Three Die In Weekend New Mexico Road Wrecks
The Associated Press reports three fatal crashes plus a fourth death in a Truth or Consequences garage. Mary Vincenti 4 of Acomita died after a bus collision near Budville. Celestino Sandoval 43 of Carrizozo died on U S 85. Tommy Pope 23 of Kirtland Air Force Base was killed in a motorcycle taxi crash. Cliff Beadle 48 of Truth or Consequences died in a garage accident.
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New Mexico
Truth Or Conequences
U. S. Highway 66
Budville
Mary Vincenti
Acomita
Tommy E. Pope
Kirtland ‘Air Force Base
Celestino Sandoval
Carrizozo
U. S
Las Cruces
Cliff Beadle
Dick McCool
James Vallo
Acoma Indian Pueblo
Charmaine Pinto
Pope
Silviano F. Chavez
Sandoval
Dona Ana
Beadle
Arthur Davis
Clint Martin
Secretary of Navy Rumored in Line For Defense Post
Rumors center on Robert Anderson as a possible deputy defense secretary to replace Roger B. Kyes. The White House and Pentagon signaled a decision may come soon, with Anderson among several contenders amid ongoing adminstration reshuffle.
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Secretary of Navy
Defense
Washington
Navy
Robert Anderson
Roger B. Kyes
Defense Department
White House
Pentagon
Kyes
Defense Wilson
Eisenhower
Detroit
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
General Motors Corp
Wilson
Anderson
Texas
Service Secretariat
Stevens
Air Force
Harold Talbott
Weather Summary from United States Weather Bureau
Readings show temperatures from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today with highs near 74 and a low around 37. Precipitation none in 24 hours. month‑to‑date trace. year‑to‑date 1 inch. Forecast calls for occasional cloudiness and warmer afternoons with high near 70 and a low of about 34 tonight. Sunrise 6:18, sunset 6:00.
Directors of Cancer Group Named Representatives Form Roswell Chapter
Civic leaders and individuals gathered for a called meeting and were named to the original board of directors of the Chaves County Chapter of the American Cancer Society. Officers will be elected at a Sunday Chamber of Commerce event. Dr. Carl H. Gellenbein spoke on cancer research education and service, introduced by Fred H. Dilley Jr., organizer and committee chair. Doctors I. J. Marshall R. P. Waggoner and William W. Worthington joined the board. Marshall stressed education as key, noting early cancer diagnosis improves outcomes.
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Roswell
Chaves County
American Cancer Society
Chamber of Commerce
Carl H. Gellenbhein
Valmora Sanatorium
New Mexico Cancer Society
American Medical Association
Fred H. Dilley Jr
Chaves County Cancer Society
Joe J. Scavarda
Jim Marberry
C. L. Harrison
I. J. Marshall
R. P. Waggoner
William W. Worthington
Marshall
County Sanitarian Checks Milk Sources
L. B. Summers, Chaves County Sanitarian, inspected fifty-two Roosevelt County Grade A milk producers supplying Roswell plants. Three dairies were degraded for dirty equipment and must pass re inspection. Grant Jones, state milk sanitarian, noted a fifty percent rise in sanitation year over year.
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Roosevelt County
Roswell
L. B. Summers
Chaves County
Summers
Grant Jones
State Milk Sanitarian
Jones
Japan U S Sign Mutual Defense Pact Amid Grain Aid
The United States and Japan signed a series of mutual defense agreements to strengthen Japan’s armed forces and economic ties. The pact includes 100 million dollars in U S aid over three months, grain shipments totaling 500 000 tons of wheat and 100 000 tons of barley, and a 700 man military advisory group.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
U. S
John Allison
Katsuo Okazaki
Shigeru Yoshida
Allison
Dulles
Okazaki
French declare emergency as Vietminh raid hits Haiphong airfields
Vietminh commandos struck Cathi and Doson airstrips near Haiphong before dawn. French authorities imposed prohibitions around both fields and detained 74 suspects alleged to aid the raid. About 44 U.S. Air Force personnel were stationed nearby with 105 American contractors and others at Tourane.
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Haiphong
Indee
China
U.S
Vietminh Radio
United States
Catbi
Doson
Tourane
Indochinese
Cathi
Indochina
Gialam
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
Texas New Mexico water dispute advances with master report
The Texas New Mexico water feud progressed as Special Master John R. Green urged dismissal of the suit against New Mexico. Green found the federal government should be a party due to Indian guardianship, while others were not indispensable. Texas plans to file exceptions, and New Mexico will decide whether to challenge specific phases.
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Albuquerque
Texas
New Mexico
Walls of the Rio Grande
John R. Green
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Green
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District
Rio Grande
Fort Quitman
Tex
Colorado
United States
Texas Action Pf
Burnell Waldrep
Austin
Fred E. Wilson
Texas-New Mexico
Elephant Butte Reservoir
Roosevelt Wins Democratic Endorsement for 26th District Seat
James Roosevelt, amid accusations from his estranged wife over infidelity, wins unanimous Democratic endorsement on the second ballot for Congress in the 26th District. The endorsement follows a heated preprimary meeting where rival Jerry Pacht fell short by 14 votes. California primary is June 8. Roosevelt defended his decision to run and pledged to prove his record against smears while facing ongoing separate maintenance suits and child support orders.
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Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Congress
Democratic Council
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Romelle Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Jerry Pacht
Pacht
Jerry K. Harter
Ned Redding
New Paper
Policeman Attacked in Street Fight Court Deal
Patrolman Edward J. Budacz testified in Central Police Court that he intervened in a street brawl between Willard Clark and Mrs Ann Sanbury. Clark struck him, Mrs Sanbury hit him with a belt buckle. Clark got six months and a $25 fine for assault and disorderly conduct. Sanbury received 30 days in jail and a $25 fine.
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Baltimore
Edward J. Budacz
Central Police Court
Willard Clark
Budacz
Ann Sanbury
Clark
Sanbury
Woman Shot After Husband Discharges Gun
An 18 year old woman, Johnnie Mae Watson, was accidentally shot in the right eye corner at 2 26 a m when her husband Emory Watson, an airman, discharged a gun he found on a bed to check if loaded. He claimed he snapped it twice and nothing happened before showing it in the bathroom. Watson and others had been at a dance in Artesia and Roswell. She was taken to St Mary's Hospital and police investigate ownership of the gun.
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Tommy Thompson
Johnnie Mae Watson
Emory Watson
Watson
Thompson
Watsons
Alfred Anderson
Elizabeth Jones
Artesia
Roswell
Faye Brownlee
Walnut St
Anderson
Vaccination Clinic for Hagerman Pets Tonight
A veterinarian will be at the Hagerman fire station tonight from 5 30 to 8 00 to vaccinate pets. L B Summers county sanitarian urges cooperation in Hagerman and Lake Arthur to protect families and the community from rabies. Human rabies treatment involves a series of daily shots, seven to twenty one, with costs varying for the post exposure plan.
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Hagerman
L. B. Summers
County
Sanitarian
Lake Arthur
Burrows and McNeil Compete for County Commissioner Seat
Two Democrats, Charles A. Burrows and Robert McNeil, vie for the County Commissioner District 3 seat in the May 4 election. One Republican candidate, Earl Corn, also seeks the post.
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Charles A. Burrows
Robert
Bob) McNeil
Earl
Corn
Cotton Allotments Sent to Individuals in Chaves County
Total 40 577.2 acres allocated for cotton planting in Chaves County to individual farms with notices mailed by the county ASC office. A few reallocations remain to be finalized soon. Current breakdown shows 1-A farms 40 577.2 acres. 1-B farms 107.8 acres. new growers 112.2 acres.
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Chaves County
ASC l
Rowellah R. Lukens
ASCA
Eisenhower cites 7.7 billion in weapons to allies since 1949
President Eisenhower told Congress the United States has supplied about 7.7 billion dollars worth of guns ammunition and military equipment to allies from October 1949 through December. Nearly half of the total was shipped in 1953 with 30 792 tanks and combat vehicles 5 340 aircraft 601 Navy vessels and two million small arms. Military aid rose 1953 shipments by over 60 percent from 1952.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Puerto Rico Seeks Big Four of Island Communist Party
Puerto Rico targets four Communist party leaders Juan Santos Rivera Juan Saez Corales Cesar Andeu Iglesias and Pablo Garcia Rodriguez along with Nationalist figures as police raid leaders. Authorities say eleven are held on subversion charges after raids tied to a 1950 revolt and anti subversive law prosecutions.
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Puerto Rico
Island
Communist Party
San Juan
U.S
House of Representatives
Pedro Albizu Campos
Juan Santos Rivera
Tthe
Moscow
Juan Saez Corales
Cesar Andeu Iglesias
Pablo Garcia Rodriguez
Harvard
Consuelo Burgos de Saez
Saez Corales
Jane Speed Andreu
Berkeley
Calif
Andreu
Mariano Arroyo Zeppendfelt
Ramon Mirabal
Cristino Perez
Felix Ojeda
Jose Trias
Puerto Rican Communist Party
Feeder's Day At A&M Promises Farmer Talks
Several Chaves County farmers and ranchers drove to Las Cruces for Feeder's Day at State College. Hal Bogle of Dexter will present a talk titled What I Plan To Do On My Diverted Cotton Acreage as part of the day long program.
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Chaves County
Las Cruces
Feeder
State College
Hal Bogle
Dexter
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Amarillo
Felix A. Murphy
Bert Cornelius
Associated Press
United States Weather Bureau
Cancer Group
Texas-N. M
Stamp of Demo Party
Paul Ziffren
California
J. Russel Sprague
Nassau County
Hearing
New York
Sprague
St. Mary’s Hospital
Thomas Begay
Simon Hernandez Granado
Pat Jiron Torres
N. Garden
A&m
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Wm. Blackman
James B. Webster
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