Trial set in Portales murder angle over inheritance claim
James Britt Brown Jr. faces a March 12 trial in Roswell on a dispute over his late mother Dollie R Brown’s share of a Roosevelt County ranch with possible oil wealth. Major oil firms contest Brown’s claim against relatives seeking the estate, while New Mexico law remains unsettled on inheritance via murder.
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A. W. Marshall
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Dollie R. Brown
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Molotov Plan Dashes Hopes In Germany
Berlin dispatch reports the Molotov Plan undermining Western hopes for a German settlement at the Big Four conference. Soviet and East German demands push for a neutralized Germany with a provisional all German government and immediate bans on militarism, while Dulles promotes a European Defense Community as the path to lasting peace.
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Dulles
United States
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Artesia Man Pays Top Price Here for Champion Hereford
John Fanning of Artesia paid the top price of 1325 for the grand champion bull LA Proud Prince 17th bred by Herbert F Lowrey Roswell at the 23rd annual sale of the Eastern New Mexico Hereford Association at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair sales pavilion. He also bought the Reserve Champion bull BR Prince Larry for 535 while about 70 Hereford bulls averaged 438 86 and nine heifers opened at 350 with champion female Miss Dan Domino 4th bred by Crockett Brothers of Hope selling for 415.
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Artesia
Herbert F. Lowrey
Roswell
Eastern New Mexico Hereford Association
New Mexico
Fanning
R. A. Boyd & Sons
Carlsbad
Slaton
Tex
Dan Domino
Crockett Brothers
Hope
O. J. Underwood
Deming
Birdie CR
J. C. Ainsworth
Milneland
Bonnell Ranch
Glencoe
R. Boyd & Sons
Dentons L 7 Ranch
Kenna
Sam A. Hughes & Sons
Joe James
Tatum
Fern Parish
Fred W. Pfingston
Capitan
Austin Reeves
Bert C. Roy
Rogers
W. Alpheus Rush
Elida
R. S. Smith
Dick Sterl
Horace Woodburn
Portales
Dean Boyd
R. A. Boyd & Sons Ranch
AEC Highlights Faster Clip in Nuclear Research Programs
The Atomic Energy Commission reports a quickening pace across military and civilian R and D. Key items include a reactor plant to power faster underwater atomic submarines, brighter prospects for industrial atomic power, repurposing a Fukushima style? no Hanford byproduct to heat 20 buildings saving 12 million gallons of fuel oil annually, and promising medical work using portable radioactive thulium devices. The Livermore lab is disclosed as a weapons research facility linked to Los Alamos with Teller’s early H bomb sketch noted.
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Finalists Named For Junior Chamber Award for Service
Friday night at the Roswell Chamber of Commerce rooms five finalists were chosen for the Jaycees Distinguished Service Award. Participants in the ballot included Sertoma Kiwanis Optimist Lions and Rotary. Finalists are W A Snipes Walter Haut Charles Malone Bert Shepard and Bob Beck all under 35 judged for city service.
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Roswell
Jaycee
Sertoma
Kiwanis
Optimist
Lions
Rotary
W. A. Snipes
Walter Haut
Charles Malone
Bert Shepard
Bob Beck
Community Chest Board to Elect Directors for 1954
The Community Chest board meets tomorrow at the Chamber of Commerce to elect a new board for 1954. Robert H. Beck reports on the 1953 drive and Stanley Mathis reviews Red Feather activities. Public invited to attend at 5 p.m.
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Community Chest Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
Robert H. Beck
Community Chest Drive
Stanley Mathis
Red Feather Organization
Weather records show temperature fluctuations and forecasts
The United States Weather Bureau lists readings from 2 am yesterday to 11 pm yesterday with highs of 55 and lows of 37. Precipitation reports show trace in 24 hours ending 11 pm yesterday and month to date 0.21 inches. Sunrise at 6:56, sunset at 5:27. Forecast callers expect clouds clearing by noon and warmer highs near 58 with colder night lows around 24.
Air Force trainer missing on flight from Lubbock to El Paso
A search was under way in southeast New Mexico for an Air Force trainer reported missing on a flight from Lubbock to El Paso. The search focused on the Hobbs Lovington and Kermit Seminole areas as Reese AFB officials investigated the report.
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New Mexico
Air Force
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Hobbs- Lovington
N. M
Kermit- Seminole
Reese Air Force Base
Mrs Herring Seeks to Retain Chaves County Clerk Post
Mrs. Dorothy D. Herring seeks the Democratic nomination for Chaves County clerk in the May 4 primary. She has held the office since December 19 1952 when appointed to fill the vacancy after Phyllis Chandler’s resignation. The challenge by H L Rives Jr was upheld by a district judge and the state supreme court. If elected she will continue efforts to serve as county clerk.
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Phyllis Chandler
Herring
Miss Chandler
H. L. Rives Jr
Board of County Commissioners
C. Roy Anderson
Carlsbad
State Supreme Court
Henry S. Corzine
R. L. Ballard
Jeff Liston
Georgia M. Anderson
George Wilcox
Margie L. Strickland
Liston
Dorothy Herring
J. C. Jones
Howard Babcock
Grover C. Welter
Commissioners
Cecil Johnson
County Commissioners Board
Frank Wortman
Wortman
Louis M. Prager
Fred H. Dilley Jr
GOP
John P. Cusack
Richard F. Whitman
Charles F. Waller
E. W. Mitchell
Mothers March on Polio Earns More Than 1953 Total in Roswell
Roswell fund drive results show 1954 contributions exceed 1953. Telethon on KSWS-TV led with 11600, plus 2330.86 from the Mothers March itself. Walk totals include Walker AFB 8000 and other small gifts from oil events, schools, Rainbow Girls, and local dances.
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Roswell
Lions Club
Ksws-Tv
Bill Osborn
March of Dimes
Chaves County
Rosenberg Lawyer Emanuel Bloch Found Dead at 52
Emanuel H. Bloch, longtime attorney for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, was found dead in his West 16th Street apartment bathtub. Police attributed death to natural causes and a Brooklyn friend, Gloria Agrinof, located the body.
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New York
Emanuel H. Bloch
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Bloch
West 16Th Street
Gloria Agrin F
Brooklyn
New Mexico Governor Aspirants Hour on Youth and Finances
Republican hopeful Edward M. Hartman urged youth focus and a four year term plan at a Santa Fe event. Democrat John F. Simms Jr pledged independence from pressure groups while addressing labor leaders in Albuquerque. Hobbs Democrat Leroy Wise pressed open finances and a working budget for the state.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Edward M. Hartman
Santa Fe
Hartman
State House
John F. Simms Jr
Albuquerque
AFL State Council of Machinists
Organized Labor
Leroy Wise
Hobbs
Wise
Police Chief Clarifies Speed Limits On City Streets
Police Chief Tommy Thompson says speed limit signs in parts of West Second, including zones of 25 30 35 and 50 mph, apply only to those areas. He warns drivers that Roswell’s normal speed is 25 mph, 20 mph downtown, and 15 mph in school and hospital zones.
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Tommy Thompson
West Second
State Highway Department
Thompson
Roswell
Coal mining costs a life a day in Britain report says
London report says it cost a life a day to mine Britain's coal. Coal board chief Sir Hubert Houldsworth warned of dangerous conditions and urged reforms to protect miners.
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London
Britain
Coal Board
Sir Hubert Houldsworth
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