Suspect Sought in Three States Arrested In City
A 20-year-old man, Francis Lee Jones, was arrested in Roswell after a nationwide pursuit spanning three states and offenses including forgery car theft and burglary. He used disguises and stole a Lincoln car, fleeing from Little Rock and Oklahoma authorities before being cornered in New Mexico.
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Marvin T. Hill
Chaves County
Francis Lee Jones
Roswell
Eddy and
Lea County
Little Rock
Ark
Texas
Freeport
Tex
Alvis Browning
Jones
Carlsbad
Hartsill Martin
Eddy County
Arte
Lincoln
FBI
Revision Urged on U S Water Resource Policy
National Conference on Water Resources Policy heard that the federal program for water resource and power development is subsidized and disjointed. Adm. Ben Moreell called for a major overhaul and a review of subsidies and federal power transfers. Leslie Miller urged a coordinating board to guide planners across agencies. The conference, backed by the Chamber of Commerce and engineers groups, questioned current flood and irrigation roles and favored basin level programs.
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ST. Louis
National Conference On Water Resources Policy
Adm
Ben Moreell
Second
Hoover Commission
Moreell
Leslie Miller
Wyoming
Commission
Reclamation and Water Supply
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
The
Engineers Joint Council
National Water
Cofton Farmers Told Egypt Loan Non-Competitive
Washington reports reassure farm belt congressmen that U S aid for Egypt's planned 1.3 billion dollar Aswan dam to expand irrigation and power would not create new overseas competition for U S cotton. Egypt relies on cotton for 90 percent of exports and could raise production, affecting surplus stock managed by the United States.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Egypt
United States
U.S
World Bank
Aswan
Nile River
Wife’s Public Praising Spurs Court Action In Enid
Enid Oklahoma game ranger Bill Severe filed charges of shooting migratory water fowl against two Enid men. Both pleaded guilty and paid a $25 fine in Enid city court after a wife provided a photo of the incident to a local newspaper.
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Bill Severe
Enid
Engineer Takes Blame for Santa Fe Train Wreck
Los Angeles report says engineer Frank B. Parrish declared the wreck his fault after a Santa Fe two car diesel train left Union Station for San Diego at 15 miles per hour on a curve. The crash killed 29 and injured about 150 as passengers were ejected or crushed. An inquest is set for February 3 with over 100 witnesses anticipated.
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Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Union Station
San Diego
Dist
Atty
S. Ernest
Roll
Frank B. Parrish
Parrish
San Bernardino
Fourth Street
Homer Smith
Eisenhower proposes renewal of standby consumer credit curbs
President Eisenhower in a broad economic message urged Congress to restore standby controls on consumer credit while noting the economy is expanding at a moderated pace. He cited a threshold 400 billion dollar economy and argued debt reduction should come before tax relief, proposing several new measures including farm relief, housing loans, area development funds, and a tougher antitrust program.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
his_ soil bank
U.S
Multination Organization For Trade Cooperation
Federal Reserve Board
Unidentified Man Kidnaps Farmer in Las Vegas Chase
A wide manhunt continues for an unidentified gunman injured in a wreck during a police chase and who abducted farmer Lawrence Tracy near Las Vegas. Evidence links him to the New Mexico slaying of Ralph H. Rainey, while driver’s license and wallet found at the scene point to Kenneth Roosevelt Short of North Hollywood. Short, missing three days, may be a victim or accomplice. chase details include a near 100 mph speed, a subsequent crash, and a house to house search as authorities spread word to connect the case across states.
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Sheriff’s Office
New Mexico
Ralph H. Rainey
Santa Monica
Calif
Kenneth Roosevelt Short
Blythe St
North Hollywood
Dick Barbour
Lawrence Tracy
Tracy
Las Vegas
Burbank
Short
Kansas City
San Francisco
Rainey
U. S. Highway 66
Budville
N. M
Behnke To Be Given Hearing in February
Emil Behnke, manager of the Pecos Valley Lodge for Alcoholics at Roswell, will be given a hearing in the first week of February. Dr. Charles Beeson of the State Alcoholism Commission said Behnke was suspended a second time by Executive Director George Brock for insubordination. Brock had previously suspended Behnke but temporarily reinstated him pending appeal to the commission.
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Albuquerque
Emil Behnke
Trvice
Pecos Valley
Roswell
Charles Beeson
State Alcoholism Commission
Benke
George Brock
Brock
Behnke
Witnesses Called In Murder Trial Of Las Cruces Man
A Las Cruces jury hears testimony in Floyd D. Hollis Jr. murder case over the November 21 slaying of Billy Vernon Thrower. Hollis claims self defense after a shootout at a trailer court following a Juarez trip. Testimony today began with Dolores Brooks wife of Thrower, with prior sessions featuring arresting officers and investigators.
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Las Cruces
Floyd D. Hollis Jr
Billy Vernon Thrower
Dolores Brooks
Billy Thrower
Hollis
Thrower
Science Year designated in New Mexico schools
The year 1956 is proclaimed The Science Year in New Mexico public schools. State Superintendent Georgia L. Lusk urged educators to stress the nation’s need for scientists and the rewards for competence in the field.
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Santa FE
Georgia L. Lusk
Kefauver demands full military probe of Ridgeway charges
Sen. Kefauver called for a thorough Senate review of the defense establishment after Gen. Ridgway alleged civilian officials pressed military policy for political reasons. He praised Ridgway but urged the Armed Services Committee to investigate, while Mundt supported nonpolitical defense management.
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Kefauver
Ridgeway
Washington
D-Tenn
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Saturday Evening Post
Army
Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gen. Ridgway
Formosa
Defense
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Gasoline Fume Leak Endangers Ohio Town
In Solon Ohio an estimated 400 homes reek of gasoline fumes from a Buckeye Pipe Line Co leak. Authorities warn the cold weather could trigger an explosion with a flame. Police say fumes likely enter storm sewers and rise through basement drains near Mantua to Cleveland transport line.
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Cleveland
Solon
Buckeye Pipe Line Co
Mantua
Ohio
John Vondrasek
Senate probes faults in 1954 grain bin purchases
A Senate investigations subcommittee found confusion and neglect marked the 1954 government program buying 54,338 prefabricated steel grain bins. Agriculture and Navy departments were faulted for delays and faulty certification, with losses running into large sums and many bins defective.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Investigations
Department of Agriculture
Navy Department
Inspection Service
Agriculture
McClellan
Dark
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Cor
Black, Siralls & Bryson
Kansas City
Alleged Car Thief Dies in Highway Crash Near San Fidel
Eddie Scott Jr. of Weimar Texas, an alleged car thief who hijacked a Fort Worth woman’s car west of San Fidel, died from injuries after the vehicle left U S 66 two miles west of San Fidel. He was 17th highway fatality in New Mexico for 1956. Mrs Dorris Wood of Fort Worth identified him and the body was taken to Crossett Mortuary.
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Albuquerque
Texas
San Fidel
County Indian Hospital
Bill Cook
Grants
Eddie Scott Jr
Weimar
Tex
Scott
Dorris Wood
Fort Worth
U. S. 66
Deming Republicans Lock Horns Over Hobbs Air Base Site
Luna County Republicans criticize Sen. Dennis Chavez for backing Hobbs as the site for a new Air Force base calling the choice political. Chavez argues Hobbs has the base, runways, hangars and weather. Republicans counter that Deming also has a base and weather and urge a wider Southwest distribution.
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Deming
Republicans
Hobbs
New Air Base
Luna County
Chavez
O’sullivan
el Paso
Tucson
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Alfredo Gallegos
Felicita Martinez
Gallegos
William Shope
Manuel Ortiz
Shope
National Advisory Group
Cofton
Mate
Okla
U. S
Executive Branch
Eisenhow
IEE
Nev
Ohio Town
Roslyn Freeborn
Lake Serene
Seattle
Wash
David Jones
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
C. J. Angell
R. C. Edmonds
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