Sabotage Suspected in Fire Aboard Empire Wind Rescue
A large British troopship Empire Wind rush rescued off Algiers after a blaze that killed four crewmen. London papers raised sabotage rumors, while Admiralty gave no comment. About 1,500 Britons including 277 women were evacuated as the ship burned 20 miles off the coast.
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Algiers
Algeria
Demme
Chugreenana
Niveau Sviders
Mediterranean
London
Admiralty
Transport Ministry
Suez Canal
Far East
Suez
William Wilson
Weather Summary from United States Weather Bureau
Reading shows temperatures from 2 pm yesterday to 11 am today with highs near 84 and lows around 51. Precipitation none in past 24 hours. month to date trace. year to date 1.35 inches. Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness, windy conditions, cooler today and tonight with high 78 and low 40. Sunrise 5 52 sunset 6 15 length 12 4 hours.
Cattlemen Urged Solutions Beyond Higher Livestock Prices
J Z Rowe of New Mexico A and M College urges ranchers to adopt improved breeding programs management and marketing to cut costs. He notes many NM ranches earn under 5000 yearly and warns too many uneconomic units persist even with price shifts.
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New Mexico
Rowe
Chief Justice of Egypt Shoots Rioters and Military Maintains Order
In New Mexico, a separate report notes ongoing oil field fires near Lea County with nitroglycerine blasts attempted to extinguish the Sinclair No. 13 Barber well near Monument and a long burning Bell Lake unit 1 well. Cattlemen push beef as solution to economic woes at the 40th New Mexico Cattle Growers Assn. convention with leaders and officials from state and national cattle groups.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
J. Z. Rowe
New Mexico A&m College
The
New Mexico Cattle Growers Assn
Egypt
Hobbs
Sinclair
Jal
New Mexico Cattlement
J. Garland
Cotton John Smith
Amarillo
Tex
F. H. Chilcote
Clayton
Farmers and Stockmen’s Bank
Union County
American National Cattlemen's Assn
Asst
Ross Rizzley
M. J. Cook
Department
A. P. Winston
New Mexico State Police
Linda Lambert
Mosquero
New Mexico Hereford Assn
Estancia
L. P. McCann
American Hereford Assn
Ed Heringa
J. S. Culberson
Lordsburg
George F. Ellis
Bell Ranch
E. O. Moore Jr
Carlsbad
Kelsey Presley
Gallup
Horace H. Henning
Newexico Junior Cattle Growers Assn
Colorado
Arizona
Texas
Cairo Turmoil as Naguib Faces Military Rule Crisis
Cairo braces as tanks and helmeted troops patrol strategic squares amid anti-Naguib demonstrations. An order bans protests while the army supports the Revolution Council and an appointed National Advisory Council replaces a promised constituent assembly.
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Cairo
Egypt
Constituent Assembly
Revolution Council
Mohamed Naguib
Ruling
Abdel Hakim Amer
State Council
Supreme Court
Abdel Razzak Sanhouri
Naguib
Sanhouri
Interior Ministry
Almaza
Farouk
Goodby
King Saud
Public housing split in Congress as Eisenhower program debated
Washington AP reports the House weighs President Eisenhower's four year plan for 140000 public housing units against the Appropriations Committee's two year, 35000 unit limit. Rival promises surface as lawmakers prepare to vote amid debates on the housing bill and related budget cuts. L F Woodhead, 79, longtime Roswell utility chief, dies at Nogal Lake road collision. inquest held in Capitan.
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House
Washington
Eisenhower
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Rep
Javiers
R-Lib
Veterans Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Hawaii
Alaska
Senate House
L. F. Woodhead
Roswell
C. C. Chambers
Nogal Lake
Lincoln County
Mr. Woodhead
Chambers
Capitan
Nogal
New Mexico Road
Tennessee
Chattanooga
University of Tennessee
General Electric Co
Washington, D. C
Rocky Ford
Colo
Albuquerque
Southwestern Public Service Co
Dan H. Wilmot
Woodhead
Wilmot
Main St
Platt Drug No
Guy Whicker
Maj. W. L. Nance
Student Art Work To Go on Display At Youth Center
An exhibit of student art work and writing from first to ninth grade pupils opens at the Chaves County Memorial Youth Center. The display, created by grades 3–8 posters, 4–8 essays, 1–2 scrap books, and 1–8 jingles, is part of a city and county safety contest. Grand prizes will be announced at 7 30 tomorrow night during open house, with awards to top winners in each school and the show remaining televised all week.
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Chaves County Memorial
Women's Auxiliary
Roswell
Chamber
Burr Powell
John A. Barnett
Voters Learn They May Ballot for All Aldermen
City Clerk C. M. Robbins explains the municipal election on April 6 lets voters choose six aldermen total. In addition to their ward’s alderman, residents select one from each of Wards 2, 3, 4, and 5, with all six seats on the ballot.
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C. M. Robbins
Siamese Triplets Born in Montreal Face Health Struggles
A Montreal mother, Mrs. James Savage, gave birth to triplets with two Siamese girls in poor condition while a third girl is normal. Doctors say Siamese twins in a triplet birth are unprecedented in their experience. The family includes a 9 year old boy and two daughters aged 8 and 7.
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Montreal
James Savage
Area Cadets Honored as Distinguished Military Students
Cadets Dan Buchly of Roswell and Bud Reid of Dexter were among 12 named Distinguished Military Students at New Mexico Military Institute during a regimental review. Other honorees include Jim Chamberlain Rushville Nebraska Chad Thompson Denver Glenn Pohly Los Angeles Jim Pryor Houston Dick Staley El Paso Bruce Strathearn Simi Hugh Sharp El Paso Ronald Shoemaker Albuquerque Ed Shillingburg Gallup and John Wright Albuquerque.
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Dan Buchly
Roswell
Bud Reid
Dexter
New Mexico Military Institute
Jim Chamberlain
Rushville
Nebr
Chad Thompson
Denver
Colo
Glenn Pohly
Los Angeles
Calif
Jim Pryor
Houston
Texas
Dick Staley
el Paso
Bruce Strathearn
Simi
Hugh Sharp
Ronald Shoemaker
Albuquerque
Ed Shillingburg
Gallup
John Wright
Military Department
Buchly
Howard C. Buchly
W. Seventh St
Reid
John Reid
Bronco
Needy Cases Receive February Aid in Chaves County
State Director Richard E. Strahlem reported that 704 needy cases in Chaves County received 32758 dollars for February maintenance. The largest payment was 19122 dollars to 432 old age assistance cases. 16162 dollars went to 607 children under aid to dependent children, plus smaller sums to other services and 51 cases received other special services.
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Santa FE
Richard E. Strahlem
Department of Public Welfare
Chaves County
Child Welfare Services
Crippled Children’s Services
Division of Services To
Longshoremen Protest With Capital Pickets
About 1 200 to 1 400 longshoremen from New York protested at the White House in Washington over the dock strike. They marched in a large oval along the Pennsylvania Avenue front of the executive mansion and planned picketing at the NLRB as it reviews an examiner’s election ruling against the old ILA.
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Washington
White House
New York
Metropolitan
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
International Longshoremen’s Assn
ILA
Afl-Ila
American Federation of Labor
ILA J
Pennsylvania Avenue
Executive Mansion
Another Man Dies On New Mexico Highways
Associated Press reports State Police Chief Joe Roach voices alarm at rising New Mexico highway deaths. Tony Lopez, 19, of Tijeras, died when his car overturned repeatedly on U S Highway 66 west of Albuquerque. He was among 76 New Mexicans killed this year out of 101 total fatalities, with 25 out-of-state deaths.
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Associated Press
Joe Roach
U. S.highway 66
Albuquerque
Tony Lopez
Tijeras
Roach
Cold Wave Brings Wind and Clouds to New Mexico
An early spring cold front pushed into New Mexico bringing widespread cloud cover and gusty winds. Temperatures fell up to 15 degrees with some areas reporting freezing readings and heavy wind especially in the eastern sections as moisture and possible showers fill the week.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Carlsbad
Zuni
Clayton
District Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Pair of DWI Cases Handled on Weekend
Weekend docket reports two DWI convictions yes in separate courts. In Justice of the Peace R. Perry Bean court a man who gave name James C Jowers was fined 100 dollars and had driving rights revoked for one year. Ruth Moore paid 150 dollars and lost driving rights for a year in Police Judge R L Ballard court. Police Court blotter lists eight other cases with fines totaling 145 dollars including disorderly conduct intoxication reckless driving drunk and vagrancy and profane language.
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R. Perry Bean
James C. Jowers
Ruth Moore
R. L. Ballard
Corporal John Hetzal Arrives at Fort Hood
Fort Hood welcomes Cpl. John M. Hetzal from Roswell New Mexico after service in Korea. He joins the 1st Armored Division and holds a Purple Heart for combat action. His parents Mr and Mrs R Hetzel reside in Brownwood Texas.
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Fort Hood
Texas
John M. Hetzal
Roxie E. Hetzal
W. Alameda St
Roswell
Korea
1St Armored Division
Hetzal
R. Hetzel
Beaver St
Brownwood
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