Senators Order Faster Work on Security Cases
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a defense bill of over 29 billion dollars and ordered the Defense Department to speed the clearance of military and civilian security cases. Sen. Ferguson said the directive aims to coordinate all security and loyalty investigations under a single civilian official while stressing due process and national security.
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McCarthy Army
Naval Academy
Peress
Ferguson
Maj
Irving Peress
Army
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Pentagon
Defense Department
United States
Military leaders inspect Clovis AFB during brief visit
A military and congressional delegation led by Gen. Thomas D. White arrived at Clovis Air Force Base for a two hour inspection. Gen. Nathan F. Twining canceled his trip, and Sen Chavez of New Mexico joined the group during the visit.
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Clovis
Clovis Air Force Base
Thomas D. White
Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Congressional Party
British yacht seized by Communist gunboat reports suggest
Singtao Manpao claims a Royal Navy yacht with nine crew is seized near Sanmunkwan on June 4. The Royal Navy confirms a search is ongoing but has found nothing so far.
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Hong Kong
Singtao Manpao
Sanmunkwan
Royal Navy
Temperatures Rise Across Reading With Warm Afternoons
Weather readings show 2 p.m. to 11 a.m. intervals with highs 99 and 97 in recent period. Precipitation none in 24 hours ending 11 a.m. today. year to date total 2.97 inches with normal 3.96. Sunrise 4 48. sunset 7 08. day length 14 3 hours. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with warm afternoons and moderate nights. high today 97 and low tonight 60.
Charles Francis Adams Dies Here at 87 Former Navy Secretary
Charles Francis Adams former Secretary of the Navy died at his Boston home aged 87. A Hoover era appointee he was a lawyer banker and Harvard treasurer for 33 years. He chaired State Street Trust and captained the Resolute to defend the America’s Cup in 1920. His son Charles F. Jr. led Raytheon and he leaves a widow and a daughter Mrs Henry Sturgis Morgan. Funeral in Quincy Saturday at 2 p.m. from First Parish Church.
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Boston
Mass
Charles Francis Adams
Secretary of the Navy
Adams
Navy
John Adams
United States
State Street Trust Co
Harvard University
Harvard
Newport
Thomas Lipton
Carles F. Jr
Raytheon Manufacturing Co
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Quincy
Low bid by Albuquerque firm for White Sands project
Albuquerque firm i?-Gilchrist and Cole, Inc. submitted an apparent low bid of 179 624 dollars for construction of an operations and lane service building at White Sands Proving Ground. El Paso firm Robert E. McKee was second with 183 350 dollars and Campbell and Kay Albuquerque third with 185 852 dollars.
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Albuquerque
Gilchrist and Cole, Inc
Las Cruces
White Sands Proving Ground
Robert E. McKee
el Paso
Campbell
Kay Albuquerque
Texas Couple Licensed for Marriage in Midland
A marriage license was issued yesterday to Leslie Taylor, 26, and Estiene Virginia Jackson, 30, both residents of Midland, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Leslie Taylor
Estiene Virginia Jackson
Midland
McCarthy Warned Of Senate Speech As Flanders Attends Hearing
Senator Flan ders informed McCarthy he would deliver a Senate floor speech about his activities this afternoon. McCarthy rejected the notice and challenged Flanders to testify under oath if he had information, while Mundt restrained a confrontation during the McCarthy Army hearings.
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Washington
Sen
Flanders
R-Vi
McCarthy
Senate
Dennis
Dennis the Menace
Hank Ketcham
Mundt
R-Sd
Vermont
State Board to Hear Teacher Appeal or Review Local Hearing
Atty. Gen. Richard Robinson advised State School Supt. Tom Wiley that the State Board of Education may either hear a teacher appeal case from the local district or limit its action to a review of the local school board's hearing. The opinion addresses Santa Fe.
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Action Santa FE
State Board of Education
Richard Robinson
Tom Wiley
Gasoline Tax Approved by Ruidoso Village Council
The Ruidoso village council enacted a one cent per gallon gasoline levy within village limits to fund streets and roads. The ordinance takes effect June 15 and proceeds will support local road projects.
Air Service Opens Alamogordo to Las Pase Route
Southwest Air Rangers start taxi air service between Alamogordo and Las Pase using single and twin engine aircraft. The company launches a new route with small aircraft to connect the two communities.
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Alamogordo
L Pase
Southwest Air Rangers
Children Seek Roswell Souvenirs From Across The Nation
A Brownie Emerson report notes 376 letters from students in grades four to six seeking Roswell water, soil samples, and information for scrapbooks and projects. Requests arrive from Roswell and nearby towns as well as out of state, with gifts like a pencil sent to Margie Lawrence in Louisiana. The piece mentions Walker AFB and a continued feature on Roswell.
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Brownie Emerson
Roswell
Pasadena
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Chaves County
Artesia
Hagerman
Albuquerque
Capitan and
Portales
Duncan
Okla
Berlin
Crowley
Margie Lawrence
Pelican
Will C. Lawrence
Roswell Way
Margie
Uncle Will
Walker Air Force Base
Ros
Eisenhower pledges to push subversion uprooting program
President Eisenhower in a nationwide address pledges to stay at the job of uprooting subversion and urges political unity to advance his farm price support plan and other laws. He touts a potent package against communism and urges Congress to speed action before adjournment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Citizens For Eisenhower Congressional Committee
Marty Snyder
Citizens Committee
America
House Agriculture Committee
St. Lawrence Seaway
South Korea
Boy Tells Truth Regardless of Whom It Hurts
In Muskegon Michigan Leonard Barber told his son Ronnie to always tell the truth. A state conservation officer heard a shot near a deer area and found Ronald who said his father shot at a deer out of season. Leonard Barber serves 10 days in jail and pays a $50 fine.
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Muskegon
Mich
Leonard Barber
Ronnie
Ronald
Damages Awarded Over Butane Blast Fatalities
A federal jury awarded Juan and Jovita Reyes 77500 in damages after a May 11 1953 explosion and fire killed four of their five children at Santo Tomas Las Cruces caused by negligence of White Auto Stores employee. The suit sought 396000 with Stahmann Farms named as third party defendant.
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Santa FE
Juan
Jovita Reyes
Reyes
New Mexico
White Auto Stores, Inc
Las Cruces
Stahmann Farms, Inc
Juan Reyes
Santo Tomas
Stahmann Farms
Joe Lucero
Eee
Aroud
Cap Ceremony At Baylor Hospital Names Minnie Montoya
In a June 18 capping ceremony at Baylor University Hospital’s Assembly Room, Miss Minnie Montoya will receive her cap. Montoya, niece of Mr and Mrs Sisto J Duran of 910 West 11th, has completed four months in the technician nurse program and will begin eight months of bedside care followed by six months in a chosen nursing specialty.
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Baylor University Hospital
Minnie Montoya
Miss Montoya
Mr. and Sisto J. Duran
Death of Navajo Boosts Road Toll
Santa Fe reports New Mexico highway deaths rose to 153 with the death of 42 year old Navajo man James Viditto in a State Road 44 pickup crash one mile west of Counselor's Trading Post. Gov Mechem said progress reducing tolls in two months reflects safer driving overall.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Edwin Mechem
Santa Fe Kiwanis Club
James Viliditto
Counselor
Mechem
Physician predicts isolation of cancer agent in tobacco
Dr. Ernest L. Wynder of Memorial Hospital told a New York health conference that researchers will soon isolate an agent in tobacco tar that he says causes cancer. He believes the agent can be removed or filtered out of tobacco by manufacturing methods.
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Lake Placid
N.Y
Ernest L. Wynder
Memorial Hospital
New York City
City to Sell Tons of Copper and Brass
The city aims to convert scrap metal into cash by selling 4 500 pounds of copper and 500 pounds of brass. Bid forms are available from Harold Naylor, city clerk treasurer, at the city office.
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Harold (Dutch) Naylor
Manhunt Continues For Arizona Kidnapper In Superstition Range
In Arizona the search widens for an armed kidnapper who released Evelyn Ann Smith after a $75 000 ransom. Police, FBI, and bloodhounds sweep rugged Superstition Mountains from Apache Junction toward Florence Junction as roadblocks loom and a short man with light brown hair is hunted.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Pinal County
Apache Junction
Florence Junction
Sheriff's Office
Evelyn Ann Smith
Phoenix Pipe and Steel Company
Dutchman
Arizona Highway Patrol
Phoenix Police Department
FBI
Smith
Herbert
Arizona
Eden Molotov to Decide on Indochina Deadlock
Geneva report says British Foreign Secretary Eden and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to meet privately today or tomorrow to break the nine nation talks deadlock over Indochina. They chair the conference and aim to narrow East West differences though prospects appear slim. A Western diplomat warned failure seems within sight as the talks recess amid stalled Korean talks.
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Geneva
Anthony Eden
V. M. Molotov
Indochina
Eden
District Court actions file crimes and juveniles in Santa Fe
Three District Court cases were filed yesterday by Pat Hagan district attorney. State of New Mexico vs Leonard C Williams alias Leon Williams involves a May 16 break in at 106 E Albuquerque St. State of New Mexico vs Jimmy Jowers concerns breaking and entering the car on May 16. State of New Mexico vs D Tyler alleges forgery of J D Russell on a $70 check. In Juvenile Court three boys face charges for burglary May 15 and two for shop breaking and entering April 4.
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Pat Hanagan
State of
Tyler
J D. Russell
J. B. Taylor
J. D. Russell
Giant iguana sighting shocks New Mexico town
The State Game Department reports a five foot iguana found in Las Cruces about 500 miles from its native habitat. Locals note lizards in the area seldom exceed 12 inches in length.
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Santa FE
State Game Department
Las Cruces
Man Keeps Date With Gallows After Almost Perfect Crime
George Edward Grammer a New York businessman faced execution in Maryland for the 1952 murder of his wife to marry a United Nations secretary. He admitted killing her but said he did not plan the crime. Evidence included a hidden pebble to trap the car and love letters to Mathilda Mizibrocky.
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Baltimore
George Edward Grammer
New York
Maryland
Grammer
United Nations
Climax Molybdenum Co
Mathilda Mizibrocky
Hamilton
Ont
Chicago
Burley
Benjamin Blubaugh
Noted Composer Will Rossiter Dies at 87
Will Rossiter known as Uncle Will and dean of American music publishers died after a short illness in Chicago. Born in Wells England he moved to the United States at 14. He published songs such as Some of These Days Darktown Strutters Ball and Turkey in the Straw. He used the pseudonym W R Williams in his own writing.
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Chicago
Will Rossiter
American Music Publishers
Loveland
Rossiter
Will
Darktown Strutters
Ball
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James Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Roosevelt
Theodore Owings
Molotov
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Roswel
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E. E. Joseph
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