Albuquerque Firm Wins Bid for Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Lembke Clough and King Inc of Albuquerque secured the contract to build the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center with a bid of 1218243 dollars, beating ten rivals. Groundbreaking is set for February near North Kentucky Avenue and Country Club Road, with completion expected within one year from February 1, 1954.
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Lembke, Clough and King, Inc
Albuquerque
Roswell High School
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
New Mexico Medical Center
North Kentucky Ave
Country Club Rd
Chaves County
Lembke
Communists Refuse Return of Pro Red Prisoners
At Panmunjom the Communist side said they would not accept back 349 pro Red prisoners scheduled for return tomorrow, including 21 Americans, as the Indian command reported tonight.
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Panmunjom
Indian Command
Weeree YN Rte
U.N
Red
K. S. Thimayya
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Stockades
Korea
John E. Hull
U. S
U. N
Far East
Tokyo
Hull
Maxwell Taylor
8Th Army
Munson
U. S. Army
Robert T. Stevens
Thimayya
Repatriation Commission
Sweden
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Demilitarized Zone
Formosa
ROK
Syngman Rhee
From Stage to Stew Jill Hollingsworth on new Hollywood hostess job
Jill Hollingsworth, 19, a Detroit native who arrived in 1952 funded by her mother, works as a $60 weekly hostess at a Hollywood hotel dining room. Her mother, Beatrice Hollingsworth, 47, faces a new Detroit trial under a 5 to 14 year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jill Hollingsworth
Detroit
Hollywood
Beatrice Hollingsworth
Ken Murray
Jencks Trial Faces Months of Testimony in UMW Union Case
Federal jurors heard new witnesses linking Clinton Jencks to the Communist Party in 1947 as the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union local in Silver City New Mexico faced charges of falsifying a non Communist affidavit. Ex-Red Kenneth Eckert described Communist training and said the party aimed to use unions to overthrow government by proletarian revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Clinton Jencks
Jencks
Communist Party
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Silver City
N.M
Cleveland
Eckert
CIO
United Auto Workers
Grosse Point
Mich
Chicago
St. Paul
Proletariat
Seek to Delay Farm Showdown
Washington AP A plan to delay confrontation over President Eisenhower’s flexible farm price support program moves ahead as Senator Aiken backs a six week postponement. Benson testified to the Senate Agriculture Committee while Aiken outlined options including freezing surplus stocks and boosting funding.
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Washington
Senate
Pp Beane
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Benson
Aiken
R-Vt
Eisenhower
Congress
Benson
Vermont
Interior Committee Approves Statehood For Alaska and Hawaii
Senate Interior Committee votes to approve statehood for both Alaska and Hawaii. Chairman Butler says the Alaska Hawaii package is as close as could be, about 8 to 7, with roll call kept private. Committee merges bills and delays report until Alaska section is perfected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Hawaii
Alaska
Butler
R-Neb
Four Children Die in Abington Fire
ABINGTON Mass Four children perished and another was burned while three others were rescued when a Quonset style home near the Rockland line burned. Two children died in a second story room, two more under a collapsed bed on the first floor. Names listed: Roger McDonald 8 James 6 Kevin 3 David 2 and baby Jannine 6 weeks suffered head burns. Father Francis McDonald and neighbors aided. Fire started from an overheated space heater.
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Abington
Mass
Rockland Line
Roger McDonald
James
Kevin
David
Jannine
Brockton Hospital
William
Wayne
Linda
Francis McDonald
Neights
Weather Summary Reading From the United States Weather Bureau
Reading at three hour intervals shows clear to partly cloudy conditions with scattered sprinkles or light rain possible. Warmer today with a high around 55 and a low near 28 tonight, followed by cooler conditions tomorrow.
Blowout At Texas Co Well Near Monument Triggers Oil Spill Battle
Workers fought to control a 200-foot column of oil spouting from Texas Co Cooper No. 3 one mile south of Monument in the Permian Basin. Police set barricades as crews attempt to drop tubing to shut the fire gate. Large oil pools and escaping gas were reported with no immediate quantity estimate.
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Monument
Permian Basin
Texas Co. Cooper
J. P. Gibbons
Youth Week Proclaimed by Mayor in 1954
City hall issued the annual Youth Week proclamation designating January 31 to February 7. Mayor Warren R. Cobean and Mrs. Cobean planned to attend the Nautilus commissioning in Groton where their son Lt. Warren R. Cobean Jr. serves as reactor operations officer. The notice urges citizens to rededicate interest in youth welfare and to broaden youth fellowship with Christ.
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Warren R. Cobean
Cobean
Groton
Conn
Warren R. Cobean Jr
Christ
Court wrestles with problem posed by 3 district judges
The New Mexico Supreme Court weighs whether three district judges elected to fill new seats have six year terms or only until 1954. Judges Edwin Swope George Harris and David S Bonem seek inclusion of their offices in Gov Mechem's Feb 1 primary proclamation.
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Santa FE
Supreme Court
Edwin Mechem
Mechem
Edwin Swope
Albuquerque
George Harris
Roswell
David S. Bonem
Tucumcari
Fred Briggs
Swope
Harris
Food Poisoning Sickens Albuquerque Lunch Crowd
At least 14 people were hospitalized in Albuquerque after a Legion post lunch. W. Peter McAtee said a lunch item may be the cause and the post kitchen was closed for investigation. Samples were sent to the State Health Lab at the University of New Mexico for testing.
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Albuquerque
Tina Burns
W. Peter McAtee
Hugh A. Carlisle Post
American Legion
McAfee
State Health Laboratory
University of New Mexico
Wayne Stell
Stell
The
Legion
Embezzlement Charge Filed Against Ex City Employee
Robert Walkup, 34, former Wichita Falls Texas traffic department worker, charged with embezzling more than $8,000 in nickels from city parking meters over 13 months. He told police he spent the coins on fishing trips a state fair junket in Dallas and two autos among other things and cannot meet a $5,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Fall
Tex
Robert Walkup
City Traffic Department
Dallas
One of Garrett's Posse Dies at 98
James R. Watts, 98, longtime Old West pioneer who claimed to have cleaned Billy the Kid in a poker game, died. He was a member of Pat Garrett's posse that killed the Kid and will be buried in Denison, Texas.
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Denison
Tex
James R. Watts
Old West
Billy the Kid
Watts
Pat Garrett
State hearing may revise 1947 oil field hauling order
State Corporation Commissioner James Lamb cites a hearing yesterday that could revise a 1947 order defining oil field hauling and transport of equipment and supplies. Complaints contend the old wording pits oil field haulers against heavy equipment carriers.
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Santa FE
State Corporation
James Lamb
New Mexico oil production slips in Jan week
Oil and Gas Journal survey shows New Mexico daily crude and condensate output averaged 199 625 barrels for the week ended January 16, down 200 barrels from the prior week.
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Tulsa
New Mexico
Oil and Gas Journal
Embarrassed Voice on Phone Explains Deal in Danville VA
A Danville Register reporter identifies Harold E. Talbott as secretary of the Air Force when a caller from the Air Force recruiting station stumbles to confirm who is calling. The embarrassed voice acknowledges a mistaken call and asks who is on the line.
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Danville
Air Force
Danville Register
Harold E. Talbott
4-H Award Banquet Set For Tonight
The Chaves County 4-H Club Award Night will present awards to nearly 60 members and leaders. The event with singing and short talks runs two hours starting at 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. Sam Spencer and Jewell Middleton will present the awards and certificates. Spencer will name 4-Hers of the month for 1953. Mrs. Louis Nelson will report on her Chicago trip to the 4-H Club Congress.
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Chaves County
American Legion Hall
Sam Spencer
Jewell Middleton
Spencer
Louis Nelson
New Mexico
4-H Club Leaders Association
Chicago
Wealthy San Francisco broker abductors caught
San Francisco police rescued Leonard Moskovitz, 36, a wealthy real estate broker, moments after two Sacramento suspects Harold Jackson, 57, and Joe Lear, 43, were arrested. Moskovitz said he was kept shackled but unharmed. ransom notes sought 300000 dollars.
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San Francisco
Leonard Moskovitz
Police Department
Thomas Lynch
Harold Jackson
Joe Lear
Sacramento
Calif
Moskovitz
Arbor St
Lear
Lynch
Don Scott
Leonard
Maurice Moskovitz
William Moskovitz
Hall of Justice
Jackson
Geary St
Mission District
Lesley
David
Michael
Actress Gail Russell Receives Two Year Probation
SANTA MONICA Calif Actress Gail Russell was placed on two years probation with abstinence from intoxicants and avoidance of liquor sales venues. She pleaded guilty to a drunkenness charge, fined 150 dollars, and blamed emotional stress from separation from husband actor Guy Madison and press in the John Wayne divorce case.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Gail Russell
Guy Madison
John Wayne
Miss Russell
Wayne
Esperanza Wayne
Men Plead Guilty To Theft Of Brass At Air Base
Two Walker Air Force Base air men David Alfred Dymacek and Glenn Maurice Young pleaded guilty to stealing a 10 foot brass naval rod from the base and selling it in Artesia for 113 dollars. They were bound over to the U S District Court with bonds of 1000 dollars each.
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Walker Air Force Base
David Alfred Dymacek
Glenn Maurice Young
Artesia
U.S
R. Perry Bean
Pleads Innocent To Knife Assault
Henry Bush entered an innocent plea in a knife assault case before Justice R Perry Bean. Bond set at $1000. The charge stems from an attack on Maxine Blanco.
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Henry Bush
R. Perry Bean
Justice of the Peace
Bush
Maxine Blanco
Geologists Gather in Albuquerque for AAPG Meeting
About 1 500 petroleum geologists and their wives are expected in Albuquerque February 22 to 24 for the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain sections of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
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Albuquerque
Rocky Mountain
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Civil docket entries shift to Volume 57 for district court
The court records note the first entry in Volume 57 is a damage suit numbered 183555 filed yesterday. The previous Civil Docket 56 ends with a debt action numbered 18355 entered on Saturday.
Amerada Wildcat Near Elida Shows Oil During Test
Amerada Petroleum Corp officials reported oil found in a drillstem test of the Amerada No. 10 Federal wildcat located 15 miles south of Elida in New Mexico. Tests showed weak results with oil recovered in a later pull and further evaluation planned after 3:42 a.m. readings and surface observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOBBS
Amerada Petroleum Corp
Amerada
Mohan
Two-Headed Infant Brings Calm To Hartley Family
In Petersburg Indiana Mr and Mrs Cecil Hartley and their three daughters welcomed a two headed infant boy home from Riley Hospital after five weeks. The baby is normal below the waist with four arms two legs and two heads. The Hartleys’ son Denzil 20 lit a coal stove heat for the duplex home as a nurse tended the family after the long hospital ride.
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Elvira Baca
Eliseo Baca
E. Summit St
Elvira
Pancha
Petersburg
Ind
Cecil Hartley
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Connie Sue
Shirley Ann
Mary Lou
Sre Denzil Hartley
Hartley
Missing Girl Found in Texas After Hobbs Disappearance
Vendetta Moore, 16, who vanished from Hobbs on Sunday morning, was located last night with relatives in Big Spring, Texas. The recovery ends a concern for her family and local authorities.
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Hobbs
Vendetta Moore
Big Spring
Tex
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N. Richardson Ave
Batho
Bill Osborn
Pancho
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Reds
Interior Committee
United States Weather Bureau
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California
Elida
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Ken Reynolds
L. W. ‘Thele
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