Rockets Pioneer C W Mansuer Dies at 60 in Las Cruces
Charles Wright Mansuer a longtime assistant to Dr. Robert Goddard and later aerospace engineer at Curtis Wright and White Sands Missile Range died in a Las Cruces hospital. He was 58 his death followed a career spanning Worcester Roswell Annapolis and New Jersey. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in Las Cruces with burial at Hill Crest Memorial Gardens. He was born in Rutland Vermont in 1905 and worked closely with Goddard from 1925 onward remaining his trusted aide. He is survived by two brothers in Massachusetts and a niece in New Jersey.
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Charles Wright Mansuer
Las Cruces
Mr. Mansuer
Rutland, VI
Herbert and
Jenny Cutler Mansuer
Worcester
Mass
Robert Goddard
Clark University
Dr. Goddard
Roswell
Goddards
Goddard
Annapolis
Mansner
Rocket Pioneer
Curtis- Wright Corporation
New Jersey
White Sands Missile Range
Mansuer
CME Smith
Rillis Odell Hicks
S. Ohio Ave
Hicks
Chaves County
Herbert B. Johnson
South Park Cemetery
Otho Armstrong
Sims Dennis
Joe Ray
Louie Hunt
Tom Heard
Azel Savage
Wirtz Ordered to Seize Ballots in AFL CIO Vote
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals directed Secretary of Labor W Willard Wirtz to take custody of ballots in the AFL CIO International Union of Electrical Workers presidency contest. The ballots stay impounded during a Labor Department investigation with access allowed only under agency supervision.
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Washington
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Labor Department
James B. Carey
Super Vision
Labor Department to probe Careys election amid ballot dispute
The Labor Department will investigate the re election in a union race after Paul Jennings claimed fraud and sought observation rights for observers. Ballots totaling over 190000 were cast and were impounded by the court then stored in Washington. Carey contends victory by about 2000 votes.
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Paul Jennings
Carey
Labor Department
Washington
Wirtz
Jennings
Newark
N.J
Widow Edith Vesely Named to Replace Late Senator
The Grant County Commission appointed Edith Lorain Vesely widow of the late State Sen. Vincent Vesely to fill his unexpired term in the New Mexico Legislature. Vesely died of a heart attack at Santa Fe Hospital after collapsing in the Senate. She will be the only woman in the Senate and the first from Grant County.
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Silver City
Vincent Vesely
D-Grant
New Mexico
Grant County
Edith Loraine Vesely
Senate
Santa Fe St. Vincent Hospital
Vesely
Santa Fe
Roswell Daily Record Seeks Tips and Circulation Help
The Roswell Daily Record offers five dollars weekly for the best tip. Call MA 2710 from 6 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or 627 6693 or 622 4809 after 5 p.m. Carriers are instructed to place papers on porches, with service issues to be reported to circulation between 5 and 7 p.m. weekdays and 8 to 10 a.m. Sundays.
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Roswell Daily Record
Devoted Beer Drinkers Warned by Union President
Cincinnati based Karl Feller, leader of the Brewery Workers Union, writes in the union magazine that Americans may seek unusual beers such as lager and lime, cherry beer, unhopped beer, and beer aspic. He says drinkers tire of the old taste and that lab tests could boost beer sales more than advertising.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Brewery Workers Union
Karl Feller
Gromyko Arrives in London for Viet Nam Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko arrived in London for a four day visit and held a two hour discussion with Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart on Viet Nam. British proposals seek an informal cease fire followed by negotiations with North Viet Nam pressuring aid to the Viet Cong and U S air strikes. International supervision proposed for the border and a settlement to protect South Viet Nam’s status.
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London
Andrei A. Gromyko
Viet Nam
Michael Stewart
Stewart
Johnson
Soviet Union
Gromyko
United States
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
United Nations
North
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Convention under way in El Paso
AP reports the 88th annual convention opens in El Paso with New Mexico Governor Jack Campbell and U S Representative Graham Purcell addressing attendees. Purcell highlights farm product price structure and market news dissemination as key to agriculture economics.
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EL Paso
Tex
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
New Mexico
Jack Campbell
U.S
Graham Purcell
D-Tex
New Mexico House Debates Weighted Voting For Reapportionment
The New Mexico House Privileges and Elections Committee backs a 77 member House with weighted votes based on population, totaling 509. A constitutional amendment proposal would enable weighted voting if approved by voters. Judge Caswell Neal previously ruled the method unconstitutional on 23 points. The panel also deferred action on a 72 member plan with five multi county districts.
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Santa FE
New Mexico House Privileges and Elections Committee
House
David Cargo
R-Bernalillo
Neal
Cargo
Caswell Neal
Carlsbad
Good Samaritan Pays High Price
Cleveland Ohio AP Edward Tribbett a 22 year old truck driver paid a heavy price for helping a motorist with a stalled car. He was pinned between vehicles and lost a leg his remaining leg was shattered and his gall bladder removed. He ended his engagement but would help again if needed though he doubts he can offer his life.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Edward Tribbett
Demonstrators Block German Troops In Danish Border Crossing
Left wing protesters halted a convoy of 43 trucks carrying 161 German army engineers at a Danish border crossroads 200 yards north of the border. Police dragged demonstrators away and six were arrested including a 55 year old Rev Harald Leebye who has been expelled from the Lutheran Church.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Jutland
Harald Leebye
Lutheran Church
Navajo Legislator Advances Pawn Jewelry Interest Bill
Representative Mon roe Jymm of McKinley moves a bill to cap Indian pawn jewelry interest at not more than 4 percent per month. The bill, passed unanimously in the House amid prior reports of up to 500 percent rates, targets Indian traders. Also noted: a separate bill to legalize local-option gambling failed in the Mexico House and an Elections Committee backed a Senate bill for emergency paper ballots in voting machine divisions.
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Santa FE
Monroe Jymm
D-Mckinley
Jymm
New Mexico
Albert Amador
D-Rio Arriba
House
Privileges and Elections Committee
Senate
General Appropriations Act Approves Final Figures
Mexico Appropriations and Finance Committee plans final figures for House Bill 300. Public school support set at 268 dollars per weighted child totaling about 90 million with a 183 thousand dollar cushion and a total general fund near 159 million. Figures are tentative pending Wednesday session review.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Appropriations and Finance Committee
Motor Department
State Welfare Department
Greeks and Turkish Cypriots Trade Threats Amid Tension
In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greece and Turkish Cypriots exchanged threats as clashes rose. A Greek Cypriot soldier died and two were wounded by fire in Lefka on the northwest coast, according to the guard headquarters.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Turkey
Lefka
Grant Crash Kills Chicago Man
A Chicago man died and three others were injured when a car overturned on New Mexico 90 about 32 miles southeast of Silver City. Elias Ponce was killed. Juana Medrano of El Paso and her children Paul, 15, and Erma, 4, were in fair condition.
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Silver City
Chicago
New Mexico
Elias Ponce
Juana Medrano
el Paso
Paul
Erma
Prompt Payment For Condemned Land Bill Passes
The New Mexico Senate 25 to 0 backed a bill to speed payment to owners whose land is condemned by the Highway Department. The measure requires the department to post cash equal to its offer with a district court clerk before taking land, allowing judges to distribute funds if trials arise. The bill also bans awards below the department’s offer.
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Santa FE
Highway Department
New Mexico
Senate
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sens
George Amaya
D-Mckinley
Afonso Montoya
D-Sandoval
Amaya
Farmer Jailed for Seven-Year Cage Death of Daughter
In Susonoachi Japan a farmer kept his mentally ill daughter in a cage for seven years until her death last week. The cage stood 5 ft 3 in high and 5 ft 10 in square. Police say Jusaburo Ichika wa 64 caged her for being deemed hopeless. She died at 34 after earlier confinement in two public mental hospitals. She was discharged in 1955 as incurable and the farmer said he lacked funds for a private facility.
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Susonomachi
Japan
Jusaburo Ichikawa
Markets List Loses Rise and Sags on Weak Stocks
The New York stock market declined in late trading with 5.4 million shares. Major movers included Sears Roebuck, Du Pont, Air Reduction, IBM, and U S Smelting with mixed results. Airlines slid while Wesco Financial and Financial Federation gained. Erie Lackawanna and Burroughs saw light activity as bonds held steady or rose.
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New York
Sears, Roebuck
du Pont
IBM
U.S
Sheriff Hay Answers Charges in Embezzlement Case
Former Bernalillo County Sheriff Lester Hay responds through his attorney M Ralph Brown to an indictment for embezzlement over out of state office fees. The motion seeks dismissal, challenging the grand jury, indictment validity, and cited statutes.
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Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
Lester Hay
Hay
M. Ralph Brown
Brown
Egg Market Chicago Steady with Unchanged Wholesale Prices
In Chicago the egg market remains steady with wholesale buying prices unchanged. Grade A whites 32 cents per dozen, mixed 32, mediums 28, standards 28 12, dirties unavoted. checks 25.
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Chicago
Market Averages Turn Slightly Lower Amid Trading
The Dow Jones averages show mixed movement with industrials around 999, utilities up modestly, and rail shares easing. Trading activity appears subdued as investors weigh recent earnings and economic signals.
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E. F. Hutton & Co
Chicago live cattle futures snapshot
The report lists futures quotations for live cattle in Chicago withApril June August and October contracts. Prices show highs and lows for each month with volumes noted and closing figures around the 23 to 24 area.
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Chicago
E. F. Hutton
New Superintendent Arrives in Artesia Schools
Dr. L. R. Westfall assumes duties as Artesia school system superintendent replacing Vernon Mills who resigned to join Clovis. Westfall, formerly Weatherford Oklahoma superintendent, plans to move his family to Artesia within two weeks after purchasing a home. Walter G. Short remains as acting superintendent during the transition.
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Artesia
L.R. Westfall
Westfall
Weatherford
Oklo
Walter G. Short
Vernon Mills
Clovis
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