Trujillo Jr claims assassination tied to political ideologies
Gen Rafael L. Trujillo Jr says the 1961 assassination of his father was planned by Gen Juan Tomas Diaz and others seeking revenge over retirement and political ideologies. He labels Diaz a traitor and notes three suspects at large, one killed, armed forces not involved. Censorship ended and unrest continues after church siege.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Rafael L. Trujillo Jr
Trujillo
Juan Tomas Diaz
Rafael L. Trujillo
Diaz
U.S
Kennedy Khrushchev Meet in Vienna Amid Laos Tensions
The leaders held a 3 hour 28 minute private session in the embassy music room with interpreters as Rusk and Gromyko met nearby. They discussed Laos civil war, the Geneva talks, and stalled nuclear test ban talks amid Cold War tensions. Kennedy arrived from Paris and hosted a cordial lunch before more talks on world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Laos
Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Geneva
Pathet Lao
Prince Boun Oum
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
U. S
Imperial
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Kremlin
Vienna
U.S
Eisenhower
Francis Gary Powers
United States
Sony
Tax Reduction Hinted If Revenue Jump Occurs
Secretary Dillon says a strong 1962 revenue surge could allow tax cuts if Congress backs a broad tax review and reform next year. He indicates adjustments should widen the base, close loopholes, and lower rates to net the same revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Congress
Dillon
Treasury Secretary
Clifford P. Case
R-N
Miss Odessa Pearson Rites Planned in Roswell Monday
Funeral services for Miss Odessa Lee Pearson 22 of 901 West 14th Street Roswell will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Ballard Chapel. She died Saturday in an Albuquerque hospital after a lengthy illness born in Big Spring Texas October 2 1937. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. David C Pearson a grandmother Mrs Grace Shrum Lomita California and a grandfather A A McKinney Portersville California. Burial in South Park Cemetery Ballard Funeral Home in charge.
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Odessa Lee Pearson
W. 14Th St
Ballard Chapel
Pearson
Roswell
Albuquerque
David C. Pearson
Grace Shrum
Lomita
Calif
A. A. McKinney
Portersville
Big Spring
Tex
W. C. Gresham
Church of God
Artesia
Horton
Church of God In
South Park Cemetery
Ballard Funeral Home
Pigeon Builds Nest at Tulsa World Building Ledge
A hopeful pigeon nests on a Tulsa World Building ledge near photo studios. A new man reports the bird is trying to hatch two eggs and a flash bulb.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa World
Air Academy Cadet to Speak At Boys State
Air Force Academy Cadet Theodore Sahd 19 son of Mr and Mrs Peter Sahd of Penasco will speak at Boys State on Cadet Life at the Air Force Academy Sahd to complete Third Class in June Week June 27 A 1959 NM Military Institute graduate who lettered in football and track earned appointment as an honor graduate of NM I.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
Theodore M. Sahd
Peter S. Sahd
Penasco
Boys State
Sahd
New Mexico Military Institute
NMMI
New Mexico Schools Accredited. 87 Warned for Deficiencies
The State Board of Education approved accreditation for 145 secondary schools, while 87 were warned they did not meet requirements. Ten of the underperforming schools had not corrected standards from prior years. The board also approved bond issues for Clovis and Lovington and designated isolated status for Weed and Cienega, with Milagro denied. Funds available may add a teacher in some districts and tuition payments were approved for students attending out of state.
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Santa FE
State Board of Education
New Mexico
Cal Taulbee
State Education Department
Virgil Henry
Hobbs
Clovis
Lovington
Weed
Cienega
Alamogordo
Milagro
Santa Rosa
Arizona
Texas
Colorado
Mildred Kimbrough
Education Department
Fire causes $145000 loss to three Roswell businesses
Fire chief George Daniels estimated the May 13 blaze destroyed Mitchell Grain and Seed Co. DeShurley Cabinet Shop and Pecos Valley Trading Co. with losses totaling 145000 dollars. Witnesses saw flames near a picket fence behind Pecos Valley Trading Co as 826000 gallons from Roswell Fire Department and 120000 gallons from Walker Fire trucks fought the eight hour fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Daniels
Mitchell Grain and Seed Co
DeShurley
Pecos Valley Trading Co
Daniels
Roswell Fire Department
Walker
Sister Mary Blaise Appointed Nursing Vice President
Washington AP Sister Mary Blaise of Roswell is named vice president of the New Mexico League for Nursing at a Saturday meeting in the Western Skies. Association president is Miss Cosmo Rinehart of Albuquerque, with her term set to run another year.
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Washington
Mary Blaise
Roswell
New Mexico League For Nursing
Cosmo Rinehart
Albuquerque
Tornado Rips Through Three Ranches Near San Jon
A San Jon area tornado struck sparsely settled northeastern New Mexico, destroying three ranches the Wallon Nord and Mullenaux properties. One man was treated for a scalp wound while a 7 000 pound combine was thrown 100 yards from a house. Debris scattered over eight miles as power lines failed and livestock losses were expected.
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San Jon
New Mexico
Albert Clouse
Leonard Wallon
Wallon
Wallon Ranch
E. V. Nord
Henry Mullenaux
Mullenaux
Henry Mullenaux III
Tucumcari
Clouse
Freedom Riders plan appeal of court order in Alabama crisis
Federal judge Frank Johnson halted organized Freedom Rides in Alabama and barred Klan violence while allowing testing of segregation without sponsor backing. Leaders MLK Jr and Ralph Abernathy vow appeal as riders face jail in Jackson and new desegregation steps emerge in Atlanta.
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Freedom Riders
Alabama
U. S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Montgomery
Ku Klux Klan
Freedom Rider
Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Ralph D. Abernathy
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Cing
Castro Receives Deadline on Tractor Prisoner Swap Offer
Fidel Castro is given until Wednesday to respond to a push from Tractors for Freedom to exchange 1,200 Cuban prisoners for 500 tractors. The group led by Eleanor Roosevelt and Milton Eisenhower plans 450 general purpose tractors and 50 heavy models, with 100 prisoners freed per 100 tractors.
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Detroit
Fidel Castro
Tractors For Freedom
Castro
Free World
Eleanor Roosevelt
Milton Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Joseph M. Dodge
Morals crackdown arrests sweep Florida, sheriff says
In Tampa, AP reports police raids led to over 30 arrests on homosexual charges. Sheriff Ed Blackburn called it the biggest morals crackdown in Florida history and said more than 100 arrests could follow as a long investigation continues. One target was Persy A Jerkins, 35, principal of Citrus Park Elementary, charged with an unnatural act. bond set at 1000 dollars.
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Tampa
Fla
Ed Blackburn
Florida
Percy A. Jerkins
Citrus Park
Blackburn
Honor Student Kills Father Amid Domestic Strife
Philadelphia news reports 14 year old John Dominiak, an honor student, in custody on a homicide charge after striking his father Michael Dominiak, 42, with a baseball bat during a domestic confrontation in which the father allegedly beat the mother. The youth said he acted to stop the beating and protect his mother.
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Philadelphia
John Dominiak
John
Investigaoors
Ier
Michael
Hadeen
GOP convention in Las Cruces opposes Tractors for Castro plan
A Republican county convention heard strong anti communist rhetoric from speakers including Gov. Ed Mechem and McVey. Delegates elected officials and committees, adopted a Tractors for Castro opposition resolution, and tallied a straw poll with Goldwater leading Nixon and others.
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Laos
Cuba
America
Chicago
Ed Mechem
McVey
Rostrum
Chaves County
Paul W. Eaton Jr
Goldwater
Nixon
Rockefeller
Judd
Lodge
Forest program boosts funds and road access under Anderson
The Senate bill adds thirty million dollars to accelerate national forest projects and administration. An extra 955000 is earmarked for fire protection and 3 million for forest access roads funded by timber sale income. A 550000 allowance completes Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission work led by Senator Anderson who serves as a ranking member.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
Anderson
Appropriations Committee
Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
New Mexico
Glass shatters injuring Food Mart employee on West Second
Flying glass from a large plate window at the Food Mart on West Second Street injured James A. Lee Jr. a store employee. He was cut on the back of his right hand and taken to the Medical Center by Ballard Ambulance for treatment. The cause of the break was not known.
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Food Mart
West Second Street
James A. Lee Jr
Lee
S. Sequoia Ave
Ballard
Coin Toss Decides Ship Assessor Election Tie
In Logan County the coin flip by County Judge Leland Dunham broke a 150 150 tie between Raymond A. Pfeifer Democrat and Victor Lemme Republican for ship assessor. Town Clerk Merle Blaum performed the flip and Pfeifer won.
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Lincoln
Logan
Leland Dunham
Raymond A. Pfeifer
Victor Lemme
Merle Blaum
Pfeifer
Roswell Emerges as New Mexico's second largest city
Roswell holds the status as the second largest city in New Mexico, reflecting population growth and urban development within the state.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Khrushchev Enjoys Viennese State Dinner With Jackie Kennedy
Premier Khrushchev greeted Jacqueline Kennedy at Schoenbrunn Palace during a lavish Austrian state dinner. The event drew 6000 Viennese as Kennedy and Khrushchev shared friendly conversations while music from the Vienna Philharmonic played. Khrushchev appeared buoyant, and Jackie Kennedy received lengthy applause from the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Benedict
Vienna
Austria
Khrushchev
Jacqueline Kennedy
Schoenbrunn Palace
Stevenson Starts His Latin Tour
Adlai E. Stevenson opens a 18 day trip to South America to seek economic and social development programs and curb Cuban influence. He will visit ten capitals starting in Caracas with talks with Venezuelan officials and may face anti US demonstrations linked to Castro. He aims to present U.S. proposals at Montevideo July ministerial meeting and discuss strengthening the inter American system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
U.S
Fidel Castro
United Nations
Cuba
Caracas
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Montevideo
Uruguay
Inter- American Economic and Social Council
Peace Corps Selections Set for June 14
The first Peace Corps selections will be completed by June 14. Volunteers for the Colombia project will begin eight weeks of training June 2 at Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey with four additional weeks in Colombia. Tanganyika trainees will start around the same time with eight weeks in the United States and seven weeks in Tanganyika. The first selections will come from 3 540 applicants who took the May 27 entrance test. A second test for college graduates to teach in Africa is scheduled for Monday.
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Washington
Tanganyika
United States
Africa
Californian Dies In Auto Accident In New Mexico
William H. Watts 37 of Fullerton California died when his car left U S 70 near Elida and overturned five times. He died of head injuries and a crushed chest, the 130th highway death in New Mexico this year, first traffic fatality in Roosevelt County.
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ELIDA
William H. Watts
Fullerton
Calif
U. S. 70
Watts
New Mexico
Roosevelt County
Electricity Toll of Newsprint Production Highlighted
A historical note claims producing a ton of newsprint consumes electricity enough to power about 10,000 households, underscoring the industrys energy footprint and the scale of consumption.
Funeral for William L Long at Mason Chapel
Funeral services for William Albert Long 62 who died Friday in a local hospital will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Mason Chapel with R T Williamson pastor of North Hill Church of Christ officiating. Long a Roswell resident 16 years was born February 14 1899 in Northampton Pa. He belonged to the Bremond American Legion Post 28. Burial will be at South Park Cemetery with Legion rites. Mason Funeral Home in charge.
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William Albert Long
Mason Chapel
R. T. Williamson
North Hill
Rider Killed In Go Kart Smash At El Paso Park
Curtis Milan, 24, of El Paso, was killed when his Go Kart lost control and struck a parked car at As carete Park. The El Paso City Lines employee was warming up out of official competition and died en route to R. E. Thomason Hospital after wearing required safety gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Ascarete Park
Curtis Milan
Milan
R. E. Thomason Hospital
Divorces Filed in Herring Case
Jaylene Herring and Bernard J. Herring filed for divorce. Case involves dissolution of marriage with likely property and support considerations. Court details not provided in the fragment.
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Jaylene Herring
Bernard J. Herring
Khrushchev Plans Moscow Trip Monday
A Soviet spokesman announced Premier Khrushchev will depart Vienna for Moscow at 9 a.m. Monday. The statement ends speculation he would travel to Berlin or meet East German Communist party Secretary Walter Ulbricht after the Vienna talks with President Kennedy.
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Vienna
Khrushchev
Moscow
Berlin
East Germany
Communist Party
Walter Ulbricht
Kennedy
Mescalero Minister Recites Benediction at Apache Grave Dedication
American soldiers joined Apache mourners to honor dead at FTSILL Oklahoma as 311 headstones were dedicated for Apaches who died at the frontier outpost. The Apache choir sang a closing hymn and Rev Wendell Chino of Mescalero New Mexico delivered the benediction. An army bugler played taps.
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Ftsill
Okla
Wendell Chino
Mescalero
N. M
Roswell Truck Stop Crash Reported at Parking Lot
At 10 50 a m John E Lee Jr of Route 2 Box 284 A backed into a car owned by Jose Angel Romero of 1203 W Eighth St in the Roswell area near a truck stop parking lot.
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Roswell
John E. Lee Jr
Jose Angel Romero
Eighth St
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