Four-vehicle crash injures one in Roswell intersection
A 5 45 p m crash at West Second and Lea involved a Roswell Transit Co bus, a 1953 Mercury sedan driven by Earnest Hodges, a 1940 Buick sedan driven by Sam T Jack and a 1950 Dodge panel truck from Roswell Laundry Co. The Mercury collided with the bus in the intersection, the bus overturned, and Hodges sustained minor injuries.
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Roswell Transit Co
West Second
Lea
Earnest Hodges
S. Adams Ave
Nickson
Marshall Clinic
Illiat
Ford
W. F. Farrel
William W. Parsons
E. Reed St
E. Albuquerque St
McNally-Hall Motor Co
North Sea
Hodges
Roswell Auto Co
Buick
North Lea
Sam T. Jack
S. Mulberry Ave
Roswell Laundry Co
Mercury
Dodge
Old Master to Direct Shooting of Gas Well
Viet Minh and French forces clash around Dien Bien Phu with ongoing shelling and air strikes as both sides report ground contacts and preparations for a major assault. Myron Kinley, famed wildcat well firefighter, likely to oversee the blowout shooting of Continental Bell Lake Unit No 1 near Jal in Lea County, with Red Adair assisting on nearby wells.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Vo Nguyen Giap
Three Parties Compete in Roswell City Election
Three parties contest the April 6 Roswell city election with a full Greater Roswell slate and two other groups the Nu and Independent Citizens. Nu candidate is R H Davis and Independent Citizens nominee is Doyal. Greater Roswell’s incumbent police judge is R L Ballard. Henry S Corzine has not named his party.
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Greater Roswell
Independent Citizens
R. H
Pop) Davis
Doyal
Henry S. Corzine
R. L. Ballard
Weather Review: Temperatures Range as Dust Persists
Reading from yesterday afternoon to today shows highs near 63 and a low of 39 with a forecast of moderate winds and continued dust. Expected high around 65 and a low near 35 with increasing clouds and a slight warming tomorrow.
Teacher Tenure Victory Is Scored
In Santa Fe the State Board of Education won a major victory in a teacher tenure case. District Judge David Carmody dismissed a temporary order seeking review of the board's reinstatement of Eloise Valley, a Hobbs school teacher. The ruling blocks direct attacks on the state board's tenure actions and may lead to an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Santa FE
State Board of Education
Dist
David Carmody
Eloise Valley
Hobbs
Walter Kegel
Hobbs Board of Education
Valley
Nitro Shoot Set At Blazing Wildcat Gas Well Near Jal
A nitro shoot is planned at Continental Oil Co. Bell Lake Unit No. 1 wildcat 25 miles west of Jal to extinguish a blaze that has burned since Saturday. Crews remove hot debris while winds delay work and a gas shutoff is prepared for Sinclair Barber well No. 13, which burned for six days. Gas flow is about 100 million cubic feet daily.
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Continental Bell Lake Unit
Jal
Continental Bell- Lake
Wildcat
Jalin Lea County
Roswell Daily Record
Houston
Tex
Myron Kinley
Kinley
Red Adair
Sinclair Barber No. 13
Hobbs
Continental
Bell Lake
Wildcat Bell- Lake
Sinclair Barber Well No. 13
Continental Oil Co
Sinclair
Pleads Not Guilty In Break-in Cases At Local Court
Lind Aguilar, 18, entered not guilty pleas in the court of Justice of the Peace R. Perry Bean to breaking and entering and attempted breaking and entering. He faced charges tied to a break-in at Mark Howell School and an attempted entry at a 10th Street grocery, both on Sunday March 13. Bond was set at $1,000 on each count.
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R. Perry Bean
Lind Aguilar
Mark Howell School
W. College Blvd
10Th Street
Playday planned for White Sands in Alamogordo
Plans for the annual White Sands Playday on April 10 are under the direction of Uel M. Lane, chair man of the organizing group. Between 7 000 and 8 000 persons are expected.
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Alamogordo
White Sands
Uel M. Lane
President Scores Big Victory In House Tax Bill Action
President Eisenhower won a major House passage of a tax revision despite no personal income tax cut. The bill passed 210 to 204 as Democrats sought to raise exemptions from 600 to 700 dollars. Senate fight looms with administration promising a tough battle ahead.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Congress
Ing
Rep
Kirwan
Ohio
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Richard M. Simpson
Pennsylvania
Dow Seeks Ballot Spot for Judge Nomination
Former New Mexico attorney general Robert C. Dow of Lovington petitions the New Mexico Supreme Court to place his name on the Democratic ballot for Division III judge in the Fifth Judicial District. The court asked briefs by next Monday and may hear arguments. Dow opposes incumbent John R. Brand of Hobbs. no Republican opponent is expected. Dow was purged from the registration list years ago for not voting in two general elections but re-registered last month. Attorney General Richard Robinson says Dow is not a legal candidate due to six month registration rule. Dow served as general counsel for the federal land bank of Wichita, Kansas for years.
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Santa FE
Robert C. Dow
Lovington
Supreme Court
Fifth Judicial District
High Court
Dow
John R. Brand
Hobbs
Atty
Richard Robinson
Federal Land Bank of
Wichita
Kan
Farmers Guests at Roswell Rotary Dinner
The annual rural urban program at the Roswell Rotary Club drew 170 attendees last night at Dexter school cafeteria 15 miles south. Farmers from Dexter East Grand Plains and Hagerman joined 90 Rotarians with Dr. E N Jones Texas Tech president speaking on Future Trends in Southwest Agriculture.
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Roswell
Joe Lackey
Rotary Club
J. W. Gibson
Poland’s Bierut resigns premiership for party post
First Secretary Boleslaw Bierut of Warsaw, the top Polish Communist leader since World War II, resigns as premier to take the post of first secretary of the United Polish Workers Communist party, in a government announcement today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Boleslaw Bierut
United Polish Workers (Communist) Party
Jailbreaker Recaptured After River Chase near Colorado City
Tired and hungry jailbreaker David Leach, 28, was recaptured this morning on the banks of the Colorado River near Colorado City. He was the last of five inmates who escaped from the Howard County jail in Big Spring Tuesday.
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Colorado City
Tex
David Leach
Colorado River
Here
Howard County
Big Spring
Roswell Soldiers Assigned to Ft Bliss Training Center
Two Roswell area soldiers begin their second eight weeks of basic training at the Antiaircraft Artillery Replacement Training Center at Fort Bliss Texas. Pvt. John C. Seifert is son of Clarence H. Seifert of 2207 N Garden Ave and Pvt Floyd E Lockaby is son of Charlie Lockaby Route 1.
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FT. Bliss
Fort Bliss
Tex
Roswell
John C. Seifert
Clarence H. Seifert
N. Garden Ave
Floyd E. Lockaby
Charlie [ Lockaby
Route 1
Boy Forgives Companion for Fatal Gun Wound
In Kalamazoo Michigan two 15 year olds were target shooting when a small calibre rifle fired fatally. Before he died Robert Pratt forgave his companion William Woodhams Jr saying he did not mean it. The statement was made to a policeman as the incident unfolded.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Robert Pratt
William Woodhams Jr
William
Robert
Man Jumps From Hilton Window In Albuquerque
R. S. Trothro of Lubbock Texas fell or jumped from a fifth floor Hilton Hotel window at 9 a.m. Police called his condition critical with multiple injuries. Hilton official Marc W. Neal said evidence suggests he jumped as window latches were removed and no note was left. He registered at 6:26 p.m. yesterday and first aid splints delayed ambulance transport.
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Albuquerque
R. S. Trothro
Lubbock
Tex
Hilton Hotel
Trothro
Marc W. Neal
Hilton
Firms urged to submit Red Cross employee reports
Robert H. Beck, general chairman of the Red Cross fund drive employee division, asks business firms to report employee contributions this week. Of 150 firms, only 52 have reported. The drive seeks 6,000 members with $1 donations counting as membership. 15,000 members are needed to reach the quota. Contributions may be left at the Chamber of Commerce or picked up by calling 3000. Firms with 100 percent employee reports include Myers Company, S. H. Kress & Co., Kessel's 5 & 10c Store, and Foster Fofo Shop, totaling 25 reporting firms.
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Robert H. Beck
Red Cross Fund Campaign
Beck
Chamber of Commerce
Myers Company
S. H. Kress & Co
Kessel’s
Foster Fofo
American airmen die in Marine helicopter crash near Yokohama
Three American airmen were killed when a U S Marine helicopter crashed north of Yokohama. Names were withheld.
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Yokohama
McCarthy Plans Milwaukee Reply Speech Despite Illness
Senator McCarthy, confined with virus laryngitis and a 103 degree fever, plans a Milwaukee address to the County Young Republican Club as his reply to Adlai Stevenson. He seeks network time on CBS and NBC, while Stevenson accuses McCarthyism of steering politics toward totalitarianism.
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Milwaukee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Adlai E. Stevenson
Raulf Hanson
Stevenson
Miami
Eisenhower
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
Republican National Committee
Nixon
Milwaukee County Young Republican Club
Chicago Tribune
WGN
Republican Party
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Army
El Paso Chamber Group Proposes Ban on Objectionable Comics
The Youth Activities Committee of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce announces a campaign to ban comic books deemed objectionable. The group argues certain magazines overemphasize crime and sex.
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EL Paso
Youth Activities Committee
Women’s Division
el Paso Chamber of Commerce
Iomic
Tom F. Keleher Leather Co. to Close After 75 Years
Albuquerque reports the historic Tom F. Keleher Leather Co. is shutting down after 75 years. Founder Thomas F. Keleher Sr. established the business on Old Town Plaza in 1879, and his son, who now leads, says he will retire.
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Albuquerque
Tom’ ‘F. Keleher
Thomas F. Keleher
Old Town Plaza
Local Woman Files 130317 Suit in Death of Husband
Two suits filed against Trans ocean Airlines over a March 20 1953 crash 30 miles southeast of Oakland California. Olimpia and Antonita Candelaria seek 100000 in Alameda County California for their son A Ramon C Candelaria. Barbara J Malady Roswell seeks 130317 for her husband Robert Patrick Malady 24 in U S District Court Albuquerque. Thirty five died in the crash.
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Associated Press
Transocean Airlines
Oakland
Calif
Albuquerque
Olimpia
Antonita Candelaria
Alameda County
Ramon C. Candelaria
Barbara J. Malady
Roswell
Robert Patrick Malady
U. S. District Court
Senate Pushes Chaves Case Review Amid Extended Session
Senate leaders plan to extend workdays Monday and Tuesday to resolve the Chavez New Mexico election contest. Senator Hennings will deliver a minority report on the election investigation, initially set for Wednesday but delayed by illness.
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Senate
Chavez
Ashington
Knowland
R-Calif
New Mexico
Hennings
D-Mo
Henning
Patrick J. Hurley
Dennis Chavez
Hawaii
Alaska
Senate Rules Committee
Sen. Chavez
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Santa Fe seeks ruling on county oil lease validity
Santa Fe District Court is asked to determine if an oil lease on 440 acres of state land in Chaves County issued in 1943 to Barney Cockburn and J. C. Watson Drilling Co. was valid without competitive bidding in a restricted area. Land Commissioner E S Walker argues bidding was required.
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Santa FE
E. S. Walker
Santa Fe District Court
Chaves
Walker
H. R. Rodgers
Barney Cockburn
J. C. Watson Drilling Co
Artesia
Missing Banker Returns To Fearful Alabama Town
Royal Reynolds, missing banker, returned to Clio Alabama with his wife amid fear of loss by depositors. He faced embezzlement warrants for about 1800, bonds posted, records kept, and 150 families affected as the town of 900 confronted a cash shortage and missing records at Merchants Exchange.
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AL Lanier Clio
Ala
Royal Reynolds
Virginia
Roanoke
Reynolds
W. D. Anderson
Sue
Crews Johnson
Barbour County
Dan Easterling
First National Bank of Atlanta
Easterling
25 Percent Fail to Pay Occupation Tax
City clerk C. M. Robbins said 75 percent of those due have paid the municipal occupation tax while 25 percent have not. A 19 percent penalty plus 1 percent per month is charged for late payment as the deadline closes and 176 persons remain unpaid.
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Merk C
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Roy Lee Walker
American Legion Auxiliary
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American Legion
Wilmot
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