Congress Moves on Kennedy Agenda Before July Fourth
Congress pushes Kennedy domestic and defense bills ahead of the July 4 holiday. The House quickly cleared the omnibus housing bill after Senate passage and a temporary debt ceiling raise to 298 billion dollars was approved by voice vote. Efforts continue on space program funding, Social Security changes, and a multinational foreign aid measure awaits further Senate action.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
House
Senate
Senate House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy proposes permanent U.S. disarmament agency
President Kennedy called for a permanent United States disarmament agency with sweeping powers to draft plans negotiate and enforce any international arms-control agreement. The bill sent to Congress stresses the agency as a world first step to world peace.
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Washington
DAP
Kennedy
U.S
Modern Dancing Miss Entered In Roswell Pageant
Ann Jarrell 19 of 108 Washington Ave. Roswell will compete July 8 at Pearson Auditorium in the Jaycee Miss Roswell Pageant. She trained eight years in ballet and modern dance and has been in chorus productions. Ann attends TWU, aims for Fine Arts at TCU, works for Gulf Oil, sponsored by Tesco Neon Signs.
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Ann Jarrell
S. Washington Ave
Gardner Construction Wins Rio Grande Bridge Job
A $168,975 contract awarded to Gardner Construction Co. of Littleton Colorado to build a 683 foot Rio Grande bridge one mile west of Santo Domingo Pueblo. Construction to start June 28 per the Bureau of Indian Affairs Gallup office.
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Washington
Gardner Construction Co
Littleton
Colo
Rio Grande
Santo Domingo Pueblo
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Gallup
Fourth of July Fireworks Plan By YMCA in Roswell
The second annual YMCA fireworks display will be held at the New Mexico Military Institute grounds across from the old polo field. There will be a 5 p.m. picnic with each family bringing its own meal, followed by a free fireworks show after dark lasting about an hour. Three sale stands for funding are set at Second and Union, Mobile Living Trailer lot, and Country Club and North Main Streets. Hi Y and Tri Hi Y members assist with the event.
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Y’s Mens’ Ymca Service Club
New Mexico Military Institute
Polo Field
Gerald McFadden
Broadmoor Center
Country Club
North Main Streets
Hi-Y
Tri Hi-Y
McFadden
Curry County Well Abandonment Planned for No 1 Green Estates
Franklin, Aston & Fair Inc will plug and abandon its No 1 Green Estates in Curry County to a total depth of 8184 feet. The well, a rank wildcat about 12 miles from the nearest producing test, reached 3000 feet in the San Andres formation. Location is 600 feet from the west line and 1980 feet from the south line of Section 10-5N-32E.
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Franklin, Aston & Fair, Inc
Curry County
San Andres
Causey lunchroom damaged by fire damaging tables and chairs
Portales AP reports a Causey school lunchroom was damaged by a blaze that began with boiling asphalt. The fire destroyed tables and chairs before repair crews extinguished it.
Federal Road Money Cut Off In New Mexico
Federal aid highway funds to New Mexico are suspended for projects involving nine contractors and eight state personnel. The action followed a telegram from Federal Highway Administrator Rex Whitton and pauses all bid advertisements pending departmental reforms and compliance with approved plans.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
The
Highway Commission
Rex Whitton
Whitton
W. J
Spike) Keller
Bureau of Public Roads
Carent
Jack Adams Construction Co
Wylie Brothers
Allison and Haney
Daniels Construction Co
Allison, Haney and Daniels
D. D. Skousen and Sons
Dan Daniels Construction Co
J. W. Jones Construction Co
Longenbaugh and Coe
State Highway Department
Arthur J. Gilbert
Rufe J. McDonald
Herman L. Vick
Robert D. Bowling
Robert E. Chavez
Ray E. Long
Lloyd Buckwald
Charles Win
House Public Roads
Washington
Keller
Commission
BPA
Highway Department
BPR
Young Attorney Arrested in Basketball Fixing Scandal
New York District Attorney Frank Hogan announced the arrest of Charles Tucker a 25 year old Yonkers attorney as a basketball fixer. Tucker faced conspiracy and bribery charges and was the ninth man seized in the widening probe which involves 36 players from 21 colleges and 44 games. He reportedly offered $1000 to Peter Kelly Connecticut captain to affect a Feb 18 game against Holy Cross but canceled the deal as the case heated up.
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New York
Frank S. Hogan
Charles Tucker
Yonkers
N.Y
Tucker
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hogan
Peter Kelly
University of Connecticut
Holy Cross
Storrs
Conn
Kelly
Orlando
Fla
Negotiations resume in national maritime strike
The AP reports negotiations resumed with Kennedy board aid as unions seek to avoid Taft Hartley injunction. Cole says progress is possible but remains cautious as talks continue, with Friday report to Kennedy on security concerns and potential cooling off. About 85,000 crews are on strike affecting 250 ships, while foreign-flag ships remain unmanned.
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NEW York
David L. Cole
Kennedy
Cole
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
National Maritime Union
Seafarers International Union
The
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots
American Radio Association
Piggy-Back Viruses Linked to Cancer in Mice
Researchers report piggy-back viruses may carry cancer chemicals into living cells and trigger tumors. In mouse tests by Dr. Christopher Martin and Sigmunder Magnusson with Seton Hall colleagues, cancer arose when viruses and cancer agents mixed, reduced when mice were pre vaccinated against smallpox.
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New York
Christopher Martin
Sigmunder Magnusson
Philip J. Gosciewski
Gerald F. Hansen
Seton Hall College of Medicine
Jersey City
N.J
Floods in Japan Claim 213 Lives
Torrential rains, floods and landslides ravaged central Honshu for a fifth day with 213 dead and 182 missing. The weather bureau warned the downpour would continue into Monday and 71,000 houses were flooded while 1,100 structures were wrecked or washed away.
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Tokyo
Japan
Weather Bureau
Honshu
Work Is Hard When Stealing Parking Meters In Dallas
Thieves removed three parking meters in South Dallas and pulled out the posts from concrete. Police Traffic Engineer W. H. Garsten noted the effort seems heavy for the $1.50 to $2.50 per meter value.
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Dallas
Tex
W. H. Garsten
Drought Grips Northern Great Plains Across Nations
The Associated Press reports vast areas from Minnesota through North and South Dakota into Canadian prairie provinces face drought as heat and scarce rains reduce small grain yields and pasture. Most North Dakota counties are drought disaster areas with widespread forest fires and smoke from Canadian blazes near Winnipeg.
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Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Prairie
Canada
Washington
North Dakota
Soil Bank
Whiteshell Reserve
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Satellite triple payload launch marks atomic space milestone
Cape Canaveral reports United States launches a Thor-Able-Star with three satellites, including a 42-pound nuclear unit on Transit 4-A. GREB detects X-ray radiation while Injun, a 40-pound drum, aids solar studies. Signals stable as trio remains in 600 mile orbits.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Navy
GREB
Naval Research Laboratory
Earth
United
Scooter rider dies in Albuquer que crash at Menaul and Alvarado
Robert Martin Eichenlaub 36 of Albuquerque died at County Indian Hospital from injuries after his motorscooter collided with a car at the Menaul and Alvarado NE intersection. Police cited driver Loke Lax for failure to yield while turning, pushing the year’s highway fatality toll to 150.
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Albuquerque
Robert Martin Eichenlaub
County Indian Hospital
Loke Lax
Menaul
Alvarado NE
Oil industry faces disruption from maritime strike in Port Arthur
New Mexico oil buyers led by Sinclair and Gulf cut purchases in the state as the maritime strike disrupts pipeline and tanker shipments. Independent producers warn the slowdown hurts refinery operations and national crude supply while a Kennedy board weighs the strike's impact on national security and possible Taft-Hartley back-to-work provisions.
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Port Arthur
Tex
New Mexico
New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission
Sinclair and
Gulf
Jack Campbell
Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association of
Campbell
Sinclair
Robert J. Leonard
Leonard Oil Co
Roswell
Leonard
John F. Kennedy
Child Struck by Car Injures Six Year Old Rosemary Newlin
A six year old girl, Rosemary Newlin of Clovis Star Route, was slightly injured Wednesday afternoon after being struck in the alley between Richardson Avenue and Main Street by a car driven by Tommy Hays of 301 E Eighth Street. She was treated by a local doctor and released.
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Rosemary Newlin
Clovis
Richardson Avenue
Main Street
Tommy Hays
Eighth St
Hobbs Man Dies In Auto Smashup
SEMINOLE Tex AP two men were killed Wednesday night 15 miles northeast of here on US 180 Harold Stinnett 21 Hobbs NM died at the crash scene Holder Glasner 43 Tucson Ariz died a short while later Critically injured were James Johnson 26 Hobbs and an unidentified 12 or 13 years old
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Seminole, Tex
Here
U.S. 180
Harold Stinnett
Hobbs
N.M
Holder Glasner
Tucson
Ariz
James Johnson
Nixon Plans Book on Public Life for Doubleday
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon will write a book about his experiences in public life with publication by Doubleday & Co. a spokesman said Wednesday.
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Nixon
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Doubleday & Co
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