Taft Ike Partisans Clash Sparks Delegates Row
Mexico City rioters clash after presidential vote amid arrests rising to 400. Three killed, a fourth dies later. injuries reported 65 to 200 with many tourists affected by tear gas as police and soldiers block roads and guard public buildings. MacArthur blasts Democrats at Chicago convention urging a Republican victory.
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U.S
del Padre
Leandro Sanchez Salazar
Polytechnic Institute
Miguel Henriquez Guzman
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Henriquez
MacArthur Rally Intensifies GOP Split Over Delegates
In Chicago a 12000 strong GOP crowd hailed MacArthur while Eisenhower and Taft factions clash over 93 contested delegates from seven states. Taft backers blocked seating votes, Rizley named chair, signaling a bristling floor fight amid calls for unity and a hard line on Korea and security.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
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Georgia
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Texas
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America
Herbert Hoover
Korea
Truman
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Phone Rate Hike Hearing Begins in Santa Fe
AP Santa Fe. A State Corporation Commission hearing opened on Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph request for another rate increase. Company officials say the hike would raise $600,000 to $700,000 yearly, while the firm says it has not achieved a fair 6.76 percent return and needs the higher base. The dispute traces back to last June 1951 when a prior rise added $1,364,000 in gross revenue amid expanding service and rising costs.
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Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
State Corporation Commission
Jason Kellahin
Dan Sedillo
Warm Areas For Cool Spell Snow Reported
The Associated Press says the nation will see warmth in cool areas and a cool spell in warm spots with changes not likely before tonight or tomorrow. Temperatures will rise a bit in the Northern and Central Plains toward the Pacific Coast as warm air moves in at night. Montana and Wyoming logged light snow yesterday with Drummond 28 and Helena 36 degrees, the coldest July 7 in 45 years. A cold front from the Canadian Rockies will reach the Northeast and parts of the Middle Atlantic by tomorrow, bringing more warm and humid weather elsewhere.
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Pacific Coast
Weather Bureau
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Wyoming
Drummond
Mont
Helena
Canadian Rockies
United States
Middle Atlantic States
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Local Weather Summary With Temperatures and Forecast
Temperatures recorded every three hours from 2 p m yesterday to 11 a m today show highs around 93 and a low near 55 with readings between 58 and 65 at intervals. Precipitation totals reach 1.07 in 24 hours ending 11 a m today. month to date 1.36 in, year to date 3.30 in. Sunrise 5 00, sunset 7 11, day length 14.3 hours. Forecast: mostly cloudy with light showers today, cool with a high near 78, clearing tonight with a low around 55. Wednesday should be mostly fair, warmer after early morning clouds.
Nats win first curtailed All-Star game ever
National League defeated the American League 3 to 2 in a five inning rain drenched All-Star contest. Jackie Robinson and Hank Sauer homered to lift the NL, with Bob Rush earning the win in his first All-Star appearance and Bob Lemon taking the loss. A crowd of 32,785 paid $108,762.40 as play was halted after a 56 minute delay due to wet field conditions.
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Hank Sauer
Bob Rush
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Cleveland
Bob Lemon
Chicago
Bill Summers
Gafme
Rocket Colt Game Postponed In Roswell Tonight
The Roswell Rocket San Angelo Colt game here tonight was postponed due to rain and wet grounds. The teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow night with Andy Alonso and Audie Malone slated to pitch for Roswell.
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Andy Alonso
Audie Malone
Roswell
Men Held for Court On Sodomy Charges
David Richard Bombard and Ambrocio Ponce were ordered held for District Court after pleading guilty to sodomy. Four store employee witnesses testified they saw the pair engage in a homosexual act last week in a downtown alley, according to Justice R. Perry Bean.
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Ambrocio Ponce
R. Perry Bean
Justice Court
Bombard
Ponce
Taft and Eisenhower contest shapes GOP convention
At the Chicago convention hall the 25th Republican National Convention recessed for the afternoon with 93 disputed seats fueling a fierce Taft versus Eisenhower battle. By night, the 1,206 delegates faced decisive votes to settle rival claims and harden lines between rival camps.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower Urges GOP Unity to Beat Democrats in November
General Dwight D. Eisenhower appealed for Republican harmony at a Chicago breakfast with the Missouri delegation after a Taft-leaning opening session. He urged Republicans to close ranks after the convention and unite to defeat the Democrats in November. The campaign predicted nomination on about the third ballot, while stressing cautious optimism as contests over delegations continue. Eisenhower viewed the convention vote approving seating rules as a sign the process belongs to delegates and the people who elected them.
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Blackstone
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North Shore
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Mac-Arthur
82Nd Airborne Division
Bennie Weeks
Ft. Braga
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Denver
Jeep Pickup Stolen From L E Ranch Recovered in Portales
A jeep pickup stolen from the L E ranch east of Roswell last Wednesday was found in Portales yesterday afternoon. Sheriff Harry Puryear said the suspect Frank Cromwell alias Charles Shepherd refused to talk but traced to Portales where he allegedly sold a saddle for 45 dollars. A second saddle was shipped to Pecos Texas in his name. A pair of chaps stolen with the items remains unrecovered.
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Roswell
Portales
Harry Puryear
Frank Cromwell
Charles Shepherd
Puryear
Cromwell
Pecos
Tex
Five Star Generals Spark Chicago Convention
In Chicago the two five star generals dominate coverage. Dwight D. Eisenhower wins the first convention vote boosting his presidential prospects while Douglas MacArthur delivers the keynote to roaring crowds. ABC gauges record high applause for his lines on war, policy, and collective security.
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Chicago
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Europe
Ike
MacArthur Orates
Grantham assails Mechem admin in New Mexico speech
Everett Grantham Democratic candidate for governor attacked Gov Mechem s Republican administration in a speech at the Jane Jefferson Club. He said commissions go to political favorites and denounced the Sandia Insurance Agency and favoritism by the state purchasing agent and called the State Tourist Bureau situation a disgrace.
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Mechem
Grantham
Jane Jefferson Club
Sandia Insurance Agency
Bridges Urges GOP Unity to Avert Defeat in November
CHICAGO AP Senate Republican Leader Styles Bridges warned at the party convention that quarrels within the GOP threaten a November defeat unless Republicans unite behind the convention’s presidential choice. He urged leaders including Eisenhower Taft MacArthur Stassen Warren to stand together to protect the two party system.
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United States
Bridges
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Taft
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Harold Stassen
California
Earl Warren
Trial continues in 1951 slaying of bearded recluse
In Haskell Texas Thomas C Livesay 36 Amarillo smelting plant worker is on trial for murder in the death of Joshua Blocher 85 known as Old Devil of Bailey County founder of Progress near Muleshoe. Jury selection paused after seven jurors chosen when defense attorney suffered heat stroke. A co worker Lester Douglas Stevens 51 already sentenced to death.
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Thomas C. Livesay
Amarillo
39Th
H. J. Blanchard
Livesay
Joshua Blocher
Bailey County
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Lester Douglas Stevens
Story Hour Day Changes at Public Library
The Children's Story Hour formerly held on Wednesday at 3 30 p m moves to Saturday mornings at 10 30 a m announced by the library officials.
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