WAFB Management Conference Saves $82943 in First Session
A Walker Air Force Base base management conference yielded 82943 dollars in savings, with 72806 dollars credited to the Motor Vehicle Squadrons study. Reductions in daily vehicle use and staff hours cut the fleet from 84 to 52 and saved about 256 man hours daily, reflecting improved operations and procedures. Drowning inquest planned for Pablo Silva, 58, Madrid, who drowned at Cienega Lake near Santa Fe. body recovered by State Policeman Richard McCool.
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Walker Air Force Base
Col. W. K. Martin
Santa FE
Pablo Silva
Madrid
Cienega Lake
Richard McCool
Congress Primary Battles Stir Texas Racing to Washington
The article details candidate clashes in Texas primaries, with Beckworth defending anti New Deal stances against Dies in a fight over tidelands. Veterans Rayburn Patman and others stand re-nominated as anti administration challengers surge. Burleson extends lead over Cox, while Thompson faces a potential run off with Lane amid retirements and seat upsets.
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Tidelands
Beckworth
Truman
Daniel
Dies
Congress
Roosevelt
New Deal
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Wingate Lucas
Grapevine
Clark Fisher
San Angelo
W. R. Bob Poage
Waco
Rayburn
Patman
Reagan Brown
Terrell
Joe McCasland
Jefferson
U. S
J. Meng Beckworth
Tom Picett
Omar Burleson
Jack Cox
Breckenridge
Wharton County
T. W. Buckshot
Clark Thompson
Galveston
Evita Death Triggers Nationwide Mourning in Argentina
Argentina declares two days of national grief and 30 days of mourning after Eva Peron death. The CGT vows a perpetual guard at her tomb with a symbolic flame. Crowds mourn Evita, called Cinderella by masses, as church bells toll and flags dip to half staff. Black drapes adorn buildings and lampposts nationwide.
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CGT
Argentina
Evita
Eva
Governor Stevenson Departing Chicago for Springfield Speech
Illinois Governor Stevenson boards a 9 25 a m train out of Chicago and heads to Springfield arriving around noon. He will speak at Bloomington near his boyhood home. In 1951 the United States produced and consumed over 83 million watermelons.
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Stevenson
Chicago
Springfield
Bloomington
United States
Asa Dakalugie Mescalero Leader and Worldly Scout
Asa Dakalugie, nephew of Geronimo, rose from prisoner at Pensacola to influential Mescalero leader. He spent nine years at Carlisle, headed the 1911 wagon train to Mescalero, and served seven times as U S scout and interpreter for Roosevelt. Married Ramona Chihuahua in 1898, celebrated golden anniversary in 1948, and remained active on the tribal council with deep knowledge of Southwestern history.
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Carlisle Indian School
Pennsylvania
Asa
Fort Sill
Okla
New Mexico
Uncle Sam
Theodore Roosevelt
Ramona Chihuahua
Chihuahua
Carlisle School
Mescalero
U. S
Asa Dakalugie
America
Tony
Texas Gas Gathering Tax Declared Unconstitutional
District Judge Jack Roberts ruled the state tax on natural gas gathering unconstitutional, saying it burdened interstate commerce. The decision, coming less than a year after the tax took effect, could widen the deficit before the legislature meets next January as pipelines weigh whether to stop paying.
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R. S. Calvert
Pow-wow Program Draws Large CCMYC Crowd
The Indian Pow-wow drew over 200 mothers and friends at CCMYC last week. Twenty baton twirlers led by Mrs. Patricia Holley opened the show, with 82 children participating in a tap and ballet segment by Mrs. Wanda Hauer. An Indian theme craft exhibit was arranged by Mrs. Richard Bitter and Mrs. Lenore Shapiro. A peanut hunt with prizes is set for Friday, Aug. 1, and a water carnival for Aug. 7. Non-swimmers can join, with Mrs. Lewis available at the peck to assist.
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Patricia Holley
CCMYC
Wanda Hauer
Richard Bitter
Lenore Shapiro
Lewis
Amazing Marine Kandy Bar Kid Penetrates Deep Behind Front Lines
James A. Michener profiles Lyle Lewis of Tacoma Washington a 23 year old Marine known as the Kandy Bar Kid for extraordinary bravery in Korea He penetrates enemy lines repeatedly scouting positions for up to 40 hours and returning with actionable reports He endures ambushes shelling and warrants back to his posts while earning a reputation as a one man army with a sharp sense of humor and a daring mission style.
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U.S. First Marine Division
Korea
Kandy Bar
Lyle Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
Lewis
Hell
Gerald Rusell
Georgiaville
R. I
Rule Hobbs Board Can't Discharge Tenure Teacher
SANTA FE The Hobbs School Board cannot fire Pauline McCormick an elementary school teacher of six years tenure status. The State Board of Education ruled the board's claimed negligence in admin policy enforcement was insufficient cause. The AG's office said she was permanently tenured and under state board jurisdiction. Chairman Raymond Huff called the session the most difficult in his 24 years. Next meeting set for Aug. 25.
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Santa FE
Hobbs School Board
Pauline McCormick
Hobbs Board
State Board of Education
Attorney General’s Office
Farm Mortgage Debt Rises in New Mexico in 1951
A Farm Credit Administration report shows New Mexico farm mortgage debt rose five percent in 1951 to 63 million dollars, with debt increasing less than neighboring states but tripling since 1944. Farm and real estate values also climbed, with the 1952 index at 129.
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New Mexico
Farm Credit Administration
Wichita
Kan
Sunshine
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
UN and Communists Deadlock Over Prisoner Exchange
United Nations and Communist staff officers today discussed minor wording differences in the Korean armistice document but made no progress on the prisoner exchange deadlock. The plenary sessions are recessed until August 3.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Fire in Cibola National Forest Put Under Control
About an acre of timber burned before a fire in Ox Canyon within Cibola National Forest was brought under control last night. Fliers from Kirtland Base reported the blaze, located about ten miles north of Mountainair. Ranger Euel Nave said lightning likely started the fire. Veteran newsman John Vincent Brogan, 67, died in San Antonio yesterday of a heart attack.
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Albuquerque
Cibola National Forest
Kirtland
Ox Canyon
Mountainair
Euel Nave
San Antonio
John Vincent Brogan
Del Rio Lawyer and GOP Leader Dies at 81
Carswell K. Mc Dowell, 81, a retired Del Rio lawyer and former chairman of the Texas Republican committee, died here yesterday.
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del Rio
Carswell K. McDowell
State Republican Committee
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West Point
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