State Tax Drive Catches 600 Cigarette Purchasers
Santa Fe AP reports the State Bureau of Revenue sees very good results in collecting the four cent per package cigarette tax from about 600 residents who bought from out of state suppliers. Director Bergere says roughly 500 have already paid, with more to come, as postcards were sent to inform them of the owed tax. Estimates put total tax between $1,000 and $1,500 based on quantities reported, none paid less than five cartons, the largest 77 cartons. Plan for further notices is undecided.
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Santa FE
State Bureau of Revenue Today
Joseph C. Bergere
Bergere
Federalist Party Dominates 1954 Boys State Elections
At the 1954 American Legion Boys State in Socorro the Federalist Party seized control of most offices incl. lieutenant governor and secretary of state, while Fernando Valencia of Pojoaque won the governor’s chair for the Nationalists. Nationalists also took state auditor and one Supreme Court justice. Federalists claimed 12 of 16 Senate seats and 20 of 32 House seats.
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Socorro
American Legion
Edwin Mechem
Fernando Valencia
Pojoaque
Santa Fe
James Neeley
Carlsbad
Stanley Clark
Ruidoso
Supreme Court
Veil Lattin
Albuquerque
Ray Cramer
Champ Turner
Corona
Lyn Small
Bluewater
Sam Gray
Bill Mann
Joe Kitchens
Forrest
Bob Lucas
Marlin Aker
Espanola
Ron Collier
Farmington
Ed Leach
Graduates Told Failures of West Bring Communism
The University of New Mexico commencement speaker Father Anthony J. O Flynn says Communism is an effect of Western failures and urges honest acknowledgment to oppose and roll back the ideology. He calls America a nation with a rendezvous with destiny and notes a sound body and noble soul beneath material wounds.
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Albuquerque
Anthony J. O’flynn
S. J
West
University of New Mexico
Father O’flynn
Loyola University
New Orleans
Father O'Flynn
America
Planes to be Turned Over to Red Forces in Indochina
Tatao News Agency reports Communist China will transfer 138 Russian built planes to Red Forces in Indochina by year end 1954. Vietminh to receive 20 MIG jets and about 20 Yak twin engine bombers along with other aircraft.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Interior Ministry
Tatao
China
Indochina
Local Weather Summary Reading and Forecast
Reading shows temperatures from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today with highs near 99 and lows around 63. Forecast calls for cloudy to partly cloudy skies with warm afternoons and occasional drying winds, high near 98 and a moderate night.
Three Texans Hurt in Head On Crash North of Roswell
Three Texans were hospitalized after a head on collision 12 miles north of Roswell on U S Highway 70 at 9 30 last night. Harv ey Joe Minter 30 suffered broken ribs and cuts his wife 25 had a leg injury and their three year old son Stephen Wade remained unconscious this afternoon. The Borger Texas couple traveled in a 1948 Mercury Coupe westbound and collided with a 1952 GMC truck eastbound driven by James Dexter Gorrell 24 of Portales. His wife 22 suffered a back injury but was not hospitalized. The impact occurred 812 feet off the highway on the north side. Bud South of New Mexico Police investigated.
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Roswell
St. Mary’s Hospital
Harvey Joe Minter
Stephen Wade
Borger
Tex
Borgerans
General Motors Corporation
James Dexter Gorrell
Portales
Storage Shed Fire Briefly Damages Tavern Lot
A storage shed at 1000 N Main St suffered minor damage from a fire that spread from a trash container to tar paper and an east wall. Fire Chief George E. Daniels said crews responded at 9 02 a m and were back at station by 9 41 a m. Trucks 1 and 4 were dispatched and 550 feet of 25 inch hose laid.
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Father Bear
N. Main St
George E. Daniels
Population of United States Reaches 161 Million On May 1
The Census Bureau reports the nation including armed forces overseas had about 161,969,000 people on May 1, up 2,767,000 or 1.7 percent from the prior year’s May estimate.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Solicitation Of Lawsuits Is Death Blow
Dist. Judge C Roy Anderson filed a consent decree to stop solicitation of personal injury lawsuits tied to New Mexico railroads. The state accuses Fenn and Randolph of fee splitting and illegal litigation since 1945, involving Santa Fe Railway employees and a Clovis claimant, with Fenn not licensed to practice law. The ruling halts further action on Lawson v Santa Fe and bars Fenn from NM solicitations, while allowing possible future settlements with Lawson.
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Carlsbad
Dist
C. Roy Anderson
Clovis
New Mexico
Anderson
H. W. Lawson
Norman Fenn
C. A. Randolph
Fenn
Fred Standley
Randolph
Santa Fe Railway
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
Lawson
The
Santa Fe
Randolp
Missouri
Denver Man Threatens Stranger Then Pleads Guilty
Leo May, 23, of Denver swore at a motorist for reckless driving and challenged him to a fight. Three hours later May pleaded guilty to using profanity and paid a $10 fine before Municipal Judge George Mc Namara.
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Denver
Leo May
George McNamara
Woman Sign Carrier Ruled Out of Order
Mrs Sammie Wolfson, wife of theater manager Sam Wolfson, was stopped from carrying a protest sign in front of the theater. She plans to file for divorce and faced a disorderly conduct hearing in police court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Sammie Wolfson
Wolfson
Korean piano prodigy Tony Han wins Juilliard funding
Tony Han, a child piano prodigy from North Korea and Seoul with a Korean American family set to study at New York's Juilliard School. The 5th Air Force, led by Lt Gen Samuel E. Anderson, raised about 4600 to support his schooling, after his performance in Seoul inspired a cross Pacific effort.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Tony I
Tony) Han
New York
Juilliard School of Music
Tony
5Th Air Force
Samuel E. Anderson
Thomas Cutshaw
Carswell Air Force Base
Cutshaw
Anderson
North Korea
Seoul
Pusan
5Th Air Force Theater
Julliard
Japan
Coun
McCarthy Details Pressure Claims At Army Hearings
Senator McCarthy testified under oath that Secretary Stevens and Army Counselor John G. Adams urged that Communist infiltration be investigated in the Air Force and Navy. He said Adams offered to share information with subcommittee chief counsel Ray M. Cohn. Stevens and Adams denied trying to bias the probe. McCarthy outlined three main points: efforts to discredit the subcommittee, to block its investigations of subversives, and to stop questioning Army Loyalty Board members. He also claimed Army officials used Pvt. G. David Schine as a hostage to shield the Army. Welch accused McCarthy of recklessness during the tense exchange.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Stevens
Army
John G. Adams
Air Force
Navy
McCarthy Subcommittee
McCarthy Army
G. David Schine
Adams
Pentagon
Ray M. Cohn
Subcommittee
Ray H. Jenkins
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Jenkins
Secretary of the
Army Loyalty Board
Pvt. G. David Schine
Joseph N. Welch
Welch
Rocket Sled Rides Worry Brother of A. F. Daredevil
El Paso physician Dr. Celso C. Stapp says his brother Lt. Col. John P. Stapp’s high speed rocket sled runs at Holloman Air Force Base raise family concern. Stapp has conducted 27 runs to test speed and stopping limits, with a new record of 421 miles per hour, though he has suffered injuries in prior stops.
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EL Paso
Celso C. Stapp
John P. Stapp
Dr. Stapp
Col. Stapp
W. L. Stapp
Stapp
Lubbock, Tex
Corpus Christi
Tex
Robert Stapp
Fire Chief Daniels Returns from New Mexico Convention
Fire Chief George E. Daniels returned at noon yesterday from Truth or Consequences where he attended the New Mexico Firemen's Association convention.
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George E. Daniels
Mexiico
Cat pest to police ends as Animal Protective League takes cat
In Cleveland the orange tomcat that prowled around the Lewis Machinery Co. and tripped burglar alarms twice, then three times, was collected by Animal Protective League workers yesterday. The cat had appeared two weeks earlier begging for food and continued to roam, disturbing workers and triggering night alarms.
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Cleveland
Lewis Machinery Co
Animal Protective League
Red tape separates Guardsman and wife abroad
National Guardsman Charles Irvine tells how his wife Lori, not a U.S. citizen, cannot join him in the United States after he served in Korea. She is stranded in Niagara Falls, Canada with their son and dog, due to visa and marriage papers, despite their 1950 England marriage and prior visitor visa entry. Immigrant officials had not commented.
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Pittsburgh
Europe
Korea
Niagara Falls
Canada
Charles Irvine
National Guard
Lori
Arthur Mullin
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
Montreal
Irvine
Kiagara Falls
South Sea
England
U. S
Prolonged Cabinet Crisis Threatens France and Geneva Talks
Paris reports a prolonged cabinet crisis endangers France and the Geneva conference as Premier Laniel seeks a confidence vote from the National Assembly. The vote is set for Saturday after an all night session amid worries over Indochina policy and Bidault's leadership.
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Paris
France
Geneva
Joseph Laniel
National Assembly
Lanier
Georges Bidault
Baseball Scores Compiled From Am League Action
Baltimore and Boston games show low scoring tensions with pitching grip dominating. Detroit overwhelms New York with timely hits and solid bullpen while the line score hints at a combined 14 to 9 victory behind strong offensive efficiency.
National League game wrap Philadelphia routs opponents
In a National League note from Philadelphia, Ridzik and Konstanty combined for a shutout with strong relief from Lo, delivering a win as the team scored 21 hits and built an early lead before finishing 10 runs to 1.
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National League
Philadelphia
Ridzik
Konstanty
Campaign Issue Flares Over Burden of Proof In NM Race
At a Dona Ana County Democratic Platform meeting in Las Cruces State Sen T E Lusk charged Republican gubernatorial candidate Alvin Stockton as Speaker in 1953 opposed shifting burden of proof to utilities in a Mountain States Telephone rate case He also accused Stockton of blocking a bill to give Los Alamos County a senator and representative in the Legislature Simms Jr of Albuquerque listened as Stockton did not comment. Simms pledged action on platform planks if elected governor.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
State Corporation Commission
Alvin Stockton
T. E. Lusk
Carlsbad
Dona Ana County
Stockton
House
Senate
Lusk
Los Alamos County
John Simms Jr
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Simms
Santa Fe
Plans postponed for Love Building project in Albuquerque
The St Michaels College Foundation has deferred plans for the Love Building, an office project in downtown Albuquerque. College president Brother Benildus said the plan has not been abandoned, but postponed for the present.
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Santa FE
St. Michaels College Foundation
Love
Albuquerque
Benildus
Withdrawal option after primary nomination
A candidate may pull his name from the general election ballot after winning a party primary. Atty. Gen. Richard Robinson advised Secretary of State Beatrice Roach in writing. Roach said no withdrawals are planned but requested formal confirmation.
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Santa FE
California Parties Rally as Vote Totals Rise in State Results
California Democrats claim momentum from ballot lineups and a revived party, while Republicans boast higher totals across major races. Attorney General Edmund G. Brown leads with 1,672,154 votes. Governor Knight trails Graves in cross filed results. Senate contenders Kuchel and Yorty show party splits with Kuchel leading overall.
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GOP
Edmund G. Brown
California
Goodwin J. Knight
Richard Graves
Knight
Graves
Cornell
Gabrish
Democratic
Roderick Wilson
Senate
Thomas H. Kuchel
Samuel W. Yorty
Kuchel
Yorty
Eisenhower Holds Line on Trade Program Despite One Year Extension
President Eisenhower said a one year extension of the reciprocal trade act does not signal abandoning the tariff reduction plan. The House Ways and Means Committee approved the extension and the full House and Senate likely to act soon. He warned that victory over Communism requires more than military strength, including political and economic measures.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House Ways and Means
House
Senate
United States
Segregation Policy Statement Unlikely at Governors’ Meeting
In Richmond Virginia Governor Robert Kennon of Louisiana says the district governors’ huddle will not produce a national segregation policy declaration. He notes states lack power to bind others to any action and expects no binding outcome from today’s discussions.
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Richmond
Supreme Court
Robert Kennon
Louisiana
Little Hope Held For Peace Parley
In Geneva the Indochina peace talks show blame game between Western powers and Communists as both sides clash over a cease fire. Delegates adopt a tougher posture amid little optimism for a breakthrough at the nine party parley with another session set.
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Geneva
Indochina
Almost Perfect Murderer to Die in Maryland
George Edward Grammer, a New York office manager, is to be executed at Maryland Penitentiary for the murder of his wife in August 1952. He was convicted of bludgeoning her to death and staging the crash to look like an accident, with police discovering a wedged pebble under the accelerator and a mismatch between her wounds and the car.
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Baltimore
George Edward Grammer
New York
Maryland Penitentiary
Grammer
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