Sabre Pilots Bag Eight MIGs In Korea Air War
American Sabre jet pilots downed eight Communist MIG jets and damaged five more in North Korea. Maj. Vermont Garrison of Tulsa became the war's 32nd jet ace with his fifth MIG. Ground fighting across East Central and Eastern Fronts saw intensified battles as ROK troops clashed with Chinese and North Korean forces.
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Seoul
North Korea
Vermont
Tulsa
Korea
U.N
Anchor Hill
Eighth Army
15Th
ROK
Key Hill
Reds
Kaesong
Air Force
Chinnampo
Bill Rogers Named To Legal Fraternity
Norman Oklahoma William B Rogers Jr Roswell has been named one of 25 men instituted into Phi Alpha Delta national legal fraternity at the University of Oklahoma Rogers a freshman in the College of Law is the son of Mr and Mrs W B Rogers 205 West Walnut Eligibility requires Law College enrollment and at least a B grade average
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Norman
Okla
William B. Rogers, Jr
Roswell
Phi Alpha Delta
University of Oklahoma
Rogers
W. B. Rogers
West Walnut
College of Law
Weather Report From Reading Bureau Yesterday to Today
United States Weather Bureau readings show temperatures from 2:00 PM to 11:00 AM with highs near 96 and lows around 58. Precipitation for 24 hours ending 11 AM today is none, month to date 0.01 inches, year to date 3.68 inches. Forecast calls for clouds periods through tomorrow and Saturday with little rain, breezier winds, and cooler highs around 88 and lows near 56.
East German leadership reshuffle signals possible troop withdrawal
In Berlin, Gen. Vassily Chuikov is relieved of duty as Col. Gen. Andrei Gretschko takes command of 300,000 Red Army troops in East Germany. Chuikov's political head roles were reassigned, with speculation that Soviet forces may withdraw and hand control to East German forces.
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Berlin
Vassily Chuikov
Germany
Russia
Andrei Gretschko
Red Army
East Germany
Chukov
Vladimir Semyonov
Chuikov
Stalingrad
Control Commission
Semyonov
NM Man Elected By Medical Group
NEW YORK Dr Carl H Gellenthien Valmora NM was elected vice president of the American Medical Association receiving 93 votes to 83 for Dr Patrick J Sullivan of Dalton Massachusetts for a one year term beginning this month The AMA House of Delegates also named Dr Robert B Homan El Paso Texas to its Council on Medical Services
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New York
Carl H. Gellenthien
Valmora
N. M
Amerog Medical Association Yesteray
Patrick J. Sullivan
Dalton
Mass
AMA House of Delegates
Robert B. Homan
el Paso
Tex
Council On Medical Services
Cloudcroft Ranch Hands Rodeo Opens for 3 Days
The Cloudcroft Roping Club opened a three day Ranch Hands Rodeo featuring local riders and roping events in Cloudcroft. Organizers expect participation from cowboys and ranchers, with community attendance planned across the event weekend.
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Cloudcroft
141st Traffic Death in New Mexico This Year
Jimmy Franklin of Bonsall California was killed Wednesday night in a three car crash on U S 66 thirteen miles east of here. State Policeman Dick McCool reported Franklin’s car crossed the center line struck an oncoming car and rolled over twice. It was the 141st highway death in New Mexico for the year.
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Jimmy Franklin
Bonsall
Calif
Here
U.S. 66
Dick McCool
Franklin
New Mexico
Montana declares flood emergency across fourteen counties
Fourteen counties straddling the Continental Divide in Montana were placed on emergency flood status as rain swollen streams ran at ten times normal flow. Northwestern Montana saw more rain in ten days than all of 1952, with at least nine communities affected along Sun River and Belt Creek valleys. A death from a heart attack occurred in Tracy and a dirt slide near Havre trapped two boys. Officials estimated hundreds displaced as floods worsened under Gov. Hugo Aronson.
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Great Falls
Mont
Montana
Continental Divide
Red Cross
Sun River
Belt
Tracy
Havre
Here
Hugo J. Aronson
John Wayne's Wife Granted 1100 Monthly Alimony
Los Angeles judge awards Esperanza Bauer estranged wife of John Wayne a monthly alimony of 1100 after a 15 day hearing. Wayne, 44, smiled as the decision was read while teenagers in the courtroom applauded and filed out.
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Los Angeles
John Wayne
Esperanza Bauer
Wayne
Hall of Records
Kellahin Named by Governor To New Mexico Prison Board
Governor Meachem appoints Jason W. Kellahin of Roswell and Santa Fe to the State Prison Board replacing Mechem. Kellahin, 43, former AP staffer and ex editor, will serve until June 15, 1957. Other members Theodore Van Soelen and Charles Fischer continue with terms expiring 1959 and 1955.
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Jason Kellahin
NM Prison Board
Santa FE
Edwin L. Meachem
Jason W. Kellahin
Roswell
State Prison Board
Kellahin
Mechem
Theodore van Soelen
Tesuque
Charles Fischer
Clovis
Associated Press
Old
Roswell Dispatch
Corporation Commission
Eugene Allison
Oil Conservation Commission
John Block Jr
Espanola
Woman Is Sentenced After Children Die
Oakland Calif Mrs Janie Johnson mother of three children who burned to death March 18 at Alameda County Jail today placed on three years probation and sentenced to three months in prison for three counts of voluntary manslaughter. Testimony showed she locked her four children in her apartment when she left. One child was rescued by a passerby.
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Oakland
Calif
Janie Johnson
Alameda County
Pyun Attacks UN Truce Plan As Cowardly
Seoul reports South Korea's acting foreign minister Pyun Yung Tai branded the U N truce proposal dishonorable and cowardly. He warned bloodshed if Indian troops or Soviet bloc reps enter Korea and questioned U S leadership while criticizing non forcible POW repatriation. He met President Rhee and U N officials amid government resistance to the plan.
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Seoul
South Korea
United Nations
Pyun
U. N
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
U. S
Ellis Briggs
Mark Clark
Red
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Korea
India
Sweden
Switzerland
Fired Highlands President Sues Over Arrest Fallout
Edward Eyring, ousted Highlands University president, sues Lisle Hosford for 20000 in federal court alleging false criminal complaint and national newspaper and Time Magazine coverage damaged his career. He cites embarrassment from being led off by officers Jan 22 1952 and seeks 10000 plus 10000 for humiliation sorrow and loneliness.
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Albuquerque
Edward Eyring
Highlands University
Lisle Hosford
Hosford
Eyring
Oakland
Calif
Madelidotu Ia
Vidal Dhyllik U
New Mexico
Time Magazine
Las Vegas
Board of Regents
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Thomas Donnelly
College of Arts and Sciences
New Mexico University
Highlands
Court of Appeals Denies Execution Stay to Two Spies
The U S Court of Appeals refused a stay of execution for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled to die in Sing Sing's electric chair on June 18. Judge Swan advised filing a last appeal with the Supreme Court, as the court has denied review thrice. Counsel Bloch may seek clemency from President Eisenhower, who has previously refused.
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New York
U. S. Court of Appeals
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Thomas E. Swan
Emanuel Bloch
Rosenbergs
Supreme Court of the United States
Bloch
Eisenhower
Dempsey Confirms ROTC Plans At NMMI Not Major Shakeup
Rep. John J. Dempsey notes no changes to the senior ROTC unit at New Mexico Military Institute while detailing a cut in junior unit instructors and a reduced uniforms allowance from 25 to 7 dollars. Col. Charles F. Ward says the Institute expects no alarm and views the changes as strengthening ROTC at the college level without affecting high school ROTC.
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Officers Training Corps
New Mexico Military Institute
John J. Dempsey
Dempsey
Charles F. Ward
Open Bids on Spraying Salt Cedars in Rio Grande Valley
Bids open June 16 for spraying about 4500 acres of water consuming salt cedars between the San Marcial swamps and Albuquerque under a 100000 appropriation from the last legislature. State Engineer John Bliss says the year program will use about half the funds and testing will proceed after floodwater effects are assessed with a second spraying 42 days after the first.
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Santa FE
Rio Grande Valley
San Marcial
Albuquerque
John Bliss
Bliss
Republicans Here to Name Committeemen
Chaves County Republicans will name 11 members to the state central committee at the biennial convention in the district courtroom. New county officials will be named along with current officers Frank Wortman Dexter chairman and Fields Waller Roswell treasurer.
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Roswell
Joe Lackey
Chamber
Chaves County
State Republican Organization
State Central Committee
Chaves
Frank Wortman
Dexter
Rowan Robinson
A. Clark Freehart
Fields Waller
Carl Carruthers
Virginia Hervey Egleston
Jack Wiseman
John Knorr
Louis M. Prager
Warren R. Cobean
Prager
Peace Fever in Air as Korea Truce Near
Seoul and allied capitals sense near end to three years of war as a Panmunjom truce set for Saturday looms. U N Far East chief and Gen Clark press talks while South Korea resists terms, warning of bloodshed if enforced. Prisoner exchanges and terms for POWs dominate discussions amid tense diplomacy.
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Korea
Seoul
U. N
Tourist Revenue Up Albuquerque Area
The American Automobile Association reports the average tourist stays 242 days longer in New Mexico and spends 10 percent more than in 1950. Visitors now stay an average of seven days and spend about $8.78 daily.
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Albuquerque
The
American Automobile Association
New Mexico
AAA
Treasury Official Faces Grilling on Profits Tax
House Ways and Means Committee questioned Treasury officials led by Secretary Humphrey and Marion B. Folsom over alleged lobbying for extending the excess profits tax beyond June 30. NAM and the Chamber of Commerce opposed the extension after Treasury outreach. Mills charged possible lobbying law violation. Reed warned DOJ if violation is found. Humphrey denied pressuring witnesses.
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Treasury
Washington
Marion B. Folsom
House
Folsom
Humphrey
Eisenhower
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
D-Ark
Daniel Reed
R-Ny
Department of Justice
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University of Illinois Medical Center
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Rodney
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Richardson
Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation
South Main
Fair Park Stadium
Roswell Rockets
Baseball Park
Pyun Yung Tai
United States
Court of Appeals
NMMI
Harold E. Talbott
Senate
Tokyo
Panmunj
U.S
U. N. Far East
Ellis O. Briggs
Clark
William K. Harrison
Maxwell D. Taylor
Thomas Herren
Harrison
Munsan
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Melvin Christen
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