Seven American Soldiers Freed by Czech Reds
Seven American soldiers held in Czechoslovakia since July crossed into West Germany at noon, after 12 days in captivity. The group, including Capt. Jack M. Davis and six others, was met by the U S 2nd Armored Cavalry and transported toward Nuernberg amid questions over the border incident.
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Waidhaus
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
William Oatis
U.S. 2Nd Armored Cavalry
U.S. Army
Davis
Weiden
Nuernberg
816Th Field Artillery Battalion
Jack M. Davis
Raytown
John F. Glasson
Oakdale
Carlif
Jerry W. Griffith
Springfield
Ohio
George Switzer
Milburn
Neb
Leonard D. Tennis
Alliance
Richard J. Jumper
Boonville
Ross F. McGinnis
Greensburg
U. S. State Department
Cities DWI Trial Rights Are Weighed
The New Mexico Supreme Court weighs whether city police courts may try drunk driving cases as Carlsbad appeals a ruling that under the 1953 law municipalities lack authority to prosecute. The case involves Coffin and a set of cities including Santa Fe Albuquerque Roswell Las Cruces Hobbs and Artesia. Dulles reports progress toward Allied unity after talks in Paris with Eden and Mendes France and says Undersecretary Smith will go to Geneva for Indochina negotiations. He notes the Western powers remain unified against Communist pressure and that a possible Indochina accord may be acceptable to the United States even if not ideal.
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Santa FE
State Supreme Court
Carlsbad
C. Roy Anderson
Thomas Vestal Coffin
Albuquerque
Roswell
Las Cruces
Hobbs
Artesia
Anderson
Caswell Neal
Coffin
Neal
Justices of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
Morton Rutherford III
Washington
Dulles
Paris
Indochina
Eden
Mendes-France
W. Bedell Smith
Geneva
Smith
U. S
White House
Eisenhower
U.S
Indoching
France
United States
Couple Charged With Murder in Inquest Case
Frank J. Koprian and Sylvia Koprian are held in jail on murder charges after a coroner jury found the 19 year old Marilyn Jane Seig died from an abortion related infection. The inquest revealed fetal expulsion and related complications as investigators described the case and linked the Koprians to the events surrounding the death.
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Frank J. Koprian
Sylvia Koprian
R. Perry Bean
South Park
C. Roy Anderson
Carlsbad
I. J. Marshall
Glenn Dennis
Ballard Funeral Home
A. S. Blaun
el Paso
Marshall
Miss Leig
Dennis
W. Wildy St
Mae Ivy
B. E. Thomas
Thomas
Koprian
Roswell to Hire Appraiser Real Estate Firm for Parking
City Council, at a weekly breakfast meeting, voted to hire an appraiser and a real estate firm to pursue acquisition of off street parking. Earl K. Lostetter named as appraiser with pay on a time basis.
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Roswell
Nickson Hotel
S. Elmo Henselee
Winston Daniel
Earl K. Lostetter
Lostetter
Bert Ballard
Max
Civic Night at Fair Park Draws Roswell Fans
Over 3,000 fans are expected for Civic Night at Fair Park in Roswell. Eight civic clubs sold tickets for the event to support professional baseball as the Rockets face the Carlsbad Potashers in a continuation of a two game series. Dale Dunham chairs the effort, noting strong sales and an expected turnout beyond 3,166 Merchants Night attendees. Tickets are 80 cents.
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Fair Park
Roswell
Rockets
Carlsbad Potashers
Dale Dunham
Weather summary from Weather Bureau data and forecast
Reading at three hour intervals shows peak temperature 102 degrees and a low of 63 with normal highs around 92. Precipitation for the 24 hours ending today at 11 a.m. was trace. Forecast calls for swelling cloudiness in the afternoons with scattered light showers or thunderstorms and hot afternoons. High near 99 today with moderate nights and a low around 65.
Ex-convict in Lubbock denies memory of kidnaping rape
William Thomas Hughes 34, charged with kidnaping and raping an infant, told authorities he remembered nothing. He was brought to Lubbock jail after the Seminole attack near where the baby Jackie Jo Davis, five months, allegedly occurred. Bond set at 5,000 for kidnaping. rape charge denial of bond. Hughes 6'2" 195 lbs, past auto theft and forgery sentences.
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Lubbock, Tex
William Thomas Hughes
Olliceets
Hughes
Lubbock
Seminole
Tex
Jackie Jo Davis
Gaines County
Pace Eight
Shrine Circus Ticket Drive Opens in Roswell
Roswell Shrine Patrol started advance ticket sales for the Shrine Circus to be staged at de Bremond stadium on August 11 and 12. Tickets are sold through local businesses to be given free to deserving youngsters. adults buy at the gate. This is the fourth year of sponsorship with matinee and night shows each day, and organizers promise a show as popular as past years.
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Roswell
the Patrol
Cusack Delivers Keynote at Platform Parley in Albuquerque
State Senator J. P. Jack Cusack of Roswell will give the keynote at the Republican platform convention in Albuquerque. He will not reveal the full text yet but promises a concrete program and food for thought for GOP and independent voters. He aims to contrast with the current campaign tactics and will meet with gubernatorial candidate Alvin Stockton on arrival.
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J. P
Jack’’ Cusack
Roswell
Albuquerque
Alfonse and Gaston
Cusack
Alvin Stockton
Ward Thorne death exam delayed by two weeks
A panel of pathologists said they need more time to complete the autopsy of Montgomery Ward Thorne. They will study his vital organs and veins removed from his arms before ruling on the cause of death.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward Thorne
Senate subcommittee meeting hints at staff firings clash
Washington reports Sen McCarthy convened the Senate Investigations subcommittee for a session that could decide on calls to dismiss staff. The gathering signals a potential battle over personnel removals amid ongoing political friction.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Carlsbad Name Clash Sparks California New Mexico Feud
Carlsbad Calif writes the New Mexico city asking it to change its name claiming confusion. Carlsbad New Mexico responds that no such letter was received and suggests spelling or changing the California city's name. The California chamber cites Karlsbad Bavaria origin while New Mexico notes similar mineral springs and history.
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Carlsbad
Calif
Tex
N. M
New Mexico City
California
Chamber of Commerce
William Adair Gossett
Karlsbad
Bavaria
Frank Kindell
Czechoslovakia
Gossett
New Mexico
Carlsbad Oe Gy
Western Union Interstate Rates Rise 11 Percent
Western Union increased interstate telegraph rates by about 11 percent at midnight, raising annual earnings by roughly nine million dollars. The FCC approved the hike to return earnings to the 5 percent level seen in early 1953, with general telegram service up about 16 percent while the press rate remains unchanged.
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Washington
Western Union
Federal Communications Commission
Telegraph Company
FCC
Western Unions
Alumni director notes two former Caltech graduates living in Roswell
Pasadena California Institute of Technology announces its alumni director lists six thousand four hundred living alumni including Samuel N Domenico and Radoy W Helgl and identifies Roswell as their residence.
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Pasadena
Calif
Califfornia Institute of Technology
Roswell
Samuel N. Domenico
Radoy W. Heggland
Accused Man Is Sentimentalist
William Thomas Hughes charged in Hobbs with a 5 month old girl incident. Police note a tattoo on his upper left arm a cross with a heart and words In memory of Mary Alice. Hughes says Mary Alice was his 10 month old daughter who died in January 1948 of a throat ailment.
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Hobbs
William Thomas Hughes
Mary Alice
Employment Rise in Albuquerque April Figures
The Bureau of Business Research reports a slight April employment gain in New Mexico led mainly by contract construction activity. The University bureau notes modest overall job growth across sectors with construction ahead of other industries.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Bureau of Business Research
University Bureau
Excellent Fishing Noted in Chama Area
Santa Fe reports excellent fishing in the Chama area over the past week per the State Game Department. Other regions show fair to good catches including Cimarron Taos Braos Charette Lakes upper Rio Grande Elephant Butte Caballo Pecos ranges.
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Santa FE
Chama
State Game Department
Cimarron
Taos
Braos
Charette Lakes
Rio Grande
Elephant Butte
Caballo
Pecos
Eagle Nest
Red River
Jeme
Bluewater
Silver City
Farmington
Two Bodies Pulled From Monongahela River
In Fairmont West Virginia the bodies of 27 year old William Herron of Catawba and his 6 year old son Wilber were recovered from the Monongahela River. They had been missing since Sunday after taking a homemade paddle wheel boat out on the river. The craft built by Herron was found Sunday night.
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Fairmont
W.va
Marion County
Monongahela River
Lohn Yeager
William Herron
Catawba
Wilber
Herron
Forrest City to Celebrate Gen Forrest Birthday Again
The city honored Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest with a birthday program by the local United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter. To correct a lapse last year the event was broadcast yesterday on the town radio station.
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Forrest City
Arki
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Forrest
The
United Daughte of the Confederacy
Fifteen Men Move Year’s Whale to Tokyo Museum
In Tokyo a team of fifteen strong men transported a 30 foot whale, weighing nearly a ton, from storage to a whaling museum berth after a year’s work.
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Tokyo
Lightning Storm Knocks Out Carlsbad Roswell Power
A Carlsbad area lightning strike hit a transmission line causing citywide blackout spanning Carlsbad Roswell Artesia and Dexter. Roswell lights including traffic signals were off 13 minutes. police radio failed prompting use of scout cars for messages. Fire alarms sounded for shorts in wiring as crews checked ice cooled systems and hoses were deployed at East Third Street.
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Carlsbad
Roswell
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Artesia
Dexter
Tommy Thompson
Missouri
College
Washington
Sixth St
Third St
Garden Ave
East Third
Roswell’s
Big Mo
Storms and Cool Front Begin To Crack Worst Heat Wave
Violent storms in the East and a expanding cool front in the Midwest began to crack the season’s worst heat wave. The death toll neared 100 as damage spread across New England New York New Jersey Maryland Pennsylvania Ohio and Michigan. Fort Scott Kansas hit 120 degrees before cooler air moved in. Thousands of baby chicks died in Arkansas and patients at a Winfield Kansas training school were cooled with ice to combat heat effects. Eleven Kansas mental patients died this week.
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Associated Press
Midwest
New England
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Mercury
Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Arkansas Poultry Federation
Winfield
Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis
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Pittsburgh
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Peggy
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Tom Cory
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Shrine Circus
Platform Parley
Thorne
Bub
Carlsbad Balks
Boston
Detroit
River Grove
Isabela Marcella Olga Christina Goldsmith
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London
Jimmy Goldsmith
Britain
Scotland
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Ken Reynolds
W. A. Caldwell
R. G. Tefft
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