Emergency drought aid nears for New Mexico farmers
Southwestern cattlemen react to federal drought relief plans as Gov Mechem and two New Mexico congressmen press the White House. A presidential disaster declaration could expand aid, with ICC rate cuts for hay and feed shipments.
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New Mexico
Edwin L. Mechem
Eisenhower
A. M. Fernandez
John J. Dempsey
Fernandez
Mechem
White House
Val Peterson
Dempsey
Albuquerque
B. B. Atchley
Eastside
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
ICC
Movie workers strike in Mexico City over wage hikes
About forty thousand actors, stagehands, and technicians in Mexico's film industry staged a strike in Mexico City. They demand wage increases ranging from 20 to 30 percent, calling this the nation’s largest uprising of its kind in Latin America.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Latin America
Local Weather Summary from United States Weather Bureau
Reading at three hour intervals shows 9F to 98 with highs near 100 and lows around 70. No precipitation in past 24 hours. Forecast calls for mostly fair skies with some cloudiness and hot afternoons through Thursday. Sunrise at 4 52 and sunset at 7 12 with a 14.3 hour day.
Chavez seeks voting rights for NM military area residents
Senator Dennis Chavez introduces a bill to restore New Mexico state jurisdiction over residents living in federal exclusive jurisdiction areas at Sandia base and Kirtland AFB. Court rulings and political challenges center on whether such locals may vote, with about 1,100 Sandia and 317 Kirtland votes challenged.
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Congress
Military
Atomic Energy Commission
New Mexico
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
United States
Supreme Court
Patrick J. Hurley
Chavez
Albuquerque
A. T. Hannett
Senate
Sandia
Kirtland Air Force Base
Eisenhower seeks authority to use farm surpluses abroad
President Eisenhower asks Congress for blanket power to dispose of government held farm stocks to fight famine overseas. Senate ties and House support split along party lines as critics call the plan a potential wasteful giveaway while supporters push for early hearings and passage before adjournment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Russell
D-Ga
Business
Sen. Knowland
California
Knowland
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
Aiken
Senate Agriculture Group
Hope
R-Kan
House Agriculture Committee
Allies Plan Truce Despite Rhee Resistance
The U N Far East commander called a secret Korea conference of top leaders as Washington officials signaled the Allies will press for a truce regardless of Syngman Rhee. Eisenhower's emissary postponed a meeting with Rhee amid a divided Korea and looming showdown within 24 hours.
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Seoul
U. N. Far East
Korea
Washington
Syngman Rhee
Eisenhower
Rhee
State Comptroller Holds Hearing on County Budget
State and assistant state comptrollers and the tax commission secretary joined Chaves County officials in a county budget hearing in the Probate Judge Emmett Patton office at 10 10 a m. The session previewed tomorrow's city budget hearings and noted Roswell figures including a general fund of 646000 and water and sewer allocations. An audit contract with Tweedy and Allman for 1200 was approved.
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Chaves
Tax Commission
Emmett Patton
Ed Hartman
Marion Sebastian
Manuel Baca
State Tax Commission
Waldo Anton
State Health Department
Howard Brazier
Amarillo, Santa Fe Railroad
Harry Puryear
R. Perry Bean
Fred Dilley
Frank Wortman
Roswell
Tweedy and
Allman
Warren F. Cobean
C. M. Woodbury
James B. Stapp
Brad Hays
E. L. Burns
Dan E. Carpenter
Stanley W. Crosby
Winston Daniel
S. Elmo Henslee
John F. Russell
Roy V. Tyner
Telephone Strike Looms in Five Western States
Denver report says a five to one majority of 15 000 communications workers in New Mexico El Paso County Colorado Wyoming Idaho Utah and Arizona favor a walkout. District 8 CIO head LaRoy Purdy disclosed the poll but withheld exact vote counts as final results were expected tomorrow after talks with Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. broke down.
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Denver
LaRoy Purdy
District 8
Communications Workers of America
CIO
New Mexico
el Paso County
Tex
Colorado
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Eisenhower forecasts Korea talks progress and limits U.S. help
President Eisenhower said unrest behind the Iron Curtain signals desire for freedom but ruled out U S military support for revolts in satellite states. He voiced confidence a satisfactory Korea settlement will be reached and noted differences with Rhee are real. He discussed overseas libraries and Ben Dulles books policy, and described aims of the forthcoming Anglo American French foreign ministers conference. He praised Adenauer and argued the Republican party is gaining responsibility.
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John Foster Dulles
Washington
U. S
Rhee
Seoul
Mark W. Clark
Tokyo
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Gen. Clark
H. Alexander Smith
Senate Foreign Relations
Far East
Associated Press
Sam Summerlin
Robertson
Eisenhower
South Korea
U.S
United States
Syngman Rhee
Dulles
State Department
Dashiell Hammett
Hammett
Korea
Middle East
Indochina
Bermuda
Churchill
Republican Party
Congress
Adenauer
Four New Mexicans Arrive From Far East on Freeman
Four New Mexicans arrive today aboard the transport Gen. H. B. Freeman after service in the Far East. Airman Andres Garcia of Vaughn M/Sgt James Hoover of Hobbs Capt Harral V. Mathis of Artesia and Cpl John Thompson of Hurley are named among the arrivals.
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Korea
Seattle
Gen
H. B. Freeman
Far East
Andres Garcia
Vaughn
James Hoover
Hobbs
Harral V. Mathis
Artesia
Cpl
John Thompson
Hurley
Betty Grable Leaves 20th Century Fox After 13 Years
Hollywood reports 20th Century Fox and Betty Grable ended their contract amicably ahead of its 1954 expiry. Grable, top wartime star and box office draw, earned about 5000 dollars weekly plus bonuses. Studios cut overhead and shift to per picture talent, fueling decline of the star system amid fewer films and 3 D changes.
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Hollywood
20Th Century-Fox
Betty Grable
Miss Grable
South Street
Columbia
New Mexico FHA Girls Travel East To Learn Homemaking
Twenty one New Mexico Future Homemakers of America Misses travel to Columbus Ohio to learn homemaking skills. Gail Bays of Alamogordo leads 59 chapters with 2485 members. Catherine Dicks of Las Cruces serves as national advisor. Other delegates include Berwyn McKinney Anthony Louise de Anda Artesia and Betty Ruth Garrison Belen among others.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
FHA
Columbus
Ohio
Miss Bays
Berwyn McKinney
Anthony
Louise de Anda
Artesia
Betty Ruth Garrison
Belen
Gloria Garrett
Carlsbad
Emma Jackson
Lovington
Pauline Lopez
Deming
Dolores Dulin
Elida
Torksey Ensminger
Estancia
Patty Brothers
Sally Carpenter
Farmington
DA Tosses Latin Pitch in Cannabis Indicia Case
District Attorney Pat Hanagan filed information in district court charging Alfonso Franco with selling cannabis indicia. Franco pled not guilty at preliminary hearing and was bound over for district court action. The DA cited the Latin term as part of the complaint.
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Pat Hanagan
Alfonso Franco
Alfonso
Travel Costs Rise for Public Employers in Eight Months
The taxpayers association reports out-of-state travel by public employers hit a record high. Acting Director Albert K. Nohl cites a survey showing travel costs near $20,000 per month.
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Santa FE
Taxpayers Association
Albert K. Noh
Baseball game summary between AMERI and CAN LEAGUE squads
In a tight contest the CAN LEAGUE lineup beat AMERI by four runs. Final score 4 10 in favor of Cleveland and 2 8 for Detroit. Key pitchers included Maldonado and Berra for CAN LEAGUE and Lemon and Hooper for Detroit. Brats contributed at third base for AMERI.
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Cleveland
Detroit
Lemon
Hooper
Hegan, Gray and Brats
National League Pittsburgh vs New York game scoreline
Pittsburgh and New York split a 9 inning game with final tallies 5 to 8 and 3 to 8 as Lindell LaPalme Hetki Sandlock Maglie Wilhelm Westrum Noble are noted in the lineups.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Lindell
LaPalme
Hetki
Sandlock
Maglie
Wilhelm
Westrum
Noble
Milwaukee Cincinnati Pitchers Clash in Run Heavy Showdown
Milwaukee and Cincinnati traded runs as Spahn Crandall Nuxhall Kelly and Wehmeier Sem inick Baldwin faced off. Crandall and Nuxhall combined for earned runs while fielding miscues shaped the score.
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Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Spahn and
Crandall
Nuxhall
Kelly
Wehmeier
Seminick
Baldwin
Woman Denied 50 000 Damages in Auto Crash Suit
Mrs. Lucille Merrill failed to win damages against Kenneth Stringer after an automobile collision on May 31 last year. A directed verdict for the defendant was ordered by District Judge Waldo Rogers in Albuquerque.
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Albuquerque
Lucille Merrill
Kenneth Stringer
Waldo Rogers
East German Army Halved to Put Men Back in Factories
Berlin reports the Kasernierte Volkspolizei reduced by half to free 60,000 Soviet-trained troops for industrial work by July 15. The move follows the June 17 revolt and aims to shift funds from rearmament to housing and consumer goods, amid ongoing East German unrest and martial law lingering on the border.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Telegraf
East Zone
Kasernierte Volkspolizei
KVP
Volkspolizei
People’s Police
Otto Grotewohl
Red Peoples
Vincenz Mueller
East Berlin
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Grotewohl
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Jay Taylor
Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Henry Bell
Fort Worth
Weather Bureau
United States Weather Bureau
Ike
Gore
D-Tenn
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R-Vi
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Floyd Mills
Nettie Mills
Los Angeles
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Grable
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