State GOP Chief Rules Out Deals With Democrats
M. B. Sonny Johns, GOP state chair, pledged to oppose any deals with Democrats to gain votes. He said the two party system safeguards the state and urged voters to judge parties by their records. He contrasted Republican morality and inclusive governance with Democratic machine tactics and steamroller practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
M. B
Sonny” Johns
Republican Party
Salazar
Miles, Montoya
John Simms
Johns
John
Col Mason Grower to Speak at Chamber Breakfast
Col Mason Grower WAFB commander will be speaker at the July Chamber of Commerce breakfast at Nickson Coffee Shop next Wednesday at 7 30. Brig Gen C W Shott 47th Air Division commander will also attend. Reservations due by noon Tuesday. breakfast ends at 8 30. Local civilians will hear Walker AFB facts from Col Grover and chamber president Homer Glover touts the program value.
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Col. Mason Grower
C. of C
WAFB
Chamber of Commerce
Nickson
Walker Air Force Base
Col. Grover
47Th Air Division
C. W. Shott
Chamber
Homer Glover
Ca vasos Named Quay County Agricultural Agent
Lloyd E. Cavasos is appointed to succeed C. A. Grimes as Quay County agricultural agent. Grimes moves to Bernalillo County to head a similar program. Cavasos has 14 years as assistant county agent in Lea County.
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Tucumcari
Lloyd E. Cavasos
Quay County
C. A. Grimes
Bernalillo County
Cavasos
Lea County
Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Readings at 2 p m yesterday to 11 a m today show highest 102 and lowest 71 degrees. Precipitation 24 hours ending 11 a m today four hundredths inches, month to date nine hundredths, year to date three point fifteen inches. Sunrise 5 03, sunset 7 05, day length fourteen hours. Forecast calls for variable clouds scattered thundershowers tonight and tomorrow, continued warmth. High today and low tonight around 70.
Man Charged In Marijuana Possession Case
Jess Silva was adjudged guilty and bound over to the District Court after a hearing before Justice R Perry Bean. Bond set at 1500 dollars. Three other marijuana cases were dismissed on DA motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Silva
District Court
R. Perry Bean
Silva
Mechem's Portales Rain Brings Hope to Drought Farmers
Gov. Edwin Mechem toured Portales and Roosevelt County to assess the drought crisis and met with farmers and ranchers. After his briefing the area received 8 to 12 inches of rain in parts, renewing plans for late planting despite continued drought and tight finances. Per the Portales Daily News, farmers voiced survival through emergency feed aid but warned of cash shortages for cover crops.
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Edwin Mechem
Agriculture Administration
Portales
Roosevelt County
Gordon Greaves
Rodgers
Carrizozo Captain Drowns After River Rescue
Samuel Charles Wedell an 18 year old Carrizozo High School captain drowned in the Applegate River in Medford Oregon after saving a girl from mid stream. Wedell of Ancho New Mexico had just led the football and basketball squads and earned a New Mexico University scholarship upcoming fall. His body was recovered after he disappeared following the rescue.
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Medford
Ore
New Mexico
Applegate
Samuel Charles Wedell
Ancho
Wedell
Carrizozo N. M
New Mexico Unia
Milton Inspects Fort Bliss Civilian Centers
Assistant Secretary of the Army for manpower and reserves Hugh Milton II visited Fort Bliss to inspect civilian activities at the antiaircraft and guided missiles centers. Milton, a former president of New Mexico A&M and New Mexico Military Institute, toured the facilities yesterday in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Hugh Milton II
the Army
Ft. Bliss
Milton
New Mexico A&m
New Mexico Military Institute
Detective Bennie Cravatt Widow Reveals Past Illness
Oklahoma City widow of Detective Bennie Cravatt says he was once given up for dead with Hodgkins disease a rare lymphatic ailment he survived after an attempted holdup last week. The detective was killed while stopping the robbery.
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Oklahoma City
Bennie Cravatt
South Carolina Girl Wins Miss Universe Contest
Miriam Stevenson of Winnsboro South Carolina won Miss U S A beating 46 entrants to become Miss Universe contender for 32 foreign contestants. The 21 year old college senior said I can’t believe it and joked about losing her southern accent after a movie contract with Universal International.
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Long Beach
Calif
Universal Movie Studios
Hollywood
Dawn Oney
Montana
Barbara Randa
Ohio
South Carolina
U.S.A
Miriam Stevenson
Winnsboro
S. C
Miss Stevenson
Universal-International Studio
Mendes-France Returns to Present Indochina Cease-fire to Assembly
Premier Pierre Mendes-France arrived at Villa Coublay Airport with a crowd awaiting his return from Geneva. He plans to report to the French Assembly on the Indochina cease-fire and then push the three point Save France program with his cabinet in Paris.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes- France
Geneva
Indochina
Villa Coublay
Mendes-France
Edgar Faure
United States
Assembly
France
Builders claim FHA officials taught profit from postwar housing
A Los Angeles builder testified before the Senate Banking Committee that FHA officials from Washington showed builders how to profit from government insured housing programs with no capital. Arthur B. Weber said he earned 387 543 dollars on two projects and later 125 000 dollars on their sale. The testimony cited windfall profits and inflated rents as common in these projects, with several builders to be questioned about large loans insured by the FHA.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Federal Housing Administration
Arthur B. Weber
FHA
Weber
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Capehart
Alexander Moss
New York
David Moss
Alexander Korman
New Orleans
Edward Carmack
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Banking Committee
Attorney General Seeks Carlsbad Name Settlement
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown urges a nonjudicial path to resolve the Carlsbad name dispute. He proposes a committee of an artist, a lawyer and three politicians to determine which city should yield its name after New Mexico’s attorney general dismisses the California request as ridiculous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Carlsbad
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
New Mexico
Richard Robinson
Calif
N. M
Doctor Thorpe Is Sentenced for Strangling Wife
Reno police report Dr. Moreton J. Thorpe, 50, an X ray specialist, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the strangling of his wife Elsa, 35. He said the melee occurred May 30 after she resisted his advances and he blamed sexual frustration. The couple had lived apart for two years of their seven year marriage and both had psychiatric treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Moreton J. Thorpe
Elsa
Thorpe
State Land Office Sells Leases in Competitive Bid
The State Land Office sold oil and gas leases on 47 tracts for 696043 in competitive bidding. High bids included 591208 from sealed bids and 104600 from oral bids. Humble Oil and Refining Co. led per acre with 276 and top total bid for a half section west of Lovington in Lea County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Lovington
Lea County
South Range
Baseball Scores and Standings Brief
Cleveland tops Boston 7 to 6 in nine innings as Feller and Hegan drive runs. Chicago defeats New York 7 to 4 behind Consuegra and Harshman with Sawatski and Sain closing.
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Cleveland
Boston
Feller
Hegan
Sullivan
Henry
White
Chicago
New York
Consuegra
Harshman
Johnson
Sawatski
Grim
Sain
Berra
Mystery man identified in Artesia auto wreck south of Roswell
W A Anderson 65 of Artesia was believed injured in a wreck north of Dexter when a 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air struck a state truck and rolled 884 feet. He was taken away by a private car. his exact condition and whereabouts were unclear. His daughter from Alaska was to be picked up, with differing reports on who would collect her.
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State Highway Department
U. S. Highway 285
Dexter
Here
W. A. Anderson
W. Grand
Artesia
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Roswell
Chevrolet
Anderson
el Paso
C. R. Anthony Co
Fred Cole
Alaska
Clovis
Germany
San Antonio
Labor Shortage Hits Artesia as New Mexico Jobs Press
State Employment Service reports shortages in Artesia Hobbs and Silver City with wages 50 to 60 cents an hour. Housing is limited for families, generally available for singles. Cotton vegetables raw crops and melons dominate state harvests.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
State Employment Service
Artesia Hobbs
Silver City
Guardsmen Hurt As Truck Rolls Near Vaughn
National Guard unit members Cpl. Dale S. Payne and 1st Sgt. Donald L. Calvert were injured when a 212 ton guard truck overturned on U S Highway 285 fifty miles north of here. Payne suffered concussion and facial cuts while Calvert had a sprained ankle and a burn on his hand. They were treated at Vaughn hospital then moved to St Marys here before transfer to Artesia hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale S. Payne
AAA Bn
Carlsbad
Donald L. Calvert
New Mexico National Guard
St. Mary’s Hospital
Artesia
National Guard
Here
U. S. Highway 285
Hobbs
Albuquerque
Payne
Calvert
Vaughn Hospital
Westrum
St. Mary’s
Roswell
Civilians Arrive at Vance for Private Catering Experiment
A Chicago firm Nationwide Food Services will run KP at Vance Air Force Base for 11 months starting August 1. They supply all kitchen police and cooks while the Air Force provides food and equipment. This Defense Department test studies if private contractors can cut costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emid, Okla
Vance Air Force Base
Nationwide Food Services, Inc
Chicago
Vance
Nationwide
Air Force
Defense Department
Flown in Iron Lung To Seattle Hospital
Mrs. Sam R. Angell Jr. of Albuquerque wife of Sam Angell Jr. was flown to Seattle King County Hospital in an iron lung for spino bulbar polio treatment. Her unborn child remains hospitalized and her husband joined her on the flight from Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam R. Angell Jr
Albuquerque
Marylin Huff
Hugh M. Huff Jr
Roswell
Seattle
Wash
Angell
King’s Hospital
Presbyterian Hospital
Kings County Hospital
Richard
Senate considers billion dollar upper Colorado River program
The Senate interior subcommittee opened review of a billion-dollar plan for upper Colorado River development. The program includes federal power and irrigation projects across New Mexico Colorado and Utah with potential regional impact.
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Colorado
Senate
Washington
Senate Interior Subcommittee
New Mexico
Utah
Childers Attacks McCarthy Before Supporters in Albuquerque
In Albuquerque Tom Childers, a Republican candidate for Congress, denounced Sen. Joseph McCarthy to Americans for McCarthy. He rejected the platform endorsement as binding his personal beliefs, calling McCarthyism a national peril.
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Albuquerque
Tom Childers
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Childers
Congress
Wisconsin
Republican Party
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Sage to relinquish guard brigade in August ceremony
Maj. Gen. Charles G. Sage will give up command of New Mexico's 11th Anti Aircraft Artillery Brigade at a Governors Day review on August 28 at Fort Bliss. Col. John P. McFarland, the brigade's executive officer, will assume command due to Sage's recent promotion. The event caps a summer encampment of the National Guard beginning August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Sage
Santa FE
Charles G. Sage
National Guard
Sage
New Mexico
John P. McFarland
McFarland
726Th
Formosa Newspapers Yell Appeasement
In Taipei Formosa China Nationalist Foreign Minister George Yeh warned that the Indochina armistice marks another milestone in the Communists world conquest. Local newspapers accused the West of appeasement and claimed the Communists gained a major diplomatic victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Formosa
George Yeh
Indochina
Chiang Kai-shek
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Mechem
Carrizozo
Fort Bliss
State Land Office
Iron Lung
Quickies
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Joseph Lane
Don C. Woolsey
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