Bogart Dies at 56 After Cancer Battle
Hollywood mourns Humphrey Bogart long plagued by esophageal cancer dying at home after a coma. Survived by wife Lauren Bacall and two children Stephen and Leslie, he requested no photographers and asked flowers be omitted with donations to the American Cancer Society. Funeral planned at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Bogart
Maynard Bandsmag
Lauren Bacall
Stephen
Leslie
The
American Cancer Society
Death Decree for Strikes Shocks Budapest Citizens
In Budapest a new decree under Janos Kadar’s regime mandates death within 24 hours for strike promoters and those disturbing factory activity. The measure expands special courts to handle offenses against utilities and large employers as martial law tightens after protests and walkouts. Soviet armored cars patrol city streets amid ongoing government crackdowns.
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Budapest
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Hears Appeal For Longer Loans In Drought Texas
President Eisenhower heard an appeal from Texas farmers ranchers bankers and officials for more liberal longer federal loans to drought hit land. He toured 22.6 miles of affected area as locals urged faster action and looser loan rules to restore credit and recovery within two to four years.
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San Angelo
Eisenhower
Texas
Benson
Secretary of Interior
Seaton
West Texas
Main Street
Truman backs plan amid push to aid Middle East
Former President Truman urged Congress to follow the President in the plan to block Soviet expansion in the Middle East. Secretary Dulles warned swift action is needed to prevent losing the region and Western Europe. Senate and House hearings continue as GOP leaders weigh economic aid and troop authority.
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Truman
Independence
Congress
Middle East
Washington
Dulles
Senate
Eisenhower Administration
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Service Committees
Eisenhower
U. S
House
United States
Europe
Republican
Knowland
California
House Committee
Morse
D-Ore
ABCTV
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
White House
Rhode Island Deer Hunter Breaks Legal First This Century
Charlestown Rhode Island Ronald Kenyon who had never used a bow before six days ago killed a 140 pound deer with a bow becoming the second sportsman in this century to legally kill a deer in the state. Deer hunting was permitted.
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Charlestown, R. I
Ronald Kenyon
Rhode Island
Wood Madonna Stirs Visitors at Marin Gallery
In Sausalito California a wooden Madonna carved by Clara Bass from driftwood drew crowds at the Marine Art Gallery. The 10 by 20 inch piece hung on a wall as sap oozed from a resin duct, prompting curious onlookers and even a few to kneel before the sculpture.
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Sausalito
Calif
Marine Art Gallery
Clara Bass
Miss Bass
Wreck Victim Listed In Serious Condition
Austen B. Copeland, 35, of 512 West Fourth Street in Clovis, was injured when his 1946 De Soto sedan rolled over 30 miles east of Roswell on U.S. Highway 70 at 10 10 Saturday night. He was taken to the medical center with broken ribs and a punctured lung after losing control and skidding 100 feet into a culvert.
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Austen B. Copeland
Fourth St
Clovis
Copeland
de Soto
Roswell
Playful incident backfires injures two cadets at Hagerman Barracks
Cadets Anthony Gilbert of Albuquerque and Joe Beard of San Antonio Texas, both third classmen, fell from a second story railing at Hagerman Barracks during a playful scuffle. They were treated at St Mary's and moved to NMMI campus hospital with bruises and bumps but no broken bones. Cadets Ramming, Parnell and Captain Norcross coordinated the response and transport. Beard serves as first sergeant and Gilbert as sergeant in Company G, with Beard also on the Cadet Honor Board.
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Institute Hospital
Hagerman Barracks
Anthony J. Gilbert
Joe R. Beard
Gilbert
Albuquerque
Beard
San Antonio
Texas
St. Mary’s
I. J. Marshall
Lonnie Ross
Albert Kramer
Denver
David Malone
Dallas
John W. Ramming
Taos
Ram
Bill Parnell
Oklahoma City
Fred S. Norcross
Three Deaths Boost Highway Toll to Eight
The toll rises to eight after three more deaths in New Mexico. Irene Billie, 28, of Shiprock, was struck on U S 550 while getting out of a pickup driven by John Begay. Santiago Purley, 56, of Cubero, died when his pickup left U S 66 and plunged into an arroyo near Albuquerque. Joe Josola, of Socorro, was killed at a street intersection while attempting to hitch a ride, struck by a car driven by Myrtle Watkins.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Irene Billie
Shiprock
Herman ‘Hulse
Farmington
U. S.550
Bill Hastings
John Begay
Red Rock Trading Post
Hastings
Begay
Santiago Purley
Cubero
Albuquerque
U. S
Socorro
Joe Josola
Myrtle Watkins
Georgia reports zero traffic fatalities over weekend
For the first time in over a year no Georgia traffic fatalities were reported by the state patrol. The zero count covers Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, marking a rare weekend without fatal accidents in the state.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Patrol
Former Illinois Senator C Wayland Brooks Dies
Chicago native C Wayland Brooks died at Passavant Hospital at age 59 after being admitted January 8 with chest pains later confirmed as a heart attack. Brooks served as Illinois senator from 1940 to 1948 and won election to fill the unfinished term of James Hamilton Lewis. He was defeated by Paul Douglas in 1948.
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Chicago
Illinois
Wayland Brooks
Passavant Hospital
Brooks
Six New Mexico Cities Vote On Bonds And City Offices
Voters in Las Cruces Truth or Consequences Clovis Alamogordo Tucumcari and Raton select bond issues up to 1 million dollars and choose city officials. Alamo options include flood protection streets water and sewer projects. Clovis sees a 50000 park bond. Tucumcari ballots fund airport and library. Raton backs 95000 swimming pool. Alamogordo fields 14 candidates for three commissions.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Las Cruces
Truth Or Consequences
Clovis
Alamogordo
Tucumcari
Raton
Alastian
Tac
Justice of the Peace
Mechem and Chavez Welcome Eisenhower in drought aid visit
Gov. Edwin Mechem and Sen. Chavez joined President Eisenhower in Clovis for a drought tour amid hunger for rain and federal relief. Anderson canceled. Mechem urged water storage and conservation as key federal aid, with a Wichita meeting to shape Southwest drought relief.
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Edwin Mechem
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Sen
Anderson
Mechem
Clovis Air Force Base
Eisenhower
Blackie Worrell
New Mexico
Tucson
Ariz
James Hagerty
Southwest
Wichita
Kan
Ben McAlister
New Mexico Farm Bureau
Kansas
Clovis
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Sybil Emerson
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