Park Use Temporarily For Lions Little League Baseball
A special city council meeting approved temporary use of Missouri Avenue Park for this season with conditions. A citizen committee from property owners Little League and the council will seek an alternate site. if not found the park will host the league under oversight.
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Missouri Avenue Park
Lions
City Hall
Little League
Missouri Avenue
Max Littell
Roswell
Charlie Fonville
Evening Optimist Club
The
Hondo Park
Optimist
Hondo Bank
David A. Dunn
S. Michigan Ave
Dunn
See Baseball
Prospecting Is Museum Subjects Talk Saturday
William A. Bradley of Lytle Engineering will discuss uranium prospecting in the southwest and the use of electronic instruments for locating deposits and assaying. The free talk at 8 p.m. in Roswell Museum’s main gallery is part of an evening program series.
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William A. Bradley
Lytle Engineering Company
Albuquerque
Roswell Museum
Bradley
United States
California
American West
Motorcycle collision leads to two damage suits
A motorcycle-automobile crash and a two car collision sparked two damage suits in the district clerk's office with combined asks totaling 10 044.04 dollars. Frank J Tansley seeks 9149 50 in damages against Jack R Sutton for injuries from the October 30 1956 wreck on New Mexico Road 13. The plaintiffs case lists impairment of earning capacity 5000 dollars bodily pain 2000 dollars medical expenses 1000 dollars wages 850 dollars future medical costs 300 dollars. The Hendersons Chester A and Goldie sue George E Van Skike and Elwed Green for 894.04 dollars from a December 1 incident near Roswell with a 1954 Chevrolet and a 1950 Mercury. Goldie seeks 500 for head and facial injuries with medical costs 58 dollars and 336 04 for vehicle damage.
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Frank J. Tansley
Jack R. Sutton
Tansley
New Mexico
Sutton
Chester A
Goldie Henderson
George E. van Skike
Elwed Green
Walker Air Force Base
Hendersons
U. S. Highway 285
Roswell
Skike
Green
Hammarskjold and Nasser Discuss Suez and Gaza Tensions
U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold began talks in Cairo with Egyptian officials to advance Suez Canal operation plans and ease Arab Israeli tensions. He was to meet President Nasser and press for nonbelligerency pledges while Gaza plans drawn. Egypt may resist modifying its stance on a peace process with Israel.
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Nasser
Egypt
Hammarskjeld
Israel
Suez Canal
Gulf of Aqaba
Hammarskjold
Gaza Strip
Mediterranean
UNEF
Gaza
Tucker
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Britain
U.N
Hammarskskjold
Middle East
Strip
Jordan
Israeli Foreign Foreign Ministry
Tel Aviv
Mixed Armistice Commission
Jerusalem
Lee Hammarskjold
Cypriots reject NATO mediation offer on Cyprus crisis
Greek Cypriots and Greece rejected Britain backed NATO mediation to resolve the Cyprus dispute. Lennox-Boyd said Makarios would be freed if he halted violence, while Karamanlis denounced Western mediation as against U N backed negotiations for a peaceful settlement.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
NATO
Alan Lennox-Boyd
House of Commons
London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
East
Mediterranean
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Themistocles N. Dervis
Great Britain
Makarios
Lennox-Boyd
EOKA
Athens
Constantine Karamanlis
U. N. General Assembly
New Mexico Farm Acreage Cut By Two Thirds
New Mexico farms sign conservation reserve contracts covering 575051 acres through March 15, with 762000 acres retired from cultivation this year. Wheat and cotton lands add 173268 and 13832 acres respectively, with $4.689 million in annual payments and 80 percent government cost share for grasses. Roosevelt Curry and Quay counties show large contract totals.
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Robert A. Barnes
Associated Press
New Mexico
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Ed Heringa
ASC
Soil Bank
Heringa
Dale Helsper
Curry County
Roosevelt County
Quay County
Bermuda talks center on Britain defence cuts and US plans
At the Mid Ocean Club Eisenhower and Macmillan discuss Britain's planned military reductions and the impact on Western defenses. Officials warn the United States may need new commitments as Britain weighs cuts in West Germany Korea and other posts.
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Tucker
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Britain
United States
Mid-Ocean Club
U.S
Middle East
Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Free World
Washington
West Germany
South Korea
Hong Kong
Singapore
Malaya
Libya
Cyprus
Malta
Gibraltar
Texas House Approves Bat Killing Bill in Belfry
The Texas House unanimously passed a bill allowing people with bats in the belfry to kill them citing a health hazard. Rep. J B Walling of Wichita Falls supported the measure noting the danger.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
J. B. Walling
Wichita Falls
No Blank Check on New Foreign Aid Powers
Senators Sparkman and Hickenlooper said Congress is unlikely to grant President Eisenhower a freer hand in the new foreign aid program. The president seeks greater flexibility, with a 200 million dollar Middle East fund continuing, plus a 100 million dollar discretionary fund and authority to transfer up to 150 million more, but lawmakers expect no major authority increase.
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Washington
Sparkman
D-Ala
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Congress
Eisenhower
Pin Up For A Hold Up Hides Cash In Diaper
Philadelphia Mrs. Robina Hartung outwitted a robber by hiding 120 dollars in her diaper change scheme. The intruder forced entry and urged permission to change the 7 month old baby while she swapped cash from a budget envelope into the diaper. The thief missed money hidden elsewhere.
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Philadelphia
Robina Hartung
J. D. Shinkle Fete Set for Sunday
The Roswell Area Council of Parent-Teachers Associations will honor outgoing city school superintendent J. D. Shinkle with an open house at Roswell High School Sunday. The event runs 2 to 5 p.m. with a piano duet by Mrs. Bernard Ginsberg and Mrs. Lyman Sanders Jr. and performances by co workers and former students. Shinkle retires and will stay in an advisory role. H. F. Allred will become superintendent.
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Roswell Area
Council of Parent-Teachers Associations
J. D. Shinkle
Roswell
Bernard Ginsberg
Lyman Sanders Jr
Shinkle
H. F. Allred
Bennetts Welcome Third Set Of Twins To 15 Children
Fowlerville Mich. Marital row notes Joseph B Bennett a construction engineer and his wife have just welcomed their third set of twins, bringing their total to fifteen children in the Bennetts family.
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Fowlerville
Mich
Joseph B. Bennetts
Bennetts
Betty Field and Edwin J. Lukas Obtain Marriage License
New York stage and screen actress Betty Field and attorney Edwin J. Lukas aged 55 secured a marriage license yesterday Field listed her age as 39 and is recently divorced in Mexico from playwright Elmer Rice last May
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New York
Betty Field
Edwin J. Lukas
Miss Field
Mexico
Elmer Rice
House May Extend Excise or Corporation Taxes Months
Senator Byrd said House leaders agree to a 15 month extension of present corporation and excise tax rates to July 1 1958. Current extension to April 1 1958 would lapse revenue. The plan aligns tax dates with the fiscal year and could reach the White House before March 31.
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House
Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Congress
White House
Teen Age Gangs Reshape Chicago Crime Headlines
Chicago headlines shift to juvenile gang violence with recent slayings and motel robbery. Police warn the city remains unsafe as officials debate crime trends, noting 1956 saw 12 439 cases including 747 car thefts and 614 burglaries, with most remaining in minor class.
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Chicago
Walter Devereux
Chicago Crime Commission
Police Department
Heavy Snow Hits Cloudcroft and Roswell Rainfall Update
Cloudcroft reports 17 inches of snow with skies clearing as Roswell totals 1.53 inches for the year and .74 inches that day. Ruidoso received about an inch while the high country sees snowfall with melted remains by noon. Vic Lamb notes lighter showers and blue skies elsewhere.
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Roswell
Weather Bureau
Ruidesb
Vic Lamb
Ruideso News
Lamb
Ruidoso
Cloudcroft
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Ray Tross
New Mexico State College
Roswell High School
New Mexico Military Institute
Fort Bragg
N. C
82Nd Airborne Division
Army Pvt
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Delia Gregg Fisher
S. Kentucky Ave
Army
Sammie T. Carr
Tipton C. Carr
Oak Dr
Wally Ferguson
N. M
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Robinson
Horace Peters
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