Eisenhower Walks Over Bone-Dry soil near Clovis
President Dwight D. Eisenhower surveyed drought stricken New Mexico during a one hour stop near Clovis. He walked the Raymond Worrell farm west of Clovis and expressed concern for drought impacts while greeting officials at Clovis Air Force Base.
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Blackie Worrell
Raymond Worrell
Eisenhower
Worrell
Wor
Hank Smith
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Clovis
Raymond ‘‘Blackie
Worrell Farm
New Mexico
Ezra Taft Benson
United States
Pennsylvania
Clovis Air Force Base
Edwin L. Mechem
Dennis Chaves
Roger B. Corbett
A&m College
Robert H. Black
William Moyer
Clovis Afb
Ike
New Mexico A&m College
Edwin L. Meenem
NM Farm Bureau Launches Drive For Membership
The New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau begins a week long state wide membership drive starting January 13. W E Utterback president of the Chaves County Farm and Livestock Bureau urges every farm and ranch family in Chaves county to join the largest agricultural organization in New Mexico.
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NM Farm Bureau
New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau
W. E. Utterback
Chaves County
Farm Bureau
New Mexico
Utterback
Talks Over Farm Equipment Visit With President Ike
In Clovis a drought discussion unfolds as President Eisenhower visits Raymond Worrell's 320 acre farm. Worrell outlines debt from the drought while Eisenhower listens among Secret Service detail and local farmers. The exchange emphasizes practical farming concerns and family life.
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Worrell
Eisenhower
Secret Service
Worrel
High Plains
Gov
Edwin Mechem
Phil Crystal
Curry County
Ike
Raymond Worrell
Raymond “Blackie
Bundy and Manley Welcome Lt Colonels in Ceremony
The message greets Lt Colonel Wayne M. Bundy and Mrs Bundy along with Major J. C. Manley and Mrs Manley in a formal welcome line from the publication. The note names the honored couples and their rank.
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Wayne M. Bundy
J. C. Manley
Move to Repeal Loss Leader Law Heads to Legislature
The drive to repeal the 1955 Loss Leader Law gains speed in Santa Fe as Rep. W O Culbertson Jr plans to introduce a repealer. Gov Mechem and Republicans back repeal, while the law awaits Supreme Court review after a district judge ruled it unconstitutional. A broad Welfare Package of bills is also being prepared for introduction.
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W. O. Culbertson Jr
D-San Miguel
Edwin L. Mechem
Assembly
Dist
C. Roy Anderson
Carlsbad
The
Supreme Court
Senate
Culbertson
Sen
J. G. Moore
Lincoln
F. J. Danglade
D-Lea
Phased troop withdrawal urged in U N disarmament plan
Senator Hubert Humphrey urged expanding U N disarmament proposals to include a negotiated phased withdrawal of American and Soviet troops from Germany. He suggested reconsidering Western Germany policy and weighing assets and liabilities of a troop pullback if East Bloc forces move back.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Germany
United Nations
U.N
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Minnesota
Europe
Eastlr
Poland
Husiphrey
Adenauer
East Germany
West Germany
United States
Soviet Russia
Britain
France
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Shows Colleagues 1876 Election Certificate
Rep A S Walter of Socorro shows colleagues a 1876 election certificate for his grandfather Adolph Schinner as the first Arapahoe County representative in the Colorado Legislature. Signed by Gov John L Routt, it notes 2322 votes, Denver area population then unknown. Schinner died 1911 at 81.
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Santa FE
A. S. Walter
Socorro
Colorado
John L. Routt
Adolph Schinner
Walter
Arapahoe County
Schinner
Prussia
Fort Dearborn
Illinois
Chicago
Denver
Wife Apprehended After Hagerman Husband Murder
Mrs. Ruth Pressler, 45, dressed in a torn nightgown with a .38 pistol, appeared at the Hagerman home and led authorities to her husband James E. Pressler’s body. She was captured in an empty Artesia rental after a townwide search by Dexter Hagerman police and state officers.
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Ruth Pressler
Hagerman
Artesia
Roswell
James E. Pressler
Hal Bogle
Pressler
Bogle
Presslers
King Home
N M Road Toll So Far This Year Last Year at This Date
The record shows road toll totals in New Mexico for the current year up to the present date compared with the same point last year, highlighting changes in fatalities and incidents. Officials note trends and safety efforts aimed at reducing crashes on major routes.
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Ellers
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Dwight David Eisenhower
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