Senators Force Cohn Resignation Seen as McCarthy Victory
Senator McCarthy announced Roy M. Cohn chief counsel to the investigations subcommittee has resigned after pressure from members seeking staff shakeups. Cohn cited lack of unanimity among subcommittee members as the reason while McCarthy praised his anti Communist record and cooperation. Cohn had worked since 1953 and earned $11,700 a year plus income from a New York law firm.
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Senators
Roy Cohn
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Roy M. Cohn
Senate
Cohn
Investigations Subcommittee
Colan
The
Chicago Tribune
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
William Remington
Communist Party
United Nations
Voice of America
Ft. Monmouth
Colin
Woodburn Outlines Local Farm Policy Approach
Al W. Woodburn county agent summarized his Colorado A M M study on agricultural policy. He said the aim is to form grass roots study groups to discuss farmers problems and develop workable local solutions. He urged Chaves County Farm and Livestock Bureau members to organize and pursue local group efforts.
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Chaves
Woodburn
U.S. Agricultural Department
U S Prestige Hits Low Ebb In Viet Nam
In Saigon Indochina, American prestige sinks as Geneva talks near a cease fire. Officials note U S policy confusion and direct aid complaints from Vietnamese nationalists while some hope for future American support beyond French control.
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U.S
Viet Nam
Saigon
Indochina
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Washington
Eisenhower
Vietminh
Hanoi
Assorest Edwards
Water Supply Pact Backing Holloman Missile Center
Reports say negotiations between Holloman Air Force Base and the Southern Pacific Railroad over Bonito Dam water for the Holloman Guided Missile Center remain alive. Dan Brinton, attorney for Holloman, cites high defense priority and estimates a $3 million pipeline to Bonito Lake and Alamogordo could secure soft water, with final plans about a year away.
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Holloman Air Force Guided Missile Center
Alamogordo
Southern Pacific Railroad
Bonito Dam
Dan Brinton
Carrizozo
Brin
Holloman Afb
Holloman Air Force
Bonita Lake
Corona
Vaughn
Duran
Nogal
Carrizoro
Southern Pacific
Capitan
Fort Stanton
Ruidoso
Eagle Creek
Weather summary from the United States Weather Bureau
Reading at three hour intervals shows a high of 98 and a low near 74 with trace precipitation in the last 24 hours. Normal highs and lows for the date are 92 and 66. Forecast calls for variable clouds and widely scattered thundershowers through tomorrow with continued warmth. Sunrise is 5 02 and sunset 7 06, day length 14 1 hours.
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Diescante
Fishermen Return From Red China Oppose Yoshida Regime
Japanese fishermen back from captivity in Red China arrived with placards and streamers denouncing Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida as they urged Japan Red China friendship, according to Kyodo News Agency.
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Tokyo
China
Shigeru Yoshida
Kyodo
Birth Rate Fact: A Baby Born in US Every Three Seconds
A United States birth occurs on average every three seconds highlighting a high annual birth count. This statistic reflects ongoing population growth and demographic trends within the country.
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United States
Heat Stroke Strikes Weather Beacon in Kansas City
In Kansas City a rooftop weather beacon began flashing ever rapidly after days near 110 degrees. Martin Kauffman, who sets the controls, joked the device was suffering heat stroke as it displayed signs for fair weather cloudy skies rain and snow.
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Kansas City
Martin Kauffman
Artesia JP Denies Fee Rule In Correction to Editorial
Artesia Justice of the Peace John Ellicott calls a local editorial about JPs and court fees false. He explains JPs receive court costs regardless of verdict, with defendants paying only on conviction and the county covering costs if found innocent.
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Artesia
Artesia Justice of the Peace
John Ellicott
J.p.’S
Ellicott
J-P
Artesia man fined and jailed over cafe assault
Gonzalo Almagar was fined 25 dollars and sentenced to ten days in jail after pleading not guilty to assault and battery involving a 17 year old girl at a local cafe. He plans to appeal, has not posted a 100 dollar bond, and police seek a second man who threw a bottle through the cafe window.
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Artesia
Gonzalo Almagar
John Ellicott
Almagar
Two Artesia workers fined after weekend fight
Eligo Martinez and Rosenda Varella, workers on the Moutray Brothers farm at Seven Rivers south of Artesia, were fined 50 dollars each after a Saturday night brawl that left Mariano Sanchez hospitalized in critical condition at Artesia General Hospital. Deputies said Sanchez required a blood transfusion following a beating with clubs.
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Artesia
Eddy County
Eligo Martinez
Rosenda Varella
Moutray Brothers
Seven Rivers
Mariano Sanchez
Artesia General Hospital
John Buck
Oscar Lusk
Sanchez
June Taxes Up Santa Fe
June sales tax collections in New Mexico rose 1.3 percent from a year earlier, per the State Revenue Board. For the first six months of 1954 net receipts totaled 12,172,326 versus 12,295,007 in the same period 1953, a decline of about one percent.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
State Revenue Board
Marriages Issued For Four Couples In One Day
Marriage licenses issued yesterday include Robert Edwards 26 and Dorothy Deck 19 of Fort Sumner G D Kinstley 55 and Inez Kinstley 48 of Eunice Myron R Cole 35 and Alice O Krueg 32 of Phoenix Ariz.
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Robert Edwards
Dorothy Deck
Fort Sumner
G. D. Kinstley
Inez Kinstley
Eunice
Myron R. Cole
Alice O’krueg
Phoenix
Ariz
Brooklyn Beats Chicago In Extra Innings 8-3
National League game finished in 10 innings with Brooklyn scoring 8 runs and Chicago 3. Palica earned the win, Vosey and Hughes pitched in later innings, Campanella, Minner and Tappe contributed offensively for Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn
Chicago
Palica
Vosey
Hughes
Campanella
Minner
Tappe
Cease-Fire For Indochina Appears Near
Geneva reports East and West accept partition of Viet Nam along the 17th parallel with about 12 miles north of Highway 9. France says main Viet Nam issues settled awaiting sign off. Eden Molotov Mendes-France Dong plan final talks, with US to issue unilateral pledge under UN charter.
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Geneva
United States
Viet Nam
Indochina
Quang Tri
Savannakhet
Laos
Cambodia
Anthony Eden
Britain
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Pierre Mendes-France
Pham van Dong
Mendes-France
Fench
Smith
Dynamite Cap Blast Injures Hobbs Boys
Two young Hobbs boys aged eight and nine were injured by an explosion of three electric dynamite detonating caps. Richard Patterson was hospitalized with metal in his eye and Walden Ritchey was peppered with metal fragments.
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Hobbs
Richard Patterson
James D. Patterson
Lubbock
Tex
Walden Roy Ritchey
John Ri
Painter Boss Endorses 5-Foot Rig for Steeples and Poles
Chester Daugenti asserts the 5-foot scaffold is ideal for repairing or painting steeples and flag poles and other jobs requiring elevated access.
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Chester Daugenti
Boss
Truth or Consequences Defends Name Against Carlsbad Waters Claim
Truth or Consequences objects to three Carlsbads claiming health giving mineral waters. The New Mexico town insists it has the finest mineral water of its kind and protests any tie to the Cave City name. Oscar Dowling carries a bottle of its water to California to illustrate the point.
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Truth OR Consequences
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Texas
California
T. Or C
Cave City
N. M
Oscar Dowling
Tex
Koprian Pleads Guilty to Worthless Check Share
William Koprian a 38 year old man pleaded guilty to a worthless check charge in R Perry Beans court. Bond set at 1500 dollars and he was bound over to district court after writing a 24.45 dollar check to Roswell State Bank. The case ties to July 3 and Koprian knew funds were insufficient.
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R. Perry Bean
William
Bill) Koprian
District Court
Roswell
Prominent Women and Couple Die Across States
Death notices report Mrs. Alice Tullis Lord Parsons 77 observer at the United Nations for women's groups in Port Chester New York. Mrs. Carolyn Thurn Windmuller 89 a former fashion figure in New York died in Colorado Springs. Uncle Tom Rose 101 in Whitney Texas noted for the long marriage of 80 years with Aunt Easter.
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Associated Press
Port Chester
N.Y
Alice Tullis Lord Parsons
World Peace
United Nations For Women
Colorado Springs
Colo
Carolyn Thurn Windmuller
New York
Whitney
Tex
Tom’’ Rose
United States
Easter
Lawmaker Seeks New Mexico Plates for Track Workers
State Rep. L S Drake proposes requiring track employees at Ruidoso Downs and La Mesa Park to buy New Mexico license plates. He also suggests raising the pari mutuel tax to 2 percent to boost old age assistance by about 160000 annually. Drake seeks study by the legislative council and notes Lincoln County would gain about 45 percent of license sales.
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Santa FE
L. S. Drake
Lincoln
Ruidoso Downs
la Mesa Park
New Mexico
Ruidoso
Raton
Drake
Islative Council
Tony Luna Jr
Lincoln County
Ruidoso Track
Police Court Dockets Shrink to Four Cases
Police Court blotter shows four cases today down from nine yesterday. Judge R Perry Bean presided with lower fines totaling 149 dollars. The docket includes three intoxication charges one speeding and reckless driving. Frank Mead Smith 37 Tulsa Tex faced a 150 dollar fine in a separate DWI case from yesterday.
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R. Perry Bean
Frank Mead Smith
Tulsa
Tex
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Squeeky) Zeboski
Burlingame
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Bonito-Holloman Water Negotiations
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Department of Commerce
United States Weather Bureau
Lehi
San Francisco
Hawaii
San Francisco Bay
Grosvenor Fearon
Lamont Hawks
DeVere Baker
J. Keith Pope
Don Smith
Artesia JP
Hobbs Boys
William Koprian
LA Mesa
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W. L. Auxer
Robert R. Scott
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