UN Command Ponders Crackdown and Armistice Issues
In New Mexico the State Corporation Commission rejected Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co’s 1.741 million dollar annual rate increase, keeping current rates and citing fair value and reasonable returns. In Korea, U N Command faced a possible armistice without South Korea and debated Communist demands after Rhee freed 26,000 anti Red prisoners, with Gen Clark warning the move violated his authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
State Corporation Commission
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Supreme Court
Asst. Atty
W. J. Torrington
Commission
SCC
James F. Lamb
Ingram B. Pickett
John Black Jr
Mountain States
New Mexico
E. C. Phillips
Munsan
U. N. Command
Syngman Rhee
Terday
Panmunjom
Rhee
South Korea
United Nations Command
Peiping Radio
Red
Kaesong
U. N
Mark W. Clark
High Command
Korea
Milton Herr
Reds
Republic of Korea
Clark
ROK
Y. T
Weather Update With Temperatures and Forecast
Readings show three hour intervals yesterday from 2 AM to 11 PM with highs near 98 and a low around 59. Precipitation zero in the last 24 hours. month to date 0.48 inches and year to date 2.88 inches. Sunrise 4:50 AM sunset 7:08 PM, length of day 14.3 hours. Forecast calls for mostly clear today and tonight with little temperature change. high near 100 and low around 66.
Hot Checks Wave Brings Arrest and Guilty Plea Here
Cleve Calhoun 32 pleaded guilty to forgery in justice court and was bound over to district court after being arrested in Vaughn for floating five worthless checks totaling 106.25 on First National Bank of Roswell. The incidents dated June 10 involved checks to C J Duke J C Penney and others, with one to Berrendo Service Station and a license plate fee. Deputy Jones noted Calhoun claimed plates were for his brother returning from Korea and said Calhoun had served time in Oklahoma in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaves
Cleve Calhoun
Justice of the Peace Court
District Court
Calhoun
Vaughn
Here
Harry Puryear
J. C. Jones
Jones
First National Bank of
C. J. Duke
J. C. Penney Company
C. J. Clauson
L. C. Brown
Clauson
Korea
Oklahoma
McAlester
Bodies of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Laid In State
The Rosenbergs bodies lay in state at a Brooklyn funeral chapel under a guard of honor as supporters gathered. The couple were executed Friday night for passing atomic secrets to Russia. Burial is set for Wellwood Cemetery on Long Island with limited attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
NEW York
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Russia
Sophie Rosenberg
Maurice Erstling
Cantors Association of New York
Wellwood Cemetery
Farmingdale
Long Island
N. Y
Rosenberg
National Committee To Secure Justice
White House
Emanuel H. Bloch
Washington
Rosenbergs
Michael
Robert
Bernard Bach
Toms River
N. J
Bach
Justice Department
Bloch
National
Pittsburgh
William ©. Douglas
U. S. Supreme Court
Gas Tank Burst Drenches Sweetwater Homes In Large Explosion
A Sinclair Oil Warehouse in Sweetwater suffered a massive blast when a 20 000 gallon tank burst. Flames engulfed the facility and nearby houses, injuring Mrs Bertha McCaulley and her daughter Vergie Westmoreland. Firefighters battled to prevent spread to a Gulf Oil depot as 80 000 gallons were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair Oil
Sweetwater Hospital
Bertha McCaulley
Vergie L. Westmoreland
Sweetwater
Gulf Oil
James Rycroft
Sinclair
Rycroft
Gaspe
Legion to Open Four Day State Convention in Silver City
About 500 people expected Wednesday for the four day state American Legion convention in Silver City. Gov. Mechem is slated as principal speaker at the opening services.
U S Officials Move to Counter Rosenberg Execution Propaganda
U S officials plan a counter campaign to blunt Communist use of the Rosenberg executions in the cold war propaganda battle. Since July 1950 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged with atomic secrets and executed at Sing Sing amid global protests. Authorities emphasize the fair trial and lengthy judicial process to offset criticism and neutralize foreign pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rosenberg
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Russia
Sing Sing
Paris
London
San Francisco
Pius XII
Harold C. Urey
South Korea
Germany
U.S
Alligator Is No Gift for Father's Day
In Cleveland two boys ages 14 and 12 bought a small alligator for 7 dollars as a Father’s Day gift. The reptile bit their father Frank S. Root on the nose, sending him to City Hospital for minor injuries. He later returned home and disposed of the animal by beheading it and leaving the scene with a fishing pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Raymond
James Root
Frank S. Root
City Hospital
Heat Wave Smashes June Records Across Multiple States
Sizzling temperatures near 100 persist in the Midwest South and East as cooler Pacific air approaches. The Weather Bureau warns of thunderstorms and a tornado threat from Bemidji Minnesota to Mason City Iowa, with Chicago at 104.2 tying for the hottest June day.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Pacific Ocean
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
Bemidji
Minn
Mason City
Canada
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Chicago
New York
Boston
Louisville
Terre Haute
Ind
Mineral
Ft. Worth
Summer Officially Makes Debut Today
The article notes the summer season begins at 10 a.m. with the solstice marking the longest days and peak heat. The sun enters Cancer and remains until September 23 when it moves to Libra signaling autumn.
U N Leaders May Call Special Assembly Over Korean Truce
U N sources say Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and Assembly President Lester B Pearson may convene a special assembly session if a Korean truce is not reached before their meeting next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Conspiracy Case Protest Ties Up Docks in Hawaii
Honolulu and Hilo waterfronts stood idle as 11 000 workers walked out in protest of the Com munist conspiracy verdict. The union said operations could be tied up through Monday as 26 000 members at docks and plantations face action. Jack Hall Hawaii regional director of the ILWU and six co defendants were convicted of conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Hilo
Jack Hall
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Hall
Arizona horseman held in death of wife
Joseph Kuykendall, 34, an Arizona horseman, awaited arraignment on first degree murder charges for the fatal beating of his wife Ardath Kuykendall. The couple lived in a Santa Fe and Las Vegas connected, with Ardath’s income reportedly from a large trust. Evidence at the trailer home showed a skull fracture and multiple blood stains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Joseph Kikendall
Arizona
Ardath
Nonie Smith Bingham
Santa Fe
Las Vegas
N. M
Kuykendall
Jack McKinley
Dragoon
Aziz
George Sullivan
Fernandez the Killer Letters Target Jet Ace No 2
Capt Manuel Fernandez America s second ranking Korean jet ace told a crowd he has received letters calling him a killer One letter even went to his mother and was turned over to the FBI Fernandez who lives in Miami has flown 125 missions in Korea and received a state meritorious service citation He said he has faced many enemy pilots but they are usually outmatched by American fliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Manuel Fernandez
America
Fernandez
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fernadez
Miami
Korea
Tucumcari Man Elected New Mexico VFW Commander
RATON June 20 P A L Wood Jr of Tucumcari was elected and installed commander of the New Mexico Veterans of Foreign Wars Department at the state encampment ending after four days of sessions and fan making. Other officers named include Harold O Brien Los Alamos and Lloyd Gladdin Grants. The auxiliary chose Mrs Billy Gidds Carlsbad as president with Angela Hood Carlsbad and Daisy Gray Las Cruces among officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumcari
Wood
Lyle Gholson
Hobbs
VFW
Billy Gidds
Carlsbad
Angela N. Hood
Daisy Gray
Las Cruces
Edith Hoine
Truth Or Consequences
Young Durant Girl Delivers Baby At Perrin AFB
The 12 year old wife of an airman stationed at Perrin AFB Texas has given birth to a daughter weighing six pounds 11 ounces. The mother Mary Kendrick of Durant is the 12 year old bride whose mother Mrs Cleo Kendrick lives in Durant. The girl eloped June 25 1952 and married Sergio Tristan at Sherman Texas. She was listed as 17 at marriage. Mrs Tristan was in good condition after caesarean birth at Perrin base hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
Okla
Perrin Afb
Tex
Mary Kendrick
Cleo Kendrick
Sergio Tristan
Sherman Tex
Tristan
Perrin Base Hospital
Anti-Red Prisoners Break From Two Stockades
More than 600 anti-Communist Korean prisoners escaped from two Allied stockades in Korea with help from South Korean Army tanks and trucks. At Sang-mudha camp 420 prisoners fled. at Taegu camp 214 escaped. Casualties reported include one prisoner killed and four wounded at Taegu. The breaks intensify a wider effort to free NK captives resisting return to Communist rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leipziger Platz
East Berlin
Berlin
Seoul
U.N
United Nations
Syngman Rheedéfiant
Sang-mudha
Korea
U.S
Taegu
South
Taegu Stockade
South Korea
Practical Nurse Charged in Death Of Young NM Wife
A 44 year old practical nurse, Rosie H. Conyers of Albuquerque, is charged with second degree murder in the death of 22 year old Donna Allen. She and 39 year old Clifford Allen of Albuquerque pleaded innocent to the charges. The coroner's jury ruled the death resulted from an abortion. Donna Allen was wife of Clifford Allen, manager of the Retail Credit Co. in Albuquerque, who was free on $10,000 bond.
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Albuquerque
Rosie H. Conyers
Clifford Allen
Donna Allen
Allen
Retail Credit Co
Quickies by Ken Reynolds Alibi Suggestion
A playful line from Ken Reynolds hints at using a car as an alibi later, suggesting a humorous angle on readiness for a story in The Record Want Ads. The fragment reflects light, cheeky newsroom banter.
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UN Command
United States Weather Bureau
Justice Douglas
U. S
Western
Europe
Jet Ace
Young NM
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Roswell
G. C. Nelson
J. M. Modish
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