Clovis Wings to Deploy to Europe Under NATO Command
The 21st and 388th fighter-bomber wings of Tactical Air Command will leave the United States for Europe this fall. The units will join NATO forces in France, with the 21st based at Chambley and the 388th at Etain, marking another overseas deployment since the Korean War.
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Langley Air Force Base
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Tactical Air Command
United States
Europe
Talbott
TAC
Ninth Air Force
France
United States Air Forces
NATO Defense Forces
Germany
21St
Robert R. Rowland
Chambley
388Th
James F. Whisenand
Etain
George Air Force Base
Calif
Clovis Air Force Base
N. M
Funeral Set for Pioneer Settler Mrs Gertrude Dills
Funeral services for Mrs Gertrude Dills 82 longtime Roswell resident and charter member of First Methodist Church will be held at 10 a m in Westrum Chapel with Rev Austin H Dillon officiating and Eastern Star rites at South Park Cemetery burial to follow Survivors include two daughters three grandchildren five great grandchildren two sisters a niece and two cousins from Roswell Santa Fe and Los Angeles The Rev Aid and other details indicate a community obituary with family lineage and pallbearers named Russell Bird Ewing Lusk Thomas A Hall Clyde Marley Elmer Rieman W W Huntley
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Gertrude Dills
First Methodist Church
Westrum Chapel
Austin H. Dillon
South Park Cemetery
Dills
Gertrude Lea
Frank Houston Lea
Susan Whetstone Lea
Independence
Roswell
Las Vegas
Joseph C. Lea
Lucius Dills
Woodrow Wilson
Santa Fe
Pacific
David di Lorenzo
Ft. Hood
Tex
R. F. Dillon
Torrance
Calif
Jennie Lea Ashinhurst
William B. Dukes
Houston
Charles F. Joyce
Russell Bird
Ewing Lusk
Thomas A. Hall
Clyde Marley
Elmer Rieman
W.W. Huntley
American Furniture Co wins Chicago Market Daily award
The American Furniture Co of Albuquerque received the Chicago Market Daily award at the American Marketing Congress ceremony for boosting sales in its territory through active business during the past year.
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Chicago
American Furniture Co
Albuquerque
Chicago Market Daily
American Marketing Congress
Local Weather Update With Temperatures And Forecast
Reading at three hour intervals from 2 p m yesterday to 11 a m today shows highs near 99 and lows around 69 with normal values 33 to 64. Precipitation totals 0 3 for 24 hours ending 11 a m today and year to date 3 0 3. Sunrise 4 49 sunset 17 11 day length 14 4 hours. Forecast calls for heavy clouds tomorrow with scattered showers or thunderstorms and humid conditions. High today about 96 with a low tonight.
Stockton Promotes Water Plans At County Farm Meeting
Alvin Stockton Republican candidate for governor urged a state water commission to study and manage water resources and arbitrate between local groups. He called for reforms including repealing the pre primary convention law voting machine upgrades ballot form changes districting and nonpartisan judicial elections plus party neutral voter registration. He spoke to the Chaves County Farm and Livestock Bureau at the Hager man Legion Hut.
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Chaves County Farm and Livestock Bureau
Hagerman
Oscar Kunkel
Alvin Stockton
Chaves
Stockton
Farm Bureau Group
Corporation Commission
Farm Bureau
Shillinglaw Named Campaign Manager for New Mexico GOP
State GOP Chief Sonny Johns appointed Mor ris Shillinglaw of Las Vegas as campaign manager for the 1954 GOP effort. Shillinglaw, a 45 year old attorney and former chair of Privileges and Elections, will devote part time to the post and seeks re election. He was honored as handicapped person of the year by a state committee.
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Santa FE
Morris Shillinglaw
Las Vegas
New Mexico
GOP
Sonny Johns
Shillinglaw
Alvin Stockton
Johns
House
Stockton
Rotary Club
Employment Security Commission
Charges to be Dropped in Abduction Complaint
U S Attorney Paul Larrazolo said a kidnapping complaint against Romulo Aragon 43 of New Orleans rooming house operator from Belen N M will be dismissed The story by Irene Smith 19 of New Orleans that she was abducted and brought to New Mexico did not hold up
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Albuquerque
U. S
Both Sides Claim Wins In Guatemala
In the Guatemala conflict both sides declare victories as fierce fighting center on Zacapa. Arbenz forces claim success at Gualan while Castillo Armas rebels say they control 25 towns and press toward the rail hub Zacapa.
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Puerto Barrios
San Jose
Guatemala
Zacapa
Retalhuleu
Guatemala City
Florida
Panama Canal
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Gualan
Liberation Radio
Col
Carlos Castillo Armas
Associated Press
Arbenz
Castillo Armas
Esquipulas
Morales
Coban
Ernesto de la Fe
U. S
Homer E. Ferguson
R-Mich
Philadelphia
Doctor Indicates Truman Pretty Sick
Kansas City report says former President Truman, 70, remains in danger after gall bladder and appendix operation. Dr. Wallace Graham notes progress yet calls it a rough situation as Truman plans possible hospital discharge days away.
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Kansas City
Truman
Wallace Graham
Senators Chavez Anderson oppose amendment on 350 Partment funds
Senators Chavez and Anderson voted with the minority on an amendment defeated in the Senate that would add 350 to an appropriation. Representatives Fernandez and Dempsey voted with the majority on a House passed bill extending the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act.
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Washington
Sens
Chavez and Anderson
D-Nm
Senate
Reps
Fernandez and
Dempsey
House
Rio Hondo Basin flood control funds approved
A House recommendation includes an authorized appropriation of 5,658,000 dollars for the Rio Hondo Basin flood control project in New Mexico. The move appears in a public committee report today.
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Washington P
Rio Hondo Basin
New Mexico
House
New Pain Killer May Be Boon
Mayo Clinic anesthesiology chief Dr. John S. Lundy reported a new drug named dolitrone may substitute for anesthesia by inducing systemic insensibility while preserving consciousness and movement. Tested on 127 patients, mostly dental cases, results included rapid amnesia and quick recovery with limited postoperative pain in some hemorrhoid operations, and potential use in childbirth with maintained muscle ability and circulation.
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San Francisco
Mayo Clinic
John S. Lundy
American Medical Assn
Lundy
Mayo
William S. Merrell
Rain Follows Stockton Campaign Tour In New Mexico
Republican governor candidate Alvin Stockton toured New Mexico cities delivering light humor and weather promises. Rains followed his visits to Chaves County and nearby towns including Raton Taos Lincoln Hagerman area, bringing a thunder shower around 4:30 to 5 a.m. local time.
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Alvin Stockton
Chaves County
Raton
Taos
Lincoln
Hagerman Legion
Stockton
Farm Bureau
Rosswell
Hagerman-Dexter
Commentator Don Hollenbeck Found Dead in New York Hotel
CBS TV commentator Don Hollenbeck was found dead from gas in his Midtown hotel apartment. Police say the death appears self-inflicted.
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New York
CBS TV
Don Hollenbeck
Des Moines Faces Record Flood Threat As River Rises
Des Moines braces for the highest Des Moines River flood on record with a crest 1 to 2 feet above the 1947 level. Levees protect central city areas north of downtown as Boone and Webster City endure all time highs and floodwaters close U S 30 west of Boone.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sioux City
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Boone
Webster City
U.S. Highway 30
U.S. 6
Floyd
Cedar
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Stockton Dinner Expected Big Turnout in Albuquerque
A victory dinner honoring Alvin Stockton will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Albuquerque on Wednesday. Republican supporters plan to gather to hear Leonard Hall, chairman of the Republican National Committee, deliver the principal address and boost the GOP campaign treasury. Many Chaves county Republicans intend to attend from the Duke City event.
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Alvin Stockton
Hilton Hotel
Albuquerque
Leonard Hall
Republican National Committee
Chaves County
Duke City
Baseball Scores National League Summary
Cincinnati hit .304 with 101 runs and 130 13 while Brooklyn scored 2 runs. Podbielan and Seminick credited, Podres, Milliken, Wade, Palica, and Camapella noted in the game recap.
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National League
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Podbielan
Seminick
Podres
Milliken
Wade
Palica
Camapella
Officials Discuss Water in Santa Fe Meeting
The Interstate Streams Commission met in Santa Fe in a brief routine session to discuss Texas' suit against New Mexico over Rio Grande water and pending Upper Colorado River Basin development legislation. State Engineer John Erickson will testify in Washington for New Mexico in upcoming hearings.
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Santa FE
Texas
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Colorado
Interstate Streams Commission
John Erickson
Washington
Rendon Involved in Guatemala Invasion Plot
Former New Mexico congressional candidate Joseph Rendon, living among Guatemalan exile leaders in Central America, disclosed an invasion plan in a June 10 letter from Honduras. He warned of blood and thunder around June 18 to 20 as exiled factions moved to seize control amid U.S. caution and possible passport penalties.
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Julius Golden Albuquerque
Joseph Rendon
Guatemala
Central America
New Mexico
Liberation Army
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Rendon
Albuquerque
Guatamala
OSS
United States
Antonio Najera Cabrera
Spain
Federico Ponce
Guaranla
Ponce
Guatemala City
Washington
State Department
U.S
Moisture Dampens Sections of State with Forecasted Increase
Electrical storms brought moisture to eastern New Mexico with showers reported in Clovis Portales Las Vegas and Roswell. Portales logged .20 inch after a strong 3 am storm while Clovis Air Force Base reportedly noted 1.5 inches but a decimal error was suspected. Traces were seen in Las Vegas and Roswell as temperatures stayed high.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Weather Bureau
Clovis
Portales
Las Vegas
Roswell
Clovis Air Force Base
Rosell
Sapien Convicted in Dope Case Near Gallup
Charley R. Sapien was convicted in U S District Court of unlawful acquisition of marijuana for an offense that occurred near Gallup on December 17. He faces sentencing Thursday.
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Santa FE
Charley R. Sapien
U. S. District Court
Gallup
Two Man Fighters Lead In Air-to-Air Rocketry Meet in Yuma
At Yuma Arizona the first air-to-air rocketry meet shows two-man F940 Starfires leading one-man F86D Sabrejets by 1800 to 1000 points. The competition tests radar guided missiles with ground radar assistance, pitting two-man crews against single pilots as the week-long event continues toward June 26.
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Yuma
Ariz
Air Force
Lockheed
Youths Plead Guilty in Laundry Breakin Case
Elrich McCauley Willie D Up shaw and Johnny James Jackson pleaded guilty to breaking and entering in a case tied to a Beaty's Steam Laundry theft at 109 E. Deming St. Roswell police booked the 18 year old trio. Bonds set at $1000 each and they were bound over to the District Court.
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Elrich McCauley
Willie D. Upshaw
Johnny James Jackson
R. Perry Bea
Beaty’s
E. Deming St
Roswell
Toll Rises in Lordsburg Crash Death of 24 Year Old
New Mexico reports 162 deaths after Julio Rodriguez aged 24 dies in a rollover on U S Highway 80 west of Lordsburg. He was a passenger in a car that failed to negotiate a curve Saturday night. State toll a year ago stood at 154.
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Lordsburg
New Mexico
Julio Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Here
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