Guatemala regime quits as rebels push war
In El Salvador the AP reports Col. Carlos Enrique Diaz resigns and Alfred Monzon takes over the junta amid rebel demands for unconditional surrender. Castillo Armas forces press toward Guatemala City as censorship returns and asylum is granted for Arbenz family in Argentina.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Radio Today
Carlos Enrique Diaz
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Col
Castillo Armas
Jose A. Sanchez
Arbenz
Alfred H. Monzon
Enrique Diaz
Jose Luis Salazar
Maurice Dubois
Diaz
Guatemala City
New York
Col Monzon
Monzon
Communist Party
Honduras
Associated Press
Jack Rutledge
Jose Luis Morales Melgar
Rogelio Cruzier
J. Antonio Saravia
Jaime Rosenberg
Rutledge
Argentina
Buenos Aires
U. S
John Peurifoy
Liberation Radio
Kremlin
Prague
Mili
Weather Summary From U S Weather Bureau
Reading intervals from 2 p m yesterday to 11 a m today show highs near 94 and a low around 68 with no precipitation in the past 24 hours. Forecast calls for mainly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers this afternoon tonight and tomorrow with little change in temperatures.
Visitor from Pakistan admiring Pakistani women's public role
Kazi Roman Uddui Ahmed, a Pakistan youth farm exchange student, noted to Chaves County residents that Pakistani women participate fully in economic social and political life. He contrasted purdah with women's equal public involvement and claimed Pakistan's Muslim faith grounds social duties alongside God. He warned Pakistan could not be a Communist satellite and discussed language plans while detailing family demographics.
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Kazi Roman Abdul Ahmed
Pakistan
Chaves
Kazi Ahmed
India
Kazi
Kazi Roman Uddui Ahmen
Roman
Uddui Ahmed
Kazi Roman Uddui Ahmed
Churchill Leaves with Ringing Plea
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill close a five day unity conference urging British American cooperation. They backed plans for Southeast Asia defense and rearming West Germany via the European Defense Community while seeking alternative German rearmament options if France delays. Churchill urged closer contact with Russians to avoid a doom laden future and stressed U S Britain unity as key to Western policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
Ottawa
Canada
London
Russia
Southeast Asia
West Germany
France
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
Red China
Britain
Italian film producer denies Juarez divorce report
Vittorio de Sicca said the El Paso story claiming he obtained a divorce in Juarez was false. He went to Juarez only to handle legal matters with his wife Guidola Rissone de Sicca and planned to travel to Barcelona to meet his wife and daughter Emil, returning to Mexico in months.
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Mexico ‘City
Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Mexico
Vittorio de Sicca
Guidola Rissone de Sicca
de Sicca
Barcelona
Emil
Fort Union National Monument Designated
President Eisenhower signed legislation establ ishing Fort Union near Las Vegas New Mexico as a national monument preserving a Santa Fe Trail landmark. The Army post becomes a protected historic site reflecting its frontier significance.
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FT. Union
New Mexico
Eisenhower
Old Army Post
Las Vegas
Byrd Appears Winner In Maryland Governor Nomination
Dr. Harry Clifton Byrd leads the Maryland Democratic primary with 77 county unit votes and a 155 432 to 152 937 popular vote edge over George P. Mahoney as recounts loom. McKeldin easily seeks renomination and other races mostly rout incumbents.
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Baltimore
Harry Clifton Byrd
Talbot County
University of Maryland
Maryland
George P. Mahoney
Byrd Land
Mahoney
Byrd
Theodore R. McKeldin
The
Police Probe Ties Murder to Doped Suspect in Santa Fe
Santa Fe Police Chief A B Martinez says he cannot question Albino Gomez who is jailed after a deadly Santa Fe liquor store shooting. Gomez, captured after an armed robbery warrant, fought officers and ingested pills described as dope. Another suspect, T M Moore, arraigned in Albuquerque on interstate transportation charges with a $5,000 bond. Moore admitted to robbery and car theft in Phoenix.
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Martinez
Gomez
Andy P. Adeusakis
Santa Fe
FBI
Decision Friday on Mountain States rate hike suspension
The New Mexico State Corporation Commission considers suspending Mountain States Telephone’s July 7 interim rate increase after hearings. The commission ruled Chairman Ingram Pickett eligible to judge and overruled a protest that the SCC cannot suspend rates before a full hearing. The panel weighs whether to act on the tariff.
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Santa FE
State Corporation Commission
Mountain States Telephone
SCC
Commission
Ingram Pickett
Mountain States
Pickett
Truman's Condition Improves as Doctors Caution
Kansas City reports indicate Harry S. Truman’s condition is improved after emergency surgery on June 20 for appendix and gall bladder removal. Doctors remain concerned about drug sensitivity and unusual reaction, with specialists from Dr Alan Wright and Dr Frederick Fink assisting.
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Kansas City
Harry
Truman
Pressenmt
Wallace Graham
Alan Wright
Frederick C. Fink
Brooklyn
N.Y
Charles Pfizer & Co
Fink
New York
Trumans
Marriage License Issued to Raney and Jones in Clovis
A marriage license was issued yesterday in Clovis to Jim E. Raney and Gracie Jones, 27, as the couple secured their official records to wed.
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Jim E. Raney
Gracie Jones
Clovis
Twins Born En Route to Walker AFB Hospital
A boy and a girl were born in two ambulances this morning on the way to Walker AFB Hospital to S/Sgt. and Mrs. Edward Vaughn. The boy arrived at 8:05 a.m. and after a breakdown a second ambulance carried the mother and newborn daughter at 8:15 a.m. Both mother and babies are reported well alongside a surprised father.
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Walker Air Force Base Hospital
Edward Vaughn
Virginia Ave
Walker Afb Hospital
Artesia Wins Note for No Road Deaths
Six New Mexico cities received National Safety Council plaques for no traffic fatalities in 1953. Alamogordo Artesia Deming Las Vegas Portales and Silver City were honored. Portales marked at least its fourth straight year of a perfect record with Deming absent from the ceremony. Gov. Mechem presented the awards at his office and urged continued safety next year.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
National Safety Council
Alamogordo
Artesia
Deming
H. H. Holcomb
Mullins
J. C. Walker
J. L. Walker
W. H. Yeager
Frank Powell
Las Vegas
Jesus Maes
Alfredo Maes
James Baca
Joe Gutierrez
Portales
Stanley Smith
C. B. Patterson
S. E. Hopkins
Silver City
Howard Mann
A. M. Baker
Turvey Appeal Over Mineral Lease Dispute
W A Greer of Continental Divide appeals a district court ruling dismissing his suit against Land Commissioner E S Walker. Judge Robert Fox said the court lacked jurisdiction in the dispute concerning mineral leases on 20 480 acres near Grants tied to uranium prospects.
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Santa FE
W. A. Greer
Continental Divide
E. S. Walker
Robert Fox
Ring Lost at White Lake Recovered After 23 Years
Dr J M Chestnutt recovered a ring lost while bathing at White Lake when 11 year old Claudia Herring found it in a sand scoop. The ring bore Chestnutt's name and was returned after all those years.
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Clinton
N. C
J. M. Chestnutt
White Lake
Here
Claudia Herring
Eisenhower and Churchill urge broad armament cuts
In a six point statement they call for general drastic reduction of armaments under safeguards. They also seek to create conditions where atomic energy can enrich rather than destroy mankind.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
Guatemala seeks cease-fire with anti-Communist insurgents
In Guatemala City negotiations begin for a cease-fire with anti- Communist insurgents. Col. Elfego Monzon leads the new anti-Communist Junta.
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Guatemala City
Gua
Elfego Monzon
Rio Grande flood swamps Texas towns and Ozona deaths rise
Ozona counts 15 dead from flash floods while the Rio Grande flood surges past Del Rio and Laredo. Red Cross lists six dead at Ozona and nine missing. Eagle Pass evacuations continue as the river nears 64 feet with Nuevo Laredo affected. National Guard aids rescue as Eagle Pass county braces for escalating water.
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Laredo
Rio Grande
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Ozona
American Red Cross
Highway Patrol
Associated Press
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Anticipate Worst July 4 Road Jam
In Chicago the National Safety Council warned the coming weekend could bring the worst July 4 traffic jam in history with as many as 430 deaths. The three day holiday may see over 40 million cars on highways while officials urge cautious driving to prevent wrecks.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Fair Park Box Seats Available For Rocket Baseball Club
The Rocket baseball club announced unsold box seats at Fair Park. Most boxes are four seaters and will be sold for half price. Interested buyers should contact the business office on the second floor of the J. P. White Building or call 472.
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Rocket Baseball Club
Fair Park
Stubby Greer
J. P. White
Rendon Accurately Predicts War Events
From Havana letters attributed to Joseph Rendon claim Col. Carlos Castillo Armas’s invasion of Guatemala will bog down and air bombings will resume. The notes, postmarked June 10 from Honduras and June 22 from Havana, cite Tegucigalpa bombings and a continuing effort to overthrow the Guatemalan government, naming Renato and exiled figures as allies.
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Albuquerque
Caribbean
Central America
Joseph Rendon
New Mexico
Havana
Carlos Castillo Armas
Sevilla-Biltmore
Tom Doyle
KOB
Guatemala
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Armd@s
Rendon
OSS
Congress
Col. Armas
Armas
Gen. Ponce
Federico Ponce
Ponce
Portte
Navy Man Dies In N M as Chute Fails to Function
Ward D. Davis aviation mechanic second class died after parachute failed to deploy from a burning two place Navy dive bomber. He and W P Chester bailed out as flames trapped them. Chester survived with burns and injuries. The crash occurred 35 miles west of Albuquerque near Laguna after the plane departed Inyokern California and was to Albuquerque.
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N. M
Albuquerque
Ward D. Davis
Navy
W. P. Chester
Davis
Chester
U.S. 66
Laguna
Mechem to Speak at Tucumcari Rotary Meeting
Gov Edwin L Mechem will be the principal speaker at a Rotary Club gathering in Tucumcari Thursday night delivering a keynote on state affairs and public service.
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Tucumcari
Edwin L
Pacific Air Force to Command Vast Pacific Theater
The United States forms a Pacific Air Force to oversee all Air Force bases and personnel from Hawaii to the Far East. Maj. Gen. Lory Smith will command this first unified Pacific air command since World War II, coordinating air sea rescue and evacuation with Admiral Stump and Gen. Ruffner on joint war plans.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Pacific Air Force
United States Air Force
Ocean
Hawaii
Far East
Lory Smith
Air Force
Pacific
Central Pacific
7Th Air Force
The
Adm
Felix Stump
Pacific Fleet
Army
Clark L. Ruffner
U.S Air Force
Pacific Islands
Philippines
Southeast Asia
Guam
Clark Field
Pacific Command
Korea
Japan
Pacific Air Force Command
Pacific Air Command
Stump
Ruffner
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Quickies by Ken Reynolds Want Ads tease fish pond idea
A brief line from Ken Reynolds invites readers to check The Record Want Ads for a fish pond project. It hints at a personal or homespun feature without detailing specifics or outcomes.
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Enrique
United States Weather Bureau
Unity Conference
Ned
Edward T. Miller
Frank Small Jr
Samuel N. Friedel
J. Millard Tawes
Harry Kemper
C. Ferdinand Syberty
Philip H. Dorsey Jr
William C
WED
WAFB
Ring ‘Returns
Bob Hickman
Huntington
W. Va
Asbury Park
N. J
Vanita Kuchar
Naval Air
Kirtland Air Force Base
Inyokern
Calif
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Roswell
B. F. Berven
Raymond Atchiey
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