Castro Rejects Tractors for Freedom Offer in Cuba
Fidel Castro rejected the Tractors for Freedom Committee’s noon deadline offer to exchange captured rebels for 500 bulldozers. He said the group lied about changing his stance and would send a delegation of prisoners to the United States to explain his position to the American public.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Tractors For Freedom Committee
United States
Wavana
Castro
Cuba
Havana
Puerto Rico
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Spain
Francisco
the Hook) Molina
New York City
Pedro Albizu Campos
San Juan
Henry Winston
Manuel Artime
Jose San Roman
Rafael Bolivar Fuente
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Psychology Tyro Enters Pageant Here
Gerdette Bevill a 1960 Roswell High School graduate of 1116 South Michigan is an entrant in the Miss Roswell Pageant. She aims to study psychology and foreign languages at Eastern New Mexico University and teach later. Her sponsor is Valley Chevrolet. She is five feet five inches tall with blue green eyes and brown hair. She lists swimming and sewing as hobbies.
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Gerdette Bevill
South Michigan
Guy W. Bevill
Roswell
Gerdette
Eastern New Mexico University
Valley Chevrolet
Air Force Probes Seventh Atlas Firing Failure
Cape Canaveral reports the Air Force seeks cause after the seventh Atlas E missile failure in 10 launchings. An 85 foot Atlas E exploded over the Atlantic Ocean ninety five seconds into a 7300 mile test, deepening concern over the program.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Atlantic Ocean
Girl Is Killed In Auto Mishap
BELEN AP A teenage girl died in a one car crash 2.5 miles north on U S 83. Stella Sanchez 15 from Barstow California died from a broken neck after the vehicle driven by Modesto Chavez 20 also of Barstow overturned while passing another car. Chavez apparently lost control. Both were former Belen residents. The death was the 144th of the year versus 182 last year at this time.
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Belen
Here
U. S
Stella Sanchez
Barstow
Calif
Lee Gallegos
Modesto Chavez
Chavez
Gallegos
Miss Sanchez
El Paso firm bids to build roads at White Sands Range
The Corps of Engineers reports that High Mc Millan has submitted the apparent low bid of 229156 dollars for construction of six miles of roads at White Sands Missile Range. Two miles of pipe culvert installation are included in the project.
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Albuquerque
Corps of Engineers
el Paso
High McMillan
White Sands Missile Range
Service Station Offers Marriage For Five Gallons
In Miami a service station advertises a free marriage ceremony with the purchase of five gallons of gas. About 1.50 dollars buys the fuel plus a bride and a license. The operator, Wallace L. Smith 37, a notary public who also does welding, declares the arrangement legal.
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Miami, Fla
Miami
Wallace L. Smith
New Red China Policy Reported for U N Seat Split
The Chicago Sun-Times cites a U.S. Japan Washington plan to admit Communist China to the United Nations Assembly while preserving Nationalist China in the Security Council. The "successor-state theory" envisions two Chinas with two seats, one for each side, avoiding a Security Council veto.
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Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times
United States
Washington
China
United Nations
Frederick Kuh
U.S
U.N. Assembly
Peiping
U.N
Hayato Ikeda
Dean Rusk
Zentaro Kosaka
Sun-Times
Ikeda
Formosa
Security Council
General Assembly
Assembly
Movie Actor Jeff Chandler Leaves 600000 Trust to Daughters
In Los Angeles AP reports attorney filed a signed carbon copy of Jeff Chandler’s will in Superior Court. The document leaves more than 600000 in trust for his two daughters Jamie and Dana. The original will, dated June 9 1959, was not found. The divorce settlement had given Marjorie Chandler a property division. Chandler died June 17 at age 42 from complications after back surgery.
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Los Angeles
Jeff Chandler
Chandler
Marjorie
Jamie
Dana
Kennedy Wins House Vote on Major Housing Bill
The House passed a multibillion dollar housing and urban improvements bill with most Kennedy recommendations. The Senate approved a similar measure, conferees to reconcile differences next week. Final passage in the House totaled 235 to 178 amid party-line shifts.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
Federal Housing Administration
Conservation Seen as Key ASC Program Emphasis
O A Knox labeled ACP the most important ASC program phase for eight counties, emphasizing its role in conserving natural resources. ASC Officer Manager Tom Hoover noted the taxpayer funded incentive covers up to 50 percent of costs, with farmers contributing the rest, reflecting 26 years of soil and water conservation efforts and highlighting 1958 as typical.
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O. A. Knox
Agricultural Conservation Program
Agricultural Stabilization Committee
ASC
Tom Hoover
Roswell
Hoover
Knox
Soap Box Derby Inspections Set for Local Race
Two inspections remain before the July 4 Soap Box Derby, sending the local winner to Ak ron Ohio in August for the All American Derby. A preliminary inspection is set for tomorrow at Cahoon Park at 1 p.m. and the final inspection on Saturday July 1 at 1 p.m. Racers must meet rigid specifications and will be photographed individually tomorrow by Record Photographer Hank Smith.
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Akron
Ohio
Cahoon Park
Hank Smith
State Feels Maritime Strike Sting
New Mexico felt the sting of a nationwide maritime strike as Gulf Oil Corp curtails crude purchases in Texas and New Mexico. Gulf reduced its crude purchases in New Mexico by 872 percent of the June allowance, citing transportation restrictions from the strike. A company official warned July purchases could be greater affected than the 21 days in June.
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Houston
New Mexico
Gulf Oil Corp
Texas
Gulf
Firemen Combat Blaze Destroys Firecracker Stand
Firefighters battled a blaze that wiped out a firecracker stand in the 2300 block N Main St. Exploding ground fireworks hampered hose lines as crews fought the fire. The cause remains undetermined.
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Main St
Search Continues for Drowned Man at Alamogordo Reservoir
Skin divers and dragging crews resumed the search for Robert L. Johnson, 31, of Albuquerque, who drowned in the Alamogordo Reservoir on Tuesday, as authorities coordinated efforts to locate the missing man.
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Fort Sumner
Robert L. Johnson
Albuquerque
Alamogordo Reservoir
Adams faults asphalt mix in Lordsburg project
AP reports Santa Fe contractor Jack Adams blamed the Lordsburg New Mexico four mile road failure on open graded hot mix and offered to cover expenses for subcommittee members visiting New Mexico to verify similar failures on other state jobs. He claimed the state engineer oversaw every load while other witnesses said the mix was coarse graded and not properly compacted.
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Washington
Jack Adams
Santa Fe
N. M
Lordsburg
House Public Works Subcommittee
New Mexico
State of
Adams
Bureau of Public Roads Engineers
Carl Carpenter
Federal Roads Bureau
Washington Laboratory
W. J. Keller
Bureau of Public Roads
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Four Highway Engineers Suspended Amid Inquiry
SANTA FE four Highway Department engineers Rufe J. McDonald E L Vick Robert B Bowling and Arthur J Gilbert were suspended pending a Blatnik subcommittee review. Four Albuquerque firms Longenbaugh Coe Wylie Bros J W Jones Construction and Jack Adams Construction faced bid withholding until hearings finish. White said suspensions are precautionary and no conclusions will be drawn until transcripts are reviewed.
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Santa FE
Highway Department
Congressional Investigation
New Mexico
T. B. White
Washington
Rufe J. McDonald
Las Vegas
E. L. Vick
Gallup
Robert B. Bowling
White
Department
State Highway Commission
Highway Project
Roswell High Grad Named Aerojet Vice President
Benjamin F Rose Jr, a 1926 Roswell High School graduate and son of Mrs B F Rose, was elected a vice president of Aerojet General. Former AEtron Division manager at Covina, Rose helped design and oversee major rocket test facilities for the U S government and industry. He is a retired Army Corps of Engineers colonel and has received national awards for his work in aerospace.
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Azusa
Calif
Benjamin F. Rose Jr
Roswell High School
B. F. Rose
W. Seventh St
Aerojet-General Corporation
Rose
Aerojet-General
Aftron
Aetron
United States
Aerojet
Sacramento l
Sacramento
Douglas
Martin
Lockheed
Corps of Engineers
U. S. Army
Southwest Pacific
Legion of Merit
Carlsbad
N. M
University of Illinois
University of Southern California
New Mexico
American Society of Civil Engineers
Society of American Military Engineers
Los Angeles
Hurd Paints Senator for Time Magazine Portrait
Noted San Patricio artist Peter Hurd has a portrait on the cover of Time Magazine dated June 23. The subject is Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater. Hurd’s work is represented in the Peter Hurd Gallery at the Roswell Museum and Art Center.
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San Patricio
Peter Hurd
Time
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Hurd
Roswell Museum and Art Center
Youth Held After His Check Bounces
16 year old Mike Mason of Route 1 Lake Arthur is in custody for investigation after allegedly giving a worthless 2100 dollar check to a local car dealer for a pickup. The dealer accepted the vehicle before discovering the check bounced. Mason was picked up yesterday and returned to Roswell for further processing.
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Mike Mason
Route 1
Lake Arthur
Mason
Roswell
Montoya Moriss vote helps defeat GOP housing bill substitute
Washington AP reports U S Representatives Joe Montoya and Tom Moriss joined the majority in a 215 to 197 House tally that blocked a Republican backed substitute to the administration’s multi billion dollar housing bill.
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Washington
U. S
Joe Montoya
Tom Morsis
D-N. M
House
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Fidel
Tyro
Bettendorf
Iowa
National Maritime Union
Texaco
Wilmington
NMU
Benjamin Rose, Jr
Time Magazine
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