Plane Fails In Hunt for Sky Objects
Washington radar reports many unidentified objects near Andrews Field Va in a 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. window but no visual sightings were confirmed by National Airport. Air Force refrained from intercepting and offered no new saucer findings while camera studies pursue light source analysis.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington National Airport
Air Force
Andrews Field
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton
Ohio
Air Research and Development Command
CAA
Herndon
Eastern Airlines
National
Air Defense Command
Opponents Gain Time Advantage Over Democrats
The Associated Press notes the GOP ticket Eisenhower and Nixon gain time leads in planning for the November campaign while Democratic contenders Stevenson and Sparkman return to work after a party convention. Stevenson addresses 25,000 in Springfield and Sparkman receives Alabama supporters as they resume Senate duties. Campaigns expand with Republican leadership in Denver and New York events, and primary ballots in Arkansas and Louisiana set voting deadlines.
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Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
John J. Sparkman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Richard Wu Wiwanwant
GOP
Stevenson
Springfield
Sparkman
Washington
Alabama
Denver
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
Butler
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angeles
American Legion
New York
Nixon
Whittier
Calif
Whittier College Stadium
Texas
Allan Shivers
Atty
Price Daniel
U. S
Martin Dies
House Committee On
John Lee Smith
Arkansas
Louisiana
Sid McMath
Ike Murry
Jack Holt
Boyd Tackett
Chancery
Francis Cherry
Congress
James Morrison
Dexter Baptists Conduct Revival At Local Church
Rev. Eual F. Lawson state evangelist leads a weekend revival at Dexter Baptist Church with music directed by the church choir leader. Services start at 5:30 PM daily and a nursery is provided for children under two years.
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Eual F. Lawson
Dexter Baptist Church
Dexter Church
Iron ore producers authorized to raise ceiling prices
Brown iron ore producers in Texas and Missouri were authorized yesterday to boost their ceiling prices an average of 85 cents a ton. Clarence Chapman, 51, Dallas, truck driver, was killed last night when he tried to jump from his runaway truck about 40 miles west of Denver.
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Washington
Texas
Missouri
Denver
Clarence Chapman
Dallas
Here
Weather Readings Show Three Hour Temps and Forecast
A local weather summary lists temperatures every three hours from 2 PM yesterday to 11 AM today. Highest 96, lowest 66. Precipitation 0 in the last 24 hours, 2.11 month to date, 4.03 year to date. Sunrise sunset indicate a mostly fair period with little change.
Plane door opens midflight strands widow of WWII hero
A Pan American flight from Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo at 1200 feet altitude sucked missing passenger Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Westbrook Capellaro from her seat when a cabin door flew open. She was the widow of World War II hero Col. Robert Westbrook. The scene was captured in an AP Wire photo.
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Marie Elizabeth Westbrook Capellaro
Pan American Airlines
Atlantic Ocean
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Montevideo
Uruguay
Emergency Polio Flight Lifts Youth to El Paso
Walker Air Force Base used its standby flight crew for polio patients for the first time. Armando Lucero, 16, of 307 East Eighth, was flown to Southwestern General Hospital in El Paso. His mother accompanied him along with flight nurse Captain Charlotte Young and flight surgeon Captain George H. Spechel. Pilots Captain S. J. Wigley and Captain G. E. Hardy also on board. Wallace Wilson, polio chapter chairman, arranged the flight.
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Walker Air Force Base
Armando Lucero
George Lucero
East Eighth
Walker Base
Southwestern General Hospital
el Paso
Charlotte Young
George H. Spechel
S. J. Wigley
G. E. Hardy
Lucero
Wallace Wilson
Lightning hit Gallup power line cuts evening edition
A 440-volt transmission line between the Gallup power plant at Gamerco and the city was struck by lightning yesterday. Power was out for about four hours from 1 21 p m to 5 58 p m delaying the Gallup Independent’s evening edition from 2 to 6 0 p m Radio KGAK stopped broadcasting and theaters were darkened.
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Gallup
Gamerco
Gallup Independent
KGAK
Governor's panel to form county units in New Mexico
The Governors Committee on Problems of the Aged will organize county units. A Bernalillo County unit is already established, with plans for Las Cruces Las Vegas Silver City and Portales to follow.
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Albuquerque
Governor’s Committee On Problems of
Bernalillo County
Las Cruces
Las Vegas
Silver City
Portales
Strike Ends Averted in Aluminum and Steel Rivalry
Settlement ends a 15 000 CIO steel workers walkout at nine Aluminum Company of America plants, preventing a 20 percent cut in ingot aluminum for defense. Wage Stabilization Board fades into a nonproposing panel, granting workers 21.4 cents hourly rise with retroactive and phased gains. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Co and CIO United Steelworkers reach 5 000 employee pact. Steel firms push output by truck and rail, while Defense Production Chief Fowler warns civilian steel flow may lag two to three months.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Aluminum Company of America
Wage Stabilization Board
Congress
WSB
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
United Steelworkers Union
Kaiser
Defense
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Roswell-Artesia Pair Bring in Oil Well Near Carlsbad
A Roswell-Artesia partnership Hanson and Yates brought in a wildcat oil well near Carlsbad nine miles south on the Homer King ranch at about 10 30 p m The well struck 1867 feet after Delaware Sand and was capped with testing to run The site sits over four miles from the nearest Malaga Pool producer The partners plan another well on the King ranch Nearby a DeKalb Agricultural Association drill two miles from Malaga reached 2725 feet creating the Malaga field's sixth well west of the Pecos River
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Carlsbad
Hanson and Yates
Homer King Ranch
Delaware
Malaga Pool
Hanson and
Yates
King Ranch
DeKalb Agricultural Association of
Tyler boy dies after fall at baseball park stands
Tyler police report 10 year old Louis Dawson Bridges died after falling from the top of the stands at Tyler baseball park during a game between Tyler and Wichita Falls. He was with his parents Mr. and Mrs Horace Bridges of Tyler.
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Tyler
Louis Dawson Bridges
Tyler Baseball Park
Printers in Cincinnati Newspapers Win Pay Hike
AFL Typographical Union members at Cincinnati's three daily papers gain a $3 weekly raise. Daytime workers receive $103 for a 37 1/2 hour week and night men also get $103.
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Cincinnati
AFL
Noisy Water Lodge owner sought in court case
District Court hearings center on Mrs Mary L Kuttnauer and Emanuel H Kuttnauer over alleged deceitful management of Noisy Water Lodge in Rui doso Roswell. Sheriff attends as $600 to $700 in allegedly worthless checks are pursued. both defendants missing, with owners claiming losses and seeking judgment and ejectment.
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Ruidoso
Chaves County
Harry Puryear
Mary. L.kuttnauer
Emanuel H. Kuttnauer
Boretz
Kuttnauers
Lincoln County
California
Kuttnauer
Additi
Survivors Sought After Exploded Fishing Vessel Spare Time
Search teams comb Santa Monica waters for wreckage from the Spare Time. Twelve fishermen were aboard. three rescued and one partial body found identified as Martin R. Vollmer of Los Angeles. Skipper Wes Wiggins identified by his wife through his leather belt. Survivors include Harold Haley Alfred Sachse James Knight others listed from Los Angeles area. The blast occurred about 4 p.m. Sunday after engine repairs on the live-bait tank. Some survivors said others sank from injuries. Wiggins swam 14 miles toward shore.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Martin R. Vollmer
Los Angeles
Wes Wiggins
Harold Haley
la Crescenta
Alfred Buzz Sachse
James Knight
Culver City
Gerald Drenner
Stanley Munn
West Los Angeles
Carl Jackson
Hollywood
Everett Turnipseed
al Barber
Jack Sukanaga
Leonard Ushino
Haley
Wiggins
Settlement Reported in Reynolds Divorce Case
The Daily News reports tobacco heir Richard J. Reynolds granted a $2,000,000 settlement to his second wife Marianne O'Brien, a redhaired former partner. The report notes the payout as part of the divorce proceedings in New York.
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New York
Richard J. Reynolds
Marianne O’brien
The
Daily News
McCloy Declares GOP Preference for Presidential Ticket
John J. McCloy, retiring U.S. high commissioner of Germany, described himself as a Republican and said he likes the GOP presidential ticket. He spoke in New York, signaling support amid U.S. partisan debates.
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GOP
New York
John J. McCloy
U.S
Germany
Water Carnival Set For August Seventh At Municipal Pool
The seventh annual water carnival will close swimming instruction at the Cahoon Park municipal pool on August 7. Margaret Ford invites boys and girls to enter, with a bathing beauty contest sponsored by local merchants. The circus in the water theme reflects last year’s success, with 300 participants and a two hour show. The polio watch includes six county cases and one death, with plans to mobilize doctors and nurses if needed. Parents urged to watch children for early signs and seek prompt medical advice. A final recreation program finale is planned for August 16 at the recreation center on North Missouri.
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Margaret Ford
Chaves County Memorial
Cahoon Park
Chaves
National Foundation For
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Campbell
Ellen Yeager
Frank Winsett
Lou Hamomad
Tom Stapp
North
Missouri
Park Service Chief And Governor Visit Atomic Bomb Crater
Park Service Chief Conrad Wirth and New Mexico Governor Mechem visited Trinity the site of the first atomic bomb detonation. They toured from Carlsbad to Alamogordo stopping at White Sands and Cloudcroft, meeting Alamogordo officials and local Chamber leaders. Wirth urged national monument status while Alamogordo officials highlighted local support for preservation of Trinity.
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Tularosa
Nation
Cloudcroft
Alamogordo
Wirth
National Parks and Monuments
Carlsbad Caverns
Mechem
White Sands National Monument
Herbert Brunell
Trinity
Tom Charles
White Sands Monument
County 4-H Council Plans Demonstrations and Talk
Four demonstrations and a talk on the National 4-H Club are on the Chaves County 4-H Council program. The meeting starts 8 p.m. Friday at Hagerman Legion Hall. Melvin Glenn of Roswell area will report his Washington trip to the national 4-H session, following his state award win.
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Chaves County
Legion Hall
Hagerman
Melvin Glenn
Roswell
Washington, D. C
National Capital
Recreation Club
Littlefield
Karen Gaston
Donna ‘Smith
Margo Nelson
East Grand Plains
Lois Roberts
Orval Brackeen
Lailay
Peetae
Prent
State Policeman Seeks Clue To Skeleton Identity
State Policeman Mims Laws investigated a whitened skeleton found near Cuba New Mexico asking if the bones belong to a murder victim or natural death. University of New Mexico lab to examine the skull and bones. Bones discovered by Mr and Mrs R V Roberts near a 60 foot cliff south of Cuba off Highway 44. The bones may date from the 1920s with La Ventana once a rail and coal camp now a ghost town.
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Cuba
N.M
Mims Laws
University of New Mexico Laboratory
R. V. Roberts
Albuquerque
Roberts
Lane
Sandoval
la Ventana
Bakersfield Quakes Hit Kern County With Fires and Damaged Buildings
Two sharp earthquakes struck Bakersfield and spread across Southern California. Fires started, windows shattered, and bricks fell from damaged structures as residents fled. A county hospital evacuated patients while a gas line broke in a six room house. Officials compare the tremors to a July 21 quake that killed 13 in Kern and Los Angeles.
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Bakersfield
Calif
California
Los Angeles
Carl L. Weber
Kern County
San Francisco
San Diego
Tehachapi
Charles Scott
Taft
California Highway Patrol
Richard Clark
Funeral Services For George Forbes In Roswell
Funeral services for George S. Forbes 82 well known Roswell businessman will be held tomorrow at 2 pm from the Ballard Chapel conducted by Rev Marion W Nilsson of the First Christian Church. A male quartet will sing and casketbearers include Q Cummins J Q Cummins and others. Burial will be in South Park Cemetery. Forbes resided in Roswell since 1920 and was active in church affairs. Surviving are his son in law H O DeShurley and two grandchildren George DeShurley Harold DeShurley of Roswell.
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George
Forbes
Roswell
Ballard Chapel
Marion W. Nilsson
First Christian Church
W. L. Jenkins
J. Q. Cummins
Willliam Wenty
Jacob Smits
Will Purody
Roy Treat
Clifford Ferrin
Charlie Johnson
Welcome to Roswell Mr and Mrs Conrad
A brief social notice greeting the Conrad couple in Roswell with mentions of Mr and Mrs Calvin Jacobs and Mr and Mrs Luther Powell in attendance.
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K. L. Conrad
Calvin Jacobs
Luther Powell
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