Judge Rules Bond Issue Valid for City Street Upgrades
District Judge George T. Harris ruled the April 1 bond election valid, allowing the city to sell 250000 dollars in street improvement bonds. He found the advertising substantially complied with state law and noted other public disclosures besides formal ads. Haley may appeal to the State Supreme Court within 90 days.
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George T. Harris
Harris
E. M. Haley
Haley
Daily Record
Second Street
State Supreme Court
Reds Conditionally Recognize Parts of Geneva Convention
Tokyo reports Red China conditionally recognizing parts of the Geneva Conventions on germ warfare and prisoner treatment. Chou En-lai authorized to convey statements to Switzerland for communication to contracting powers. Armistice talks at Panmunjom stalled over nearly 100,000 captives who resist repatriation while the U.N. seeks to avoid forced returns.
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United States
U. S
Peiping
Chou En-lai
Red Radio
Chou
United Nations
Red China
Switzerland
Federal Council
Panmunjom
U. N
International Committee of the Red Cross
Nuremberg
Tokyo
Foreign Policy Moves Defended by ADA Leader
CHICAGO AP Democratic platform drafters heard a defense of foreign policy from World War I to Korea. Francis Biddle of Americans For Democratic Action urged no apology for Yalta, arguing Soviet actions required breaches of earlier agreements. He warned against military meddling as impractical in 1947 and beyond while backing civil rights measures including fair employment, anti-lynching, and anti-poll tax laws.
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Chicago
Korea
Francis Biddle
Americans For Democratic Action
AOC
Europe
Manchuria
China
Soviet Union
Yalta
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Tehran
Potsdam
Biddle
Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau Reading
Reading from 2 p m yesterday to 11 a m today shows scattered thundershowers today and tonight with a warmer trend. Highest today around 95, lowest tonight about 66, sunrise at 5 00 and sunset at 7 08 giving a 14 1 hour day. Precipitation for 24 hours ending 11 a m today is none, month to date 2 10 inches, year to date 4 03 inches. Normal highs for date 91 and lows 65. Clouds forecast with showers into tonight and Thursday.
Oil-Gas Firm Establishes Roswell Geophysical Office
Stanolind Oil and Gas sets up a district geophysical office at 10414 Main Street in Roswell to handle all eastern New Mexico geophysical work. C. J. Long transfers from Fort Worth to supervise field seismography and interpretive work, with C. A. Willner joining Roswell as senior geophysicist to tackle interpretive problems. The Roswell office, with 20 staff, is led by T. L. Ingram and W. A. Blankenship Jr in the geological and land office.
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Main Street
Roswell
John R. Evans
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company
North Texas-New
Oklahoma University
C. A. Willner
Lubbock
Willner
Colorado School of Mines
Record Subscribers Can Air Complaints
Roswell Daily Record readers may call 2286 about circulation matters. Weekday complaints can be made 5 30 to 7 00 pm and Sunday calls 8 00 to 10 00 am.
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Roswell Daily Record
Murray Calls Meeting on Steel Strike
USW Wage-Policy Committee of 170 meets in Pittsburgh to plot the union's next move in a 45 day strike standoff that idles about 114 million workers. President Murray and Bethlehem Steel VP Larkin report no common ground on union shop. White House mediation discussed but no immediate action. Industry offer adds benefits and wage bumps, holidays, vacations, and shift differentials.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Philip Murray
Murray
Joseph M. Larkin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
White House
John R. Steelman
Larkin
NMMI Colonels Visit ROTC Cadets at Ft Knox Camp
Col. Charles F Ward and Col. O O Wilson of New Mexico Military Institute visited ROTC cadets at Fort Knox Kentucky for a summer camp. They will meet the 52 man NMMI contingent and five department members on temporary duty, with attendance by General Hoge and other college executives. Four Roswell cadets attend the camp: Lake J Frazier Jr Richard B Lodewick Johnny H Norman and Joseph D Posz.
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Charles F. Ward
New Mexico Military Institute
O. O. Wilson
Ft. Knox
Ward
Wilson
NMMI
W. M. Hoge
Fourth Army
S. W. Lodewick
North Missouri Avenue
Johnny H. Norman
J. C. Norman
West Seventh Street
Joseph D. Posz
Joe Posz
North Lea Avenue
Voice of America To Be Strengthened in Global Broadcast Push
Washington said VOA will be expanded with louder broadcasts and new transmitters to reach behind the Iron Curtain. The suspension of Amerika magazine ends that channel for Russians, with programs now adding languages and features.
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Washington
Siszte
Voice of America
USA
Amerika
Byrd Wins Narrow Victory in Virginia Primary
Senator Harry F. Byrd defeats Francis Pickens Miller in Virginia Democratic primary 210625 to 124803 after 1673 of 1783 precincts reporting. Victory solidifies Byrd for Roanoke convention and support of Richard Russell for president. Byrd, 65, seeks a fourth term and pledged to serve Virginians with renewed effort.
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Virginia
Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
Francis Pickens Miller
Roanoke
Sen
Richard Russell
Georgia
Truman
Miller
Congress
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Senate
Claude A. Swanson
Roosevelt
Navy
Tax Group Holds Hearings on County And City Budgets
A State Tax Commission group led by Manuel Baca visited Roswell to hold 1952 53 budget hearings with county officials after a full day allocated for the county budget and plans to meet city officials next day. The team also met town officials at Artesia Hope Lake Arthur Hagerman and Dexter and will travel Friday to Vaughn and Encino.
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State Tax Commission
Roswell
Manuel Baca
Commission
Artesia
Hope
Lake Arthur
Hagerman
Dexter
Vaughn
Encino
Government ordered to refund rail charges for shipments
The U S Court of Claims ordered the government to pay 37674 in bad charges for mineral shipments into El Paso from 1941 to 1945. It found 20319 owed to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and 17355 to the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway.
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Washington
el Paso
U.S. Court of Claims
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
OPS Reduction Cuts New Mexico OPS Staff
Delbert M. Draper regional OPS director said nationwide staff cutbacks will shrink New Mexico from 35 to 29 employees, reflecting a nationwide reduction in the Office of Price Stabilization workforce.
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OPS
Denver
Office of Price Stabilization
New Mexico
Delbert M. Draper
National League wet oheee ooh buzzy?
National League game recap with mixed scores and pitching lines. Cleveland, New York tense match extends to 10 innings with run by run details.
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Roberts
Hansen
Burgess
Dickson
Wilks
Garagiola
McCullough
Cleveland
New York
Lemon
Harris
Brissie
Garcia
Hogan
Tipton
Sain
Morgan
Hogue
McDonald
Berra
Missing scientist Reed feared kidnapped in Pasadena
Albert Clark Reed, 45, an aeronautical research scientist, has been missing from his Pasadena California home for a week. His wife suspects abduction due to his knowledge of military secrets after she received his driver's license and a will in the mail the day after he vanished.
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Albert Clark Reed
Pasadena
Calif
Truman Enters Walter Reed For Checkup
President Truman checked into Walter Reed Hospital with a mild virus infection. Press Secretary Joseph Short said the illness is nearly cleared and the President may stay two to three days. The stay could influence Democratic nominating dynamics before the convention.
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Truman
Walter Reed
Washington
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Joseph Short
Short
Contested Democratic Race Seen Ahead in Chicago Convention
Democratic presidential contenders gather in Chicago as Kefauver and Russell enter a chaotic pre convention scene. Truman dismisses a draft, Stevenson’s camp signals limited nominating chances, while Harriman Kerr and Barkley remain in the running. Kefauver faces alleged backroom bribes and a possible plot to derail his campaign. In separate dispatches, Gen Collins visits Korea, and Ester Ivey, 15, drowns in the Guadalupe River.
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Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard Brevard Russell
Georgia
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
National Committee
Frank McKinney
White House
McKinney
Stevenson
Jacob M. Arvey
W. Averell Harriman
New York
Sen
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Alben Barkley
Kerr
Washington
Harriman
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
Kefauver
Gael Sullivan
California
Sullivan
Gonzales
Ester Ivey
Douglas Ivey
Sonora
Guadalupe River
Ere
GI Not to Attend Sweetheart's Funeral
A Marine spokesman said Pfc. Ronald Leo does not want a leave to attend the funeral of his sweetheart Eileen Fahey who was shot on the Columbia University campus while reading a letter from him. Leo arrived in Korea last January and broke into tears when told of her death, but he declined interviews or pictures.
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Korea
Pfc
Ronald Leo
New York
Leo
Eileen Fahey
Columbia University
Miss Fahey
Tank Disaster Kills Springer Man Benny Montoya
A one ton gasoline tank fell on Benny Montoya, 24, of Springer as he tried to balance it during unloading from a truck. The winch slipped, he fell, and the tank crushed his chest, killing him instantly.
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Springer
Benny Montoya
Montoya
New Mexico Vehicle Insurance Rates Set to Rise
Santa Fe reports that motorists across New Mexico face higher car insurance rates as the National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters seeks increases in bodily injury and property damage coverages. A 5 percent profit factor will drive the changes, with actual amounts to be determined after August 1 negotiations. Public liability and recovery class hikes are anticipated amid rising steel, labor costs, and higher liability claims.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
Ralph Apodaca
Apodaca
Petroleum Day Proclaimed in Roswell by Mayor Cobean
Roswell Mayor Warren R. Cobean designates Saturday July 19 1952 as Petroleum Day to honor the oil industry and its role in the nation’s civilian and military needs. He urges residents to visit exhibits organized by petroleum companies highlighting production and community contributions.
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Roswell
Warren R. Cobean
America
United States
I. W. R. Cobean
City of
Sheriff halts Lea Lake search for Ed Hood body
Sheriff Harry Puryear stopped the search for 62 year old Ed Hood's body at Lea Lake after dynamite blasts yielded no results. Hood, a San Angelo tree trimmer with heart disease, sank near the boat landing Sunday as firemen report a mattress fire on West Fourth with minor damage.
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Ed Hood
San Angelo
Tex
Lea Lake
Harry Puryear
Mr. Hood
Hood
Quickies by Ken Reynolds
A light joke item where Ken Reynolds quips about being protected with lightning insurance from The Record Want Ads, humorously framing a personal safeguard as a source of reassurance and witty commentary.
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Quickies
Ken Reynolds
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