McMahon Death Tightens Senate Control Battle in Kansas and Washington
Kansas voters head to the polls for a tight lieutenant governor race amid a crowded Democratic field and Eisenhower speculation. In Washington, the sudden death of Sen. Brien McMahon tightens the Senate battle, shifting focus to party gains and potential appointments as campaigns foresee a shifted balance in November.
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McMahon
Senate
Washington
Sen
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
House
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Richard Nixon
California
John Sparkman
Alabama
Firemen Delayed In Putting Out Fire
Nashville firemen battled a barn blaze during a thunderstorm last night. The first truck overturned in the wind, but no injuries occurred. Firemen Claiborn Ross and Curtis Hall, both 21, were unhurt. Ross ran to a nearby house to call for help but was refused entry, and a resident dog bit him on the way out.
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Nashville
Tenn
Woodbine
Claiborn Ross
Curtis Hall
Ross
Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Reading at three hour intervals shows temperatures peaking at 97 and dipping to 65 with a partly cloudy outlook. Normal highs and lows for the date are 91 and 66. Precipitation totals include 2.11 inches month to date and 4.03 inches year to date. Sunrise is 5 09 and sunset 7 00, day length 13.9 hours.
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Sccro
Man's Story: Wife Leaps From Moving Car At Air Base
Mary Marlene Killday, 15, wife of Air Force sergeant Patrick Killday, was found injured after a claimed leap from a car during a quarrel near North Main and Country Club Road. Police investigate, doctors gave 50-50 odds earlier. she remained semi conscious after arrival at Walk er Air Base hospital.
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Walker Air Force Base Hospital
Mary Marlene Killday
Patrick Killday
Don Shultz
North Main
Country Club Road
Shultz
Killday
Air Base Hospital
Air Base
WAF
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Ruidoso Lodge Reverts to California Owner in Court Ruling
Morris J. Boretz of Pasadena won a district court ruling restoring Noisy Water Lodge at Ruidoso to his ownership and securing a $5,514 judgment against Emanuel and Mary Kuttnauer. The judge canceled the $200,000 contract, dissolved a receivership, and ordered return of assets while Kuttnauer remains sought on check and related charges. Receivership records showed modest income versus expenses with uncertain future payments under the disputed contract.
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Morris J. Boretz
Pasadena
Calif
Ruidoso
Noisy Water Lodge
George T. Harris
Boretz
Emanuel H. Kuttnauer
Mary L. Kuttnaeur
Kuttnaeur
Lincoln County
Harris
Kuttnauers
Kuttnaeers
Ruttners
Morris J. Boretz, Jr
Young Borett
General Grow Convicted Over Diary Leaks At Court Martial
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow, once military attache in Moscow, is found guilty by a court martial of listing secrets in a personal diary and failing to safeguard classified data. He received a repri mand and six months suspension from command. The trial was secret with limited disclosure of evidence. The diary and its possible wartime content remain officially undisclosed.
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FT. Meade, Md
Soviet Union
Robert W. Grow
Grow
Russia
United States
U. S
Moscow
Frankfurt
Germany
Richard Squires
Cotton price support set at 30.91 cents a pound
The Agriculture Department announced the year’s government price support for cotton will average 30.91 cents per pound based on a middling 7/8 inch upland parity of 34.3 cents. Rates vary by location from 31.16 to 32.94 cents for middling 15/16 inch, with premiums and discounts tied to grade and staple length.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Arizona
California
Carolinas
Lewis Opens Talks With Major Part of Soft Coal Industry
Washington reports indicate John L Lewis has begun talks with a large segment of the soft coal sector ahead of possible full contract negotiations. The UMW chief warned a Sept. 22 expiration could trigger a strike if no new agreement is reached, with about half of soft coal tonnage under Bituminous Coal Operators Association control.
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Washington
John AL. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Harry M. Moses
UMW
Armistice Prospects Dimming, Van Fleet Warns
General James A. Van Fleet, commander of the U S Eighth Army, said at a Seoul news conference that the chances for an armistice in Korea are fading. He cited intensified pressure on the Communists and their belief that UN forces will not strike to force a truce, noting Red front lines have thinned for weeks due to floods air support and supply issues. He listed six reasons shaping the stalemate, including U N amphibious options and the apparent Communist decision to avoid a major assault.
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Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
United Nations
U. N
Eighth Army
U.N
Reese
One Minor Action Reported On Front
Rain drenched the Korean battle front for the sixth straight day as ground contact remained brief. On the Western Front near Old Baldy U N troops counterattacked a second time against a position seized by 200 Reds, but the early morning assault failed to dislodge them. The U S Eighth Army reported no late update on the second attack while warplanes were largely grounded except for night bomber sorties.
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Seoul
Korea
Old Baldy
U.N
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
No Request Made Yet for Judge in Election Suit
Santa Fe reports the Supreme Court has not received any request to designate a judge for the Frazier Gratham element contest. District Court at Roswell has not communicated, and Fifth District judges Anderson and Harris have disqualified themselves. Lake J. Frazier contests Everett M. Grantham's May 6 primary win for the Democratic governor nomination. Hollywood news notes comedian Jack Carson and actress Lola Albright plan Friday wedding at the Little Brown Church in San Fernando.
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Santa FE
Supreme Court
Eugene Lujan
District Court
Roswell
Fifth Judicial District
C. Roy Anderson
George T. Harris
Lake J. Frazier
Everett M. Grantham
Hollywood
Jack Carson
Lola Albright
Little Brown Church
San Fernando
National League game ends in ten innings Brooklyn tops Pittsburgh
In a ten inning National League matchup Brooklyn defeats Pittsburgh 7 to 6. Pollet and Friend pitched for Pittsburgh with Garagiola catching, while Erskine and Black worked the Brooklyn game with Campanella handling catching duties.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Pollet
Friend
Garagiola
Erskine
Black
Camlpanella
Call Assigned to Seismograph Party 25 in Artesia
J. C. Call assistant party chief for Stanolind Oil and Gas becomes leader of Seismograph Party No. 25 based out of Artesia. He succeeds K. V. Radic who moves to Stanolind's East New Mexico geophysical office in Roswell. Call joined the company in 1948.
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Fort Worth
Texas
J. C. Call
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company
Seismograph Party No
Artesia
Call
K. V. Radic
Stanolind
East New Mexico
Senator Brien McMahon Dies at 48 in Washington
Senator Brien McMahon of Connecticut dies at Georgetown Hospital from a spreading cancerous spinal condition. The Senate Atomic Energy Commission chairman was once seen as a potential Democratic presidential nominee, but withdrew after a post convention ovation in Chicago.
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Brien McMahon
Dconn
Senate House Atomic Energy Commission
Georgetown Hospital
Washington
Chicago
Wife of U S Air Force Colonel Guilty in Germany
In Wiesbaden Germany Mrs Katherine Reed 44 wife of a U S Air Force colonel was convicted on five black market charges and fined 3982 dollars. She was accused of selling coffee and gasoline coupons and making illegal currency exchanges on the German black market. U S Judge DeWitt White set bail at 1000 dollars pending payment of the fine or an appeal. She was found not guilty on two charges of importing coffee for resale and buying military scrap for American dollars.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Katherine Reed
U. S
DeWitt White
Expropriates Land for Nuevo Laredo Railroad Station
The Mexican government expropriated 98 shares of land yesterday in Nuevo Laredo for a new railroad station. Heavy rains in Tokyo caused one death and ten injuries on Southern Honshu last night. The GPA to Meet: The Chaves County Game Protective Association will hold a regular monthly meeting Monday night in the Chamber of Commerce Building.
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Mexico City
Nuevo, Laredo
Tokyo
Honshu
GPA
Chaves County Game Protective Association
Chamber of Commerce
FBI Report Claims Communist Party Plans Overthrow of U S
The FBI report released under Senate security subcommittee assertions states the U S Communist party teaches overthrow by force. It cites William Z Foster and Stalinist texts, claiming leaders reject peaceful methods and advocate revolutionary action against the bourgeois state.
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Washington
FBI
Communist Party
United States
U. S
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
McCarran
D-Nevy
William Z. Foster
Stalin
Lenin
Eagles
Marx
Two Taft Backers Join Eisenhower Camp In 1952 Race
Two Republican senators who backed Taft for the GOP nomination, Everett Dirksen of Illinois and Hugh Butler of Nebraska, joined Dwight D. Eisenhower's camp. Dirksen planned Denver strategy talks. Butler predicted Eisenhower victory in Nebraska and Taft activity for the Eisenhower cause.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
Dirksen
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Eisenhower
Denver
Butler
Taft
White House
Indiana
Virginia
South Carolina
Louisiana
Mississippi
Adlai Stevenson
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
James F. Byrnes
Richmond News Leader
Richmond
Democratic Central Committee
Sam Lumpkin
Tupelo
Hugh White
Roswell Welcomes Mr Dick Mrs Sommers and Mrs Harria
A Roswell welcome set notes greet Mr C W Dick and wife Mrs J W Sommers a separate welcome for Mrs W H Harria. The event marks social introductions within the local community.
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C. W. Dick
J. W. Sommers
W. H. Harria
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