Walker AFB's Value To Area Outlined At Roswell Breakfast
Col. Mason H. Grover Jr. outlined Walker Air Force Base's impact on Roswell with figures showing 7,000 military personnel and 500 civilians based there spend about 70 percent of a 1.5 million monthly payroll in Roswell. He cited base value at 70 million and aircraft at 260 million, plus 100 million in supplies, linking Walker to local bank deposits and area business.
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Mason H. Grover Jr
Walker Air Force Base
Walker
Roswell
Col. Grover
Grover
Walker Afb
PTA
Col. Grower
Chamber of Commerce
Walker Air Base
509Th
6Th
SAC
Homer Grover
Chamber
B. F. Fields
Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee
Eisenhower signs defense build bill boosting New Mexico bases
A revised $837.364 million defense construction billAuthorizes major increases for New Mexico bases including Holloman $4.652 million to total $7.141 million Clovis $2.007 million to $2.748 million Walker $0.754 million to $4.087 million Kirtland $0.224 million to $5.172 million Ft Bliss $3.119 million to $10.994 million Biggs $1.144 million to $2.254 million Sacramento Peak and Hanscom auxiliary unchanged at $114,000 and $391,000 respectively.
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Congress
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
Clovis Air Force Base
Walker Air Force Base
Roswell
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
Kirtland
Sacramento
Laurence G. Hanscom
el Paso
Ft. Bliss
Biggs Air Force Base
Biggs
William Beaumont Gentral Hospital
4-H Club Holds District Contests in Albuquerque
About 100 junior 4-H Club members from eight counties including Bernalillo Valencia Sandoval McKinley Rio Arriba Taos Torrance and San Juan travel to Albuquerque for district contests in economics and agriculture.
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Albuquerque
Bernalillo
Valencia
Sandoval
McKinley
Rio Arriba
Taos
Torrance
San Juan
Weather Summary and Five Day Outlook for New Mexico
Reading shows temperatures from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today with highs around 107 and lows near 74. For today forecast high 100 and low 72 with mostly fair skies. The five day outlook calls for temperatures 3-6 degrees above seasonal, little day to day change, and limited afternoon thundershowers mainly in the west.
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New Mexico
Rhee Urges Asian Army and U.S. Firepower Against China
South Korean President Syngman Rhee urged Congress to mobilize an Asian army of more than two million, backed by U.S. guns, planes, and ships, to strike Communist China. He warned peace alone cannot secure freedom and urged immediate action to counter Soviet strategy and protect Asia.
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Washington
Syngman Rhee
U.S
China
Congress
Asia
Europe
Africa
America
Rhee
Soviet Union
United States
Korea
Veteran seeks funds to join wife and son in Germany
A 29 year old North Carolina veteran, discharged last November after occupation duty in Germany, asks the Baltimore Sun for help to raise money to join his wife Barbara and their baby son. He faced red tape delaying marriage and discharge, and now seeks civilian work to finance the trip.
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Baltimore
North Carolina
Leroy F. Harris
Baltimore Sun
Budapest
West Germany
Harris
Barbara
Hungary
U. S
United States
Egypt Elated as Britain Agrees to Pull Troops from Suez
Cairo reports a preliminary pact between Gamal Abdel Nasser and Antony Head to withdraw 83,000 British troops from the Suez Canal zone within 20 months of final treaty. Britain will keep canal installations for seven years with civilian technicians as talks continue for a formal accord expected in a month or two. Col Anwar Sadat says US and Britain will likely aid Egypt militarily after the settlement.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Antony Head
Britain
Suez
Turkey
Anwar Sadat
Revolutionary Council
United States
Sadat
Heat Wave Brings High Temps Across New Mexico
The five day forecast shows temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above seasonal norms with many locations hitting 100 plus. Roswell reported 107 degrees yesterday, Hobbs 105, Carlsbad 104, Tucumcari 102, Columbus 101, Socorro 101, Clovis 105, and Truth or Consequences 105. Overnight lows reached 55 at Zuni and Gallup.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Roswell
Hobbs
Carlsbad
Tucumcari
Columbus
Socorro
Clovis
Truth Or Consequences
Zuni
Gallup
No 1 Greyburg In Eddy County Possible Producer
Midland Texas The Great Western Drilling Co reports potential significant production from its No 1 Greyburg well in northern Eddy County New Mexico. The well reached depths of 9097 to 9134 feet with a three hour test and 14 minute gas peak rates up to 81000 cubic feet per day and 37000 CFD. Oil was 41.10 degrees gravity and 450 feet of oil and oil cut drilling mud were recovered. Western plans another drillstem test.
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Midland
Western
St Louis 1, New York 10 as NL game ends in loss
St Louis drops 10 to 1 as New York mounts a late rally. Poholsky Brazie Linz and Sarni Antonelli Katt pitched for the Cardinals and Mets respectively.
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St. Louis
New York
Poholsky
Brazie
Linz
Sarni
Antonelli
Katt
Phillies Edge Tigers In Low Scoring Tilt
In a historical baseball box score style the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Detroit Tigers 2 to 10 with Kellner Burtschy and Shantz withAber and Wilson credited in a muddled line score indicating pitching and batting contributions.
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Phila
Detroit
Kellner
Burtschy
Shantz
Aber
Wilson
Judge Marshall To Preside Here In District Court
Judge A W Marshall of Deming Luna County sixth district is designated by acting chief justice Daniel Sadler to handle District Court here the week beginning August 16.
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A. W. Marshall
Deming
Luna County
Daniel Sadler
Gideons Plan Breakfast Meeting and Mountain Retreat
Regular monthly Gideons breakfast in Roswell set for Sunday at 7 a.m. in the Nickson Hotel dining room. Members urged to bring families. The Gideon state mountain retreat is scheduled for Sept 3 to 5 at the Presbyterian camp near Albuquerque.
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Roswell
Nickson
Albuquerque
Ike Says Plane Raids Used to Split Allies
The Senate voted 57 to 28 to approve a broad atomic energy bill after 13 days of debate. The measure would authorize private development of atomic power, with a 10 year patent grace and limited information sharing with allies, while AEC would oversee civilian and government projects. House and Senate leaders clash over differences, with cloture attempts and filibuster tactics drawing sharp criticism. The stalled talks move to a conference committee to merge differing provisions before adjournment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate House Conference Committee
U. S
Sen. Morse
Oregon
Knowland
California
GOP
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
House
Lyndon Bohnson
Texas
President Comments on Many Issues
President Eisenhower outlined U.S. resolve to defend rights in face of Chinese attacks on Western planes. He urged Congress to approve foreign aid and farm policies, noted debt concerns, praised Anglo Egyptian talks on the Suez, and commented on Cooper's Senate stance. He discussed tariffs on watches and potential steps on West German sovereignty. Texas Democrats and Gov Allan Shivers were mentioned.
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Eisenhower
United States
Congress
Great Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal
Sen
Cooper
Switzerland
West
Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Texas
Allan Shivers
Hunger Strike Grips Washington State Prison Inmates
About 1 500 prisoners at the State Penitentiary in Walla Walla staged a hunger and sitdown strike beginning in the laundry, prompting extra guard patrols and a near silence with occasional protests. Warden John Cranor described the move as passive resistance caused by idleness.
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Lawrence Delmore Jr
Alcatraz
Cranor
Woman Dies Minutes After Husband Dies
Baltimore brief reports Mae A. Rutter Bien, 49, under coronary treatment, warned a shock could prove fatal. Her husband Charles B. F. Bien, 63, died of a heart attack at home yesterday. She collapsed five minutes after his stroke and died shortly afterward.
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Baltimore
Mae A. Rutter Bien
Charles B. F. Bien
Artesia Bid Wins Two Room School Contract in Chaves County
Milt Losee of Artesia awarded the construction contract for a two room elementary school in Walnut Grove Chaves County with a bid of 19 809.00, about 1650.00 under the next low. The school near Highway 83 and the Duncan Pinon road will serve Duncan Elk and Penasco with about 40 students and should take 90 to 120 days after starting in about ten days. In Roswell, Harry Jaffa was honored on his 49th Elks Lodge anniversary, founder of the Elks lifelong member since 1905, with a large attendance and praise for his pioneer work in the Southwest.
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Artesia
Walnut Grove
Chaves County
Milt Losee
Homer Campbell
Chaves County Consolidated School District
Duncan-Pinon Highway
Hugh Boland
Roswell
Losee
Harry Jaffa
B.P.O. Ellis
Jaffa
Ben B. Ginsberg
Roswell Lodge
Elks Lodge
Evening Sun
Roswell Daily Record
S. Richardson Ave
Chicago, Ill
Eddy County judges urge more radar units for traffic control
Eddy County judges told the Safety Council Monday night that buying additional radar units is the solution for state traffic control. They also favored fines over short jail terms for violators, aligning with earlier Safety Council discussions this month.
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Artesia
Eddy County
County Safety Council
The
Safety Council
U S protests to block more plane incidents in Asia
The United States warns Communist China against further plane shootouts along the Asian coast. Twin protests were dispatched through the British to Peiping, while search and rescue by U S carrier aircraft continues for survivors of a British plane downed off Hainan Island with about 10 lives lost. China and Soviet media call the actions provocations and imperialist aggression.
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Philip Brown
China Sea
Hong Kong
Hainan
United States
Dulles
Washington
China
Red
Asia
U. S
Formosa
State Department
Peiping
Hainan Island
America
Chang Han-fu
Tokyo
Moscow
Pravda
Far East
London
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