Chavez Voices Confidence in Senate Vote on AF Funds
In Albuquerque UNM meteorite expert Lin coln LaPaz reports identifying a 40 pound fragment of a meteor from a March 6 1951 event near Roy New Mexico. He notes the piece will be sent to Purdue for artificial radioactivity tests informing cosmic radiation studies. In Washington senators brace for a close vote on Air Force funding with Chavez predicting a 6 to 10 vote margin.
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Albuquerque
Lincoln LaPaz
Institute of Meteoritics
University of New Mexico
Todiay
New Mexico
LaPaz
Roy
William Johnson
Purdue University
Johnson
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen. Bridges
R-N.h
Bridges
Highway Department Ready for Big Road Projects
Santa Fe New Mexico Highway Engineer L D Wilson says by next October the department will let road projects at 315 to 4 million dollars per month pending final approval of highway bills in Congress. House action clears path but Senate approval and new rules delay immediate spending. July and August settings expected to continue rising.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
L. D. Wilson
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Wilson
State Department
Civil Defense Meet Scheduled in Roswell
One official from the Regional Office of the Federal Civil Defense Agency will review plans for the nationwide Civilian Defense practice alert to be held July 20 to 26. The meeting is at City Hall Wednesday at 7 p.m. called by Charles Boreing, Roswell civilian defense director. All interested are urged to attend.
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Federal Civil Defense Agency
Charles Boreing
Roswell
Fire on Third Floor Destroys Part of St Louis Apartment
Mrs Martha Welch on her front porch heard a truck driver ask about a blaze and then saw flames erupt from her third floor apartment. The fire confined to her quarters caused an estimated 1250 dollars in damage.
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ST. Louis
Martha Welch
Pedestrian Death Brings Albuquerque Toll To 169
A 76 year old man identified as Eutimio Gallegos died at County Indian Hospital after being struck crossing the street. Deputy Sheriff Frank Faris said the driver was Mary Elizabeth Burlingame, 51, of Faistall Missouri, a vacationing school teacher. Gallegos was the year’s 169th traffic fatality, up from 138 at this time last year.
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Albuquerque
County Indian Hospital
Eutimio Gallegos
Frank Faris
Gallegos
Mary Elizabeth Burlingame
Faiistall
Protesting Guatemalan Students Killed by Police
The Guatemala city main street saw a confrontation when police fired on a march of hundreds protesting the state of alarm and civil liberties curtailment. Three university students died and 19 were wounded, with accounts of gunfire from both pistols and submachine guns as authorities ordered news censorship and warned against seditious activity.
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Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
11Th Street
6Th Avenue
Castillo Armas
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
Farmers to Receive Soil Bank Payments in Chaves County
Farmers in Chaves County will get payments from the Soil Bank Reserve Acreage once they comply with rules to be explained at a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the East Grand Plains School house. The program, chaired by J. W. Daniels, targets cotton and wheat allotment holders and uses a five year yield, about 672 pounds per acre, multiplied by 15 cents to estimate payments around 100.80 per acre deposited, with July 20 as the entry deadline and payments based on individual yields. Tom Hoover will co lead the discussion with the ASC committee.
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Chaves County
Soil Bank
East Grand Plains
J. W. Daniels
ASC
Department of the Bank
Tom Hoover
Supreme Court Reverses Bus Permit Cancellation
The New Mexico Supreme Court reversed a Santa Fe District Court ruling that denied canceling Geronimo Bus Lines certificate to operate between Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Albuquerque, Belen. The ruling affirms that a second line is not granted where existing services suffice unless public need is shown.
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Santa FE
Santa Fe District Court
Geronimo Bus Lines
State Supreme Court
Transcontinental Bus Co
Geronomio
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Belen
High Court
Welfare Director Warns of Out of Hand Medical Program
Santa Fe Welfare Director Murray Hintz warns the states medical care program is getting out of hand. In a letter to Dr Stuart Adler of the New Mexico Medical Society he asks doctors to help balance the program as monthly medical expenditures have more than doubled in a year and county offices report rising requests for care drugs and hospitalization.
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Santa FE
Murray Hintz
Welfare Department
Stuart Adler
The
New Mexico Medical Society
Hintz
Adler
Tidewater Reports New Caprock Field Well Output
Tidewater Oil Company completed three wells in the West Texas New Mexico area. In Chaves County New Mexico the No 8 State 7 well showed initial potential of 396 barrels per day with a 2 inch choke. Output from Queensland perforations 2735 2747 feet. Location 1980 feet north of the south line and 1980 feet west of the east line of Section 17 14S 31E.
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Tidewater
Tidewater Oil Company
West Texas - New Mexico
Caprock
Chaves County
N. M
Queensand
Seaton and Pendleton Families Honored at Ceremony
M-Sgt. and Mrs Kenneth Seaton and IM-Sgt. and Mrs R E Pendelton are named in a local ceremony honoring military families. The event highlighted service, devotion, and community support for troops.
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Kenneth Seaton
R. E. Pendelton
House Grabs in Vets Bill for Big Debate
Campbell, chairman of the State Board of Finance committee, calls a Monday meeting in Mabry Hall Santa Fe to discuss designation of a State fiscal agent and interest rates on state bank deposits amid the veterans bill debate.
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Jack Campbell
State Board of Finance
Mabry Hall
Capitol Building
Santa Fe
Campbell
New Mexico
New Mexico Bankers Association
Finance Board
G. C. Trowbridge
N. M. Bankers Association
Fred Cole
First National Bank of Artesia
Oscar Love
Albuquerque National Bank
A. H. Gerdenan
Las Vegas Savings Bank
A. W. Skarda
Citizens Bank of Clovis
State Board of Finance Committee
John F. Simms
Roswell
William B. Salman
la Cueva
J. D. Hannah
Joe Grant
Dan Smith
Living Costs Near Peak of 1953 in May 1956
The Labor Department reports May living costs rose 0.4 percent to 115.4 of the 1947-49 base, tying October 1953 for the all time high. Food prices jumped 1.3 percent in May, though still below last year and well under the August 1952 food peak. Officials expect further rises into summer with possible new records when June data arrive.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Statistics
Ewan Clague
Labor Statistics Commissioner
Billions in pension costs loom in veterans plan fight
Washington lawmakers debated a costly pension bill for veterans as House leaders split over a plan. The American Legion and VFW backed a 90 dollar monthly pension, versus 105 in the committee bill, aiming to cut first year costs to about two thirds of a billion dollars.
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Washington
Pensions For Veterans
House
Rep
Edmondson
D-Okla
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
House Veterans Committee
Olin E. Teague
Dtex
Rayburn
D-Tex
Legion - Vfw
Teague
Mechem to Attend County GOP Convention in Roswell
Ed L. Mechem the gubernatorial candidate will be in Roswell through Wednesday to meet Chaves County Republican nominees and help organize the party for the local legislature. He plans no statements on controversial issues until after the state convention approves the platform. The state convention will be held in Santa Fe on July 14.
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Mechem
Ed L. Mechem
Roswell
Chaves County
Chamber of Commerce
Room A
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Congress Passes 33 Billion Dollar Highway Bill
Congress sent to the President the 33 billion dollar highway construction bill completing Senate approval after House voice vote. The plan builds a nationwide modern highway network but rejects bond financing and imposes new taxes totaling about one billion dollars annually for 16 years. Gasoline tax rises to 3 cents per gallon with other levies on fuels tires and trucks. Typical car owners face about 3.60 dollars more yearly. a five axle truck about 565 dollars more.
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Senate
House
Congress
Eisenhower
American Trucking Assn
Teenager Ordered to Write 3000 Lines Over Muffler Charge
Franklin W. West, 17, was forced to write I will never use a Hollywood muffler again 3,000 times after an illegal muffler charge. Magistrate Ray mond I Harris had previously ordered 1,000 lines, then tripled the sentence when West failed to use the same handwriting. West said two girls helped initially because they felt sorry for him.
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ST. Louis
Franklin W. West
Hollywood
Raymond I. Harris
West
Senate Approves Near Billion Air Force Boost in Defense Bill
The Senate approved about a billion dollars more for the Air Force within a 35 billion defense appropriation bill by a 48 to 40 vote. The action followed a long dispute over whether the administration was allowing Soviet air power to surpass the United States.
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Washington
Senate
Air Force
Eisenhower
Church School Starts At St Francis de Paula
Construction begins this week on a new parochial school at St. Francis de Paula Church in Tularosa. Father John Borley serves as pastor.
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Tularosa
St. Francis de Paula Church
John Borley
Duran Found in Open Irrigation Ditch Near Home
A search party found 22 year old George Duran's body in an open irrigation ditch, carried more than a half mile from his home. The death is being investigated as a potential accident.
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Tularosa
George Duran
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Charles E. Wilson
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UNM
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Ellender
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Holland
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