All-Out Drive Against Delta Nears In Indochina
Vietminh forces surround the Red River delta defense lines threatening a major assault on Hanoi. French reinforcements pour in as Vietminh move toward Haiphong and Phat Diem. French aim to hold key road junctions and towns including Phu Ly Nam Dinh Thai Binh and Doson Peninsula while evacuations occur around Haiphong.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Europe
Haiphong
Doson
Vietnam
Phu Ly
Nam Dinh
Thai Binh
Local Weather Report From United States Weather Bureau
Clear skies through tomorrow with high around 88 and a low near 50. Today slightly cooler than yesterday with a high of 88 and sunrise at 4 48 and sunset at 7 06. Precipitation none for the 24 hours ending 11 a m and month to date none.
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United States Weather Bureau
Simms Tom Brown Action Solidifies NM Democratic Move
Santa Fe New Mexico report states Tom Brown Sr a Artesia resident named by gubernatorial candidate John Simms Jr as state chairman in a bid to solidify the party. Meador endorses Brown while Meador steps down after 14 months and Simms touts Brown as an able leader trusted by Chavez and Anderson forces.
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Santa FE
T. E
Tom) Brown Sr
Artesia
John Simms Jr
New Mexico
Simms
East Side
Rex Meador
Estancia
Meador
Brown
Democratic Party
Culbertson
Chavez
McCarthy Says Colin Hopped Over Schine
Senator McCarthy disclosed in monitored calls that G David Schine was not indispensable to his investigations subcommittee but he did not want Roy Cohn to know his view. The transcript notes Schine drafted November 3 but reporting to camp November 10, and covers related exchanges with Stevens and McClellan over Zwicker and the subcommittee clash.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Stevens
David Schine
Schine
Roy Cohn
McCarthy-Stevens
Roy
Stnators
Colin
McCarthy Subcommittee
Sen. McClellan
McClellan
Ralph Zwicker
Zwicker
Symington
Jackson
J Ackson
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
French and Molotov discuss Indochina cease-fire supervision
French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov held a 50 minute meeting in Geneva described as cordial but failed to agree on a supervising commission for the Indochina cease-fire. Bidault signaled openness to a three Asian nation base plus one Communist and one Western nation, opposing a divided Neutral Nations style body. The talks also touched on military talks and a possible cabinet crisis in Paris with Laniel facing votes of confidence.
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Geneva
Georges Bidault
Russia
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Indochina
Molotov
Bidault
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
Neutral Nations Supervision Commission
Korea
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Whey
Paris
Joseph Laniel
Laniel
French National Assembly
Lanier
Ten Die in Head-On Crash Near Lyons Creek
An early morning head-on collision on Maryland Route 416 near Lyons Creek left ten dead after two autos collided in a curve on a hill. Police said the Abell car from Silver Spring was in the wrong lane, causing the crash. the other vehicle's driver was Clarence M. Thomas of Olivet.
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Owings
Lyons Creek
Thomas Bozzolo
North Beach
Robert E. Abell
Silver Spring
Clarence M. Thomas
Olivet
Heroic Chaplain Honored by Ex POWs in Pilsen Church
In Pilsen Kansas the late Rev. Emil J. Kapaun was honored by former prisoners of war in St. John Church where he preached his first sermon. Capt. Ralph Nardella of Paterson New Jersey presented an $8 300 fund gift from the POWs and described their vow to honor him after his death from dysentery and pneumonia on May 6 1951 at age 35.
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Pilsen
Kan
Emil J. Kapaun
St. John
Father Kapaun
Ralph Nardella
Paterson
N.J
Officer Candidate Correspondence Diploma Awarded
Francis C. Dean Jr. of 916 N. Delaware Ave. receives a diploma from the USAF Extension Course Institute at Gunter AFB Alabama for completing the Officer Candidate Correspondence course.
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Gunter Air Force Base
Ala
Francis C. Dean Jr
Delaware Ave
Usaf Extension Course Institute
Boston Beats Red Sox In First Game Of Doubleheader
In the American League first game, Boston leads 2 1 1 to 3 9 against an unnamed opponent with scoring from Gromek Miller Herbert House Sullivan under White across nine innings.
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Boston
Gromek
Miller
Herbert
House
Sullivan
Land White
New Mexico Road Toll Rises With Weekend Deaths
The 1954 highway toll climbed to 151 after four deaths occur in separate accidents between 10 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday. Victims include Charles McCarley 21 from Ft. Bliss Dan Dailey 28 Laguna Indian near San Fidel Johnnie Blaylock 16 of Los Lunas and Dennis Kie 40 Laguna Indian near Grants.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Nwo
Charles R. McCarley
Ft.Bliss
Newman
N. M
Dan Dailey
Laguna
McCarley
Ar A
Ft. Bliss Hospital
Newmar
H. C. Stanborough
Samoa IV
Robert Garcia
San Fidel
Albuquerque
Blaylock
Bonifacio Lovato
Belen
Lovato Ap
ABC Officials Expect to Win Los Alamos Fire Battle Today
Firefighters freed 7 year old Ida Esperanza from a rooftop duct in a New York incident. In Los Alamos AEC officials said the forest fire near the atomic city was under control with a 1 100 acre burn and a 400 man fire break. Nearby Marines and Indian crews aided as winds eased and mopping up began.
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ABC
Los Alamos
New York
Ida Esperanza
AEC
Joe Burke
Sandia
Albuquerque
James R. Maddy
Maddy
New Mexico
Pueblos
Kirtland Air Force Base
Sandia Special Atomic Weapons Base
Park Service
Forest Service
State Game Department
Marine Valley
Maxwell Land Grant
Champion Colors Dominate Pecos Valley Horseshow
Jimmy Wilson earned champion colors by scoring the most points in the 13 to 17 age group. Carol Morrison claimed reserve colors in the same division. Susie Rose won the junior championship in the 12 and under group with Ginnie Perkins as reserve. The 70 entrants were mostly under 17. Ralph Hettinga praised the Pecos Valley Horsemen for a successful Spring Horseshow.
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Gymkahnas
Jimmy Wilson
Carol Morrison
Susie Rose
Ginnie Perkins
Pecos Valley Horsemen
Ralph Hettinga
Tourists Stranded High in Rockies Await Snow Plows
Eight carloads of tourists were stranded on Trial Ridge Road in Colorado as a summer blizzard blanketed the Continental Divide near Estes Park. Chief Ranger Barton Herschler said snow plows worked toward the vehicles and the road would reopen in hours. About 25 to 30 people were stuck at 12,100 feet with drifting snow and 15 degree temperatures.
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Estes Park
Colo
Trial Ridge
Barton Herschler
Herschler
Continental Divide
Colorado
Rocky Mountain National Park
Senator Gore urges clear policy on Indochina crisis
Senator Gore says the United States must decide on a course to combat communism in Indochina and Southeast Asia. He supports Senator Knowland’s view that action is needed, noting the President has not yet decided on submitting a proposal to Congress.
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Indochina
Washington
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Southeast Asia
Sen. Knowland
California
Senate
Geneva
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dulles
Joint Chiefs
Secretary of State
Knowland
Asia
Cobean Invited to Capital Conference
Warren Richardson Cobean the former Roswell mayor and NM congressional candidate is invited to the Citizens for Eisenhower Conference to be held June 10 to 12 in Washington DC. John Roosevelt participates in the program speaking on why Democrats should vote for a Republican Congress to back the President's program.
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Warren Richardson Cobean
Roswell
New Mexico
Citizens For Eisenhower
Washington
St John Parish San Juan Fiesta Set For June 24 25 26
St John Parish announces a three day San Juan Fiesta from June 24 to 26 featuring a Solemn High Mass at St John Church, dances and booths at Ave Marie Center, a play and dinners with Mexican dishes. Eight candidates vie for fiesta queen under director Mrs Aida Trujillo with Beto Villas orchestra planned.
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St. John’s Parish
San Juan
Ave Marie
E. Bland St
St. John
St. John Church
E. Hendricks St. the Mass Will Be Said By the Rev. Regis Carpel, O.F.M
Conan Herbe
O.F.M
St. St. John
Aida Trujillo
Henrietta Gonzalez
Maryline Kimbrell
Rachel Aragon
Tonio Pineda
Margie Vigil
Mary Lee Duran
Catherine Shank
Theresa la Riva
Beto Villa
Fire at Valley Lumber Co. destroys lumber in Artesia
A Sunday afternoon blaze at Valley Lumber Co. two miles north of Artesia destroyed about $3,000 worth of stacked lumber. Yard foreman Bob Williams called the damage lucky, noting wind direction and location prevented a much heavier loss.
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Artesia
Valley Lumber Co
Bob Williams
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