Taft Fights Rule Change in Eisenhower Fight
Chicago AP Taft declares he will oppose a proposed rule change backed by Eisenhower forces at the Republican National Convention. He claims a rising pledge total near six to seven hundred votes and discusses strategy for a possible first ballot victory. Taft criticizes compromise plans and outlines a five point program to curb government power and uphold liberty. He meets delegates from Montana Rhode Island Hawaii and Puerto Rico on opening convention day.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Texas
GOP
National Federation of Young Republican Clubs
Thomas J. Gavin
Kansas City
Truman
Gavin
Republican Party
Montana
Rhode Island
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Parking Meter Complaint Against Rancher Joe Mitchell
Fifty complaints accuse Chaves County rancher Joe Mitchell of failing to answer 533 overtime parking tickets, filed in police court after his challenge to the city parking meter ordinance. If convicted on 59 charges, he could face up to 2500 dollars in fines.
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Joe Mitchell
Chaves County
Supreme Devire
Mitchell
City Argy
Richard G. Bean
Tommy Thompson
Supreme Court
Thompson
High Court
Local Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Readings at three hour intervals show temperatures from 2:00 PM yesterday to 11:00 PM today with highs around 96 and lows near 65. Precipitation totals 2.23 inches year to date, 0.10 inches in 24 hours ending 11 AM today. Sunrise 4:54, sunset 7:23, day length 143 hours. Clouds thicken at times Monday and Tuesday with scattered showers or thunderstorms, slightly cooler. today’s high about 62, low 62 tonight.
Storms Deposit Moisture in Areas Surrounding City
Thunderstorms yesterday deposited moisture around Roswell with .10 inch last night. Foothills to the west received thunder showers while highs reached 93 at Hobbs 96 at Roswell and 97 at Carlsbad. Humidity rose to 88 percent at night and a north cold front may bring more showers in eastern New Mexico. Measured totals include 43 at Las Vegas 11 at Truth or Consequences .12 at Albuquerque and .05 at Clayton. Taos precinct 1-A election irregularities investigated after erasures found on ballots.
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L. J. Guthrie
U.S. Weather Bureau
Roswell
Hobbs
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Las Vegas
Albuquerque
Clayton
Convict Shot As Michigan Inmates Riot
At Southern Michigan Prison in Jackson about 140 rioting inmates seized two guards as hostages and damaged the cell block. One convict, Carl Bradford, was wounded as state troopers fired. The disturbance, lasting two and a half hours, stemmed from demands for dining, exercise and visitor privileges, and ended after guards were released.
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Jackson, Mich
Southern Michigan
Carl Bradford
Detroit
Seymour Gilman
Burt Myron
William Blair
Myron
Gilman
James Vacek
UN Raiding Party Beaten Back by Chinese Fire
In Korea near Panmunjom a large Allied raiding party supported by tanks and flamethrowers was driven back by entrenched Chinese at three Red outposts two miles east of the truce talks site. Allied reinforcements entered and withdrew by dawn as dawn air strikes pounded positions.
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Seoul
Korea
Panmunjom
Associated Press
Sam Summerlin
U. N
Summerlin
Bright Moonight
United States Completes Record Atlantic Crossing In Three Days
The United States liner completed its maiden Atlantic crossing in 3 days 10 hours 40 minutes, shaving 10 hours 2 minutes off the Queen Mary’s previous record. A gale buffeted the voyage as 1,700 passengers celebrated sunrise atop deck, while Commodore Harry Manning hailed the feat on the bridge.
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United States
America
Cunard
Bishop’s Rock
Ambrose Light
New York
Margaret Truman
le Havre
France
Southampton
Commodore Harry Manning
Grantham challenges Frazier voting charges in primary dispute
Everett M. Grantham, Democratic governor nominee, counters Frazier's May primary contest in District Court. He seeks dismissal, labels the case a fishing expedition, and argues irregular voting by non registered Democrats across Chaves and several other counties. He lists about 400 Roswell residents and 809 voters as not properly registered.
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Lake J
Frazier
Gratham
Supreme Court
Grantham
Chaves County
Roswell
Guadalupe
Mora
Rio Arriba
San Miguel
Santa Fe
Taos
Torrance
Valencia
Chaves
H. M. Dow
Howard Bratton
Roshwell
Granhtam
Local Teenagers Seriously Injured In Ruidoso Wreck
Two Roswell teens Curran Fuller 17 and Mickie Sisk 15 were seriously hurt in a highway crash near Ruidoso. Sisk suffers multiple injuries while Fuller has a fractured foot and head lacerations. Sisk stabilizing. she faces El Paso surgery. Irvin Sisk, driver and brother of the injured, unhurt.
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Ruidoso
Curran Fuller
Mickie Sisk
Roswell
Here
Miss Sisk
Jack Sisk
Young Fuller
C.D. Fuller
Irvin Sisk
Ruidoso Hospital
el Paso
Taft Eisenhower clash opens GOP convention with dispute
The 25th Republican national convention opens in Chicago with Taft and Eisenhower forces in a bitter fight over contested Southern delegates. A test vote on seating rules looms as MacArthur awaits tonight's keynote. Taft backers claim 537 pledges. 604 are needed for nomination. Delegates split on compromise proposals amid talks by Knowland Lodge and Langlie.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
Sen
William Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Ohio
Guy G. Gabrielson
Calfornia
Earl Warren
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Knowland
Tom Coleman
Wisconsin
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
Eisenhower Eyes Tough Campaign Run at GOP Confab
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower said he would attack Democratic errors if nominated by the Republicans but would not scrape up dirt for its own sake He met Florida delegates and discussed his chances with Gov Earl Warren as Taft led in delegate counts and Stassen sought support for contested seats at the convention
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Ike
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Florida
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Robert A. Taft
Maryland
Theodore R. McKeldin
E. Elmer Anderson
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Indiana
Hoosier
Associated Press
Taft
Harold Stassen
Gabrielson
Democratic Party
Gabrielson urges united GOP front to defeat Democrats
Chicago reports Republican National Committee Chairman Guy Gabrielson calling for a united party front to end what he termed the scandalous Democrat years at the 25th GOP National Convention. He warned against disunity and urged the party to close ranks behind the nominee, while promising further indictments of Democratic years.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Guy George Gabrielson
United Party
Gabrielson
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
Weary Smile Seals Texas Delegation At GOP Convention
Henry Zweifel, leader of the Taft forces in Texas, gives a weary smile to cameramen after a meeting that awarded his delegation 22 of Texas 38 seats at the GOP national convention. Zweifel backed the compromise plan from Taft and Sen. Robert A. Taft.
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Henry Zweifel
Taft
Texas
Zweifel
Zweifern
Robert A. Tait
False alarm report of shooting in White Mountains
State police said a tal fatal shooting report near Monro Lookout Tower was false. No evidence found after roadblocks checks with doctors and hospitals. Roswell girls had claimed a pedestrian was shot, but investigators could not locate any victim or weapon.
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White Mountains
Here
Roswell
Monro Lookout Tower
Joe Roach
Lincoln County
Roswell Girls Question Wild Mountain Shooting Hoax
Miss Nancy Talmage and Miss Nannie Keller testified they may have been victims of a hoax after sighting a car in Montrean canyon Saturday night. They reported hearing a gunshot and seeing a man place another man in a car, then met campers who corroborated the scene before the witnesses went to Ruidoso to report the shooting.
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Nancy Talmage
Nannie Keller
Roswell
Miss Talmage
Miss Keller
Montean Canyon
Canyoon
Quickies by Ken Reynolds Washer Ad Warning
Ken Reynolds writes a pointed column recalling a Record Want Ad about a washer. The piece urges readers to respect editorial calls while humorously noting consumer curiosities and community chatter about classified listings.
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Lynn Wilson Perkins
Joyce LaVerne Duty
Vincent A. Wojack
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Robert E. Arnett
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