Adams to face probe by House subcommittee on Lordsburg road
A House public works subcommittee agreed to send members to New Mexico to question Jack Adams a Santa Fe contractor if he cannot testify in Washington within a week Adams suffered a heart attack April 21 and again last April 21 delaying testimony on the 4.16 mile Lordsburg New Mexico highway project begun in 1958.
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L. T. Easley Washington
House
New Mexico
Jack Adams
Santa Fe
Adams
Wne
House Public Works Subcommittee
Lordsburg
N.M
Bergere A. Kenney
Washington
Gordon H. Scherer
Rohio
Jim Wright
D-Tex
Scherer
Wright
Kenney
Richard Streeper
William C. Cramer
Rfla
Cramer
Harold D
Cap
Norris
Cliff
N. M
John Miller
Walter May
Heat Builds To Get Nixon Back in Race
National Chairman William E. Miller and Senator Barry Goldwater urge Nixon to enter the 1962 California governor race against Edmund G Brown. Miller predicts pressure if polls show Nixon can beat Brown, while Nixon weighs staying in national spotlight for a 1964 presidential bid.
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Jack Bell Washington
William E. Miller
Richard M. Nixon
California
Miller
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nixon
Goldwater
National Press Club
Brown
Cars and Trucks Stolen in Roswell Thefts
Roswell firms and residents reported five thefts yesterday. Valuables taken include a tachometer from Roswell Moving and Storage Co. valued at 54 dollars, a volt meter at the Municipal Airport worth 400 dollars, a tool box with electrician tools at Blea Electric Co. 200 dollars, a tire and wheel from a new car at Desmond Ford Co. 75 dollars, and two side mirrors from Ted Crawford’s pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Roswell Moving and Storage Co
Virginia Ave
Gilliland Electric Co
Blea Electric Co
Desmond Ford Co
Ted Crawford
Ohio Ave
Tractor Team Talks with Castro Over Prisoner Swap
An American four man delegation in Havana meets Fidel Castro and Cuban officials to advance talks on swapping 500 tractors for 1,214 exiled Cuban prisoners. Negotiators, including UAW’s Duane Greathouse, report cordial discussions and guarded optimism as they review terms and inspect prisoners at the Eastern Havana Naval Hospital.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Osvaldo Corticos
Agrarian Reform Institute
Robert Boyd
Knight Newspapers
Miami Herald
Castro
Cuba
Miami
Duane Greathouse
United Auto Workers
Four
Jack Best
Greathouse
Havana Naval Hospital
Tad Szule
The
New York Times
United States
Mailman Dresses in Raincoat to Complete Route
In Bradenton Florida a raincoat clad mailman sat in a laundry waiting area during a summer thundershower and then changed into his uniform in a restroom before resuming mail delivery.
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Bradenton
Fla
Polish Blonde Said Reason American Spied
Irvin Chambers Scarbeck, a 41 year old Foreign Service officer in Warsaw, was arrested by FBI on a $50,000 bond after admitting passing classified information to Polish agents. State Department praised his past service while Sen. Fulbright noted a seductive blackmail scheme led to the case.
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Washington
U.S
Poland
Irvin Chambers Scearbeck
Warsaw
Scarbeck
FBI
Justice Department
Sam Wertleb
United States
State Department
Department
San Francisco
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lincoln White
U.S. Security
Naples
Italy
Dusseldorf
Germany
Trains Crash in Stuttgart Area Claims 35 Dead
Wreckage of two commuter trains near Esslingen, Germany, kills 35 with 47 injured. German railway cites failure to heed a red signal as cause. Six U.S. servicemen children aboard one train escape unharmed. no U.S. citizens named among victims. Names of six children listed.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Esslingen
Goeppingen
U.S
U.S. Army
Gotham Power Outage Shuts Midtown In Heat Wave
A massive 42 hour blackout hit five square miles of midtown Manhattan on June 13. Millions faced paralysis as elevators stalled, subways trapped riders, traffic lights failed, and theaters closed. Emergency generators kept hospitals running amid record heat. See Gotham, Page 2.
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New York
Midtown Manhattan
Gotham
Indian Crushed In Rolling Pickup Tragedy Near Shiprock
Shiprock resident Harry Scott a Navajo Indian died from head and internal injuries after being ejected when a pickup truck rolled three times four miles east of Shiprock New Mexico. Driver John Begay also of Shiprock was injured. The death marked the 138th highway fatality of the year while the previous year at this time counted 165.
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Shiprock
Here
Harry Scott
U. S
John J. Begay
Demonstrators in Santiago Target Stevenson Office
About 30 Communist demonstrators in Santiago shouted anti Kennedy messages and shattered U S Information Agency windows as Adlai Stevenson met government officials. Police arrested one protester as Chilean media called Stevenson linked to the Cuba invasion while he planned talks ahead of the Punta del Este meeting.
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Santiago
Chile
United States
Adlai E. Stevenson
U. S. Information Agency
el Sigio
Kennedy
Stevenson
Cuba
USIA
U.S
Inter-American Economic and Social Council
Punta del Este
Jorge Ales- Lee
Maid of Cotton from Silver City chosen for New Mexico
Teresa M. Chaparro, 22, of Silver City, is New Mexico’s 1961 Maid of Cotton. Albucquerque’s Shelby J. Smith and Roswell’s Mary K. Teague were named alternates. Chaparro will compete in Memphis in December to represent New Mexico in the national contest. She graduates from New Mexico Western College and plans to teach at Cobre High School in Bayard while pursuing a master's in guidance and counseling.
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Albuquerque
Teresa M. Chaparro
New Mexico
Silver City
Shelby J. Smith
Albuequerque
Mary K. Teague
Roswell
Miss Chaparro
Memphis
Tenn
New Mexico Western College
Cobre High School
Bayard
Century Reading In Roswell Tops Others in State
Light showers were reported in scattered sections of New Mexico with tiny totals in the northeast and southwest. Roswell reached 100 degrees the warmest reading, while Raton had a 36 degree maximum. Minimums ranged from 45 at Grants to 68 at Hobbs.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Clayton and
Raton
Clovis
Deming
Silver City
Roswell
Grants
Hobbs
New Mexico Toll Road Revenue Up This Year at This Date
Revenue figures show toll receipts in New Mexico for the current year reaching a certain amount by this date, compared with the same date last year. The report highlights year to date performance and notes changes in traffic levels and revenue trends.
Joe Roach Tapped For Deputy State Police Chief Post
State Police Chief K. K. Miller will ask the Board of Police Commissioners to appoint Capt. Joe Roach as deputy chief. Roach, a 26 year veteran and former chief, indicated readiness to return to the second-highest post. The board meets June 21 to consider the recommendation. Roach has supervised the new southwestern district based in Silver City.
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Santa FE
K. K. Miller
Board of Police Commissioners
Joe Roach
Miller
Roach
Burroughs
A. P. (Penn) Winston Jr
Winston
Mechem
Silver City
Lightning Fires Burn in New Mexico and Arizona Forests
Lightning started fires across four national forests in New Mexico and Arizona. Fire on Tierra Amarilla Mountain exceeds 200 acres before containment efforts, while fires in Gila and Cibola NF are largely controlled, and several fires in Coronado NF near Tucson burn acres of brush. Fire crews fought through mud with bulldozers and pumpers, aiming to contain the spread.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Arizona
Tierra Amarilla Mountain
Coronado National Forest
Southwest
U. S. Forest Service
Albuquerque
Gila National Forest
Cibola National Forest
Mt. Taylor
Apache National Forest
Clifton, Ariz
Tierra Amarilla
A. J. Riggs
Carson National Forest
Santa Rita Range
Tucson
Ariz
Aii
Don Jirsa
Mt. Fagan
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Junction City
Kan
Linda Juhns
Weirton
W. Va
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Newcastle
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Philadelphia
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Maid of Cotton
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