Court Delays Ruling on Rosenbergs Stay of Execution
The Supreme Court deferred a ruling until Monday on whether to grant a stay of execution for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. If denied, the couple faces the electric chair at Sing Sing Thursday night unless clemency is granted. Their attorney said they will seek executive clemency if denied.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Atom
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
High Court
Sing Sing
White House
Emanuel H. Bloch
Eisenhower
U. S
Russia
Bloch
Rosenberg
Michael
Robert
509th Elements to Train Outside U S
Elements of the 509th Bombardment Wing of the Strategic Air Command based at Walker Air Force Base will depart for about 90 days of routine training outside the continental United States. Upon completion the planes and crews will return to Walker.
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509Th Bombardment Wing
Strategic Air Command
Walker Air Force Base
Continental
United States
Walker
Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Reading at three hour intervals from 2 a m yesterday to 11 p m. Highest 100, lowest 63 with normal 92 and 62. Precipitation 0 in last 24 hours, year to date 2.70. Sunrise 4 50, sunset 7 07, day length 14.3 hours. Forecast fair today and tonight with little change in prevailing weather.
Roswell Petroleum Building Dedicated In milestone day
Roswell marks a trio of progress milestones with the dedication of the Roswell Petroleum Building at First and Richardson. The event opened a four-part Petroleum Day, with open houses, a barbecue at Roswell Country Club, and a 8 p.m. baseball game between the Roswell Rockets and the Big Spring Broncs at Fair Park Stadium.
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Roswell Petroleum
First and
Richardson
Ben Ginsberg
Presdent
Ross Malone Jr
Roswell Towers, Inc
Myron Prager
Ol Paso
Petrolum
Roswell
Walker Air Force Base
Roswell Chamber of Commerce
First National
Wilmot
Big Spring Broncs
Roswell Towers
First
Chamber of Commerce
Ginsberg
Fort Worth
Houston
Midland
Anna
Sidney
Will Prager
Ithis
el Paso
Anna and
Sidney Prager
Louis M. Prager
Chaves Commissioners Board
New Mexico Military Institute
University of Pennsylvania
Malone
Petroleum
Reece
Headache Is Caused By Bullets
Amarillo H S Bud Arnold a 45 year old night watchman recovering after doctors removed two .32 caliber bullets lodged over his left eye and a third bullet that had tunneled under his scalp. Arnold cornered a burglar Thursday using his clock as a weapon and was attacked with a hammer before the burglar fled.
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Amarillo
H. S
Bud) Arnold
Arnold
NMMI Receives Honor for ROTC Unit Excellence
The Army on designate 39 military schools and junior colleges for excellence in ROTC units following a spring inspection of 43 military schools. Schools with honors may nominate up to three graduates for U S Military Academy and three for the Naval Academy. Nominees will compete in March to fill ROTC vacancies. honored schools include Allen Military Academy Bryan Texas New Mexico Military Institute Roswell N M and Texas Military Institute San Antonio.
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Washington
Army
U.S. Military Academy
Naval Academy
Allen Military Academy
Bryan
Texas
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
N. M
Texas Military Institute
San Antonio
Helicopter Crashes After Snag With Phone Line in Albany
A helicopter lifting off from Albany street struck a telephone line and was demolished. The Navy co pilot and three civilians were injured in the incident.
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Albany, Tex
Albany
Navy
Freeman, Pulitzer Historian, Dies at 67 in Richmond
Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman, Pulitzer Prize winner and noted historian, died at his home in Richmond yesterday of a heart attack at age 67. The longtime author and biographer was renowned for Civil War scholarship and public service.
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Richmond, Va
Douglas Southall Freeman
Red gun barrage hits front in Korea clash
Communists unleash largest Korean War barrage along a 50 mile Central Front sector. China and North Korea attack with thousands of infantry and tanks, breaching Capitol Hill and Outpost Harry defenses. U S jets duel MiGs as 118000 shells land in 12 hours. Third Division holds near Sniper Ridge. Casualties counted in the thousands.
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Seoul
Capitol Hill
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Eighth Army
Kumsong
U. S
Switzerland Accepts Role in Korean Armistice Panels
Switzerland decided to serve on the Korean armistice and prisoner of war commissions, regardless of South Korea's acceptance of terms hammered out by the Communists and the United Nations Command.
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Switzerland
Bern
South Korea
United Nations Command
Pravda Praises Mao Tze-Tung in Stalinist Tribute
The Communist party newspaper Pravda runs a lengthy 12 column tribute praising Mao Zedong. It lauds his acumen and genius as leader of Communist China in a detailed review of volume two of his selected works.
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Mao Tze-Tung
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
China
Cadets to Train at Walker AFB for ROTC Encampment
Two hundred fifty Air Force ROTC cadets from multiple colleges arrive at Walker AFB on June 21 for the first of two summer encampments. AFROTC HQ sets up, Col. de Jonckheere leads as camp commander, with Lt. Col Hendros and Lt. Burns among staff.
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Walker Afb
Air Force
Walker Air Force Base
Walker
Afrotc
47Th Air Division
812Th
Eric T. de Jonckheere
David Burns
Phillip Spearmaker
Alex P. Hendros
Michigan State College
Kansas State College of Agriculture
University of Kansas
Oklahoma A&m
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Southern Methodist University
North Texas State College
Louisiana State University
A&m College
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Dartmouth College
United States
South Korean Leader Fires Fresh Blast Ahead of Truce
In Munsan the aged President Syngman Rhee denounces the coming armistice as a flagrant sellout and calls for a mutual security pact with the United States as U.N. Command and allied officers push toward Panmunjom talks amid street anti-truce protests and Korean barricades.
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Munsan
U. N
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Panmunom
United States
U. S
Pusan
U.S
Rhee
Panmunjor
Red
Japan
Kora Saturay
John C. Danil
Egpert Glenn
U.N
Choi Duk Shin
Peiping Red Radio
Ellis
Briggs
Korea
Roswell City Recreation Program sets attendance record
A new record 2314 participants marked the first week of Roswell's city recreation program. Director eS Ford announced plans to extend activities to East Side and Missouri Avenue with multiple leaders. Three hundred children are enrolled. morning slots have a few vacancies. A Friday freckle and pigtail contest will award prizes.
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Roswell
Es Ford
East Side
Missouri Avenue
Ford
Cahoon Park
Chaves County Memorial Youth Center
North Missori
Roy Lee
North
Missouri
Torrential Rains And Wicked Winds Hit Eastern Areas
Severe thunderstorms swept from Illinois to Virginia bringing hail and winds up to 100 mph. Danville Virginia saw 100 mph gusts and deep hail, with over an inch of rain causing uprooted trees and power outages. Heat waves spiked across the south and midwest as deaths linked to heat rose to twelve, with dozens injured or left without power.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Virginia
Danville
Nashville
Tenn
Kentucky
Cumberland Plateau
Hopkinsville
Mack Witherspoon
Johnny
Eaton
Kansas City
Springfield
Indiana
St. Louis
Peoria
Decatur
Mt. Vernon
Ill
WMIX
Bath
New York
Cincinnati
Louisville
Ohio River Valley
Pennsylvania
New York City
Missori Valley
Davenport
Missouri
Tennessee
Kansas
Oil Leases Described in Glowing Terms in New Mexico
State officials warn that ads in Eastern papers tout New Mexico oil and gas leases as booming opportunities. Land Commissioner E S Walker says these areas in Otero and Taos Counties are purely speculative and no state agents advertise leases outside New Mexico.
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New Mexico
Better Business Bureau
Albuquerque
E. S. Walker
Otero County
Taos County
Walker
Otero
Taos
Officials Predict Korea War End Soon Despite Rhee Threats
US officials expect a negotiated armistice in Korea early next week after three years of fighting. They acknowledge South Korea’s President Syngman Rhee could cause bloodshed by resisting the truce but cannot prevent the armistice from taking effect.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Police search West Side for missing legislator Clem Graver
Chicago police launched a systematic search for Clem Graver a 53 year old Republican state legislator snatched from a street near his home on Thursday night authorities feared he is dead.
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Chicago
West Side
Clem Graver
Tucumcari Man Fights City Manager
A complaint charges Sam W. Hunt with assault and battery after a fistfight at city hall with City Manager J. A. Fleming. Hunt criticized a news item about action on his bid to have the skating rink near his business declared a public nuisance. he was taken to hospital for an injured back.
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Tucumcari
Sam W. Hunt
City Hall
Hunt
J. A. Fleming
Fleming
City Commission
Firefighters Battle Skillet Fire at Roswell Apartments
Roswell firefighters responded to a 3:54 p.m. Friday alarm to extinguish a skillet fire at 13 Chisum Apartments. No injuries reported and the blaze was contained to the kitchen area.
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Roswell
Chisum Apartments
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