NM Delegation Splits 9 to 5 Favoring Taft
New Mexico's 14 vote delegation to the Republican convention split nine to five for Taft over Eisenhower in the Georgia seating contest. Eisenhower forces won 607 to 531 as Taft strength grew in the state. Delegates Hurley Springer and Mechem were seen as likely Eisenhower supporters, while uncommitted Hurley spoke against communist diplomacy and Yalta.
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Chicago
New Mexico
Robert A. Taft
Georgia
Eisenhower
Patrick Hurley
Ed Springer
Edwin Mechem
Taft
Convention
Texas
Patrick J. Hurley
Philip Hubbell
Hurley
Hoover
China
Roosevelt
Yalta
Europe
Korea
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ulysses S. Grant
Associated Press
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Douglas MacArthur
Lone Star State
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
William Knowland
Warren
Stassen
Fiery Accusations Fill Long-Awaited Platform
The Texas GOP factions present a 6000 word campaign platform at Chicago opposing the Truman administration. It attacks corruption, favors a tough foreign policy and defense, pledges to end graft, and warns about communist influence while promising rapid air power and coordinated defense. The platform also cites civil rights concerns and potential floor fights.
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Chicago
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Sen. Taft
House
Republican Party
Russia
Second Disastrous Fire Rages Across Warner Lot
A second major blaze at Warner Brothers studio in Burbank California caused extensive damage estimated at 45 to 60 million dollars. Officials say arson is likely as investigators identify the start area and find no ignition source, noting the fire could not have begun accidentally while spectators recall the May 16 incident.
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Burbank
Calif
Warner Brothers
Ed Hatcher
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Hatcher
WAFB Band Opens School Playground Concert Series
The Walker Air Force Base band begins a weekly series at Missouri Avenue grade school playground at 7 30 p m under T Sgt George DeFoe. The program features operatic and light operatic pieces plus popular marches. Alternate weeks will shift to Cahoon Park.
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Walker Air Force Base
Missouri Avenue
George DeFoe
Cahoon Park
Negro Women Jailed On Weapons Charges
Two Negro women, Darlene Maddux aged 20 and Doris Blackmar aged 24, were jailed after county officers responded to a Star Bar disturbance. Deputies report both women wielded a knife and a razor in a rear room during the incident. Also brief note on Santa Fe rodeo opening with clowns, cowboys, horses, and beauty contestants.
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Star Bar
Darlene Maddux
Doris Blackmar
Jim Decker
J. C. Jones
Open Rodeo
Weather summary from 2 PM yesterday to 11 AM today
United States Weather Bureau reports readings at 3 hour intervals with high of 83 and low of 65 today. Precipitation 0 for 24 hours ending 11 AM, month to date 1.36 inches, year to date 3.30 inches. Sunrise 4 56, sunset 7 10. Forecasts thunderstorms possible into Friday with a warm trend today reaching 90.
Man Suffers Broken Bone in Wreck Here
Tilford L Watts 26 of 1108 North Union sustained a broken collar bone arm and leg bruises in a collision at Delaware and Deming at 10 15 p m Police ticketed B C Gilliland 22 of Shady Lawn Courts for reckless driving The injured man was taken to St Marys Hospital Patricia Stauffer 4 of Las Cruces was admitted to El Paso General Hospital for polio the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Stauffer
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Tilford
EL Paso
Patricia Stauffer
Las Cruces
el Paso General Hospital
William Stauffer
Steel strike unemployment nears 1.1 million as plants idle
Pittsburgh report warns total unemployment from the 1952 steel strike could reach about 1.1 million next week. Chrysler plans Michigan shutdown affecting about 68,000 workers with 14,500 recalled for inventory. Michigan auto plants scaled back, Ford and GM also cutting output amid broad industrial shutdown.
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America
Chrysler Corp
Michigan
Chrysler
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Tion
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
CIO United
Truman Watches GOP Convention by Television at White House
President Truman views the Republican National Convention via large-screen TV from the White House. He comments on open committee wrangling over contested delegates and admits concern that his favored candidate, Robert A. Taft, may be defeated. He also greeted Secretary of State Acheson after his Europe and South America tour.
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Truman
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
White House
Acheson
Europe
South America
Taft
Truman Signs Bill to Boost U S Defense Spending
President Truman signed a defense bill providing about 461% billion dollars to raise the U S air force to 143 wings by mid 1955. The measure funds the Defense Department at roughly 5 billion less than asked with key provisions including $45 monthly combat pay and a plan for a second 65,000 ton carrier, while Navy and Air Force receive large allocations.
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Washington
Truman
Defense Department
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
UN Soldiers Hit Reds Across Korea Front
United Nations forces killed or wounded at least 336 Communists in sharp, small scale actions along the 155 mile battlefront. Allied losses were not estimated but considered small. Tourism rises at six New Mexico monuments with a 35 percent jump over June 1951. Harold Glen Shipley of Artesia enlists in the Marine Corps for three years and ships to San Diego for basic training.
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Korea
United Nations
U. S. Eighth Army
Santa FE
New Mexico National Monuments
Harold Glen Shipley
Artesia
Marine Corps
A. B. Sealy
San Diego
Calif
National League tilt ends with Dodgers over Cubs in relief effort
Brooklyn beats Chicago 6 to 2 as Erskine and Van Cuyk combine for victory. Campanella and Rush drive runs while Black, Klippstein, Atwell contribute in the late innings.
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Brooklyn
Chicago
Z Erskine
Black
van Cuyk
Campanella
Rush
Klippstein
Atwell
Eisenhower Gains Ground In Republican Convention
Delegates from Georgia and Texas seated shift the GOP nominating race toward Dwight D. Eisenhower. Taft fights back as Georgia votes 607 to 531 for Eisenhower. Texas seats 33 Eisenhower delegates, Taft five. Californias Warren may emerge as compromise, with Stassen seeking talks with both camps.
Father of Quads Lands in Hospital
In Portland Maine Silas Pinkham 45 of Standish was admitted to Osteopathic Hospital after visiting his wife Elizabeth and their quadruplets William Rebecca Melissa and Jane born four days earlier Officials said the mother and babies were doing well while Pinkham suffered nervous exhaustion He was ordered to rest for two or three days by family physician Stanley E Rowe of Gorham
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Sae Hospital
Boses
Silas Pinkham
Standish
Elizabeth Pinkham
William
Rebecca
Melissa
Jane
Osteopathic Hospital
Pinkham
Stanley E. Rowe
Gorham
TV Prompts Manners At Chicago Convention
Television at the Republican National Convention keeps delegates in check as cameras sweep the floor. Men keep coats on while women powder noses, and the atmosphere shifts to sober, orderly proceedings with a carnival touch. There are few drinkers, five women sergeants at arms, and a record number of women delegates and alternates, totaling 380.
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Chicago
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Washington, D. C
Lewis Thompson
Red Bank
N. J
First Polio Case Reported in County
Chaves County records its first polio case at Walker Air Force Base. Alr Richard S. Geeck, 22, of the Sixth Food Service Squadron, was flown to William Beaumont General Hospital in El Paso after base doctors diagnosed polio. Officials say he has a nonparalytic form and is not in critical condition. health department notes this is the county's first polio case this year.
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Chaves County
Walker Air Force Base
Richard S. Geeck
Sixth Food Service Squadron
William Beaumont General Hospital
el Paso
Geeck
Anti-Inflation Agencies Fire About Half of Work Force
Washington AP reports that roughly 8,500 of the government’s 17,000 anti inflation agency employees face 30 day dismissal notices as Congress slashed appropriations to 60 million dollars from 103 million. Economic Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam urged restraint to hold prices, but vowed the effort would continue. He said the dollar’s value is at risk and the public’s help remains essential.
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Washington
Congress
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
Recess Appointments For McKinney And Wolfsohn
President Truman made recess appointments naming Robert M. McKinney publisher of The New Mexican in Santa Fe New Mexico and Joel D. Wolfsohn of Chicago and Washington as assistant secretaries of the interior. McKinney replaces William E. Warne on a temporary basis while Wolfsohn succeeds Dale E. Doty with the Interior Department. Appointments valid until Congress reconvenes for confirmation.
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Truman
Robert M. McKinney
Santa Fe
N. M
Joel D. Wolfsohn
Chicago
Washgton
Interior
McKinney
The
New Mexican
William E. Warne
Iran
Wolfsohn
Federal Power Commission
Congress
Senate
Black man sentenced for alleged San Angelo assault
Brownwood reports a 19 year old from San Angelo named John Taft Roseburrough was convicted by a jury of an assault on a housewife in San Angelo. He received a 99 year sentence and his lawyers said they will appeal.
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Brownwood
John Taft Roseburrough
San Angelo
Puerto Rican Senator Brings Belly Laugh to GOP Convention
Senor Marcelino Romany of Santurce Puerto Rico stunned the Chicago GOP gathering with a quick wit and light touch, easing a tense convention. The 59 year old lawyer and former judge, near the end of the delegate list, became the night’s unlikely hero in a dramatic shift from rancor to humor.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Taft
Senor Marcelino Romany
Santurce
Puerto Rico
Senor Romany
Dismissal Sought On Suit Against Street Bond Issue
The city asked District Court to dismiss a taxpayer suit challenging the legality of a 250000 dollar street bond issue approved last spring. City Attorney Richard Bean said notices substantially complied with the statute, while plaintiff E M Haley argued the notice was not published for the required 30 days though it ran four weeks. Bean noted the bond won by 2307 to 685 votes.
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District Court
Richard Bean
E. M. Haley
Haley
Bean
Polio Foundation Officials to Meet in City
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis officials from eight East Side counties will hold a two day gathering here Friday and Saturday to discuss polio issues. The Friday session at 7 39 p m at the Chamber of Commerce features William H Black of Albuquerque as principal speaker. Saturday morning at 8 30 a m a women's meeting will be at the chamber offices with speaker Mrs Parker C Kalloch state advisor on women s activities. Counties Eddy Lea Roosevelt Curry De Baca Guadalupe Lincoln and Chaves expected to be represented.
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National Foundation For
East Side
Chamber of Commerce
William H. Black
Albuquerane
Polio Foundation
Chamber
Parker C. Kalloch
Eddy
Lea
Roosevelt
Curry
de Baca
Guadalupe
Lincoln
Chaves
Veteran Pilot Ragnar Freng Dies in California
Palo Alto report says Capt. Ragnar T. Freng aged 52 died last night. Freng is credited as the first man to pilot a commercial passenger plane in the United States, marking a milestone in aviation history.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Ragnar T. Freng
United States
Reservation Mapping Efforts In Navajo Nation Reported
Geology teams from colleges map about 450 square miles of the Navajo Indian Reservation in Socorro area proceedings.
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Socorro
Navajo Indian Reservation
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