Flaming hall panic in Baltimore leaves many dead
At least 10 women died and nine others reported missing after a fire at Arundel Park Auditorium near Baltimore as a church crowd of about 1,000 gathered for a St. Rose of Lima oyster roast. More than 200 injured and 100 treated at the scene or hospitals as doors failed and panicked victims rushed for exits. Survivor Barthebe described brutal window crush during the stampede.
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Porchlights Glow Tonight for MOD March of Mothers
In Chaves County thousands of porchlights glow as about 400 women join the March of Dimes door to door drive to aid infantile paralysis victims. Volunteers will start at 7 pm armed with jars, passing through every county corner to collect for polio research and care.
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Chaves County
Virginia Shotts
Three Killed and Three Injured in Luna County Crash
Three Deming residents Vicente Vega A P McBride and T J Treat died in a two car collision on State Road 11 twenty miles south of Deming. Injured were Joe Alvarez Rodolfo Paez and Calvin Treat with varying serious injuries. Paez faces manslaughter charges. A Las Vegas woman Mrs David F Laubmann died days after a prior accident.
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Luna County
Otis Haley
David F. Laubmann
NMWC President to Speak at Roswell School Banquet
Dr. J. Cloyd Miller president of New Mexico Western College Silver City will address the Roswell Education Association banquet Wednesday night at 7 p.m. The event at the Roswell Woman's Club highlights Education Freedom's Hope with Miller noted for national and international leadership in education.
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Television Set Short Circuit Kills 4 Year Old
In Minneapolis a 4 year old boy, Gary Putnam, was electrocuted while watching TV with his mother and half sister. Authorities say he touched the metal chassis of the set and a nearby radiator, causing a current to pass through his body from a short circuit.
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Gary Putnam
Arnold Putnam
Sage of Baltimore H L Mencken Dies Quietly in Sleep
Baltimore columnist H L Mencken dies in his sleep at 75 after a suspected blood clot. Funeral services will be private, per his brother August. The famed critic and wit had long lampooned conventional pieties and urged a humane last act without vows.
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Eddie Fisher Hit by Coin Shower at Police Fund Show
Crooner Eddie Fisher sustained a minor nose cut after about 2000 youths showered him with coins during a police benefit at the Olive Recreation Center in Burbank. Fisher and wife Debbie Reynolds were among celebrities appearing at the event.
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Voters in Chaves County may vote on bond to save Medical Center
Voters go to the polls tomorrow in Chaves County on a $300000 bond issue to buy unpaid equipment for the county owned Eastern New Mexico Medical Center and a 34 mill levy to fund indigent care. Polling places include the city water works South Junior High School courthouse and city hall from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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British Minister To Seek Better Mid-East Policy
Eisenhower and Eden meet in Washington to forge a peace strategy for Palestine and to curb Communist influence in Asia and the Middle East. They plan discussions on UN seating for Red China, Saudi oil issues, arms control, and expanding commerce with the Communist bloc.
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West In Favor Of Soviet Snub
Washington reports that the West approved Eisenhower’s rejection of Bulganin’s 20 year treaty proposal. Moscow and Pravda framed the exchange as a strategic test of friendship with the United States. Eisenhower urged deeds over words and a change of spirit to promote world peace.
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$8 637 Bundle May Be Answer to Prayer
A collection of eight thousand six hundred thirty seven dollars in small bills was found on a bench at St Boniface church in Cleveland. Reverend Anthony Mechler turned it to police and if unclaimed the funds will go to the church.
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AEC Maps Long Range Drive to Harness H Bomb Energy
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a broad, long term plan to develop peaceful power from hydrogen bomb energy, calling it Project Sherwood and noting years of work ahead. Research spans Los Alamos and Princeton since 1951, with Oak Ridge and New York University contributing, while progress on the common atomic fission reactor and aerospace engine programs was also reported.
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Idaho
Hitchhiker May Hold Key in California Mystery
Las Vegas sheriff deputies seek an Air Force man who may help connect the death of Ralph Henderson Rainey and the disappearance of Kenneth Short. William OReilly says David Cooper Nelson claimed a hitchhike ride with an Air Force man in New Mexico to Nellis. FBI checks link Nelson fingerprints to Rainey’s bloodstained car and a Santa Rosa $500 travelers check.
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Foutz Elected Democratic Chairman in San Juan County
J L Foutz of Farmington was elected the new Democratic chairman for San Juan County at a weekend meeting. Also elected were Johnston Jeffries of Aztec as assistant chairman, Mrs Al Greer of Aztec as chairwoman, and Mrs Ed Bedingfield of Farmington as treasurer.
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Welcome Readers Honor Mr and Mrs Harvey
Welcome note greets Mr J A Harvey and T/Sgt and Mrs G F Wise in a community salute.
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G. F. Wise
Land group formed at Estancia to seek withheld mineral rights
An Estancia area organization of about 40 residents has formed to pursue mineral rights the government withheld during homesteading. The group plans to affiliate with the New Mexico Homestead Land Assn., led by Wes Leeson of Lindrith, the state chairman.
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New Mexico Homestead Land Assn
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