Riots at New Mexico Penitentiary Seize Guards as Hostages
Armed convicts at the New Mexico Penitentiary seize Deputy Ward Tahash and nine guards. They demand firing of Tahash and six guards, accuse them of being too tough, with Homer Lee Gossett named as a leader. Governor Mechem and state police reinforce the prison as a siege develops and negotiations begin.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Ralph Tahash
Morris Abram
Tahash
Edwin L. Mechem
Abram
Homer Lee Gossett
Houdini
Filemon J. Ortiz
Er Mechem
Abrara
Mechem
Albuquerque
Speight Parks
Hobbs
Parks
A. C. Warming
Postmaster General seeks rate hike to erase deficit
Summerfield will request higher postal rates to cover a projected 594.25 million dollar deficit for the Post Office Department. House leaders state the increase could begin October 1, likely raising almost all rates from first class mail. A formal request to Congress may come this week.
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Washington
Summerfield
Post Office Department
Eisenhower
White House
House
Martin
R-Mass
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Board
Supreme Court Rejects Stay in Rosenberg Executions
The Supreme Court refused to stay the executions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg but agreed to consider a new legal move by defense lawyer John F. Finerty. Finerty asked to file a writ of habeas corpus, saying there was no time to go to lower courts and an immediate hearing was needed on lawful detention.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
John F. Finerty
Rosenberg
High Court
Israeli fishing vessel attacked by Arab fishermen
An Israeli fishing vessel returning from 15 miles off the Turkish coast reported it had been attacked by Arab fishermen. The boat bore bullet marks from the encounter and reached Haifa with damage.
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Haifa
Israel
Local Weather Summary from United States Weather Bureau
Reading at three hour intervals from 2 p m yesterday to 11 a m today shows high 103 and low 62 with today’s high at 105. Precipitation none in past 24 hours, month to date 0.30 and year to date 2.70. Sunrise 4 50, sunset 7 07, length 14 3 hours. Forecast fair through Monday and Tuesday with hot afternoons and low around 67 tonight.
One Car Wreck 37 Miles East Kills Woman 63
A single vehicle crash 37.3 miles east of Roswell on U S Highway 380 killed Mrs. Lottie Bastion 63, and injured James Miller 58 and Emmie Miller 55. Miller drove the 1949 Chevrolet. Bastion died at the hospital. An inquest was held today. The Millers were from California.
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Lottie Bastion
James Madison Miller
Emmie
Miller
St. Mary’s Hospital
Bastion
Ballard Funeral Home
Amarillo
Ben
East 73Rd
Los Angeles
Calif
Millers
California
R. Perry Bean
Albuquerque
Safe Stolen From Artesia Store Recovered Near Lake Arthur
A safe taken from General Equipment Company last Friday night was found abandoned near Lake Arthur. Deputy Sheriff Charley Troublefield reported the discovery one mile north and three miles east of the lake. Contents mostly intact except about $200 in cash. Police believe three men moved the heavy safe after breaking the storefront door. A Kaiser car, found outside, indicated the safe was loaded for transport and dumped at an abandoned farm house after the theft.
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Artesia
Record’s
General Equipment Company
Lake Arthur
Charley Troublefield
Hagerman
Roy Clark
North First Street
Frank Powell
Bob Williams
Orval Lusk
Reed warns no tax cut could lift Democrats in 1954
Representative Daniel A. Reed predicts no immediate tax cuts will boost GOP gains and could hand control of Congress to Democrats in 1954. He opposes extending the excess profits tax and delaying a 10 percent personal tax cut, while backing a targeted child care deduction and arguing for broader tax reform through hearings.
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Washington
Daniel A. Reed
Congress
Eisenhower
Reed
U. S. News and World Report
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Fuchs Arrest Initiates Break of Spy Ring
The arrest of Klaus Fuchs in February 1950 marks the first step in unraveling a broad international spy conspiracy surrounding atomic secrets. Fuchs, a German-born scientist who helped develop the first A-bomb, confessed and is serving 14 years. The FBI traced the network to Harry Gold and later David Greenglass, key figures in the Soviet espionage effort.
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Fuchs
New York
Scotland Yard
Leonart Burt
Great Britain
Atomic Laboratory
Klaus Fuchs
New
Mexico
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel
Con
FBI
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Russia
Gold
David Greenglass
Greenglass
Los Alamos
N. M
Oldest Rosenberg Boy Asks Eisenhower for Clemency
A 10 year old, Michael Rosenberg, delivered a letter to the White House gate asking President Eisenhower to spare his parents Julius and Ethel Rosenberg from harm and seek clemency. Pickets near seven thousand strong pressed for presidential action on the atomic spy case.
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Washington
White House
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Michael Rosenberg
Eisenhower
Moscow Names Yugoslavia Envoy In Surprise Move
Moscow appointed Vasily Valkov ambassador to Yugoslavia for the first time since the 1948 split. Belgrade will send a yet unnamed envoy. Tito warned that ambassador exchange does not normalize or strengthen ties.
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Moscow
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Kremlin
Vasily Alexeyevic Valkov
Netherlands
Tito
West
Associated Press
Soviet Union
Valkov
London
V. M. Molotov
Actress of Year Chicago Helen Hayes Named
Helen Hayes was named Chicago's actress of the year for her Mrs McThing performance. The honor followed a 1952 53 season poll of critics and theater goers in Chicago.
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Chicago
Helen Hayes
Mrs. McThing
Ore discoveries span five states by DMEA officials
The Defense Minerals Exploration Administration program reports 57 ore discoveries across Arizona Colorado New Mexico Utah and Wyoming with 13 certified as potentially commercial by Regional Bureau Director J H East Jr. Officials from the U S Bureau of Mines disseminated the figures on Saturday.
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Denver
Defense Minerals Exploration Administration
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
U. S. Bureau of Mines
J. H. East Jr
Perjury Conviction Of Harry Bridges Reversed by Court
The Supreme Court reversed the perjury conspiracy conviction of Harry Bridges, the West Coast longshore leader. The court ordered dismissal of the indictment, finding the statute of limitations had run out. The 4-3 decision involved Justice Burton in the majority with Black Frankfurter and Douglas. dissent by Justice Reed.
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Harry Bridges
Washington
The
Supreme Court
Bridges
Naturalization
United States
Burton
Reed
Vinson
Minton
Jackson
Clark
Black
Frankfurter
Douglas
Taft Condition Described as Good
New York Hospital reported Senator Robert A. Taft in good condition after admission last Friday for hip ailment tests and treatment. X rays continued and no visitors were permitted.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New York Hospital
Montgomery fights worst polio outbreak in nation 1953
In Montgomery Alabama a citywide cleanup and insect spraying drive targets breeding grounds for disease transmitting flies as polio cases rise to forty four children and two adults with twenty eight paralysed. Health officials urge cooperation and caution for families with young children.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. H. Graham
Montgomery County
Morris Schaeffer
U. S. Public Health Service
Alabama
Graham
Schaeffer
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Dintare Hald
Arty
Ceed
NATIC
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Presko and
I Westrum
Inal League
Rice
Hearn and
United States Weather Bureau
Mount Rushmore Memorial
South Dakota
Carol Arth
Young Republican National Federation
Chaves
Chaves County
Demos
Ways and Means
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
Sing Sing
Arthur Everett
Sophie Rosenberg
Robert
Sing Sing Prison
U. S. Supreme Court
National Committee To Secure Justice For the Rosenbergs
George Wallrodt
Constitution Avenue
Justice Department
Taft
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Roswell
L. D. Stueland
W. O. Simpson
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