New Look Planned for NMMI Armory and Natatorium
Cahoon Armory and Luna Natatorium at the New Mexico Military Institute will get a complete interior renovation with a September completion target. W. R. Bauske Construction Company handles the $218,681 project featuring a new Luna Natatorium roof with steel beams, tiled pool walls, aluminum windows, restricted pool access, new filtration, and expanded coaching offices. Cahoon Armory receives a rebuilt floor, tar paper sub-floor, and fiberglas acoustical tiles to improve acoustics and temperature.
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George F. Gerling
Cahoon Armory
Luna Natatorium
New Mexico Military Institute
W. R. Bauske Construction Company
Clovis
NMMI
Nicholas Padgen
Cahooa
Mexico City Doctor Rescued After Wild Car Chase
Dr Eduar do Garcia Alvarez was involved in a minor collision with a station wagon. An argument grew heated and the driver sped off with the doctor clinging to the bumper. Police, ambulance and volunteers pursued for 30 minutes until the wagon was halted and the medic was rescued.
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Mexico City
Eduardo Garcia Alvarez
Local Merchants Invite Artesia Residents to Rocket Game
Thirty Roswell merchants invite Artesia residents to Fair Park Stadium on July 27 to see the Rockets play the Carlsbad Potashers. Tickets will be printed and distributed in Artesia with no strings attached. The 8 pm Friday game will use designated pickup points and lists participating firms including Smith Machinery, Pecos Valley Coca Cola, Ginsberg Music, and more.
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Artesia
Roswell
Fair Park Stadium
Rockets
Carlsbad
Smith Machinery Co
Pecos Valley Coca Cola Co
Ginsberg Music Co
C. R. Anthony Co
Nickson Cocktail Lounge
Ball & Ray
Huff's Jewelry Store
Sacra Bros
First National Bank
Holsum Bakery
la Cima
Prowler Nabbed After Foot Chase in Lovington
Lovington deputy sheriff captured Raney A. Newcomb 40 of Hobbs after he leaped from Frank's Food Market roof during a midnight break in. Newcomb admitted gambling debts as motive for the break in at 7 Up Bottling Co. funds. $35.25 was found in the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Raney A. Newcomb
Hobbs
Les Villers
Newcomb
Frank
Roswell
Villers
Law Shoots Men Over Arms Loot
In Artesia New Mexico FBI and local officers killed one man and wounded another while preventing a gun raid on the National Guard armory. Recovery of eight rifles and seven carbines plus a portable typewriter followed, with arrests sought for Domingo Miranda Sanchez and another suspect.
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Law
Artelia
FBI
National Guard
Hartzell Martin
Artesia
Aliaz Alaniz
Domingo Sanchez
U.S. Highway 285
R. Perry Bean
U. S
Roswell
Domingo Miranda Sanchez
James M. Durrett
Albuquerque
Sanchez
Alaniz
Cavemen survival test ends for French volunteers
Eight French volunteers concluded a two week caveman living experiment in which they slept in a Stone Age cave and subsisted on snails wild berries and fish caught with their bare hands.
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Toulouse
France
Roswell Civil Defense Details Friday Air Raid Drill
Roswell Civil Defense Council led by Charlie Boreing outlines Friday morning drills at Roswell and Walker AFB dependents as part of a nationwide test. The Lemonjuice alert sounds at 8 10 a m signaling enemy planes, radio will provide updates, and 10 45 a m will bring a series of short whistle blasts.
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Roswell
WAFB
Civil Defense Council
Charlie Boreing
Walker Air Force Base
CD Council
United States
Boreing
Dreams and Plans For 45 Die In Plane Crash
Fort Dix New Jersey reports 45 airmen lost when a routine transport mission crashed in a rain soaked pine forest. Among the dead are Airman 2.C. Lazaro F Rosello from the Bronx and Airman 2.C. Ronald J Helmes from Cincinnati both recently joined the Air Force. Also killed are Sue Madden a 20 year old seeking to marry Helmes, Joseph Galman a Hollywood Army school teacher visiting England with his British wife, and Airman Thomas A Cusmano from Elizabeth New Jersey. Detailing their hopes and lives prior to the tragedy. The incident underscores the sudden loss of young service members during postwar operations.
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Lazaro F. Rosello
Bronx
N. Y
Air Force
Ronald J. Helmes
Cincinnati
Molesworth
England
Sue Madden
Joseph Galman
Hollywood
Thomas A. Cusmano
Elizabeth
N. J
Manhattan Beach
New York
McGuire Air Force Base
New Mexico GOP backs Nixon ticket and truck act repeal
The New Mexico Republican convention endorsed Eisenhower Nixon for president and pledged repeal of the 1955 truck weight act and two welfare laws. Gen Hurley failed to add a water plank. his views were added as a resolution to be sent to the San Francisco national convention.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Republicans Today
Richard Nixon
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
San Francisco
GOP
Philip Hubbell
Simms
Eisenhower
Edwin L. Mechem
John F. Simms
Mechem
Tom Bolack
Farmington
Ralph C. Smith
Las Cruces
W. A. Sutherland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nixon
Four Aboard B47 Die in Salina Crash
A B47 jet bomber crashed near Salina Kansas after taking off from Smoky Hill Air Force Base killing four crew members Maj. Ernest Sharp 28 Ormond Beach Florida 1st Lt Marion Stallings 26 Leesburg Florida Capt Walter Carnes 29 Augusta Georgia 1st Lt Carl Pattison 32 Cambridge Ohio.
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Salina
Kan
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Ernest Sharp
Ormond Beach
Fla
Marion Stallings
Leesburg
Fila
Walter Carnes
Augusta
Carl Pattison
Cambridge
Ohio
Edison laboratory set as national monument by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower signed a proclamation designating the Thomas A. Edison laboratory in West Orange New Jersey as a national monument. The action preserves the historic research site associated with the famed inventor.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Inventor Thomas A. Edison
West Orange
N. J
Impetus Given To Greater Roswell Days
Roswell merchants will give away 1000 in cash during the Greater Roswell Days promotion set for Aug 2 to 4. More than 60 merchants participated in the recent event and handed out 90,000 free tickets with winners drawn for bonds. A Chamber of Commerce spokesman says more merchants will join this big promotion as letters invite Roswell area merchants to participate. The grand prize is 500 with other prizes of 250 100 and three 50 cash gifts.
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Roswell
Retail Trade Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Welcome Lt. and Mrs. C. M. Dees Lt. and Mrs. W. H. Wentz
A brief notice extends a cordial welcome to Lt. and Mrs. C. M. Dees and Lt. and Mrs. W. H. Wentz, marking their arrival or reception in the community.
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C. M. Dees
W. H. Wentz
Continental No2 No.5 oil producer tops Caprock drill results
Continental Oil reports No. 5 State well in Caprock Queen, Chaves County, appears to be the larger producer of two completed last week with an initial 588 barrels per day. Union Oil finished No. 23 Federal Stevens at 3140 feet for 264 BOPD. Steel Oil No. 1 Gulf State flowed 368 BOPD after sand tracing 3096-101. Drill pipe and casing shortages press on as the steel strike continues.
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Continental Oil Co
Caprock
Chaves County
Continental
Union Oil Co
California
Federal Stevens
Steel Oil Co. No
Gulf State
Child feared drowned at Conchas Lake near Tucumcari
Under night lights officers recovered from Conchas Lake near Tucumcari the body of a 4 year old who Apparently drowned in the desert lake while with family.
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Conchas Lake
Tucumcari
Death Toll Rises After Weekend State Highway Wrecks
A Colorado Springs widow, Doris Koeller, 45, died when her husband Joseph Koeller 60 cut in to pass another car on U S 64 near Taos New Mexico. The weekend toll on New Mexico highways rose to 200 with a head on crash near Albuquerque killing Rosie Louden 33 of Diamond Missouri and injuring a Whittier California family en route to Chicago.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Doris Koeller
Colorado Springs
Colo
New Mexico
Albuquerque
U.S
Rosie Louden
Diamond
Whittier
Calif
Chicago
Koeller
Taos
Joseph J. Koeller
Floyd Louden
Robert Roeck
Violet
Robert William
Michael
Lowly Potato Heads for Luxury Item Category
The potato, long a staple, may become a luxury item as prices rise about five cents per pound from last year. A supplier survey ties the squeeze to reduced 1955 crop plantings after large dumps due to lack of market, causing general scarcity and higher costs. See LOWLY, Page l4.
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American Board
Pups Seek Cool Lairs In Shawnee Storm Sewers
Shawnee dog residents escape 100 degree heat by crawling into storm sewers that lead to creek beds at the city edge. Poundmaster Troy Clay notes a humane society call to remove them but says the pups are smarter than people and simply want a cool place to sleep.
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Shawnee
Okla
Troy Clay
Clay
Humane Society
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