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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1954
Page
2
In Yuma Arizona four teams from Eastern Western and Central Air Defense Commands test automated rocket salvos to down mock bombers at 30 000 feet. Ground radar crews and maintenance teams play key roles as the week-long event ends June 26 with trophies for the top shooters.
The Associated Press reports at least 10 fires in New Mexico and one in eastern Arizona. Indian crews and U S Forest Service fighters battled blazes fueled by moistureless lightning, with 700 acres burned on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation and 5000 acres scorched in the Sugrave National Forest near McNary, Arizona.
A two car collision occurred at Alameda and Ohio at 8 14 a m. Police said no one was injured and the incident caused minor damage to both vehicles.
Texan Vaughan case drags through court hearings as lawyer Tunnell fights venue change and seeks to bar truth serum evidence. Judge Marshall weighs admissibility while Vaughan seeks psychiatric exams amid questions on his sanity and past jailbreaks in Hidalgo and Grant counties.
CASA GRANDE Ariz A trapped man endured eight days in a sealed boxcar with dehydration and hunger before rescue. Milford Alvin Fitzgerald 28 of Seattle and Spring Valley Calif was hospitalized in improving condition after being freed by a hobo report. He had climbed into a lumber car in Washington State last weekend and was not recaptured until tagged by police near Buffalo New York on a speeding charge.
The ceremony recalled Sheriff Pat Garrett who killed Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner. Three elderly Lincoln women born in the county testified about knowing the outlaw, while Col. E. L. Lusk and John Boylan spoke on preservation of the old courthouse and courtroom. Lincoln and Las Cruces residents recalled gun era memories as the town quieted.
Anti Arbenz factions led by Castillo Armas push toward the Pan American Highway aiming at Jutiapa Guatemala with 5 000 rebels. Reports say deserters from government forces grow and demonstrations erupt in Havana Santiago and Buenos Aires over U S influence and Guatemalan crisis.
Maj. William Y. Crutchfield of the New Mexico Military Institute serves as executive officer of Company D on the Camp Staff at the Armor ROTC summer camp at Fort Knox Kentucky. M/Sgt. Frank M. Hendricks M/Sgt. Charles H. Brown and Sgt. Thomas B. Williams hold key posts as platoon sergeant messenger center chief and camp mail sergeant. All are NMMI students among 500 ROTC cadets from 42 colleges in Armor ROTC training nationwide.
Bedell says Korea should be decided by Koreans. Smith to report to Eisenhower. Churchill and Eden arrive Friday for talks with Eisenhower and Dulles. Indochina crisis tops agenda along with European Defense Community and atomic energy issues.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee opens review of President Eisenhower's 3.48 billion dollar foreign aid request for next year. The plan shifts some gifts to loans and surplus food, with a ceiling on total spending and final appropriations to come after further trimming. The Indo China military aid package totals 800 million dollars.
Obituaries list W John Mc Donough a 55 year old Canadian industrialist and racing pilot, Sen Lester Hunt a 61 year old former Wyoming governor, Dr Birger Sandzen an 83 year old artist, Charles R Michael a 73 year old retired New York political writer, Joseph Rider Parrington a 56 year old Honolulu publisher and Hawaii delegate, Dr Sidney O Levinson a 50 year old vaccine researcher, Rev Dr William Pierson Merrill an 87 year old Presbyterian leader and hymn writer.
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