Lehigh to liquidate coal unit after strike opposition
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co suspends its anthracite operations as a plan to boost output falters. The closure affects about 40 000 residents of the Panther Creek Valley in eastern Pennsylvania with 5 000 subsidiary workers due on vacation as the $400 000 payroll is in doubt.
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Lansford
Panther Creek
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co
Lehigh
Pennsylvania
Board of Managers
Philadelphia
Lehigh Navigation Coal Co
C. M. Dodson
Dodson
Soap Box Derby Set For Roswell July 5
The Roswell Daily Record sponsors a second Roswell Soap Box Derby with races starting at 2 30 pm on Union Avenue at Eighth Street. Trials begin at noon and first inspections occur June 27 at Optimist Park followed by final checks July 4.
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Roswell
Union Avenue
Eighth Street
Roswell Daily Record
McNally-Hall Motor Company
Optimist Club
Optimist Park
Weather summary from United States Weather Bureau
Reading temperatures from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today shows a high of 98 or the highest 96 and a low of 64 with no precipitation in the past 24 hours. Forecast calls for cloudiness at times and a warm afternoon with a low around 65 tonight.
One Youth Pleads Guilty in Laundry Break Case
In District Court one of three youths pled guilty to breaking into Beaty's Steam Laundry at 109 E. Deming St on June 21. Willie D. Upshaw received 18 months to two years. McCauley and Jackson pled not guilty earlier and had pleas mixed during proceedings. Pat Hanagan filed information yesterday on two additional youths charged with the June 17 break.
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Beaty
E. Deming St
R. Perry Bean
Willie D. Upshaw
Elrich McCauley
Johnny James Jackson
Bill Osborn
McCauley
Jackson
Pat Hanagan
Clearing Mayhill Road Work Progress in Otero County
A meeting of Otero County commissioners and ranch owners this week is expected to clear the way for Highway 83 work west of Mayhill. Officials indicated one or two tracts in the James Canyon Mayhill right of way may face condemnation. The state highway program awaits $900,000 in forest road money available after July 1.
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Alamogordo
Otero County
Mayhill
Bureau of Public Roads
State Highway Commission
James Canyon
Two Girls Attend ARC Aquatic School
Miss Molly Gratton of Roswell and Mrs. Bonnie Grassy of Dexter returned from Denton Texas where they attended the National Red Cross Aquatic School. They said they had a wonderful time and plan to return next year. Grassy teaches swimming and First Aid in Dexter. Gratton is a lifeguard at Roswell Municipal pool.
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Molly Gratton
Roswell
Bonnie Grassy
Dexter
Denton
Tex
National Red Cross Aquatic School
Grassy
Miss Gratton
T. J. Hall Home Fire Causes Damage
A short in an air conditioner wiring started a blaze at 11 12 last night at the T. J. Hall residence 404 S. Pennsylvania Ave. Firemen limited the damage to a new carpet wallpaper and drapes.
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T. J. Hall
Pennsylvania Ave
Legion Delegates Told Arms Alone Can't Beat Reds
Alvin M. Owsley of Dallas told the state American Legion convention in Hobbs that Communism cannot be defeated by bayonets alone and urged winning minds across races. He praised Seaborn Collins of Las Cruces for next national commander with Texas support. Gov. Mechem spoke briefly as the convention opened. An anti-subversives clinic and a barbecue were on the schedule.
Assistant State FHA Director Suspended for Irregularities
Andrew Frost of Albuquerque, assistant state director of the Federal Housing Administration for New Mexico, was suspended pending disposition of serious irregularities. Administrator Albert W. Cole said the suspension followed information from deputy administrator William F. McKenna as the FHA probes alleged windfall profits from oversize loans and homeowner bilking in ongoing programs.
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FHA
Washington
The
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Andrew Frost
Albuquerque
Federal Housing Administration For
New Mexico
Albert W. Cole
Cole
William F. McKenna
Nationalist China Seizes Russian Tanker Tuapse Off Formosa
Nationalist China reports its warship captured the 8840 ton Danish built tanker Tuapse and may confiscate the vessel and cargo for violation of a U N embargo and port closure. The seizure occurred off Formosa near Kaohsiung as Moscow demanded its immediate return and punishment for U S officials.
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Formosa
China
Formosan
Kaohsiung
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
Philippines
Poland
Shanghai
U. N
Tuapse
Red Coast
U. S. Pacific
Adm
Felix B. Stump
Pearl Harbor
U. Ss
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
Luzon Straits
Philippine
Luzon
You Can’t Top A Texan With Exaggerated Tale
In EUFAULA Okla Highway Patrolman John Osmond warns drivers to slow on a hot stretch where pavement rose a foot high after 100 degree heat A Texan asks about the cause and Osmond jokes a rattlesnake crawled underneath The Texan quips it must have been a Texas rattler.
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Eufaula
Okla
John Osmond
Osmond
Cloudcroft Baby Dies in Accident
Eight month old Christopher Rivera of Cloudcroft died in Alamogordo hospital after a car driven by his father failed to negotiate a wet curve five miles east of Cloudcroft. His mother Viola Rivera sister Cecilia and grandmother Sarita Rivera were injured as the car struck an embankment hit a guard rail and overturned. Father George Rivera was uninjured. In a separate crash near Es Panola on Highway 64 Alto Alcalde youth Phil Oliver Salazar died when his car struck a bridge nine and a half miles north. His brother Seferino Salazar Jr. is listed as driver of one vehicle in Espanola hospital.
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Associated Press
Christopher Rivera
Cloudcroft
Alamogordo
Viola Rivera
Cecilia
Sarita Rivera
George Rivera
Alcalde
Phil Oliver Salazar
Es Panola
Seferino Salazar Jr
Espanola
Workers Win War Against High Water
Des Moines river flood crest receded as levee teams reinforced dikes near the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers. Engineers urged confidence the main dikes would hold with no major flood expected from the Raccoon as the Des Moines fell about ten feet from yesterday’s crest.
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Des Moines
Raccoon
Churchill Buoys Up Optimism Ahead of Talks With Eisenhower
Prime Minister Churchill met President Eisenhower seeking to resolve misunderstandings between the Western powers. Both leaders weighed far eastern decisions as weekend talks loomed, Churchill noting family matters while American officials showed cautious doubt about any breakthrough.
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Washington
Churchill
Eisenhower
Far East
White House
United States
Britain
Nixon
Dulles
Anthony Eden
Hamburg
British Overseas Airways
Eden
Richard Nixon
Roger Makins
Death Kiss Brings Four Years in Prison
TOKYO Teruko Kamata, 27, was sentenced by Tokyo District Court to four years in prison for killing her lover Yukio Takayanagi, 33, with a farewell kiss of death. The couple had planned a farewell tryst last November at a Tokyo hotel, Canary Cage. Kamata reportedly drank cyanide poisoned soda before kissing him and squeezing his throat, leading to his death.
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Tokyo
Teruko Kamata
Tokyo District Court
Teruko
Yukio Takayanaga
Yukio
Canary Cage
Takayanagi
Indictment Names 14 in Tax Scandal Probe
Fourteen persons including three New York lawyers were named in a federal indictment for conspiring to corrupt Internal Revenue Bureau officials and impede tax scandal investigations. Defendants include Samuel Scopick Irving Davis Max Halperin Milton Hoffman. co-conspirators include Henry W Grunewald Daniel A Bolich and others in New York firms Pattullo Models Gotham Beef and Gotham Ship Purveyors. Brownell announced the indictment as Treasury and Justice continue probes in New York and Washington.
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New York
Internal Revenue Bureau
Atty
Brownell
Daniel A. Bolich
Henry W
the Dutchman
Grunewald, Long
Mystery Man
Samuel Scopick
Irving Davis
Schopick and Davis
Max Halperin
Milton Hoffman
Grunewald
Bolich
Max Steinberg
Internal Revenue Agent
Upper
Morton Marx
James A. Zipfer
Marjorie Zipfer Segal
Samuel Cohen
Pattullo Model, Inc
Maurice Smith
Pattullo Modes
Louis M. Berman
Philip Berman
Gotham Beef Co
Gotham Ship Purveyors Inc
Brooklyn
House Ways and Means
Treasury
Justice Departments
Lions Club Rodeo Opens in Gallup With Prizes
A Saturday morning parade starts the 6th annual Lions Club rodeo in Gallup. A barbeque kicks off tonight, with riding events set for Saturday and Sunday afternoons and prize money between 1500 and 1600 dollars plus additions.
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Lion's Rodeo
Lions Club
Horse Trainer Kuykendall Charged in Assault Case
Joseph E. Kuykendall, recently freed in Omaha on a murder charge, is held on assault counts in Sioux Falls with two companions. They allegedly struck Earl Rea after a near collision near the county fairgrounds during a pari mutuel season. Powell pleaded guilty to a 30 day jail term and a $100 fine. Chamley stood mute for trial.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Joseph E. Kuykendall
Omaha
Kuykendall
Earl Rea
Rea
Carl Powell
Sunnnyside
Wash
Keith Chamley
Nonie Bingham Kuykendall
Santa Fe
Jurors to Consider Vaughan Case Today
Lordsburg New Mexico AP jurors prepare to deliberate in the Marvin Vaughan trial for the February 13 slaying of hitchhiker Amos Burgess after final rebuttal witnesses. A defense psychiatrist testified Vaughan’s memory improved after truth serum with earlier statements suggesting scattered recalls and possible sexual context.
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Vaughan
Lordsburg
Marvin Vaughan
Amos Burgess
Aleas
Robert W. Tunnell
Burgess
Havener Named Superintendent of Lake Arthur Schools
John Havener Jr a Lake Arthur educator and coach was appointed superintendent by the Board of Education. The 34 year old veteran of World War II has led in Lake Arthur for three years holds a BS in mathematics and physics from the College of the Ozarks and an MS from the University of Arkansas. He previously coached at Dark High School and was principal and coach at Altus High School. His family includes wife Lucretta daughter Maria Jeanette and son Carroll Patrick.
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John Havener Jr
Lake Arthur
Board of Education
Havener
United States
College of the Ozarks
Clarksville
Ark
Dark
Police Court Highlights From Today
Cases in police court totaled three with charges of drunkenness fighting and disorderly conduct. Penalties included two fines totaling 25 dollars and a 30 day jail sentence.
Phenix City Vice Crackdown After Patterson Slaying
Phenix City faces renewed terror as vice dens tighten under Georgia and Alabama tensions. Authorities vow to starve out the killer of A L Patterson who was shot outside the city as Governor Gordon Persons seeks to maintain closure until January.
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Phenix City
Ala
Georgia
A. L. Patterson
Ft. Benning
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Patterson
Jencks Seeks New Trial in Maneuver
Clinton Jencks, former Bayard NM local IUOMSM president, filed an amended motion for a new trial. US District Judge R E Thomason set a hearing for next Tuesday. Jencks, convicted January for filing a false non communist affidavit, is currently free on bond and faces an appeal after the hearing.
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EL Paso
Clinton Jencks
United States District
R .E. Thomason
Jencks
U. S. District Court
Bayard
N. M
International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
E. B. Elfers
John T. McTernan
Los Angeles
Thomason
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