Fact Finding Board Readies Strike Data
NEW YORK AP A three member fact finding board met to speed a report on the maritime strike for President Kennedy under the Taft Hartley law. The board's findings could lead to a temporary injunction and an 80 day cooling off period. Union leaders criticized the move while ship owners welcomed cooperation, saying the supply line to Hawaii was cut and military cargoes delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kennedy
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf Coast
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Aaroh E. Casey
American Merchant Marine Institute
Hawaii
White Oaks Plans Gala At White Oaks Fourth of July
White Oaks in Lincoln County celebrates the Fourth of July with a full day of events starting at 9 a.m. featuring seven rodeo events for adults and a wide range of youth activities. A noon barbecue and a schoolhouse dance follow the rodeo with stock provided by Pat Dunning Bud Crenshaw and Sonny Wright under unique local rules to level the field for cowboys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Oaks
Pat Dunning
Bud Crenshaw
Sonny Wright
Russians Set 1970 Target Date for Economic Lead
Moscow reports Premier Khrushchev at a Communist rally states the Soviet Union will overtake the United States in production by 1970. He boasts the USSR, founded 44 years ago, has already passed Britain and France in industrial output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
America
Communist Party
Britain
France
Bids Opened for Roswell School Additions
Bids will be opened at 1 p.m. on July 19 at the Little Theater of Roswell High School for additions to three Roswell City Schools. Nine rooms at East Junior High and four rooms each at Highland and Edgewood Elementary Schools. Superintendent Hank F Allred said facilities may be ready for occupancy at mid term.
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Little Theater
Roswell High School
Roswell
Hank F. Allred
East Junior High
Highland
Edgewood
Allred
Leading Citizen at Roswell High In Local Pageant
Linda Lepard, a Roswell Junior Miss contestant, competes for Jaycee Miss Roswell on July 8 at Pearson Auditorium. She is a former Roswell Senior High cheerleader and Leading Citizen, with hobbies in dance, swimming, and ceramics. Sponsored by Jennings' Showroom & Fixtures.
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Roswell
Linda Lepard
Oklahoma
Finian
Rainbow
Linda
Jennings’ Showroom & Fixtures
One Customer on Water Wagon Makes Difference
In Rubyvale Queensland a 52 year old Royal hotel proprietor Ida Fowler announces closure and surrender of liquor license claiming two pensioners deaths and a heart attack that led a best customer to stop drinking. She notes the hotel with 86 residents and only one hotel is unprofitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Australia
Rubyvale
Queensland
Royal
Ida Fowler
State Licensing Commission
Cuban Radio Says Captives Will Return
Cuban government radio announced that a prisoner delegation sent by Fidel Castro would return to Havana today after completing its mission. An immigration official disputed plans for an immediate return, saying no such plans exist. Castro was quoted criticising the Tractors for Freedom Committee and offering to accept farm equipment in exchange for the prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Havana
Cuba
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Castro
Oil Rich Kuwait Reports laq Troops Near Border
President Charles Shuman of the American Farm Bureau Federation says the sheep and wool industry is sick due to price supports tariffs and incentive payments. He blames the 1954 National Wool Act for lower sheep incomes and warns excess lamb production burdens markets.
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Washington
Charles Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
New Mexico
Congress
AFEPF
Minnesota
Shuman
AFBF
Fiery Smash Kills Farmington Man
A Farmington man named Robert J. Rafferty, 28, died when his car left U. S. 550 west of Aztec and struck a sandstone bluff, then burned. Witnesses saw flames in the back seat before impact. State Police reports show the crash occurred after traveling 375 feet at high speed, Rafferty dying at once as the vehicle burned. The death was the 149th highway fatality in New Mexico that year.
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AZTEC
Farmington
Robert J. Rafferty
U. S
Mims Lane
Rafferty
New Mexico
Road Probe Possible Federal Violations Seen
U S District Attorney John Quinn says the Blatnik subcommittee transcript will be studied for possible federal law violations. Any evidence will be sent to the September grand jury. Potential issues include tax exemption claims and bribery related to federal funds in New Mexico road programs.
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Albuquerque
U. S
John Quinn
Blatnik
Quinn
Justice Department
Washington
New Mexico
FBI
Internal Revenue Service
Bureau of Public Roads
State Highway Commission
Santa Fe
Jack Adams
Wayne Collins
Frank Tatsch
Silver City
Joe Kastler
Raton
Tatsch
Commission
Adams
Kastler
Attorney General
Harold Leonard
Two More Arrests In Roswell Rape Case
Salt Lake City police arrested Richard C. Lewis and Cecil Peace in Utah after tips from a 22 year old rape victim identified them from mug shots. Jimmy Oldaker, 24, of Roswell, was arrested June 23 and pleaded innocent. bond set at 2500. Victim described three men in a car near Seventh and Main on June 18 and later at Walker AFB and Bitter Lakes Refuge, where she was assaulted six times. Deputies say none were Air Force personnel.
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Chaves County
Roswell
Salt Lake City
Utah
Howard Babcock Jr
Richard C. Lewis
Cecil Peace
Jimmy Oldaker
E. Eighth St
Walker Air Force Base
Bitter Lakes Refuge
Air Force
Sheriff scoffs at Freedom Rider tale of brutality
A Jackson sheriff dismissed a New York youth Kenneth Shilman’s Freedom Rider charges of brutal treatment in Mississippi’s State Penitentiary. He defended prison staff, said no marks were seen, and noted 163 riders have been found guilty for breach of peace. The piece also covers related desegregation actions and a planned strategy meeting by the Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee.
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Associated Press
Mississippi State Penitentiary
J. R. Gilroy
Jackson
Gilroy
New York
Kenneth Shilman
Oceanside
N.Y
Shilman
Parchman
Imum
James Spencer
Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Justice Department
Moisant International Airport
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Tallahassee
Fla
Unity House
Phillip Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Kansas City
Harold Duncan
Fairyland Amusement Park
Committee On
Racial Equality
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee
Police Warn About Exploding Fireworks In Roswell
Police warn Roswell residents against using exploding fireworks and note city ordinances forbid sale or possession of any firecrackers. Capt. Jimmy Lannom says the ordinance would be enforced.
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Roswell
Jimmy Lannom
Temperature Tops State with Light Rain Across New Mexico
Rain fell in parts of New Mexico with Roswell at .20 inch Las Vegas .12 and Santa Fe .03 Carlsbad Clayton and Socorro reported traces. Highs ranged to 99 at Roswell 97 Farmington and 81 Las Vegas. Lows ranged from 70 Alamogordo to 49 Raton airport. Northern areas expected generally fair weather with scattered showers possible.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Roswell
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Carlsbad
Clayton
Socorro
Farmington
Alamogordo
Raton
KSWS License Assigned to John Burroughs in Roswell
The Communications Commission received an application from KSWS Roswell requesting transfer of its license to John Burroughs. The filing indicates a planned assignment and compliance with regulatory requirements for the Roswell station.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
KSWS
Roswell
Askng
John Burroughs
Kuwait seeks Arab League membership amid Kuwait Iraq dispute
Beir ut Lebanon AP A Kuwait official declared a state of emergency and ordered troops to the border as Kuwait applies for Arab League membership to gain equal footing with Iraq. Saudi Arabia backs Kuwait while Jordan pledges support for Kuwait's legal rights amid demonstrations and regional tensions.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Abdel Aziz Hassan
Kuwait
Cairo
Arab League
Middle East
League
Dardiri Ismail
Abdel Khalek Hassana
Saudi Arabia
Sheik Abdullah Ali Salim As’sabah
Britain
U.A.R
Hassan
Abdel Karim Kassem
Hussein
Jordan
Sheik Abdullah
Search Ended for Missing California Plane in New Mexico
The Civil Air Patrol called off the five day search covering 22,000 square miles for Harold Wright of Inglewood Calif. Wright departed Amarillo Texas on June 20 in a red Culver Cadet. A CAP pilot found possible wreckage near White Sands Missile Range, but a ground party located only missile remains.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
California
Civil Air Patrol
Harold Wright
Inglewood
Calif
Wright
Amarillo
Tex
White Sands Missile Range
Acrobatic Act Ends in Tragedy at West View Park
A 110 foot aluminum pole used in an aerial act toppled into a crowd of about 50 in West View Park. Nine were injured including Celeste Farnsworth nine and Martha McCoy of Whitehall with brain injuries. Aerialist Kayletta Burn, known as Kayletta, had performed atop the pole for 25 minutes as 1,500 watched. Cause of collapse not yet learned.
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Pittsburgh
Celeste Farnsworth
Martha McCoy
Whitehall
West View Park
Kayletta
Kayletta Burn
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NMU
Lincoln County
Roswell High
Bert Kemmerer
Washington Correspondent
Ray Routledge
Germany
Santa Monica
Routledge
East Los Angeles College
Mississippi
Texas Western University
el Paso
Lee Hedges
Sterling City
Don Preston
Battle Creek
Michigan
Tanganyika
Sheikdom
Cae
N. M
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