Night firing in Korea shows need for better marksmanship
Col Walter J. Fellenz of Ft Benning argues that Korean War night combat revealed poor American marksmanship, noting vast ammo waste and Night vision factors. He leads night shooting training and says most troops fail to hit targets in initial courses, with averages around 10 to 14 hits per 16 rounds.
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Washington
Walter’ J. Fellenz
Ft. Benning
Korea
West Point
Fellenz
Pacific
Naked Body Found Inside Plastic Case on Train
The naked body of 18 year old sailor John Barber was found sealed in a plastic clothes case on a Blackpool to London train. The conductor forced the door after the washroom was occupied over an hour. Death was ruled by suffocation with no foul play suspected. Barber was returning to duty on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Implacable after furlough.
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Rugby
England
London
John Barber
Firemen Rescue 30 Persons in Flood
Roswell firemen rescued 30 persons during the May 17 18 flood as reported to the City Council. The May report lists overloading of electrical wiring as the leading cause of fires. Fire crews answered 19 calls with estimated losses of 2275 dollars. Chief George E Daniels attends the New Mexico Firemen's Association convention in Truth or Consequences. Council allowed up to 50 dollars for the chief's trip expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
George E. Daniels
New Mexico
167 Arrests and Hold by City Police in May
Police chief Tommy Thompson reports 167 people were arrested and held in May. Drunkenness led with 61 cases, investigation 39, disorderly conduct 23, 21 juveniles, petit larceny and vagrancy 16 each. Meter violations topped non parking infractions at 1 119 along with 42 no parking, 33 reckless driving, 27 running stop signs. Drunken driving totaled 10. Accidents jumped from 66 in April to 95. Department vehicles logged 28 562 miles across six cars and five motorcycles.
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Tommy Thompson
Timmerman Wins SC Governor Runover Bates in Primary
Lt. Gov. George Bell Timmerman Jr. won South Carolina’s Democratic primary for governor, defeating Lester L. Bates 172,230 to 107,766. Timmerman pledges to maintain the state’s segregated school system while facing the Supreme Court ruling, proposing to keep current whites only schools with optional non segregated schools.
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Columbia
S.C
George Bell Timmerman Jr
U.S
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Columbia Insurance
Lester L. Bates
Timmerman
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
James P. Richards
Sth
Robert T. Ashmore
Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Burnet R. Maybank
House
Ernest F
Fritz) Hollings
Charleston
House of Representatives
Adj
James C. Dozier
Agriculture
J. Roy Jones
Bates
Supreme Court
City Employes Given Pat on Back
City workers who stood by during the Roswell flood of May 17 18 were finally honored by the City Council. Alderman Max Littell urged a formal document of appreciation for the group following prior thanks to seven individuals.
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Roswell
Max Littell
Artesia Couples Granted Marriage Licenses
A marriage license was issued yesterday to Artesia residents J. E. Felts Jr. 24 and Jerry Fleetwood 17. Earlier, on Monday, Gene Kitchens 26 of Sonora Texas and Helen Ruth Houston 18 of Colorado City Texas were granted licenses.
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Artesia
J. E. Felts Jr
Jerry Fleetwood
Gene Kitchens
Sonora
Tex
Helen Ruth Houston
Colorado City
Wildcat near Lake Arthur drills around clock
Workmen move to Artesia near the Rue Roberts No. 1 oil well one mile north and two east of Lake Arthur. I. W. Parks says three five man crews will operate five towers daily around the clock with a rotary drill and 136 foot jackknife rig progressing rapidly toward 95 casing at 135 feet.
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Wildcat
Lake Arthur
Roberts
Ella Tolbert
Ola Roberts
Roberts Sisters
Mary Downing
Clayton Grawley
Odessa
Texas
John Wells
Hobbs
H. T. Barr
Artesia
Parks
N.K.U. Waukasha Motors
Coats Drilling Co
Lubbock
Ken Blackford
All Trash Routes Return After Flood Cleanup
Gene Fisher of the sanitary department told the City Council that all trash routes are back to normal after the May 17-18 flood cleanup. The flagged truck units added 50 to 75 loads to districts beyond an estimated 350 loads already hauled away. Department crews logged 10 426 yards of trash 2 950 gallons of gasoline and 128 quarts of oil for the month.
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Gene Fisher
Sanitary Department
Saitary
Hudson Reappoints Cemetery Board Member Albert Hudson
Mayor Bert Ballard announced Albert Hudson’s five year term on the cemetery board last night. Hudson succeeds prior appointee and will help manage city cemetery affairs.
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Hudson
Bert Ballard
Albert Hudson
New Mexico Social Workers Meet on UNM Campus
The 1954 New Mexico Conference of Social Welfare will convene at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque from Thursday to Saturday with the theme Youth Problems and Strengthening Family Life. Dr. James W. Kirkwood of Washington State leads the sessions as principal speaker and Judge Philip B. Gilliam of Denver delivers the Friday banquet address.
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New Mexico Conference of Social Welfare
University of New Mexico At
Albuquerque
James W. Kirkwood
Department of Public Institutions
Division of Children and Youth Services
State of Washington
Kirkwood
Philip B. Gilliam
Denver
Juvenile and Family Court
Alley Spraying to Be Complete in Week
Four man sanitary detail under Foreman Gene Fisher aims to finish spraying alleys citywide within a week. Using a power sprayer at 200 pounds pressure and a 500 gallon tank on an International truck, crews have treated cracks and crevices from Second down along the river to the area between Spring and College to the airport.
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Gene Fisher
Foreman Fisher
Spring
College
Mine Mill Official Said to Have Filed False Affidavits
A National Labor Relations Board examiner tentatively ruled that Maurice E. Travis of the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union filed false non Communist affidavits. The ruling followed hearings triggered by an August 1949 Mine-Mill article suggesting Travis resigned from the Communist Party to qualify the union to use NLRB facilities.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Maurice E. Travis
Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union
NLRB
George Downing
Travis
Communist Party
Asst. Nlrb
William Foley
Barkley Enters Senate Race as Democratic Candidate
Former Vice President Alben W. Barkley formally became a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky at age 76. The Paducah Democrat filed his declaration with the secretary of state after Democratic leaders urged a draft and announced his candidacy on March 27.
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Frankfort
Alben W. Barkley
U.S
Crosses Continent Aboard Motorcycle to Visit Stepson
Glen O. Miller, 74, of South Gate, California, is riding a 1926 motorcycle across the continent to visit his stepson Harold O. Miller in Niagara Falls, New York. He traveled from California in 14 days, traveling only by day, and resumed his journey after a week’s stay in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Glen O. Miller
South Gate
Calif
Harold O. Miller
Niagara Falls
N.Y
California
Mine-Mill union faces hearings on alleged Communist influence
The Mine-Mill union, representing about 60 000 copper lead and zinc workers in western states, is at hearings with indictments of former officials claiming Travis was a Red agent inside the union. Travis refuses to comply with an NLRB subpoena.
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Travis
NLRB
Possible Ship Blast Cure Considered At Bennington Inquiry
Cmdr Henry S. Morton urged stopping oil hydraulic fluid in sea catapults and recommended water based fluids with nitrogen instead. The inquiry into the Bennington explosions, which killed 102 men, awaits findings as Morton cannot confirm the cause.
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Quonset Point
R. I
Navy
Bennington
Cmdr
Henry S. Morton
Bureau of Ships
Morton
Hearing impairment affects over two million U.S. children
The American Hearing Aid Association reports more than two million children in the United States have impaired hearing, highlighting a substantial public health issue and the need for access to amplification and early intervention programs.
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United States
The
American Hearing Aid Assn
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