Autopsy confirms Nobles death in highway crash
Mrs. Billie Armstrong Nicholes aged 47 died in a late Saturday crash when her 1957 Oldsmobile 88 left North Main near Pearson auditorium at New Mexico Military Institute and struck a tree. Autopsy by Dr. A W Blaun found death from a broken neck and ruptured heart artery. Survivors include husband George Nicholes and mother Mrs Carrie Armstrong of Santa Fe. The couple had been staying at Orchard Court in Roswell.
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Brownie Emerson
Billie Armstrong Valentine Nicholes
North Main
Pearson Auditorium
New Mexico Military Institute
A. W. Blaun
Pathoolgist
Tommy Thompson
Blaun
Nicholes
Nichols
Valley Mortuary
Centerville
Iowa
George Nicholes
Carrie Armstrong
Santa Fe
Roswell
Orchard Court
N. Main St
Mexico
National Conference of Student Councils Outlines Program
The 21st Annual National Conference of Student Councils will be in Roswell from Sunday June 23 to Thursday June 27. The agenda includes a Carlsbad Caverns trip, speeches by prominent figures and students from abroad, and multiple discussion sessions. Events feature a welcome reception, barbecue, and FFA rodeo with leaders from NEA and USNSA.
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Henry D. Johnson
Roswell
Washington, D. C
Carlsbad Caverns
Holiday Inn
NEA National Commission On Safety Education
Miss Mary A. Quirk. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Shortnacy
Miss Mary A. Quirk attends ceremony as Mr and Mrs B W Shortnacy are listed among society attendees at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Quirk
B. W. Shortnacy
Minister Kicks KKK Cross Faces Bomb Threat in Alabama
In Sylacauga Alabama the family of Rev Dan Whitsett and Rev Newton Malony received a death threat after Malony kicked over a Ku Klux Klan cross near the First Methodist Church. A Klans group burned crosses near churches and held a meeting at a high school stadium.
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Sylacauga
Ala
Dan Whitsett
Newton Malony
Malonys
Whitsetts
Whitsett
Malony
First Methodist Church
Methodist
First Baptist
KKK
Alvin Horn
Alabama
U. S. Klans
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Prizes Given Pecos Horse Show Champs
Trophies and awards were presented as the finale of the 11th Annual Charity Horse Show of the Pecos Valley Horsemen at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair Grounds rodeo arena. Winners include Carol Morrison in the H P Saunders Junior Memorial and Wanda Perkins on Black Jack in the Three Feather's Memorial.
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Pecos Valley
New Mexico State Fair Grounds
Roswell Daily Record
H. P. Saunders
Carol Morrison
Ronnie Wingfield
Wanda Perkins
McComb
Consumed
Nora Pickrell
Roe Khe
Dorothy Schauer
Apache
Diana Schauer
Silver Skip
Jack Kyle
Quo Vadis
Jimmy Randall
Paulyana
J. P. Davidson
Alligator Escapes Zoo After Texas Rain
In San Antonio Texas Mrs R D Boykin spotted a 22 foot alligator in her yard after spring rains. Her husband and a neighbor cornered the reptile and called police. The escapee had slipped from a nearby zoo.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
R. D. Boykin
Hobo Picnic Sets Opening Night at Roswell Youth Center
Roswell summer recreation program opens with a Hobo Picnic at the Chaves County Memorial Youth Center 807 N Missouri Ave tonight at 5. Children in costume compete for about twenty prizes across age groups. Regular classes begin tomorrow. over 700 enrollments already.
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Roswell
Chaves County Memorial
N. Missouri Ave
E. Alameda
Eisenhower Ill With Digestive Upset Amid Health Watch
President Eisenhower develops stomach distress with doctors saying the illness is not linked to his 1955 heart attack or last year’s ileitis. White House officials report he is progressing satisfactorily while specialists are kept on standby and market declines follow the news. Officials note the June 19 visit of Japanese Prime Minister Kishi remains on schedule.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Howard Snyder
Hagerty
Ieiuis
Col
Thomas W. Mattingly
Army Heart
Paul Dudley White
Boston
White
Denver
Eisenhowser
New York Stock Exchange
Nobusuke Ishi
Japan
Kishi
Supreme Court orders new hearing for Daryl Chessman
The Supreme Court Justice Harlan led a 5 3 ruling ordering a new hearing for Daryl Chessman the California sex offender and prisoner who has spent nine years pursuing relief from the death penalty in San Quentin's gas chamber.
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Washington P
Supreme Court
Daryl Chessman
California
Harlan
Chessman
San Quentin
Carpenters Union Leaders Summoned Over Special Bank Account
Three top Carpenters Union leaders were summoned by the Senate Roads subcommittee to explain a special bank account. Maurice A. Hutcheson international president Frank M. Chapman vice president and treasurer and O William Blaier union vice president faced subpoenas in the Indiana highway scandal probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carpenters Union
Senate
Senate Roads Subcommittee
Maurice A. Hutcheson
Frank M. Chapman
Carpenters
O. William Blaier
Washington Dulles Pushes Foreign Aid Plan Before House
Secretary of State Dulles urged the House to approve the Eisenhower foreign aid program with only modest cuts expected. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12 to authorize 3,637,110,000 for foreign aid in the coming fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
House
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pauling eyes world appeal to halt nuclear tests
Nobel laureate Linus Pauling proposes gathering thousands of scientists from Russia Britain France and other nations to support his stop the tests appeal. He notes 2000 American scientists have already signed and plans to enlist global scientific support during a lecture tour in France.
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New York
Linus Pauling
Pauling
California
Birthday Dinner Plane Crash Kills Four in Pacoima
A rented Piper Tri Pacer struck a one story Pacoima home during a birthday dinner killing four aboard the plane. Eight relatives, including a 57 year old mother in law, survived unharmed as the house guests avoided injury. Neighbors described the event as miraculous and a nearby school was cited in context of prior air accidents in the area.
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Pacoima
Calif
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles
Barry Worth
Pacoima Junior High School
W. C. Green
Burbank
Worth
Heinz Bachwitz
Katie
Owen Summers Wallis
Henry Harris Smith
Robert F. Petersen
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Chaves County Game Protective Association
Sheila Anne Maddox
DAV
Robbie Scaife
Richard St. John
Ingalls Memorial Home
Ellers
Gov
Ed Mechem
Robert H. Nelson
Roswell High School
R. B
Harold C. Bakken
United States National Student Association
Philadelphia
Cleo Dawson
Lexington
Pecos
Carter
Scarface Russum
Elsie Ann Scholenbarger
Sonny Miller
Bill Miller
Sahuaro
Big Red
Roi‘khee
Romanoff
Boys State
Joe Sides
Carlsbad
Eilers
By Hank Smith
Bob Phillips
Dan Snyder
Castillo
Chuck Dupwe
St. Peter’s High
Coronado
Federalist
New Mexico Boys State
Mat Chacon
New Mexico House of Representatives
John Simms
Clovis High
City of
Scott Wright
Eunice
Jack Denham
Fed
Melrose
Arnold Herrera
Chochitl Pueblo
Valley of Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Cortez
Vernell Hart
Earl Webb
Hobbs
Bill Powell
Girls State
University of New Mexico
Alica Waldrip
Artesia
Elizabeth Kiper
Hagerman
Dessie Mae Stone
Dexter
S. G. Whicker
Barbara Watkins
Mary Jean Rollwitz
Eliers
N. M
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