles northwest of Las Vegas. They were hospitalized at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Names include Walter TitusDonald L Clark Asbjorn Kongsness James W Hill and Reginald Fleetham.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Camp Mercury
Here
Sheriff’s Office
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Walter Titus
University of California
Livermore
Calif
Donald L. Clark
University of California At Berkeley
Asbjorn Kongsness
James W. Hill
Berkeley Radiation Laboratory
Reginald Fleetham
Berkeley Laboratory
Mystery Illness Drains 168 Pints of Blood in Dallas
A five hour operation failed to locate a source of internal bleeding in 47 year old Hubert W Harris of Dallas. Diffused bleeding from multiple intestinal areas prevented a surgical fix as Harris enters a second week of bleeding guided by ongoing blood transfusions from donors across several states.
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Dallas
Hubert W. Harris
Harris
John Emmert
Joseph M. Hill
Wadley Blood Center
Baylor Hospital
Schedule for Free Chest X-rays This Week
Free chest X-ray service available this week in Chaves County for persons 15 and older. Schedule includes Jan 11 East Grand Plains Lions Club 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 p.m. Jan 12 Dexter City Hall 1 to 7 p.m. Jan 13 Dexter City Hall 1 to 7:30 p.m. Jan 14 Hagerman City Hall 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m.
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Chaves County Mobile Chest
East Grand Plains
Roosevelt General Hospital Chief Resigns for Los Alamos Post
George M. Brewer, administrator at Roosevelt General Hospital Portales since 1950, has resigned to take the administrator position at the 85 bed Los Alamos hospital. He is a former president of the New Mexico Hospital Administrators.
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Portales
George M. Brewer
Roosevelt General Hospital
Los Alamos Hospital
New Mexico
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