Dixon Yates dispute blocked by senators and lawmaker pledge
Sen Ather son rules out any Dixon Yates compromise and Rep Holifield vows to push a resolution disapproving the contract. Anderson plans further probes into Dixon Yates and AEC private power deals, with a possible SEC approval of a 50 million dollar investment and long term loans, all tied to West Memphis Arkansas and TVA power needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atherson
D-Nm
Holifield
D-Calif
Anderson
Congress
Dixon-Yates
Dixon- Yates
Middle’ South Utilities, Inc
Southern Co
Edgar H. Dixon
Eugene Yates
AEC
Dixon- Yates Group
Senate
House Committee
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Tennessee
Kentucky
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Mid-Air Crash Near Cincinnati Kills Fifteen
Two large planes collide southwest of Cincinnati killing about 15 people. One aircraft was a Trans World Airlines flight bound for Dayton and Cleveland with crew Captain J. W. Quinn and co-pilot R. Childress and hostess Pat Stermer. The other plane a Douglas DC 3 from Battle Creek carried pilots Arthur Werkhaven and Edward Agner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Greater Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Trans World Airlines
Dayton
Cleveland
TWA
J. W. Quinn
Belleville
Mich
R. Childress
Ann Arbor
Costa Rican Battle Flares as Air Raid Skims San Jose
An air raid described as a Venezuelan pursuit plane from Nicaragua machinegunned San Jose before being downed by Civil Guard antiaircraft fire. The rebel clash raged in Villa Quesada as government troops pressed north toward the frontier. The downed craft reportedly fell in the Los Ahogados river near Liberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Civil Guard
Villa Quesada
White House
Jose Figueres
Lacasa Airlines
Los Ahogados
Liberia
City Council Debates Street Work and Parking Changes
The City Council met for three hours at City Hall to approve Resolution 861 and certify a 20 sector strip work by Arm strong and Armstrong. They set a Feb 1 deadline for residents to petition for 1955 paving and discussed parallel parking on Main and bicycle safety near theaters, with talk of relocating meters and handling no parking zones and fire truck access. The diagonal to parallel swap was moved up one day to Jan 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
J. Max Littell
Roy V. Tyner
Dan E. Carpenter
C. M. Woodbury
Armstrong
Pecos
Chavez
Experts Address County Home Agents Conference
Cattle and farm experts address 150 New Mexico county agents and visitors at the annual extension workers conference in Las Cruces. J W Burch from the University of Missouri will discuss state methods. Sherwood Culberson from Lordsburg promotes the Eat More Beef program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Cruces
New Mexico County
J. W. Burch
University of Missouri
Sherwood Culberson
Lordsburg
New Mexico Cattlegrowers Assn
Burch
New Mexico A&m College
Abandon Search For Missing Plane In Southwest
The air search for a light Cessna missing since last Thursday over New Mexico and northern Arizona has been called off. Four Arizona men were aboard including pilot Jack Price of Flagstaff and passengers William Kopp Louis Weise and L. W. Slade of Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Arizona
New Mexico
Maj
A. H. Perry
Albuquerque Civil Air Patrol
Perry
Phoenix
Tucson
Bisbee
Clifton
Ariz
Jack Price
Flagstaff
William Kopp
Louis W. Weise
L. W. Slade
73 Licenses Suspended in New Mexico in First Week 1955
Santa Fe reports the Drivers License Branch suspended or revoked 73 New Mexico licenses during the first week of 1955, with most actions for drunken driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
New Mexico
Weather summary from United States Weather Bureau
Temperatures recorded at 3 hour intervals from 2 pm to 11 am show high 50 and low 26 degrees. Precipitation none in 24 hours ending 11 am. month to date and year to date totals 0.10 inch. Sunrise 7 03, sunset 5 10. Forecast calls for some cloudiness but mostly fair, warmer today with high near 58, colder tonight around 24, little change tomorrow.
New Mexico Legislature Opens With Public Welfare Bill
The 22nd New Mexico Legislature convened in Santa Fe with Gov John Simms presenting a welfare disclosure bill to open recipients and amounts to public view. Lawmakers discussed funding, tax collection, and economies as the session began in the Hall of Representatives with state officials and families present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
New Mexico
John Simms
M. P. Carr
Fort Sumner
Simms
Hall of Representatives
Supreme Court
John Simms Sr
Lawson Stiff
Albert Simms II
House of Representatives
Paratroop Airlift Crashes Two C-119 Flying Boxcars
At Stewart Air Force Base Tennessee a twin engine C-119 crashed while en route to Alaska for Operation Snowbird. Seventy-one paratroopers and airmen jumped to safety as two crew members remained missing. Pilot Captain T G Johnson guided the Miles City Montana leg to safety. The flight was part of 80 ferried troops from Fort Campbell Kentucky to Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
Alaska
Montana
Air Force
Miles City
Mont
T.G. Johnson
Sewart Afb
Ft. Campbell
503Rd Airborne Infantry Regiment
James_ Reynolds
Melbourne
Bids Sought for Six New Mexico Highway Projects
The State Highway Department issued bids for six highway construction projects totaling 61 miles across New Mexico. Bids open January 28. Projects include surfacing 12.6 miles on State Road 460 in Dona Ana County and 23.8 miles on State Road 256 in Lea County, with additional work on routes in Colfax, Grant, and U.S. Highway 85 near Raton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
State Highway Department
New Mexico
Dona Ana
Anthony
Colfax County
Raton
U. 2
Grant County
Hachita
Lea County
Far West
Blacktop
Springer
Cimarron
Execution of Brown Ends in Texas Electric Chair
Donald Hawkins Brown, 24, died in the Huntsville state prison death chamber after a late clemency denial. He invited the prosecutor, detectives, and jurors to witness his execution but none appeared, and he read a prepared statement on capital punishment before the first charge at 12:04 a.m. He was convicted for the New Year’s Eve 1953 murder of Edwin Campbell and burning his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Tex
Donald Hawkins Brown
Don Reid
Brown
Reid
Edwin Campbell
Plans Authorized for New Hope Elementary School
The Hope school board approved archite ct plans for a proposed 50 000 dollar elementary school with bids to follow after plans are finished A tentative March 14 open house is set Hermosa School ready for final inspection Friday and the junior high sees a 640 00 Christmas gift from contractors Lembke Clough and King A tunnel project was dropped then supplied for free The district also began livestock pens and equipment setup on newly purchased property at 13th and the Hope bypass with potential city water expansion beyond the town limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artelia
Hope
Vernon Mills
Mills
Hermosa School
Lembke
Clough and King
Truman Short
13Th
Hope By-Pass
Howard Stroup
Stroup
Skidmore Installed Head of DAV Sunshine State Chapter
A. L. Skidmore was installed as commander of Sunshine State Chapter 4 of the Disabled American Veterans in Ingalls Memorial Home. Charles Wells conducted the ceremony as district commander. New officers include Glenn Wasserman, Barney Roberson, William P. Bobo, Ralph Freeman, Floyd Graham, and others across committees and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Skidmore
Sunshine State Chapter 4
Ingalls Memorial Home
Charles Wells
New Mexico
Skidmore
DAV
Glenn Wasserman
Barney Roberson
William P. Bobo
Ralph Freeman
Floyd Graham
Alis Methvin
Charlie Wells
Amis Monk
Joe Darnell
George Dean
Charlie Richardson
Marvin Bowen
Ways and Means
Karl Fisher
Oe Frazier
AFL approves bill Albuquerque
Arthur B. Lopez, general organizer for the AFL in New Mexico and representative of the State County and Municipal Employees Union, says the executive board supports a state personnel bill to assure the state of qualified employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
Albuquerque
Arthur B. Lopez
New Mexico
Chavez Pledges Cooperation on Eisenhower Road Plan
Senator Chavez of New Mexico pledged Senate Public Works Committee cooperation with any feasible road program from President Eisenhower. He added support if the plan is not based on political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sen. Chavez
D-N.m
Senate Public Works Committee
Eisenhower
Chavez
Senate Group
American Road Builders Assn
Congress
New Mexico
Voters in County School Districts Elect Directors
Voters in six county school districts go to the polls on Tuesday February 1 to elect seven directors for three year terms. Polls open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. District 2 includes John Allen Phinizy and Jack Ridgill. Fred Payton serves on the LFD board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SFD
John Allen Phinizy
Jack Ridgill
LFD
Fred Payton
Prisoner Verdine to Rejoin His Family in Starks
Pvt. William Verdine held by Russians for five years may be repatriated to U S authorities in Berlin with a date for return to Starks Louisiana to reunite with his mother Mrs Willie Verdine a 55 year old widow who told reporters she is the happiest mother there ever was Verdine’s release followed reports from fellow freed Americans that he was seen at the Vorkuta labor camp in Arctic Russia Also noted were the cases of Pvt William C Marchuk and John H Noble who were freed and say missing Navy airmen may still be alive
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Noble
Detroit
Mich
William Marchuk
Norristown
Berlin
West Berlin
Noble
Marchuk
Washington
William Verdine
Starks
State Department
U.S
Verdine
Vorkuta
Arctic
Russia
Baltic Sea
Navy
Baltic
United States
Army
Willie Verdine
East Germany
Hammarskjold Returns Home After Talks With Reds
Dag Hammarskjold flies toward New York reporting progress toward freeing 11 Americans and other U.N. prisoners held by China. He refuses to disclose details of four talks with Premier Zhou Enlai and Foreign Minister Chou En lai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Pacific
New York
Hammarskjold
Peiping
Red China
Premie
Chou Enai
Hawaii
San Francisco
General Assembly
U.N. Command
Chou
London
Chiropractors Plan New Mexico Convention in Roswell
Fourteen members of the New Mexico Chiropractic Association gathered at Dr. W. B. Higgins’s Roswell office for a combined Board of Directors meeting and regional conference. Higgins directs the Southwest district. They discussed plans for the 1955 convention and appointed public relations chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico Chiropractic Association
W. B. Higgins
Roswell
Higgins
New Mexico
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House Atomic Energy Committee
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Central America
United States Weather Bureau
Texas
Dist
Atty
Henry Wade
Dallas
Campbell
Fort Worth
New Homeland
Albert and
Aloysius Sharpe
Madeline Pedley
Bernadetta Aton
Clement Shiro
Sachiko Kawaoka
Chiropractors
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Mrs. Wiley Isom
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