Lyndon Johnson Bounces Back Like a Hurricane
Washington reports Lyndon B. Johnson, after a serious heart ailment in July 1955, has returned to full Senate leadership pace. The 47 year old Texan resumed as majority leader in December and now runs long sessions with tireless energy, pushing amendments to the clerk's desk and urging swift action.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Johnson
Congress
Texas
Allan Shivers
State Police Fail To Nab Rapists Via Road Blocks
Three suspects linked to a brutal rape near Dulce evade police road blocks in Roy New Mexico. Victims, a 23 year old and a 26 year old, were abducted at gunpoint and bound with barbed wire before escaping and seeking help in Chama.
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Santa FE
Roy
New Mexico
Dulce
Chama
Mrs Jennie Miller Injured in Car Overturn West of Hobbs
Mrs Jennie Miller aged 44 from New Orleans sustained slight injuries when the car she rode in overturned yesterday 30 miles west of Hobbs on U S 180. Her husband Edward H Miller aged 58 was uninjured.
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Hobbs
Jennie Miller
New Orleans
Here
U. S. 180
Edward H. Miller
Welcome A ic and Mrs. C H McGuffin A lc and Mrs W C Penland
Local society column greets Mrs C H McGuffin and Mrs W C Penland as guests at a social gathering with welcoming remarks and cordial introductions.
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A-ic
C. H. McGuffin
A-lc
W. C. Penland
Steel Strike Settled With Three Year Pact Reported
A nationwide steel strike ending after 27 days is announced with a three year no strike pact under negotiation between United Steelworkers of America and 12 major steel firms. The settlement includes about 50 cents per hour in package benefits for 650,000 workers, with 9 cents direct wage and additional pension and premium pay components. Prices are expected to rise, and Bethlehem Steel anticipates full capacity within 10 days after the walkout ends.
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David J. McDonald
USW
McDonald
Eugene C. Grace
Bethlehem Steel
North Artesians Seek North Artesia Paving Plan
North Artesia residents in about 20 blocks signed petitions asking the paving of streets from 7th Street to First Street and north of Logan Avenue to the truck by-pass. Councilman Joe Alvarado told the council that 67 percent must approve before paving proceeds and a protest hearing will follow the petition handover. The council also accepted a 60 day traffic safety plan by F L Green with a dinner set Aug 13 with state safety director Jess Holmes. The plan makes Chisum Street a thru street from First to 13th and 4th Street from Richardson Avenue toward See NORTH Page 9.
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North Eddy County
Green
State
Jess Holmes
Holmes
Artesia
Saffty Council
Lea County Safety Council
Roswell
Chisum Street
Thru Street
First Street
13Th Street
8Th Street
4Th Street
Richardson Avenue
Continental Well Runs Wild Again Near Jal
Hobbs Continental Oil Co report notes Bell Lake No. 4 wildcat gas well 20 miles west and 2% miles north of Jal spewing about 30 million cubic feet of gas daily with water. After an earlier blowout, crews work to fish the severed drill pipe against high pressure as the target Ellenburger test depth nears 17 000 feet.
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HOBBS
Continental Oil Co
Bell Lake No. 4
Jal
Prowler Breaks Into Jack Benny Home In Palm Springs
Police report a prowler entered comedian Jack Benny’s Palm Springs residence and lounged by the pool for several hours after jimmying a bedroom window. No valuables were stolen and the house has been closed since end of winter season.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Jack Benny
Fair Park Stadium News Draws Artesia Visitors Tonight
Artesia residents join Roswell business hosts for a three game set at Fair Park Stadium as Carlsbad Potashers open against the Rockets at 8 pm. Roswell firms invited 600 Artesia guests.Mayor Tucker and local officials plan to welcome guests and arrange viewing access for a handicap spectator. Rockets seek win after snapping a six game skid with El Paso.
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Roswell
H. A. Stroup
Carlsbad Potashers
Rockets
Fair Park Stadium
E. C. Tucker
Howard Campbell
J. D. Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Park
el Paso
Carlsbad
Congress Nears Adjournment Amid Housing and Minerals Dispute
Congress nears adjournment with House approval of 70,000 low rent housing units and Senate resistance on minerals purchase provisions. A conference fight may trigger a stopgap to preserve noncontroversial items as debate shifts to flood insurance river and harbor projects foreign aid and Social Security provisions including early retirement for women and disability benefits.
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Senate
Senate House
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Police Judge R Perry Bean Steps In For Corzine
R Perry Bean again served as police judge substituting for Henry S Corzine while he was away in Albuquerque. He fined two men $20 each for intoxication. The city police reported thefts totaling 54 dollars from Harding's Magnolia station and 40 gallons of cleaning solvent from Glover Hat Shop. Joe E Hamill 42 of Dexter had DWI charges postponed with a hearing set for yesterday afternoon.
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R. Perry Bean
Henry S. Corzine
Albuquerque
U. S
Second St
Joe E. Hamill
Dexter
New Mexico Toll Road Totals So Far This Year
Toll figures show New Mexico road tolls at 208 year to date, compared with 173 at this point last year. The data highlights traffic and safety trends on state highways.
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N. M
Egypt nationalizes Suez Canal as Aswan dam plan proceeds
President Nasser announces Egypt will take full control of the Suez Canal and use canal revenues to fund the Aswan dam. He claims the United States and Britain offered aid to finance the dam but now seeks to resist Western dominance, and cites a 100 million dollar annual revenue projection.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Aswan
United States
Britain
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Alexandria
Suare
Nasser
Suez Canal Co
Ismailia
Port Said
Suez
Nile
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Red Sea
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Middle East
Kremlin
Daniel Solod
Aswan Dam
World Bank
Two Vehicular Fatalities Mark New Mexico Route 380 Crash
A head on collision 17.1 miles east of Roswell on U S Highway 380 at 6 30 a.m. left Charles Wayne Bruner dead on arrival and injured truck driver Ernest Miller. Bruner slept at wheel causing a wrong side crash. Miller aided at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center.
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Charles Wayne Bruner
Fort Sill
Okla
Roswell
Chaves County
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
U. S. Highway 380
Bruner
Chevrolet Superior Oil Co
Ernest Miller
Rt. 1
Clyde
Tex
Miller
Ballard
Dick Johnson
W. Jax St
J. L. Williams
S. Baird St
Felts
Annetta Dr
Oe . Tex
Superior Oil Co
Midland
Don Shultz
Gene Smith
J. C. Jones
Marvin T. Hill
New Mexico
Tessie Lande
Lomita
Calif
Albuquerque
U. S. 66
Millie Erb Speaks on COPE Efforts in New Mexico Politics
Millie Erb of the AFL CIO Women’s Division in Arizona spoke on organizing COPE in New Mexico. She outlined aims to stimulate interest, register union members to vote, and politically educate the people.
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Santa FE
Millie Erb
Committees On Political Education
Afl-Cio
Arizona
COPE
New Mexico
Santa Claus Visits Indio Park Amid 110 Degree Heat
In Indio California AP reports a paradoxical holiday plan as Santa Claus oversees a snow creation in the city park. Ninety tons of ice will be ground into 23 000 cubic feet of snow forming a 50 foot wide by 20 foot high pile for a kids snowman contest. The ice comes from the grape shipping season as recreation officials seek a use for surplus ice.
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Indio Calif
Santa Claus
Stanton Doctor Holt Dies After 35 Years With Indian Service
Dr. Russell Devereaux Holt, 86, died yesterday at his Stanton home. He spent 35 years in the medical field with the Indian Service, including work with Navajo and Apache communities in Arizona and New Mexico.
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Stanton, Va
Russell Devereaux Holt
Indian Service
Arizona
New Mexico
Night March Allegations Stir Parris Island Court-Martial
The McKeon court-martial adjourned as Col David W. Silvey testified he had never heard of a night march by recruits at Parris Island. A defense document shown to the court indicated the House Armed Services Committee gave the Marine Corps 90 days to clean house after the fatal march that drowned six recruits. The witness, operations and training officer in March, described no night inspections of marshy areas behind the 3rd Recruit Battalion.
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Parris Island
S.C
Matthew C. McKeon
David W. Silvey
House Armed Services Committee
Marine Corps
McKeon
Silvey
Randolph McPate
Egyptian Seizure Of Suez Dips Oil Shares In Early Trade
New York stocks opened with oil shares slipping as nervousness over Egypt’s seizure of the Suez Canal weighed on markets. Oil issues fell up to 3 points while utilities held firm and steels edged lower awaiting news on the 27 day strike settlement.
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New York
London
Suez Canal
List of Collision Fatalities Released
The list identifies the dead from the Andrea Doria Stockholm collision. Names include Camille Cianfarra, 49, and family members Joan, 3, and Linda, 14. Also listed are Mrs. T. S. Peterson of Upper Montclair New Jersey and Mrs. Walter J. Carlin, wife of a Democratic politician in Brook.
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Andrea Doria
Stockholm
Camille Cianfarra
Madrid
Serene
New York Rames
Joan
Linda
T. S. Peterson
Upper
Montclair
N. J
Walter J. Carlin
Brook
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