New Mexico Legislature Acts On Conventions And Municipal Powers
Lawmakers moved to end proxy voting for conventions and require delegate elections. Measures curb Highway Commission traffic powers inside cities and bolster municipal finances with new tax options. Senate bills address insanity pleas and psychiatric exams for sex offense cases.
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Chavez
New York
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Commission
New Mexico
Senate
Municipal League
Othe
Gunmen rob Albuquerque grocery then one kills self
Richard N. Johnson and Earl Wolf robbed an east Albuquerque grocery of 700 dollars posing as fruit merchants. The men fled roadblocks. Johnson shot himself as police approached the truck, Wolf was captured, and Patrolman George H. Gruler survived after wrestling a pistol away.
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Albuquerque
Richard N. Johnson
Tucson
Ariz
Earl Wolf
Melbourne
Ark
George H. Gruler
Gruler
East Albuquerque
Harvey Crawford
Sandia
Set
R. S. Gould Jr
Second St
Broadway
Floyd Avila
Philip Church
Wolf
Church
Avila
Johnson
Pullout From Tachens Ponds U 5 Move
Formosa tensions rise as nationalist forces consider withdrawing from Tachens area 200 miles north of Formosa while U S Senate pressed for quick approval of Eisenhower Formosa defense policy. Red propaganda condemns congressional powers. estimates place 400 000 Communist troops near Formosa stronghold with air bases striking Nationalist islands. Carrier Midway and cruiser Pittsburgh head to join 7th Fleet as 18th Sabrejet Wing reinforces air power in the Formosa defense.
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Formosa
U. S
Tachens
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Knowland
California
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pescadores Islands
House
Peiping
Congress
Tokyo
Red Radio
U. S. Congress
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Fukien
United States
Midway
Pittsburgh
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Formosan
7Th Fleet
Yorktown
Kearsarge
Wasp
Essex
U. S. 18Th Sabrejet
Philippines
Okinawa
Harold Grant
U. S. 5Th Air Force
Youth Week Observance Proclaimed in Roswell
Mayor Bert Ballard proclaimed the week January 31 to February 6 as Youth Week in Roswell urging churches and residents to back youth in a 12th annual national observance. Activities include daily 8 a.m. devotions at Roswell High and First Methodist Church Chapel, a Monday banquet featuring Col. J. R. Kelley, and organized by local youth from participating churches.
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Bert Ballard
Roswell
First Methodist Church
North
Woman’s Club
Col
J. R. Kelley
NMMI
Xan Hart
Ann Williams
Nancy Kost
Cecily Hollingsworth
Betty Burgoon
Knight
Ballard
Christian Fellowship
Weather Data and Forecast From United States Weather Bureau
Reading at 3 hour intervals from yesterday 2 PM to today 11 AM shows highs 66, lows 30 with normal for date 56 and 26. Sunrise 6 57, sunset 5 25, length 10.5 hours. Forecast calls for clear to slightly cloudy conditions through tomorrow with colder air. high 52 tonight low 18.
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Ae Liao
Artesia Council Advances Urban Project on First Street
Artesia City Council authorized installing 122 mercury vapor street lights on the central median of the First Street four lane highway replacing 25 older lamps. New lights will be 15 to 20 thousand candlepower. They also approved negotiating a contract with the State Highway Department to use caliche from a city pit at the airport. The state has the contract in the mail. details unavailable. Councilman Homer Campbell noted the extra crossovers amid advisement by the state.
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State Highway Department
Homer Campbell
Florida Girl Dies As Car Overturns In Lincoln County
Barbara Dell Moss 18 of Sarasota killed when her car failed to take a sharp curve west of Capitan overturned four times. Edna Pauline Moss 22 and A3C Kenneth F. Jordan injured. Moody 19 identified as owner. © AP.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Barbara Dell Moss
Sarasota
Fla
Capitan
Eddie Apodaca
Edna Pauline Moss
A.3.c
Kenneth F. Jordan
Carrizozo
Dennis D. Moody
4750Th Air Defense Unit
Yuma
Ariz
Jordan
Moss Girl
New Mexico
U S Combat Pilots Poised to Face Any Clash on Formosa
Veteran American pilots and Sabrejet fighter bombers stand ready on a Formosa base near the Taiwan Strait. They trained under rain and alert to defend the Nationalist island from possible Communist air attack, with U S Navy and Air Force units providing radar warning and heavy equipment deliveries from Globemaster aircraft.
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Formosa
U.S
Red Mainland
Philippines
Okinawa
Reds
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Far East
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Globemaster
X Ray Schedule For Free Chest Examinations This Week
The State County Chest X ray Survey will visit locations over the week with free screenings for anyone over 15. Today and tomorrow UNIT II is at Roswell First National Bank of Roswell from 10 30 a m to 12 noon and 1 p m to 6 p m. On Friday the Ave Maria Community House hosts from 1 p m to 7 p m.
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State County Chest
Ave Maria
Roswell
New Zealand Calls Security Council Meet on Formosan Crisis
New Zealand fully backed by the United States and Britain calls a UN Security Council session to address the Formosan tension and seek a cease-fire. The meeting is planned for Monday at United Nations headquarters in New York.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
Britain
New Zealand
U. N. Security Council
Farm Woman Crowned No 1 Weight Loser
Esther Conradt of Appleton Wisconsin, age 60, shed 123 pounds in a year to win TOPS weight loss honors. She dropped from 315 to 192 pounds and from dress size 56 to 42, saying her granddaughter’s comment gave her the biggest thrill. TOPS stands for Taking Off Pounds Scientifically. The award was presented at TOPS third annual meeting at the American Medical Association headquarters. the group has helped about 10 000 women lose unnecessary fat.
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TOPS
Esther Conradt
Appleton
Wis
Conradt
The
American Medical Assa
Mystery around San Angelo bomb death widens with Oklahoma arrest
Investigators pursue a multi city probe into the murder of Helen Harris Weaver a wealthy San Angelo heiress killed by a nitro glycerine bomb as she visited her mother in a hospital. A 32 year old Texan Jack Ray Cordell was arrested in Oklahoma City after a 14 year old boy identified him at a bus station. Authorities hedge on how the arrest will affect the case while continuing efforts in Houston and Brownwood to unravel an extortion scheme tied to the slaying.
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San Angelo
Helen Harris Weaver
Oklahoma
Weaver
Brown County
Oklahoma City
Jack Ray Cordell
Brownwood
Tex
Tom Green County Dist
Aubrey Stokes
Stokes
Ralph Rohatsch
Eddie Oliver
Houston
Rohatsch
Cordell
Ardmore
Oklo
Springtown
Okla
Morin Foresees No Major War Soon Says Formosa Question
AP reporter Relman Pat Morin told New Mexico cadets and Rotary Club members he doubts a major war will involve them in the near future, though he warned he could be wrong. Morin, wintering in Roswell for the NM Press Assn convention, spoke on Formosa and U S policy, citing Eisenhower’s request for a free hand and past Truman actions as context.
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Relman
Pat” Morin
Associated Press
Korea
Cadet Corps of
New Mexico Military Institute
Formosa
Roswell
New Mexico Press Association
Morin
Sigma Delta Chi
Chamber of Commerce
Press Association
Elks Club
Far East
Europe
Washington, D. C
Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
United States
Robert H. Taft
Red China
Grand Champion Bull Award Goes to Ainsworth and Son
About 125 members and guests of the Eastern New Mexico Hereford Breeders Association gathered for a banquet at Glover's Honky Tonk after the 24th two day show and sale. O C Ainsworth and Son received the Grand Champion bull award with multiple other honors announced for senior and junior bulls and heifers. The sale expected to open at 1 30 p m at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair sales barn with ninety bulls and twenty females to be offered to buyers.
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New Mexico
Milneland
R. U. Boyd and Sons
Carlsbad
O. C. Ainsworth and Son
L. O. Hudson and Sons
Melrose
Lowrey Ranch Company
Roswell
R. U. Boyd and Son
Bob S. Smith
Joe James
Denton
L-7 Ranch
Kenna
R. U. Boyd
New Mexico State Fair
Roswell District Court Sees No Police Court Cases
No cases were heard in Police Court today as Roswell received praise with no docketed matters before the court. The department reported an A grade and a gold star for overall performance.
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Roswell
Customer Service Offer and Payment Call Plan
The message from the carrier promises to address customer satisfaction and states the provider will call to collect either today or tomorrow morning. It highlights a willingness to resolve issues and arrange payment checks with the customer directly.
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