Dag Hammarskjold in cross-fire over U S spy charges
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold faces U S and Czechoslovakia amid spy accusations against Czech diplomat Miroslav Nacvalac. Washington cites Nacvalac as Prague affiliate chief of U S intelligence with a $1700 payment to a Monterey language instructor. The Czech side denies the charges and claims a UN charter breach.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
United States
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Miroslav Nacvalac
Hammarskjold
Nacvalac
United Nations
U.N
Karel Hlasny
Hlasny
California
Nadavac
Summer Arrives Across New Mexico With Warm Plains
The first day of summer brings summer like weather to New Mexico with clear skies. Rainfall was light in a few areas and highs reached around 95 degrees in Deming, Glenwood, and Socorro while Las Vegas cooled at 72. Scattered showers expected in northern and southern mountains with daily Showers forecast in the northeast and southeast through the weekend.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Silver City
Grants
Las Vegas
Truth Or Consequences
Deming
Glenwood
Socorro
Raton
Farmington
New Mexico Road Toll Totals Hit 143 This Year
A summary of traffic casualties shows New Mexico road toll at 143 year to date, marking a high level of incidents compared with this date last year. Authorities urge caution and adherence to safety measures on highways statewide.
Ceremony Conducted At Atlas Site In Abilene Area
Abilene Texas Atlas missile site installation ceremonies were scheduled today Maj Ray Wagoner Jr said the Abilene area site is the first in the nation to complete the construction phase The next phase will install equipment and test the site located at Aplin in Callahan County one of several being built around Abilene and Dyess Air Force Base.
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Abilene, Tex
Abilene
Ray Wagoner Jr
Aplin
Callahan County
Dyess Air Force Base
Green-Eyed Miss Enters Pageant Here
Miss Joanna Prager a 19 year old Roswell resident enters the Miss Roswell Pageant set for July 8 at Pearson Auditorium. She plans to study voice at Pasadena Playhouse this fall and minor in dramatics after attending Southwestern Business College last summer. Prager has trained at McEvoy School of Allied Arts nine years and models as a hobby. Sponsored by Richmond & Chewn ing.
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Louis M. Prager
W. Juniper
Pearson Auditorium
Roswell
Pasadena Playhouse
Southwestern Business College
Roswell Senior High School
McEvoy School of Allied Arts
Richmond & Chewning
Thieves Continue Forays Each Night
Roswell residents report three overnight thefts adding to a string of nightly forays. B D Shaver Jr lost an electric drill and boots valued at 65 dollars from his Encanto Drive garage. Pat Sanders reported four hubcaps worth 50 dollars from Union Avenue. Irwin Nichols said a 6.70 by 15 inch spare tire and wheel, valued at 15 dollars, was stolen from his trailer on East Third Street.
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Roswell
B. D. Shaver Jr
Encanto Dr
Pat Sanders
S. Union Ave
Irwin A. Nichols
E. Third St
Ex Governor Candidate Lamar Bailey Denied Parole
Santa Fe The State Parole Board denied parole to Lamar Bailey a former candidate for governor. Bailey is serving a 15 year sentence for issuing a bad check among 26 inmates denied parole. 14 were granted parole including Daniel Cobbin John Flores Harry Curtis Joe Gutierrez Bill Mushrush Jr Bechtold with various terms from 1960 in Lea Lincoln Chaves Colfax.
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Santa FE
The
Harry Vertron Curtis
Lincoln
Joe Gutierrez
Colfax
Bill Mushrush Jr
Thomas Bechtold
Albuquerque Contractor Admits Knowledge of Engineer Payments
An Albuquerque highway contractor told a House subcommittee he knew 1957 and 1958 payments went to a state highway engineer supervising his firm’s project. He said supervisor Lester Clark was told about helping out an ill contractor, and other witnesses detailed similar arrangements involving funds for Heathcock and Smith.
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Washington
Albuquerque, N. M
House
Longenpaugh
Longenbaugh & Co., Inc
Lester Clark
Rufe J. McDonald
Las Vegas
N. M
McDonald
B. F
Benny) Smith
Wylie Bros. Contracting Co
Albuquerque
Laurence E. Heathcock
Smith
Heathcock
Dwyer
Silver City
Alaska Highway Department
Longenbaugh
Work Begins On Twin Dams Project West
Mayor Lake Frazier led a formal groundbreaking for the Two Rivers Reservoir Project a 3 749 570 dollar venture. Groundbreaking followed years of study with construction by M T Reed and Boyd in Jackson Mississippi and is scheduled to finish by August 3 1963. The Diamond A Dam will rise 100 feet and run nearly 4 918 feet while Rocky Arroyo Dam stands 120 feet tall and 2 920 feet long.
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Lake Frazier
Two Rivers Reservoir
M. T. Reed Construction Co
Boyd Construction Co
Jackson
Miss
Raymond Hernes
Corps of Engineers
Stanley Mathis
Chamber of Commerce
C. M. Woodbury
Joseph L. Albert
Joe Leonard
Edward Hobson
Joe Shephard
Two Rivers Co
Frazier
Corps
Col
John F. Arfman
Low Bidder Named For Walker Tower
ALBUQUERQUE AP The apparent low bidder for the seven story control tower at Walker Air Force Base in Roswell was Earl F. Puckett of Albuquerque. Puckett bid 143,498 while a Lubbock Texas contractor Arvol D. Hays bid 146,286. The government estimate stood at 134,036.
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Albuquerque
Walker Air Force Base
Roswell
Earl F. Puckett
Puckett
Lubbock, Tex
Arvol D. Hays
McKinney Approved by Senate as Ambassador to Switzerland
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved President Kennedy's nomination of Robert M. McKinney of Santa Fe New Mexico to be ambassador to Switzerland. McKinney, editor and publisher of the New Mexican, was approved without a dissenting vote after a brief public hearing. He speaks French and has frequent Swiss trips planned.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Robert M. McKinney
Santa Fe
N.M
Switzerland
McKinney
New Mexican
Longshoremen Stop Work in New York
Hundreds of longshoremen halted harbor work in New York amid a large maritime strike. The ILA aimed to pressure other unions to clarify demands, with a Battery Park rally planned. Officials called a 27-union stoppage to attend, as the walkout entered its sixth day involving about 85,000 workers and nearly 1,000 ships.
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New York
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Manhattan
Battery Park
Maritime Port Council
Greater New York
United States
Europe
Thomas Gleason
Gleason
Alamogordo Lake Tragedy Delivers Victim Named Johnson
In Fort Sumner a wind storm swept three aboard at Alamogordo Reservoir. Robert L. Johnson of Albuquerque is believed drowned after the 7 p.m. incident. Mrs Alpha Justice of Tucumcari and a woman rescued from the water identified the missing man, while three children were unharmed and drag operations were halted about midnight.
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Fort Sumner
Albuquerque
Alamogordo
Robert L. Johnson
Alton Allen
Reclamation Bureau
Johnson
Alpha Justice
Tucumcari
Justice
Bob West
Orville Bell
Alien
C. A. Hawkins
First Salt Water Conversion Plant Opens at Freeport
President Kennedy dedicated the nations first salt water conversion plant in Freeport, calling it more important than space. The $1.5 million facility distills seawater into usable water for the city and Dow Chemical, with costs near 1 per 1000 gallons. Public tours are allowed and plans envision wider desert-to-garden projects across the country.
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Freeport
Kennedy
Washington
Gulf Coast
Lyndon Johnson
Stewart Udall
Interior
Walter Roger
Pampa
Clark Thompson
Galveston
D. F. MacGowan
Interior Department
Ben Ramsey
Wash
Johnson
Udall
Corpus Christi
Padre Island
Congress
Island
Georgia police chief forgets word of advice
Dalton Georgia Police Chief L L Vining urged motorists not to leave keys in cars. His own patrol car was stolen from his driveway. Dale Walston age 19 was charged with car theft after officers found the vehicle stuck in a ditch Tuesday.
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Dalton
L. L. Vining
Vining
Dale Walston
Two Air Force Academy fliers die in crash near Denver
Two Air Force Academy pilots Maj Frederick Gillen 39 from Jersey City and Capt Robert Slezak 42 from San Francisco were killed when their T33 jet trainer crashed on an instrument night training mission 15 miles east of Denver. Gillen was in Physical Education. Slezak coached golf. A board of officers will investigate the cause at Lowry Base.
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Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Here
Frederick R. Gillen
Jersey City
N. J
Robert F. Slezak
San Francisco
Gillen
Slezak
Lowry Air Force
Scholarly names at Fairport High rise in ranks
Fairport New York two valedictorian and salutatorian named Robert Witty and Diane Schoolmaster at Fairport High School.
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Fairport, N.Y
Fairport High School
Robert Witty
Diane
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