State Demos Set Platform Agenda in Albuquerque
State Sen. Calvin Horn said the Democratic Platform Committee will meet to draft planks for the party platform. Co chairs Lt. Gov. Tibo Chavez and Sen. T. E. Lusk will select from member suggestions, with a Santa Fe convention set for June 14. The dominant plank calls for legislative control of utilities and a shift of burden of proof in disputes to the utility.
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Albuquerque
Democratic Party
Calvin Horn
Horn
Tibo Chavez
T. E. Lusk
Santa Fe
Work Continues on Courthouse Square
Cats continued to scratch the courthouse square as the beautification project progresses. Turf has been scraped for reseeding the west side. one tree was cut down. a roller laid a second asphalt coat on the recessed parking strip while two Caterpillar tractors and three trucks were in use.
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Courthouse Square
Colorado Legion Convention Opens In Lamar
About 2500 Legionnaires and Auxiliary members register in Lamar for the 36th annual Colorado American Legion convention. The gathering will run through Sunday.
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Lamar
Colo
The
Legion Auxiliary
Colorado American Legion
Southern Baptists to offer resolution on school desegregation ruling
A proposed resolution will be offered tonight at the Southern Baptist Convention describing the Supreme Court decision outlawing school segregation as in harmony with Christian teaching.
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ST. Louis P
Supreme Court
Southern Baptist Convention
Weather summary from U S Weather Bureau forecast
Reading temperatures from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today show a high of 82 and a low of 55 with normal 89 and 60. Precipitation none in 24 hours to 11 a.m. today's date. year to date 2.97. Sunrise 4:49 sunset 7:05 length 14.3 hours. Forecast slightly cloudy with light dust, warmer high near 90 and low around 60. Five day outlook calls for near seasonal temperatures with little precipitation and cooler periods Sunday and Tuesday.
New Effort Aims to Break Indochina Peace Deadlock
Geneva AP reports the nine party Indochina peace conference held a 16th secret session to resolve how a cease fire will be supervised. Western delegates criticized Communist rhetoric as secret talks continued on zones for army regrouping and assembly after a cease fire.
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Indochina
Geneva
Aepute
Pham van Dong
Vietminh
van Dong
France
Georges Bidault
N M Boy Killed By Furniture Truck
A two year old boy named Daniel Moore was killed in Taos when he was struck or run over by a furniture truck during unloading at a neighbor’s house. The truck, owned by Broom Furniture Co., was pulling away as Daniel played in his yard. Police reported the driver Tranquillino Trujillo was not held.
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Taos
Daniel Moore
Robert .O. Moore
Daniel
Tranquillino
State Road Death Toll Leaps to 146 With 2 Fatalities
Two more deaths on New Mexico highways raise the year’s toll to 146. Edward Huffman, 53, of Long Beach California, died in an early morning rollover on US 66 west of Tucumcari after his car left the road. Augustine Guirant, 39, of Rivera California, perished from head and internal injuries when his wife’s car was forced off the highway by another vehicle. Local authorities seek the Oklahoma car suspected of causing the crash.
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New Mexico
Edward Raymond Huffman
Long Beach
Calif
U. S. Highway 66
Here
Sherman Creek
Huffman
Creek
Augustine Guirant
Rivera
Guirant
Dist. Atty
Victor Green
Oklahoma
Vietminh Push In Hanoi Delta Attack Deepens Crisis
In the Hanoi delta Vietminh rebels scored two major blows. They overran Cho Moi garrison southeast of Hanoi and attacked the Haiphong route supplying the city. In the seminary at Ouanphungha 3000 Vietminh clashed with 1000 Vietnamese and Catholic militiamen in brutal street to street fighting with heavy casualties.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Haiphong
Cho Moi
Haiphong- Hanoi
Haiphong Harbor
Ouanphungha
Woman with rare bone disease earns high school diploma
Betty Sheaffer, 22, received her diploma at Towenship High School in Pittsburgh. Despite fragile bones and more than 100 fractures, she attended classes, learned to type, and hopes to work as a secretary from home. Her grandmother taught her at first, then a visiting teacher aided her schooling.
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Pittsburgh
Betty Sheaffer
Betty
Towenship
Township School Board
Arguments Begin Over Habeas Corpus Petition in Santa Fe
Attorneys argued today on Arthur Leon Fredericks petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Frederick is imprisoned for sodomy and contends the crime could not have occurred.
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Santa FE
Arthur Leon Frederick
Frederick
Residents back La Junta city manager government
Residents approved keeping La Junta’s city manager form of government by a 1 210 to 371 vote. The election was demanded by a petition.
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LA Junta
Colo
District Court Handles City Water Compensation Cases
District Court in Carlson issued an order giving the City of Roswell 20 days to answer the first amended complaint in the Snyder versus Roswell case over zoning rules. Judges also entered judgments in two compensation suits, filed state engineer complaints against Pecos River water users, and handled two divorce filings.
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Chet L. Snyder
A. C. Lacer
Snyder
C. Roy Anderson
Carls
Pecos
Paul J. Smith
Chon Ramirez
Smith
Max Jenson
St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Co
Ramirez
Gerald Mora
Standard Accident Insurance Co
State of New México
John R. Erickson
D. R. Britt
Charles Michelet
Manuel Salgado
Britt
Pace
Former El Paso Man Sentenced in Disappearance Case
Manley Martin, 55, a former El Paso carpenter, received a 7 to 10 year prison term for his role in the November disappearance of 15 year old Danny Moffatt. A separate charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor is pending. They were located in Arkansas months after the youth vanished on his way home from school before Thanksgiving.
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Las Cruces
Manley Martin
el Paso
Danny Moffatt
Martin
Moffatt
Arkansas
Stabbing Probed in Flats Affray Involving Airman
Police investigate a stabbing in the Flats involving airman Charles Rutledge. A civilian, another Black man, was detained for questioning but denies involvement. Rutledge was driven by private car to Walker Air Force Base Hospital after the Wednesday night incident.
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Charles Rutledge
Rutledge
Walker Air Force Base Hospital
Baseball Scores American League Retnds and Scores
American League results show Boston losing 7 to 3 to Cleveland with Keegan Lollar and Nixon Brew er among the pitchers. New York edged Cleveland 8 to 7 in nine innings with Wynn and Berra contributing. Baltimore beat Philadelphia 7 to 3 as Chakales Fox Blyzka and Courtney Shantz aided. Detroit defeated Washington 3 to 2 with Hoeft House Porterfield and Fitzgerald key.
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AD American
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Chakales
Fox
Blyzka
Courtney
Trice
W. Shantz
Nationals League Brooklyn Beats Chicago in Low Scoring Thriller
Brooklyn nips Chicago 2 to 1 as Erskine and Campanella star on mound and at plate. Rush adds key defense in a tense game, sealing a narrow NL showdown.
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Brooklyn
Chicago
Erskine
Campanella
Rusheeee
Former New Jersey Governor Hoff man found dead in New York hotel
Former New Jersey Governor Harold Hoffman was found dead in a New York hotel today. Police in New York reported the death.
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New York
New Jersey
Harold Hoffman
President's Housing Program Heads into Joint Conference
Eisenhower's housing program sails to a Senate House conference with public housing at the center of contention. The Senate approved liberalized insured credit slum clearance and safeguards, backing 35,000 new public housing units annually for four years, a prerogative rejected by the House.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate House
House
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
Dusty haze blankets New Mexico state wide
A black dust haze from eastern New Mexico Texas and Kansas farms covered most of the state. Moderate winds kept the dust stirred but limited air pollution while temperatures rose across areas. Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque began to emerge as visibility improved elsewhere.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Texas
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Rio Grande Valley
Albuquerque
Sandia Mountains
Glenwood
Clayton
Truth Or Consequences
Grants
Senate approves four New Mexico reclamation projects
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved four New Mexico reclamation construction projects: Carlsbad Project Alamogordo Dam spillway enlargement 30000 Middle Rio Grande Project 2000000 Vermejo 638000 and Rio Grande Texas 110000.
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Washington
New Mexico
Senate Appropriations Committee
Carlsbad
Alamogordo Dam
Middle Rio Grande
Vermejo
Rio Grande Texas
Dulles presses 3 1 2 billion foreign aid plan in Senate
Secretary of State Dulles urged Congress to authorize a 3 1 2 billion dollar foreign aid program to confront Communist threats in Indochina. He warned the region's danger to the United States and its allies, and urged flexibility in spending to act quickly.
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Dulles
Senate
Indochina
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
United States
Pacific
China
Southeast Asia
Wiley
R-Wis
House Foreign Affairs
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Far East
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Japan
Korea
Fromosa
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Great Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Harold E. Stassen
Symington Pushes McCarthy to Name Suspects in Defense Jobs
Sen. Symington demanded the McCarthy Army Investigating subcommittee order Sen. McCarthy to provide the FBI with names of suspected Communists or security risks in defense plants and federal work. He also sought similar orders for other subcommittee members and staff. The motion paced for a vote as Dworshak and Dirksen were away. McCarthy defended sharing names but argued the Defense Department lacked power to act. The 27th day of hearings featured Roy Cohn returning to cross examination and a clash over whether 133 alleged Reds exist in defense work.
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Washington
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
McCarthy Army
Sen. McCarthy
FBI
McCarthy Investigations Subcommittee
Sens
Dworshak
Idaho
Dirksen
R-Ill
Mundt
McCarthy
Army
Joseph N. Welch
Defense Department
Department
Pace
McCarthy Allows Monitored Calls in Army Hearings
Senator McCarthy agreed to admit monitored telephone calls to the public record in the Army hearings. McCarthy and Army Counsel Joseph Welch said all calls involving Pentagon officials and senators including McCarthy should be entered, and efforts to publish calls involving other key figures should end.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
McCarthy Army
Oldest Intact Royal Tomb Allegedly Found in Egypt
Egyptian archaeologist Zakaria Goneim announces the discovery of what is believed to be the oldest intact royal tomb in Egypt, under a step pyramid at Sakkara near Cairo. The sarcophagus of red alabaster houses a mummy, with a golden coffin anticipated inside. the tomb may belong to Pharaoh Sankhet, cirka 3000 B.C., predating Tutankhamen by about 1,200 years.
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Robert Hewett
Cairo
Egypt
Sankhet
Nile Kingdom
Zakaria Goneim
Egyptian Antiquities Department
Sakkara
Goneim
Sakkara Pyramid
Giza
Cheops
King Tutankhamen
King Tut
Eypt
Midshipmen Await Security Check Before Commission
Three Naval Academy graduates must await security background reviews before commissions are issued. The class of 854 will receive diplomas. these three will head home until investigations conclude. Five others graduate without active service due to medical or disciplinary reasons.
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Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Navy
Washington
Marines
Air Force
Firemen Contain Mattress Fire At 109 E Bland St
A mattress fire at 109 E Bland St sparked a firemen run at 2 25 a m. Crews used a booster to extinguish the flames and returned to station at 2 57 a m.
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E. Bland St
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Berra
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