Cattle Exposed to First Atomic Bomb Show No Harm, Tennessee Study Says
University of Tennessee researchers working with the Atomic Energy Commission report that 58 Hereford cattle near Alamogordo July 16, 1945, absorbed fallout with no ill effects. The herd’s health, growth, and breeding were unimpeded, with balding blamed on malnutrition rather than radiation.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
New Mexico
Mexico
Alamogordo
Merrill Bird
Bird
University of Tennessee
U-T
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Armed Forces To Sacrifice 291 000 Men
Washington briefing outlines defense budget cuts aimed at balancing the budget. Military manpower would drop by 291000 in 13 months, Air Force wings reduced from 143 to 120, and monthly draft calls trimmed to about 25000. Secretary Wilson ties measures to Eisenhower admin plans to curb deficits.
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Washington
Wilson
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Truman
House
Olson
Air Force
Minister to Pilot Plane to Conference
Artesia pastor Rev. R. L. Willingham will fly to the New Mexico Methodist Conference, becoming the first Methodist preacher to pilot a plane to the event. He soloed in 1951 and earned his pilot license in 1952, using flying to cut travel time for church duties across the Southwest.
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Artesia
New Mexico
R. L. Willingham
Roswell
Willingham
Clayton
N. M
Silver City
el Paso
A. H. Hazel
CAA
Hazel Flying Service
Robert C. Ehle
Hazel
Southwest
Abilene
Texas
Wilson
W. Angie Smith
Albuquerque
Portales
Clovis
Pecos
Monahans
Shriners Return From California Convention Train
Roswell Shriners and other New Mexico members arrived in Albuquerque at 6 30 this morning aboard a special train from the Western Shrine Association convention in Sacramento California. The packed train carried 265 Shriners from New Mexico.
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Roswell Online
Western Shrine Association
Sacramento
Calif
Roswell Shriners
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Shrine Band
Shriners
Roswell
Raymond Arnold
W. S. Coffey
Helton P. Cox
Judson Goodart
G- G. Lambert
Mansfield Tweedy
Carl C. Howard
Alfred J. Schuster
Ben F. Cass
E. L. Thielking
W- G. Olson
Carl Verhines
Frank Young Jr
T. M. Fowler
Lyle Westrum
Loren Counts
Milton E. Lee
E. C. Livingston
Jack White
Carlsbad
Western States
Vacuum Pool Test Opens up a New Area in Lea County
A wildcat well in Lea County tested at a very strong gas showing and opened a new area for exploration. The Humble Oil No. State AC flowed 13 million cubic feet a day at 12 018 feet, with other wells and 18 new locations staked including Continental Oil ventures in Anderson Ranch. Nine recent completions and New Mexico's deepest hole at Cobb well in Eddy County mark ongoing activity.
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Santa FE
Lea County
W. B. Macey
Oil Conservation Commission
Lovington
Texas Co. No
Ferguson
Hobbs-San Andres
Hobbs
Humble Oil and Refining Co. No. 1 State AC
Sec 22
Township 17
Range
Macey
Continental Oil Co
Anderson Ranch
New Mexico
Cobb
Eddy County
Tornadoes Striking Waco and San Angelo Kill Scores
A pair of deadly tornadoes ripped across Texas striking Waco and San Angelo. At least eight dead in San Angelo and 48 in Waco with hundreds injured. Cranes and rescue crews dig through rubble as officials fear higher totals.
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Waco
Tex
Texas
San Angelo
Texas Plains
West Texas
Lakeview
Connally Air Force Base
Boy Scouts
Big
Brazos River
Ronnie Murphree
Torrance
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Lawmakers Debate $10,000 Congressional Pay Boost
Washington lawmakers debate a Senate bill proposing a $25,000 annual salary for senators and representatives, up from the current $12,500 with a $2,500 expense allowance. Some see broad benefits tied to federal judges pay rises while others warn of timing and fiscal impact. The Judiciary Committee notes the net cost to taxpayers would be about $3.64 million for Congress and about $2.2 million for the judicial raise.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Rep. McCormack
D-Mass
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
U. S
Sen. McCarran
Nevada
Sen. George
D-Ga
McCarran
Ferguson
R-Mich
Burdick
R-Nd
Judiciary Committee
Former El Paso man named head of Mesa Temple
Arwell Lee Pierce, a prominent Mexico lumberman, was appointed president of the Mesa Arizona Temple of the Latter-Day Saints. He led the Mexican LDS Mission from 1942 to 1950 and will serve with Mrs. Pierce as temple matron. The couple resided in El Paso from 1912 to 1942.
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NEW Church
Salt Lake City
el Paso
Tex
Mesa, Ariz
Arwell Lee Pierce
Mexico
Valentine Fined for Income Tax Evasion at Los Alamos
Jack M. Valentine a former Los Alamos machinist faced a $500 fine after pleading guilty to filing false tax returns in 1949 and 1950. He listed a fictitious daughter as a dependent in 1949 and two non existent daughters in 1950 triggering the charges.
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Albuquerque
Jack M. Valentine
Los Alamos
Valentine
Temperatures and Forecast From Weather Bureau
Reading at 2 p m yesterday to 11 a m today shows highs 82 and 72 forecast. Precipitation none in 24 hours, trace month to date, 1.70 year to date, 2.64. Sunrise 5 00 sunset 6 49 length 13 8 hours. Thunderclouds form tomorrow with scattered showers and squall winds. Highs 72, lows 42, humidity moderate.
Eight Tornado Deaths Highlight West Texas Storm
San Angelo Standard-Times reports eight killed and about 100 injured as a heavy rain and tornado struck the dry West Texas area. The front page explained the storm’s impact, noting there is nothing to crow about despite the local newspaper usually marking rain with a red rooster.
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San Angelo
Tex
Standard-Times
West Texas
Standard Times
Artesia and Ruidoso Men Plead Guilty To Armed Robbery
Three New Mexico men Levi Abercrombie 18 Leslie Stevens 18 both Artesia and Lorenzo Gatlin 21 Ruidoso pleaded guilty to armed robbery near Greentree last month before Dist. Judge W T Scoggin. Frank Coulter Ruidoso pled nolo contendere and received five years probation after testimony showed he did not participate or share in proceeds.
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Carrizozo
New Mexico
Greentree
Levi Abercrombie
Leslie Stevens
Artesia
Lorenzo Gatlin
Ruidoso
W. T. Scoggin
Frank Coulter
Nolo Contendre
Aging pilots remain active but raise safety questions
AP report from Los Angeles outlines that over 1,000 civilian pilots in the US are past 60. Harvard expert Dr. Ross A. McFarland says aging does not cause most air crashes, while a Los Angeles psychiatrist urges a functional age method—combining years, health and memory—to assess pilots.
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Rennie Taylor
Los Angeles
Ross A. McFarland
Harvard University School of Public Health Today
Aero Medical Association
McFarland
Lyoung
John D. Moriarity
Five men held in drug burglary case at Platt Drug
Police Chief Tommy Thompson announced five men were in custody after a break in at Platt Drug 2 on April 11. Maxie Fresquez 19 Colorado origin was charged with grand larceny in the drug store crime, while William Cartier Fred Boyer Athanasious Poulis and Donald R Ranes from Walker Air Force Base face related charges. Cartier Boyer and Poulis are also accused in thefts from automobiles. Ranes faces a separate grand larceny tied to a camera theft. The group is being questioned as authorities probe a string of incidents.
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Tommy Thompson
Maxie Fresquez
LongeBach
Calif
Thompson
Fresquez
Pat Hanagan
William Cartier
Fred Boyer
Athanasious P. Poulis
Donald R. Ranes
Walker Air Force Base
Cartier
Boyer
Poulis
Ranes
Platt Drug
West Second
Burns Grocery and Market
E. L. Burns
Weary Men Dig Deep In Horrible Waco Rubble
Grim searchers in Waco Texas battled rubble from the Dennis Building and nearby ruins after a tornado. By dawn rescuers freed Millie Matkin after about 14 hours trapped behind a divan. Police feared many victims and the death toll could reach about a hundred with teens among the injured and trapped.
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Waco
Tex
Millie Matkin
R. T. Dennis
Miss Malkin
John Wohlwend
Dennis
Oklahoma state song law signed by Gov Johnston Murray
Gov Johnston Murray signed into law a bill making the Broadway tune Oklahoma the official state song. The action formalizes a long associated standard for Oklahoma and its public ceremonies.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Johnston Murray
Raton teen wounded by accidental gun cleaning incident
A 16 year old Eagle Nest youth is hospitalized in Raton after a live gun discharged while he and two friends cleaned a revolver they had just used for rabbit hunting. The incident occurred as the trio returned from hunting.
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Raton
Eagle Nest
Jim Fincher
Santa Fe Names New State Tourist Director
C B Mayshark of Santa Fe was appointed state tourist director yesterday by the State Highway Commission, succeeding Melvin Drake who had resigned from the post last week.
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Santa FE
C. B. Mayshark
State Highway Commission
Melvin Drake
Fulbright Calls for Cold War Peace Talks with Russians
Sen. Fulbright urged U. S. leadership to pursue high level talks with the Kremlin in a horse sense approach. He warned against overoptimism but said peace talks should be tried unless war seems inevitable. White House and State Department offered no formal comment.
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Washington
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
U. S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
Churchill
White House
State Department
Sir Winston
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Senate
Ike
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Wiley
R-Wis
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Bill Kaiser
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