House Votes Tax Break Allowing Congress to Deduct Washington Expenses
The House approved allowing members to deduct Washington expenses as business costs up to 3000 dollars a year, covering lodging meals taxis and phone charges while in DC. Senate opposition is anticipated, with critics saying the plan mainly aids those with high outside income.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Congress
Rep. McCormack
Dmass
McCormack
Sen. Williams
Williams
Rhee Demands U N Backing in Korea Truce Talks
South Korea's President Syngman Rhee raised demands for a mutual U S security pact and full withdrawal of UN and Chinese forces from Korea as emissaries from Washington sought to align him with Clark's group. Rhee condemned criticisms, warned of unilateral action, and a prisoner release stirred further tensions.
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Seoul
South Korea
Korea
Washington
Mark Clark
Syngman Rhee
U. S
U. N
Rhee
CBS
Clark
Ant
United States
U.N
Walter S. Robertson
J .Lawt Collins
U. S. Army
Staf
Lester B. Pearson
U. N. Assembly
Britain
Winston Churchill
Ellis O. Briggs
Park Too Chin
Tokyo
U.S
Eisenhower
Washngton
U.S. Army
J. Lawton Collins
Robertson
Dulles
Chaves County Takes Spotlight In Oil Activity
Santa Fe reports oil and gas wildcat activity across southeastern and northwestern New Mexico. Stanolind No 1 in central Eddy County tested 13 million feet of gas. Forest Oil No 1 General American in eastern Chaves County flowed 12 to 25 barrels per hour in the Wolfcamp. New Mexico’s deepest well, Richardson and Bass Cobb No 1, drilled in central Eddy County, reached 16 459 feet before being logged at 12 573 feet.
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Stanolind
Eddy County
Artesia
Continental
Macey
Forest Oil Corporation
General American
Cheves County
Kenna
Wolfcamp
New Mexico
Northwest
San Juan Basin
Great Western Drilling Company
White Ranch
Chisum
Pinon
Los Nietos and
DeKalb No. 1
Chaves County
Roswell
Richardson and Bass Cobb
Arizona horseman denies murdering wife in trailer death
Joseph Kuykendall, 34, an Arizona horse trainer, faces first degree murder charges for the beating death of his wife Nonie Smith Bingham at the Ak-Sar-Ben race track trailer home. He denies involvement, cites a pushed and slapped incident, and a preliminary hearing is set with possible court-appointed counsel.
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Omaha
Neb
Joseph Kuykendall
Arizona
Kuykendall
Robert Fromkin
Fromkin
Weather Summary From National Bureau Reading Temperatures
Reading of temperatures at 3 hour intervals from yesterday 2 pm to today 11 am shows a high of 105 and a low of 69. Precipitation none in last 24 hours and a year to date total of 2.88 inches. Sunrise at 4 51 am sunset at 7 09 pm length of day 14 3 hours forecast mostly fair hot and dry today tonight and tomorrow with today’s high around 105 and tonight’s low near 68.
West Berlin Man Executed by Soviet Firing Squad
A 35 year old West Berlin truck driver Willi Goettling, described by Soviet Maj. Gen. P T Dibrov as a Western intelligence hire and organizer of a workers revolt, was executed by a Russian firing squad in East Berlin. The 12 year old file photo accompanies this AP WIRE photo from Berlin.
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Willi Goettling
West Berlin
P. T. Dibrov
East Berlin
Goettling
Berlin
Living Costs Rise Again Amid Modest CPI Increase
The cost of living edged upward three tenths of one percent between mid April and mid May per BLS. All major items rose slightly except transportation, with city families on moderate incomes at 114 percent of the 1947 49 average as of May 13. Prices were nine tenths of one percent higher than May last year and 12 percent above June 1950 when the Korean War began.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Telephone Rates Hike Proceeding Faces Supreme Court Test
Santa Fe reports telephone rates rose effective at midnight despite a New Mexico Supreme Court battle looming. Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. posted increases in defiance of a Corporation Commission order denying any hike. The commission expects an injunction, setting up a test of SCC authority over rates.
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Santa FE
Supreme Court
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Marriage License Issued to Bell and LaFromboise
A marriage license was issued yesterday to Travis Bell aged 24 and Lillian LaFromboise aged 23 at the local courthouse. The couple resides in the area and plans a small ceremony in the coming weeks.
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Travis Bell
Lillian LaFromboise
Fatal New Mexico Texas crash toll rises to 167
Five people died in New Mexico traffic crashes and a New Mexico woman perished in Texas. The fatalities include Roswell area residents and others near Truth or Consequences Lovington Gallup Rankin and Rankin. Drivers were identified as Claude H Lower and Elmer J Clawson with several passengers injured.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Texas
Lovington
Artesia
Rankin
Tex
Gallup
Hobbs
Otis Haley
James Sipes
Mary Katherine Taggart
Jane I. Mindrup
Elyria Ohip
Jack W. Hobbs
Albuquerque
John D. Josey
Leo Teague
Miss Taggart
Mindrup
Taggart
Teague
Josey
Weeks May Elapse Before Potential Of Wildcat Known
In Portales New Mexico drillers resume work on a wildcat oil well nine miles south of Kenna in Chaves County after recovering a 13 foot shale core from 7890 to 7903 feet. The hole had reached 7954 feet by morning as tests target a Devonian interval with a Pennsylvanian pay zone. If no further pay is found the crew will plug back to the earlier pay zone to determine its thickness.
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Portales
Kenna
Chaves
Trains Collide Near Merced Killing Three
A southbound Santa Fe passenger train and a northbound freight collided head on near Merced California today killing three people and injuring five. Passenger engineer K A Roberts of Richmond was killed when his locomotive overturned and pinned him beneath. Fireman D C Curnute of Fresno and a transient hitchhiker aboard the freight also died.
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Merced
Calif
Santa Fe
Here
K. A. Roberts
Richmond
D. C. Curnute
Fresno
Private in Korea Kills Another Gl
A U S private at Munsan provisional camp near UN truce headquarters shot and killed another soldier and seriously wounded a Korean barber. The private, who officials say appeared to go berserk, was arrested and is under medical and CID examination. Names withheld.
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Munsan
U. S
U. N
Criminal Investigation Division
Mining Leases Split 50 50 by New Mexico Jury
A district court jury in Albuquerque awarded half of the profits from a joint mineral leasing venture to W. G. Halthusen and Charles J. Hutchison along with New Mexico Potash and Chemical Co. The suit claimed entitlement to $7 413 in profits held by the partners.
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Albuquerque
Hidalgo County
W. G. Halthusen
Charles J. Hutchison, New Mexico Potash and Chemical Co
Hutchison
Berlin Uprising Deepens As Hunger Sparks Protests
News from Berlin reports hunger in the Soviet zone fueling protests across Leipzig Dresden Demnitz and Eisenach as East German authorities face food shortages and arrests rise. Refugees describe police patrols and executions while farm deliveries bypass central quotas amid martial law and cross border passes for East Berlin workers.
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Dresden
Demnitz
Eisenach
Otto Grotewohl
East Berlin
Red Army
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H. W. Hartmann
Doebernitz
Saxony-Anhalt
Hartmann
Magdeburg
East
Godfrey Walks With Crutches After Hip Surgery
TV radio star Arthur Godfrey, operated on May 15 to fix hip injuries from a 1931 accident, is walking with crutches and riding a stationary bike in very satisfactory condition per Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Boston
Arthur Godfrey
Massachusetts General Hospital
Godfrey
Charges Fly In Chavez Hurley Election Contest
In Albuquerque the Chavez Hurley contest enters its second week of recounts with charges and countercharges. Hurley aides accuse Chavez workers of information theft from registrants while Chavez supporters allege discrimination. Investigators John Bishop and an associate named Garcia are set to present evidence backing the discrimination claim.
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Patrick J. Hurley
U. S
Dennis Chavez
U. S. Senate
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Hurley
Senate
Steve Alex
Corrales
Bishop
Bernaldo County
Alex
Albuquerque City Commissioner Dies in Kansas Trip Exit
The body of 82 year old Charles Kern of Albuquerque, who died here yesterday from a cerebral hemorrhage, will be sent to Albuquerque for burial. Kern collapsed Saturday while traveling home from a trip to Ohio by automobile with City Commissioner Clyde Tingley of Albuquerque.
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Kingman
Kan
Charles Kern
Albuquerque
Kern
Clyde Tingley
Ohio
Firemen Respond to Minor Blaze on South Union
Roswell firefighters rushed to 408 South Union at 10 40 last night to extinguish a small fire reported at the residence or business in that block.
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Roswell
South Union
Boston vs Cleveland American League scoreline noted
Boston led with 11 hits and 6 runs while Cleveland managed five runs on 12 hits. Garcia Hooper Tipton Nixon and White contributed for Boston and Cleveland pitchers matched pace through nine innings.
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Boston
Cleveland
Garcia
Hooper
Tipton
Nixon
White
National League eer CeVeeee
In a muted National League contest the scoreboard shows a 9 to 3 line as Roberts and Burgess lead the attack with limited support from Rush Low Jones and Garagiola Sa watski providing 7 runs.
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Roberts
Burgess
Rush
Low
Jones
Garagiola
Sawatski
Portales Faces Water Shortage as Pump Breaks Down
Portales has operated on voluntary water rations for 11 days after a booster pump failure cut supply by about one fifth. Temperatures topped 100 degrees and lawns suffer while remaining pumps run near full capacity. City supervisor Stanley Smith praised conservation but said irrigation is necessary to save greenery. A replacement pump shipped from Los Angeles on the 19th has not arrived, prompting a temporary water relief trial using a fire truck to boost pressure.
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Portales
Stanley Smith
Smith
Los Angeles
New Mexico Senators Back Majority In Loan Agency Vote
Washington senators Clinton P. Anderson and Dennis Chavez joined the majority as a compromise bill to create a federal agency for small business loans failed 47 to 42 in the Senate.
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Washington
New Mexico
Clinton P. Anderson
Dennis Chavez
Senate
Licensed to Wed: Williams and Rhoads Tie the Knot
Second marriage license issued yesterday went to Colorado couple Jay R Williams of Florence and Bettina K Rhoads of Lakewood.
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Colorado
Jay R. Williams
Florence
Bettina K. Rhoads
Lakewood
Lenient Oklahoma Judge Tries Law After Water Waffle
Judge Evert Crismore faced a drought related dilemma when a broken pipe led to a watering ban. He sought a plumber then deferred to the water department per statute. While waiting, neighbors watched the lush lawn grow and Crismore afterward granted leniency to defendants, saying he understood circumstantial pressure.
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Crismore
Water Department
Quickies by Ken Reynolds House for $2000 dogs size queried
Quickies by Ken Reynolds notes a tongue in cheek ad mentioning a house listed at 2000 and questions the size of the dog. The column uses humor to riff on a classifieds listing and buyer expectations.
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