Constellation Crashes in Singapore Killing 32
A BOAC QANTAS Constellation bound from Australia to London skidded and burned on Singapore's Kallang Airport. It tumbled end over end after landing, killing 32 people including at least three Americans and one Canadian. Eight crew survived as rescue workers pulled victims from the blaze.
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Singapore
Australia
London
Grant F. Olson
W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co
Fort Madison
Ila
Michael Shathin
Far East
Warner Bros
R. F. Matson
Alexander J. Wood
Montreal
BOAC
Qantas
British Overseas Airways Corp
Constellation
Queensland
Northern Territories
Kallang
Nixon Says Unfair Tactics Aid U S Commies
Vice President Nixon charged that irresponsible congressional investigations aid those who oppose action against communism. He urged proper fair procedure and argued that fighting communism with unfair methods undermines freedom. The remarks were prepared for a nationwide radio TV address, previewed by the Republican National Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Sen
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Stevens
Senate
Second Street Parking Ruled Out by Council
Hobbs council votes 5 3 against reopening parking on E Second Street from Richardson to Railroad after state officials note oil and gas leaks threaten Hobbs water supply. OCC orders operators to inspect wells for defective casing with tests planned on about 50 wells monthly over four months.
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Hobbs
Santa FE
Oil Conservation Commission
Occ
W. B. Macey
Eunice Monument
E. Second Street
Richardson
Hobbs Office
Hobbs City
Hobbs Pool
Macey
Commission
Collision Involving Sedan and Oil Tanker Near Roswell
A sedan collided with an oil tanker on U S Highway 380, 3.9 miles east of Roswell, injuring Robert Rockwell 40. He were rushed to St Marys Hospital after a passerby M M Potter transported him. The crash broke a pipeline and spilled 3300 gallons of crude oil from the tanker driven by Richard Simmons 25 Artesia.
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U. S. Highway 380
Roswell
Robert Rockwell
S. Kentucky Ave
Rockwell
M. M. Potter
St. Mary’s Hospital
Richard Simmons
W. Chisum
Artesia
Packard
Don Shultz
New Mexico Police
Weather summary with temperatures and forecast
Reading at 2:00 to 11:00 yesterday shows high 44 and low 25 with 3 hour interval temps including 32 42 28 42 28 36 36 30. Precip none in 24 hours, month trace year 0.21. Sunrise 6 11 Sunset 6 04 Mostly clear today and tonight and warmer with high 55 and low 24.
McCarthy Stevens Clash Over Army Private Schine
Senator McCarthy and Secretary Stevens continue their war over Pvt. G. David Schine. McCarthy demands Stevens deny asking special treatment and releases his Dec. 22 letter claiming investigations would not be influenced by Schine. Stevens calls the charge a smokescreen while defending his position and recounting pressure allegations.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Robert T. Stevens
Stevens
Pvt
G. David Schine
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Schine
Subcommittee
Army
Roy Cohn
McCarthy-Stevens
Senate
Flying House Taken by Wind On New Mexico Highway
Officer Don Shultz observed a dust storm move a house in motion from Los Alamos to Pecos Texas. The wind lifted a corner of the first 24 by 30 foot house off its trailer and dropped it onto a car hood. The incident occurred 15 miles north of Roswell on U S Highway 285 on Thursday afternoon.
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Don Shultz
New Mexico
Shultz
Los Alamos
Pecos
Tex
Anderson Calls End to Pre Primary Conventions
Senator Anderson urged immediate abolition of pre primary nominating conventions and a return to statewide direct primaries in New Mexico. He said the convention system fails its purpose and should be abandoned, noting indirect links to ongoing election irregularities scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Anderson
D-Nm
New Mexico
Senate Election and Privileges Subcommittee
Chavez
Nine Criminal Cases Handled In Court Here
Nine cases were disposed of in District Court yesterday including four against adults and five against juveniles. Pleas of guilty were entered in three adult cases. one adult had sentence deferred. Other defendants received various sentences including forged check, grand larceny, and arson charges. Several juveniles faced charges of theft and burning an automobile, with cases continued or paroled to relatives or guardians.
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J. H. Jordan
McNally - Hall Motor Co
N. Main St
American National Bank of
Jacksonville
Fla
Noel
Red) Hawkins
Jerry L. Russell
Merlin McDermott
McDermott
S. J. Wagner
G. C. Porter
East Grand Plains
Russell
Charles C. McGuffin
McGuffin
North Main St
Hawkins
Edward L. Harbrough
First National Bank
Glenn Sweatfield
Sinclair
Morrison's
NMMI Polo Team Honored At Cadet Review
A regimental review at New Mexico Military Institute will honor the NMMI polo team for winning the Townsend Trophy at the National Intercollegiate Indoor Polo tourney. Cadet Jack Dean will accept the award for the team from Peter Hurd after the cadets defeated Yale in New York City. The ceremony, open to the public, takes place at 4 30 P M on the Institute Parade Grounds.
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Corps of Cadets
New Mexico Military Institute
NMMI
Peter Hurd
Jack Dean
Yale University
New York City
Mississippi
Institute
Dona Ana County to oppose race track near Anapra
Citizens meeting in Las Cruces adopt a resolution opposing a proposed race track near Anapra New Mexico. The group from Dona Ana County expresses strong opposition in Friday night session.
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Las Cruces
Dona Ana County
Anapra
N. M
Coupon System May Bring Butter To American Tables
The government considers coupons to move surplus butter and cheese to consumers. Wives would receive a coupon with each pound bought, redeemable at the same store for one pound of government surplus at a lower price. Plan aims to move about 300 million pounds of butter and 312 million pounds of cheese. specifics await a news conference and final decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benson
Brown Inheritance Case to Be Lengthy
The hearing on the Heirs of Dollie R. Brown versus James Britt Brown Jr and others ran Friday in A. W. Marshall's district court. Plaintiffs seek to determine if Brown, released in 1951 after a 1942 murder conviction, can inherit part of his mother's estate amid multiple defendants and varied counsel.
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Brown
Dollie R. Brown
James Britt Brown Jr
Magnolia Petroleum Co
A. W. Marshall, Deming
6Th Judicial District
Portales
Lynell Skarda
Clovis
Bill Bondurant
James T. Jennings
Roswell
T. E
Democrats Make No Endorsements At City Meeting
In Roswell a city Democratic convention voted to not endorse any candidate for city office in the April 6 municipal election. The gathering at the junior high school auditorium adjourned after 8 minutes with 45 attendees. City Clerk C M Robbins announced the Greater Roswell Party ticket filing for March 7 candidates, with filing deadline set for March 20.
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Greater Roswell
H. C. Buchly
James T. Jennings
John F. Russell
C. M. Robbins
Drought Crisis Deepens Across Plains States
Farmers and ranchers say drought remains the worst in US history with talks of feeding people not cattle as 112 Texas county judges appeal to Gov. Shivers for aid. A. D. Sappington warns continued drought could force famine. limited rains and dust storms persist through Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico as officials assess critical wheat losses.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Colorado
Missouri
Kansas
Texas Water Board
The
Soil Conservation
United States
Eisenhower
Amarillo
Texas Plains
Allan Shivers
Plains
A. D. Sappington
Missouri Farmers Assn
Uvalde
Tex
Lester O. Parsons
U.S. Farm Home Administration
Oklahoma Panhandle
Cimarron
Beaver
Woodward
Greer
Harmon
Tillman
Harper
Roger Mills
Parsons
Texas County
New Mexico and Kansas Endure Severe Drought and Dust
Weather officials describe much below normal precipitation across New Mexico with winter wheat damaged and little spring forage. Western Kansas faces ongoing dust storms and Gov Arn calls a Monday conference of western county officials to discuss soil and water actions amid deep drought across the region.
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Texas
George von Eschen
Weather’ Bureau
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Kansas
Edward F. Arn
Wable Convicted as Phantom Slayer on Turnpike
A Greensburg jury found 24 year old John Wesley Wable guilty of shooting Harry F. Pitts on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last July 28 and sentenced him to death by electric chair. Prosecutors tied two other killings and a wounding to the same gun. Wable was captured in New Mexico last October.
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Greensburg
John Wesley Wable
Wable
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Pitts
Chiopyle
Lester B. Woodward
Duncannon
John K. Shepherd
West Alexander
New Mexico
Documents Missing at Hanford Atomic Plant
Washington report says substantial quantities of secret papers possibly related to hydrogen bomb production are missing from the government’s 400 000 acre Hanford atomic plant in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hanford
Wash
Gruenther Links Soviet Aircraft Attack to World Tension
Gen Alfred M Gruenther supreme Allied Commander Europe says the Friday attack on two U S planes near the German border shows renewed hostility from the Soviet type aircraft and signals risk to free nations.
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Omaha
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
U. S
Patna
Free World
Second Well Bursts Into Flames in Lea County Oil Field
A second oil well fire erupts in Lea County near Jal as Continental Oil Bell Lake Unit No. 1 catches fire after a blowout destroying a $1 million drilling rig owned by Heimreich and Payne of Odessa. The blaze follows a separate gas well fire near Hobbs at Sinclair Oil No. 130.
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Lea County
Associated Press
Bell Lake
Continental Oil
Heimreich and Payne
Odessa
Tex
Jal
Bell-Lake
Hobbs
Sinclair Oil
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Congress
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Women’s Auxiliary
Chaves County
State Highway Commission
Warren R. Cobean
C. M. Woodbury
City Hall
United States Weather Bureau
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W. H. Gower
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