Americans Around the World Observe the Fourth of July
The Fourth was celebrated worldwide with speeches and fireworks as Eisenhower praised liberty and Danish ties, Nixon spoke of freedom and peace, and American GIs in Korea opened with artillery barrages amid war clouds and stalled truce talks.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
America
Eisenhower
Denmark
Children of America
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Korea
Washington
Weather Summary from United States Weather Bureau
Reading at three hour intervals from 2 a.m. yesterday to 11 p.m. shows temperatures from 72 to 102 with a high of 102 and a low of 72. Sunrise 4 54, sunset 7 11, length of day 14 3 hours. Clouds forming at times but mostly fair today and tonight. Hot again today with a low around 70.
Joe Chumley Wins Soap Box Derby in Missouri Street Race
Joe Chumley rolled his low-slung racer to victory in the RéSwell Soap Box Derby on Missouri Avenue. The 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W H Crumisy won the Class B title after four races and earned a trip to Akron Ohio plus a 15000 scholarship for the All American Derby. Ross Christian finished runner-up in the competition witnessed by about 3000 spectators with police escorts clearing the course.
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Joe Chumely
W. H. Chumley
East
R. M. Higgenbotham
Ronnie Higgenbotham
Chumley
Joe Chumley
Missouri Avenue
North Hill
W. H. Crumisy
East Eighth St
Ross Christian
Christian
Young Chumley
Akrom O
Akron
Two Fatalities Mark NM Holiday Road Toll
State Police logged two highway fatalities during the Independence Day weekend in New Mexico. A 19 year old from Duncan Arizona, Jim Collins, died in a crash on SR 12 north of Reserve. a 20 year old Oklahoma City soldier, PFC Vernon Chandler, died when a car rear ended a parked truck 33 miles east of Hobbs. Four others were injured.
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New Mexico
Reserve
Jim Collins
Duncan Ariz
Amarillo
Tex
Oklahoma City
John C. Ramsey
Vernon Chandler
Ft. Bliss
Ramsey
Hobbs
Chandler
Jesse E. Kevil
Carlsbad
Billy Oliver
Rioters Blow Up Red Tanks Within Poland
Refugee reports say 17 Soviet tanks were destroyed near Koenigshuette amid broad Polish unrest since June 29. martial law was declared in Silesia and in Warsaw Cracow as East German and Polish upheaval spreads, with Soviet units and gas lines targeted and militants active.
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Poland
East Germany
East
Telegraf
West Berlin
Silesian
Warsaw
Crakow
Beuthen
Gleiwitz
Kattowitz
Breslau
Koenigshuette
Dabrova
Gornica
Dybnik
Tarnowitz
Ratibor
Teleg
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
East Berlin
Oder- Neisse
Riot in Red River prompts tough police response
In Red River New Mexico a riot involving about 150 holiday visitors led to vigilant policing. Deputy Harold Lichlick reported heavy vandalism including a vacant house being stormed with two women and a 10 year old boy sieged by around 60 Texans. One woman is injured from glass and another from a rock. Four special deputies were sworn in with state police support to restore order.
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Red River
N. M
New Mexico
Harold Lichlick
Amarillo
Tex
Lichlick
L. F. Louis
Santa Fe
Taos
Kids Stop Police, Fireworks Sellers Arrest in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn a crowd of about 200 children prevented police from arresting two fireworks sellers. Police confiscated about $7,000 worth of illegal pinwheels rockets and related items after a raid that was the sixth in two days totaling around $29,000 in seized fireworks.
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New York
Brooklyn
Road Death Toll Rises During Long Holiday
The Fourth of July holiday saw 125 deaths in violent incidents since Friday evening. Traffic crashes caused 85 fatalities, drownings 29, and 11 from miscellaneous causes as the first full day ended. Fireworks produced no fatalities.
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Associated Press
Beverly
Wrecks East of the City Injure Seven in Two Crashes
Two two car crashes near Roswell injure seven people. In the first smash a 1952 Ford rear ends a 1938 Lincoln causing multiple injuries. In the second collision a 1952 Chevrolet hits a 1952 Mercury as Miss McEvoy and Nancy Kost travel west and north. Police investigated with local and air force hospital reports.
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Roswell
St. Mary’s Hospital
Winford
E. ‘Tucker
Farmington
Millie Tucker
Ann McEvoy
Maurice F. McEvoy
West Deming
Nancy Kost
John C. Kost Jr
North Penn
Walker Air Force Base Hospital
Fred E. Gluckler
Richard P. Foley
John C. O'Malley
U.S. Highway 380
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Tucker
Thurman Dennis
Food Service
Clifford D. Lake
John P. Zelenyak
Dennis
812Th Food Service
Lincoln
Glucker
Foley
Bud South
Don Shultz
New Mexico
Country Club Road
Far North Main
McEvoy
T-Sgt
John G. O'Maley
WAFB
O'Malley
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