Fatal crash damages seek $65 538 in Roswell district case
Paul W. Eaton Jr. as administrator of Cora Lee Montgomery’s estate seeks $58 038.40 for her death and $7 500 for her husband Mack Montgomery in a fatal June 10 collision near Roswell involving a 1948 Chevrolet station wagon and a 1956 Oldsmobile driven by Earl Lacy Jr. Two people died, investigation led by Odrell Parrish. A second suit over a May 11 1954 accident near Roswell seeks damages from Glenn G. Stiff and estates parties.
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Paul W. Eaton Jr
Cora Lee Montgomery
Ruidoso Racing Assn
A Corp
Earl Lacy Jr
Mack Montgomery
The
Racing Association
Lacy
Roswell
Odrell Parrish
New Mexico
O. F. Miller
Nettie Miller
Glenn G. Stiff
Thomas J. Teel
Beauty Contest Entrants Named with Sponsors
Senior pageant participants listed with their parents and sponsors from IVFW Auxiliary Roswell chapter National Secretaries Association and local groups. Contest judged 40 percent on poise and personality 40 percent on appearance and beauty and 20 percent on talents and activities.
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Page
Erly Ford
W. F. Ford
IVFW
Peggy Hartley
Walker E. Hartley
Roswell
National Secretaries Association
Loretta Mooney
W. C. Mooney
Beta Sigma Phi
Edith Allman
Curtis Allman
Pythian Sisters
Joyce Baker
M. L. Baker
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Cille Cour Ison
Paul W. Courson
la Honda Kiwanis Club
Margo Nelson
Morgan Nelson
Chaves
Farmers May Graze Land and Still Receive Soil Bank Payments
The Agriculture Department allows drought-area farmers to graze soil bank land retired from production and still receive payments. Governors must request permission. 145 counties across Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Washington, and Utah are designated drought disaster areas under an emergency feed program offering discounted feed grains to support livestock herds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New Soil Bank
Texas
Arizona
Colorado
Kansas
Nevada
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Utah
Divorces Granted and Securities Filed in June
June 21 divorce granted Ima Dell Stark and Horace M Stark. June 22 ask for Minnie Geneva Thigpen and Hershel Clyde Thigpen.
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Ima Dell Stark
Horace M.stark
Minnie Geneva Thigpen
Herishel Clyde Thigpen
Special buys and jokes fill Roswell catalog page
A jumble of sale notes and jokes outlines a 1% quart Revere sauce pan deal and a July 1 price drop. It also promotes Texas Checkers with a $4.98 toy line and a humor piece about a doctor changing a death certificate. The page extols Trading Stamps from Scottie Stamps with local retailers listed.
Body of Nearly Nude Woman Found at Kiamesha Lake
The nearly nude body of Nellie Ferrick 43 of New York and formerly Shamokin Pa a Concord Hotel chambermaid was found in a wooded area near Kiamesha Lake N Y Police Inspector Denman said it appears a sex murder awaiting coroner's report Details include a white uniform garment and her underwear and glasses found separately about 80 feet away
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Kiamesha Lake
Nellie Ferrick
New York
Shamokin
Chamber House Rental Business Remains Strong
Summer demand keeps the Chamber of Commerce rental bureau busy with 68 units rented in the first half of June. As of June 15 the active file lists 104 units, showing occupancy just under 98 percent. Landlords are urged to notify when a unit is rented and to confirm two week listing renewals.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Joan Blount
Miller Suffered Injuries Seeks $45,000
C. F. Miller sustained injuries and seeks damages totaling 45000 in the filing.
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C. F. Miller
Funeral Services for J D Marlow in Portales
Funeral services for J D Marlow will be held in Portales today at 2 30 p m. His widow serves as Grand Conductress of the Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star of New Mexico. Marlow died Friday morning in Portales.
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J. D. Marlow
Portales
Funeral set for John P. Aragon in California
Former Roswell resident John P. Aragon dies in California last week at his North Redondo Beach home. Funeral services will be held in Inglewood. Survived by widow, two sons George Inglewood Gilbert Roswell, three daughters Mrs. Louis Sandoval Roswell Mrs. Stella LaLone Inglewood and Mrs. Robert Shea Delmar Calif.
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John P. Aragon
Roswell
Inglewood
Calif
Aragon
North Redondo Beach
George
Gilbert
Louis Sandoval
Stella LaLone
Robert Shea
Delmar
Eisenhower's Stay At Walter Reed Shortens to About a Week
President Eisenhower likely could leave Walter Reed Army Hospital in about a week if his recovery stays on track. An aide noted no hints about continuing in the presidential race. A bulletin said two weeks since the operation, with steady, satisfactory progress. The text also mentions Cyprus history, noting the last queen ceded the island to Venice in 1489.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Island of
Cyprus
Venice
Legion Commander Attacks Tex congressman at New Mexico Legion meet
National commander of the American Legion assails House Veterans Affairs Chairman Olin Teague over Bill 7886 and pension reform. He cites Teague's handling of Bradley recommendations and criticizes media pressure as veterans seek modernized benefits. Seaborn Collins urges wings to reach 137 by July 1957 and supports Reserve Forces Act 1955.
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Olin Teague
Dtex
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Teague
Veterans Affairs Committee
Wagner
American Legion
Omar Bradley
House
Legion
National ‘Legion
Miami
Fla
America
Veterans Administration
Veterans
Air Force
Seaborn Collins
Las Cruces
N. M
New Mexico
Collins
National Reserve Forces
Funeral Rites For Lisa Garner In Midland
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Garner 705 N Plains Park Dr died yesterday in the medical center Funeral services to be held in Midland Survived by brother Jay sister Miriam and grandparents Mrs C C Hazlewood Midland and J W Garner Hereford Tex Mrs T R Salvato and M E Bailey San Angelo Arrangements by Ballard.
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Lisa Garner
Jim Garner
N. Plains Park Dr
Garner
Sinclair Oil
Roswell
Midland
Jay
Miriam
C. C. Hazlewood
J. W. Garner
Hereford
Catholics Asked To Pray for Rain
Archbishop Edwin V. Byrne urged New Mexico Catholics to pray for rain. Letters directing clergy to say the customary rain prayers at the end of Mass were sent and will take effect once priests receive the notice. The directive remains in force until further notice.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Edwin V. Byrne
Wilson disputes tax stance amid defense funding debate
In a tense exchange, President Wilson faces questions on tax support and defense spending while the Senate braces for a vote on a 35 billion dollar defense bill. Chavez predicts approval of a billion plus extra for the Air Force, and Wilson plans a Canada fishing trip.
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Wilson
Bridges
Sen. Bridges
Senate
Air Force
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Chavez
Seminole oil worker breaks leg while fishing escapade
Se minimize: Bill C. Moore, 29, slipped on an oil patch and broke his left leg while working at an oil field in Seminole. Unable to work, he decided to go fishing. He hobbled to a log in the road and began wrestling with his injured leg when a car lurched forward and broke his other leg.
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Seminole
Okla
Bill C. Moore
Moore
Lovington Man Fined After Reckless Driving Crash
Leroy Williams of Lovington was fined 105 dollars for reckless driving after his 1951 Chevrolet left U S 70, jumped a fence, rolled twice, and stopped upright. The 3 22 p m crash occurred 38 miles east of Roswell. Williams was treated at a medical center and released.
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Lovington
Leroy Williams
R. Perry Bean
Williams
Roswell
U. S. 70
Ballard Amibulance
Mishap Investigated by New Mexico Police According to McCool
R. J. McCool reported that New Mexico Police investigated the mishap. The source attributes the inquiry to McCool as the overseeing officer.
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Cording
R. J. McCool
New Mexico
Students Attend Second Annual Junior Logging Congress
In Woods Tacoma Washington high school students toured Pack Forest near Tacoma run by the University of Washington College of Forestry. About 120 students from various schools attended the congress with a seven student limit per school.
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Tacoma
Wash
Pack Forest
The
College of Forestry of the Univerisity of Washington
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St. Louis Ave
St. Louis
Lacy, Ruidoso
Mary Pauline Lacy
Earl J Jr
Florsheim
Freeman
Kay
Ed Williams
B. F. Fields Jr
Foster Karins
Texas Checkers
Scottie
Home Food
Farmer’s Market Cables Furniture Co
Blossom Shop
Roswell Laundry
Esquire Cleaners
Brotherton’s
Carl Long’s
Shamrock Station
Bill Rose
Poor Boy
Clark’s Shamrock
ABG Drug Storte Kemp Lumber Co
Jenkin’s Music Co
Wilmot Howe. Co
Wilmot Howe. Co., Inc
Chamber House
California
Walter Reed
Carlsbad
P.J. Addington Wagner
Battlecreek Mich
New Mexico Department
Valley
Charles J. Kuchar
Yg Ave
Dial
Lucas Funeral Home, Inc
Palm Beach
Shop & Park
Ball & Ray Clothiers
Roswell Building and Loan Assn
H. D. O. Hammond
E. C. Gessert
C. E. Hinkle
M. Lou Short
Ivan H. McGee
RCL
White Stores, Inc
Southwest
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