Top Criminal Enters Trap Kills FBI Man
New York reports a marquee criminal, Gerhard A. Puff, age 38, killed FBI agent Joseph Brock, 38, during a two-sided gun battle at Congress Hotel on West 69th Street. Puff, a top 10 fugitive, was wounded and captured as agents pursued him following the hotel registration of Puff and an alleged confederate.
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New York
FBI
Manhattan
Gerhard A. Puff
Congress Hotel
Central Park
West 69Th Street
Miami
Fla
Hanson
Burns
Brock
Puff
Agent Brock
County 4-H Club Dances Featured by Local Leaders
County 4-H members entertained with folk dances directed by Bruce Hood of Roswell Senior 4-H Club. The Dexter gym hosted 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. with 90 attendees including parents. leaders included Joe Walker and Lois Roberts among others performing a sequence of form squares, cowboy loops, and polka style dances. Hood led preliminaries for form squares and the Texas Star. Mayoma festival noted. no June party. next gathering planned in Roswell. Houston polio deaths rise as three young victims and a baby die amid the ongoing Gulf Coast outbreak.
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Bruce Hood
Roswell
Chaves County
Tommy Guterriez
Robert Bradley
Berrendo
Jen Gaston
Irene Gilliland
Jessie Polka
Maxine Scranton
Hood
Texas Star
Mayoma
Swell
Local Weather Report From United States Weather Bureau
Reading at 3 hour intervals from 2 a m yesterday to 11 p m yesterday shows highest 99 and lowest 71 with temperatures around midday 82 and evening 77. Precipitation 0 in 24 hours ending 11 a m, year to date 4.03 inches. Sunrise 5 07, sunset 7 02, length 13.9 hours. Forecast calls for mostly fair and quite warm today and tonight with a high near 98 and a low around 68.
Sparkman Named Democratic VP Nominee at Convention
Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama was chosen yesterday as Adlai Stevenson’s running mate in the closing session of the Democratic National Convention. AP Wirephoto confirms the selection.
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John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Adlai Stevenson
Polio drains dimes funds from seven counties in NM
Polio in New Mexico has left 105 afflicted and seven dead this year. The March of Dimes funds are exhausted in Curry, Sandoval, Taos, Socorro, Rio Arriba, Sierra, and Grant counties, with Dona Ana and Lea counties near depletion within 30 days. NM contributions total about $173,000. national and county chapters share roughly $165,000 after expenses.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
William H. Black
National Foundation of
National Foundation
Black
Curry
Sandoval
Taos
Socorro
Rio Arriba
Sierra
Grant
Dona Ana
Lea
Foundation
State Health Department
Transient Held Over Wounding At Corona Ranch
Paul Dunn a 20 year old transient from Grand Rapids Michigan was held for investigation in the wounding of rancher Charles Hodges at the Red Cloud Mine near Corona Hodges had befriended Dunn and gave him a place to stay Dunn later returned threatened to rob Hodges and a gun discharged injuring Hodges left arm Hodges condition described as not serious Scapini Acquitted paragraph follows unrelated to the main event Georges Scapini blind former Vichy ambassador to Germany was acquitted of acting against national defense.
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Carrizozo
Paul Dunn
Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles Hodges
Corona
Carlos Salas
Dunn
Hodges
Salas
Red Cloud
Scapini
Paris
Georges Scapini
Vichy
Germany
County to Send 16 4-H Boys, Girls to District Contest
Chaves County will send 16 youths to Portales for the district 4-H contest on Aug. 4. The event was moved from State College due to the Dona Ana polio outbreak. Participants include 11 girls across home economics, dairy foods, dress, clothing, bread making, and livestock projects, plus two dairy foods teams and two poultry groups. Also noted is Johnnie Garcia’s arrival in Japan for military service.
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Chaves County
Portales
State College
Dona Ana
Chaves
Curry
DeBaca
Eddy
Lea
Lincoln
Otero
Roosevelt
Lois Roberts
Maxine Scranton
Margaret Waggoner
Roswell
Joan Elliott
Hagerman
Margo Nelson
Donna Smith
East Grand Plains
Jo Ann Pirtle
Pauline Hamilton
Parkview
Winifred Burkhead
Busy Bee
Irene Scranton
Karen Gaston
Glen Payne
Orval Brackeen
Joe Kelly
Robert Bradley
Berrendo
Jack Harris
King Farouk Abdicates Under Army Pressure in Egypt
King Farouk steps down in favor of his seven month old son amid an anti corruption drive and a lightning army coup led by Lt General Mohamad Naguib Bey. The royal family fled aboard a yacht as the regency council forms until the crown prince comes of age.
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Egypt
Farouk I
Ahmed Fuad
Mohammed Naguib Bey
Ras el Tin
Alexandria
Farouk
Mediterranean
Italy
United States
Narriman
Aly Maher Pasha
Naguib
Maher Pasha
Treasurers Heirs Mortgage Home to Pay Bonding Company
Heirs of late county treasurer A C Jones mortgaged the North Richardson home to pay a bonding company for embezzlement losses by deputy Julius Skinner. The American Surety Company assigned a $10 617.06 judgment to the heirs, who settled for about $3 300, with possible suit against Skinner. The two room dwelling at 813 North Richardson is held by the heirs following Jones death and deed transfer.
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A. C. Jones
Julius Skinner
Skinner
Etta Jones
American Surety Company of New York
Jones
North
Richardson
North Richardson
Bonding
N. M. Delegation Fails to Get on Stevenson Wagon
New Mexico Democratic convention delegates could not unite for Gov. Adlai Stevenson. Early ballots showed Russell leading Kefauver with Stevenson gaining some support but ultimately the delegation remained split. Names and towns state the internal roll calls and shifting loyalties as Kerr Russell Kefauver and Stevenson vie for support.
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N. M
Stevenson
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
New Mexico
Sen
Russell
Georgia
Kefauver
Illinois
Everett Grantham
J. R. Wrinkle
Silver City
Herbert Gerhart
Walter Ray
Tularosa
Claude Gamble
Clovis
Calvin Horn
Albuquerque
Dennis Chacez
Kerr
Clinton P. Anderson
Grantham
Joseph B. Grant
Santa Fe
Joseph M. Montoya
Filo Sedillo
Belen
Socorro
Childress
Guy Shepard
Barney Cruz
Mora
J. J. Dempsey
Collins, Gant
Danglade
Travis Brem
Deming
Jones
Henry Eager
Tucumcari
T. J. Heiman
Mosquera
Horn
Ray
Game
Harriman
Berrendo 4-H Boy Wins in Stock Judging
Carlton Walker 111 years old led the Chaves County stock judging contest with 335 points out of 400. Fourteen contestants competed in junior and senior divisions. Raymond Bledsoe, Norris Holmes, Joe Elliott, and Carlton Walker will represent the county at the New Mexico Fair in Albuquerque September 27 to October 4.
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Berrendo
Carlton Walker
Chaves County
New Mexico Fair
Albuquerque
Raymond Bledsoe
Norris Holmes
Joe Elliott
Denver
Roswell
West of Roswell
Hagerman
Lela Smith
Corriedale
Bob Smith
Country Club Road
Creamline
Fred E. Rapp
East
Sam Spencer
Young Walker
Joe Walker
Carlton
Robert Bradley
Sam Bradley
Box
Robert
Young Bradley
Las Cruces
Jack Harris
Tommy Bledsoe
Spencer
Holmes
Frank Elliott
Doug McDonald
Jim Hereford
Pat Donahoe
Kenneth Schear
North-South Unity Marks Democratic Convention
At Chicago convention hall the Democratic party united behind Adlai Stevenson with Sen. John Sparkman as running mate. Sparkman accepted the VP nomination pledging to bring democracy to the people. The North-South pairing signaled new, imperfect unity amid Civil Rights and loyalty disputes. Stevenson accepted after a dramatic roll call and a late surge by Harriman. Truman attended and Stevenson appealed for a campaign led by the DNC.
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Chicago
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Adlai Stevenson
Sparkman
Illinois
South
Stevenson
Washington
House
Huntsville
Ala
Senate
Lister Hill
Kefauver
Averell Harriman
New York
Mutual Security
Paul Devers
Massachusetts
Truman
Frank McKinney
Democratic National Committee
Judge Harris Hears Clovis Robbery Trial
Dist. Judge George T. Harris of Roswell presides over the Tucumcari case moved to Clovis. Fred Trent and Robert Eades face trial for an $109 armed robbery of Southwestern Investment Co. on August 28, 1951. The trial began Friday.
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Clovis
George T. Harris
Roswell
Tucumcari
Southwestern Investment Co
Fred Trent
Robert Eades
Election Contest Judge to Be Named in Frazier Case
The district court clerk said New Mexico Supreme Court will appoint a judge to hear Lake J. Frazier's election contest over Everett Grantham's Democratic governor nomination after both district judges disqualified themselves. The dispute stems from alleged illegal voting in the May primary.
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District Court
New Mexico Supreme Court
Lake J. Frazier
Fifth Judicial District
George T. Harris
C. Roy Anderson
Frazier
Everett Grantham
Jean Willis
Supreme Court
Grantham
High Court
New Mexico
Anderson
Harris
Eva Peron dies at 30 after long illness
Mrs Eva Peron wife of Argentine President Juan D Peron died last night in Buenos Aires. Cancer is believed the cause though not officially confirmed. Her age cited as 30 was used by opponents in arguments against her running for vice president last year. Official announcements signaled grave condition and imminent death.
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Beyos Aires
Eva Peron
Juan D. Peron
Polio Chapter To Meet Tomorrow
The Chaves County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will meet at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Chamber of Commerce. Routine business will be conducted and plans for Polio Facts month in August will be discussed. Anyone interested in the chapter operations is invited, especially members of the new women's activity committee chaired by Mrs. Lou Hammond.
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Chaves County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Chamber of Commerce
Women’s Activity Committee
Lou Hammond
Chiirman
Kids Fishing Derby Brings Fun Prizes in New Mexico
The first Kids Fishing Derby in New Mexico offers prizes and fishing for under 14s with no license required. It runs August 10 from 2 to 5 pm at North Garden crosses the Spring River, co sponsored by the GPA and Roswell Daily Record. Prizes cover largest and smallest fish and order of catching, with judges supplied by GPA.
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New Mexico
North Garden
Spring River
Chaves County Game Protective Association
The
Roswell Daily Record
GPA
Leo Cox
Dona Ana Polio Claims New Victim
Polio claimed its fourth Dona Ana County victim of the year yesterday. The State Health Department reported 19 new cases last week, pushing New Mexico's annual total to 85.
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Associated Press
Polio
Dona Ana
State Health Department
New Mexico
McCarthy Rests After Hernia Surgery at Bethesda
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin spent a restful night at the U S Naval Hospital in Bethesda Maryland after an operation Thursday to correct a hernia of muscles dividing the chest and abdominal cavities.
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McCarthy
Washington
Senator McCarthy
Wis
U. S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Welcome to Roswell Mr and Mrs Frank Donowho Corp
Roswell greetings mark a ceremony inviting Mr Frank Donowho and his wife and Mrs A J Luna with Maj and Mrs F B Machola noted in a social column style entry from a local society page.
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Frank Donowho
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