New Mexico Legislature Eyes Economic Health Hearings
The 1955 New Mexico Legislature reconvenes at the Capitol to hear industry leaders on current conditions and outlooks. Speakers include leaders from cattle wool oil and copper groups plus UNM economist Nathan Wollman and LA Los Alamos senator breezes through. A representative from labor will also attend as 86 legislators return to sessions.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Capitol
House
Senate
Sherwood Culberson
Lordsburg
New Mexico Cattle Growers Assn
Floyd Lee
San Mateo
New Mexico Wool Growers Assn
Emery Carper
Roswell
The
New Mexico Oil and Gas Assn
Nataniel Wollman
University of New Mexico
Jack Knaebel
Grants
Anaconda Copper Corp
Ben McAllister
Simms
Los Alamos
Matias Chacon
Rio Arriba
Panicked Airman Jumps to Death From B50 at Biggs AFB
A 24 year old airman at Biggs Air Force Base in El Paso leaped from a B50 during a ground simulated takeoff. The bomber was moving about 60 miles per hour with bomb bay doors open as part of a routine drill. The base said the act appeared to be a panic-induced jump. the airman’s name was withheld.
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EL Paso
Texas
Biggs Air Force Base
Robert P. Nelson
Biggs
Nelson
San Jose
Costa Rica
Costa Ricca
inter-American
Teodoro Picado
Managua
Nicaragua
Picado
West Point
Los Angeles
Jose Mora
Uruguay
Council of the Organization of American States
OAS Council
Rio de Janeiro
OAS
la Cruz
Liberia
Las Canas
Washington
Grecia
inter-American Investigating Commission
United States
U.S. Army
Coco Solo
National toll roads plan proposed as substitute system
Washington proposals call for a national toll highway network funded by state and federal turnpike authorities. H. E. Bailey urged repealing the federal gas tax and creating a national turnpike authority with 1.416 billion dollars yearly from vehicle taxes. The plan would finance a 40 000 mile interstate network with tolls and bonds, with federal aid for sparse areas.
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Washington
Presidential Commission
H. E. Bailey
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Public Roads
Clay
Bailey
U N Says Peiping Talks Opened Questions on Seat
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjo ld said the Peiping talks with Chou En-lai raised questions about a U N seat but he had clearly set conditions for the release of 11 American fliers. He called the visit the first step in ongoing contact.
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Unite! Nations
N. Y
Dag Hammarskijold
Red China
Chou En-lai
U. N
Peiping
Greek Born Baby Finds New Family in Navy Man Parent
A 17 month old Greek born girl named Roni Marie arrived in the United States with her adoptive father Navy Lt. Norman Donahoe and met her new mother Helen in New York. The meeting at Pennsylvania Station was emotional with the child quickly settling as the couple’s first child. The Donahoes, married five years, plan to drive to Houston after completing adoption formalities and the father serves as an instructor at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station.
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New York
Roni Marie
Navy
Norman
Moose) Donahoe
Athens
Patuxent
Helen
Pennsylvania Station
Mrs. Donahoe
Donahoes
Donahue
Greece
Houston
Tex
Donahoe
Corpus Christi
Naval Air Station
Cadet Posz Elected Vice President at NMMI Officers’ Club
Cadet Capt Sakie Posz was elected vice president of the New Mexico Military Institute Officers' Club, replacing Maj Charles Chamberlain who will become president at graduation next week. Cadet Capt Jerry Bear is secretary-treasurer. Posz and Bear are Roswell, New Mexico natives, while Chamberlain hails from Rushville Nebraska.
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Sakie Posz
New Mexico Military Institute Officers’ Club
Posz
Charles Chamberlain
Robert Sisk
Jerry Bear
Post
Bear
Roswell
Chamberlain
Rushville
Neb
New Mexico plate distributors named by state officials
The new state administration announced several motor vehicle license plate distributors. Listed are Hester Daniel Portales Eth el McKinzey Aztec Dewey Dar nell Farmington Cruz Fernandez Charlsbad Dorothy Miller Arte sia Marie Reeves Alamogordo Rosina Mondragon Bernalillo and Arthur B. West incumbent Elida.
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Santa FE
Hester Daniel
Portales
Ethel McKinzey
Aztec
Dewey Darnell
Farmington
Cruz Fernandez Charlsbad
Dorothy Miller
Artesia
Marie Reeves
Alamogordo
Rosina Mondragon
Bernalillo
Arthur B. West
Elida
Weather Summary from United States Weather Bureau
Reading at three hour intervals shows a high of 49 and a low of 37 with normal peaks for the date at 53 and 25. Precipitation traces to date include ten hundredths for the year and month. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with possible light rain or snow and cooler temperatures tomorrow.
Artesia Accepts State Conditions On Urban Project Route
Artesia City Council adopted a resolution to declare First Street inside city limits part of U S Highway 285 and to forego stop lights without state approval. The state will pay for underground lighting cable and concrete anchor bolts, while the city handles remaining utility work.
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Artesia
State Highway Department
First Street
Doug Fowler
Artesia Wrecking Company
North First Street
Eagle Draw
John Clark
Champ Clark Street
Roselawn
Langford
Water Committee
Lowell Davis
Telephone warning to McCarthy neighbor in Washington
Mrs. George W. Ennis, neighbor of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, described a phone warning she received from a man with a foreign sounding voice. He told her to vacate the premises and threatened that they would blow up Sen. Joe McCarthy.
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George W. Ennis
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Washington
Senators Clamp Down as Aides Face Motions
A Senate Juvenile Delinquency subcommittee debate erupts over Beaser and Clendenen writing magazine articles about the group's work before final report. Hendrickson, the former chairman, contemplates drastic action but opts to risk keeping staff on.
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Washington
Senate
Herbert W Beaser
Counsl
Richard Clendenen
Robert C. Hendrickson
New Jersey
Eisenhower
New Zealand
Beaser
Clendenen
Saturday Evening Post
Hendrickson
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Subcommittee
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Hennings
D-Mo
Oil Conservation Group Studies Gas By-Products Control
The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission in Santa Fe studied how to regulate by products from natural gas operations. They discussed drip gasoline and scrubber oil, estimating about 20 000 barrels monthly worth around 52 000 to 53 000 dollars, arising from liquid hydrocarbons in pipelines. They aim to create enforceable rules with teeth to control disposal and prevent losses from mechanical failures.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission
William B. Macey
OCC
Macey
Named caucus chairmen named in New Mexico Senate
In Santa Fe Sen. Henry Eager of Quay is named caucus chairman for the Democrats and Sen. John Cusack of Chaves is named caucus chairman for the Republicans in the State Senate.
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Santa FE
Henry Eager
Quay
John P. Cusack
Chaves
Senate
Eisenhower Seeks Four Year Draft Extension and Pay Hikes
President Eisenhower wins quick bipartisan support in Congress for extending the draft and raising military pay. He also pushes a reorganized reserve pool and broader military manpower program amid skirmishes on other program elements.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Man Arrested in Lake Arthur Grocery Break-In
Anselmo Berumen, 21, was arrested near Lake Arthur after a Tuesday night break-in at Hart Grocery. Officers recovered most stolen items including candy, cigarettes, canned goods, and a box of .22 ammunition found in a barn. He was located in an irrigation ditch west of Lake Arthur and brought to county jail.
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Anselmo Berumen
Lake Arthur
Hart Grocery
Sheriff's Department
Arnold J. Smith
State Police
Ike Funk
Eddy County
Jap Harrell
Marvin T. Hill
Sheriff’s Office
Charlie Troublefield
Hagerman
FBI
State Cattle Sanitary Board
San Antonio
Garner
Fish and Wildlife Service
Police seek eighth man in New Mexico fence ring
SOCORRO police hunted an eighth suspect in a fence ring after seven arrests the day before. Six men including Willie Lucero Charlie Lucero and Je sus Griego of San Acadia and Manuel Arvizo and Joe Arvizo of San Antonio plus Andres Griego Jr of Acacia faced grand larceny or possession charges. Pablo Sanchez of Lemitar held on stolen goods.
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Socorro
Lee Garner
Willie Lucero
Charlie Lucero
Jesus Griego
San Acadia
Manuel Arvizo
Joe Arvizo
San Antonio
N. M
Andres
Dulles Lodge to Attend Secret SAC Briefing in Omaha
Secretary of State Dulles and Ambassador Lodge join top U.S. diplomats for a Strategic Air Command briefing in Omaha Nebraska. Hoover Jr. also travels, while Lodge leaves New York for Omaha. The talks aim to discuss Hammarskjold’s Peiping mission and the release of U N personnel in Red China.
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Washington
Dulles
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
State Department
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Lodge
United Nations
Mitchell Field
N.Y
Hammarskjold
Peiping
U.N
Red China
Dulles-Lodge
Dag Hammarskjold
Far East
U S and UN Seek Release of 11 Fliers from Red China
United Nations Chief Henry Cabot Lodge Jr and Dag Hammarskjold report progress in efforts to free 11 American airmen imprisoned by Red China. Lodge meets with Dulles to review Hammarskjold's Peiping talks and presses for continued patience and determination. Hammarskjold calls a news conference to outline what occurred in Peiping with Chou En Lai.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Washington
China
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
Lodge
Dulles
Hammarskjold
Red China
U. N
Chou En-lai
United States
Idlewild
Carrier’s Plan to Start After Noon This Saturday
A carrier states they will begin collection after noon and finish Saturday morning. The note asks for cooperation to ensure full profit on Saturday.
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Review
Senat
Toll Roads Plan
Walker Afb
Francis H. Griswold
Walker A.F.B
SAC
Charles W. Schott
47Th Air Division
Walker
Lexie E. Herrin
Schott
Griswold
William K. Martin
el Hammarskiold
Reo
Poze
NMMI
United States Weather Bureau
Sanchez
W. K. Tibbles
C. R. Waldron
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