Eisenhower outlines six month extension of excess profits tax
President Eisenhower calls for a six month extension of the excess profits tax on corporations and urges Congress to repeal cuts in regular corporate and excise taxes. He proposes keeping social security taxes, foregoes one minor increase, and aims to raise revenue while preserving national security amid calls for a wartime defense footing.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Truman
America
Russia
Jet triple feat disclosed over polar, Atlantic routes
The Air Force revealed the first jet flight over the North Pole, and the first nonstop six jet B47 bomber crossing of the Atlantic. Two B47s flew from Limestone Maine to Fairford England in 5 hours 38 minutes, returning two weeks later. A B47 set distance and endurance records after a 12,000 mile nonstop flight refueled in mid air. Pilots included Col. Richard C. Neeley and Capt. D. J. Haney with co pilot Col. J. G. Foster.
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FT. Worth
Tex
Air Force
North Pole
Atlantic
Fairford
England
Limestone
United States
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Polar
Eielson Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Richard C. Neeley
Salt Lake City
J. G. Foster
New York City
D. J
Largest Class In RHS History To Be Graduated
Roswell High School will graduate a record 189 seniors Friday night at 8 in Debremond Stadium weather permitting. If rain moves ceremonies to the Junior High Auditorium admission by ticket. honor graduates with A minus or better will sit on stage to receive certificates led by valedictorian Gene Beumer and salutatorian Betty Fisher.
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Roswell High School
Robert H. Nelson
Debremond Stadium
Gene Beumer
R. O. Beumer
Roswell
Betty Fisher
Wilson Fisher
South
Missouri
Millie Albert
Jan Armstrong
Julia Rapp
Eleanor Bassett
Georgine Carothers
Marlene Corn
Irene Crawford
Faye Crouse
Barbara Duenkel
Carol Gaunce
Mattie Lou Gentry
Lawrence Goodell
Lottie
Beth Hedgecoxe
Patricia Lodewick
Diane Nernaber
John Poorbaugh
Sue Schrimscher
Cheryl Smith
Bob Tankersley
Yvonne Wagner
Linda Worthington
Charles R. Davies
Gene Beamer
Stillman
Betty Boellner
Cornelia Magee
Shirley Atchley
Janice Tankersley
Gene Reischman
Board of Education
Benediction
Walker Air Force Base School to Get $29337 Payment
Walker Air Force Base Elementary School will receive an immediate payment of 29337 from the Federal Office of Education for operation and maintenance. The school known as Project 53 E 9 is on government property but a county school within School District 7. The district current expenditures allotment entitles 39116.84 including the Walker payment.
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Walker Air Force Base
Federal Office of Education
John J. Dempsey
U.S
Mountain View
Walker School
Carrol White
Firefighters Respond to Mail Box Fire on East Deming
Fire crews rushed to 904 East Deming after a mailbox caught fire at 9 40 pm. Investigators say youths saturated material with gasoline and set the box ablaze, causing the blaze.
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East Deming
Marine Pvt Kuykendall Completes Recruit Training
Marine Pvt Clarence L Kuykendall 18 son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Kuykendall of 503 West 17th Roswell completed recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego California.
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Clarence L. Kuykendall
Clyde Kuykendall
West 17Th Street
Roswell
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Roswell Couple Awarded Marriage License
A marriage license was issued here yesterday to Willard L. King age 39 and Annie Laurie Murphy age 21 both residents of Roswell.
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Willard L. King
Annie Laurie Murphy
Roswell
Weather Summary from Weather Bureau Report
Reading at three hour intervals shows temperatures from 88 to 87 in the afternoon, a high of 91 and a low of 62. Precipitation none in 24 hours. month to date .29 inches and year to date 1.99. Sunrise 4 55, sunset 6 55, day length 14 hours. Forecast calls for clearing intervals through Thursday, windy and dry with little temperature change. today’s high 93, low tonight 58.
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Danaus
Ieee
Sone
Triple Ace Captain McConnell Joins North Korea Mission Record
Captain Joseph McConnell Jr. of Apple Valley California, then the first American triple ace, stands on the Sabre Jet wing before a May 16 mission over North Korea. At that time he had 13 downed MIGs and later added three more to reach 16 total with the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing.
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Joseph McConnell Jr
Apple Valley
Calif
North Korea
McConnell
51St Fighter Interceptor Wing
U. S. Air Force
Tokyo
Cotton Crop In County Bounces Back
The Chaves County cotton crop three weeks behind in growth is rebuilding after a dust storm and cold spell. Half of the destroyed 50 000 acre area has been replanted, 25 30 percent of the crop. May 20 growth matches May 1 of last year, with recovery possible under favorable conditions. Alfalfa yields from first cut lag behind 1952.
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Chaves
al Woodburn
UN Silent on Truce Talks as Prisoner Questions Loom
In Tokyo U N sources offered no confirmation on resuming Korean truce talks next Monday amid circulating reports of a modified plan to handle 48 500 prisoners who refuse repatriation The Red Peiping radio criticized Washington while Gen Mark Clarks headquarters reported daily conferences with Lt Gen William K Harrison Jr If talks fail the U N might release 34 000 North Koreans as civilians and 14 500 Chinese prisoners of war The plan reportedly seeks a time limit for Communist acceptance of a revised proposal and a political conference to settle retired prisoners All sides await a plenary session as Peiping questions the U S position and the fate of prisoners could decide the war’s end
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Tokyo
U. N
Red Peiping
Washington
U.N
Panmunjom
Mark Clark
William K. Harrison Jr
South Korea
New York
Peiping
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Nations
Railway chief opposes union shop stance in Amarillo
Fred Gurley, president of Santa Fe Railway, said he would not sign a union shop agreement with non-operating unions. He argued it would harm the company by infringing on the rights of employees who choose not to join a union.
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Amarillo
Tex
Fred Gurley
Santa Fe Railway
Mrs Roosevelt Begins East Tour From New York
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt flies from New York on a first leg tour toward Los Angeles for a trip covering Japan and visits to several European nations.
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Roosevelt
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Japan
Guard Officers Attend New Course in Indiana
New Mexico National Guard officers Calvin Waters and William Suggs completed a six week unit administration course at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis Indiana. They are the first NM Guard officers to attend the course which aligns Army and National Guard mobilization activities and provides six hours of college credit.
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New Mexico National Guard
Calvin Waters
William Suggs
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Ind
Waters
Suggs
New Mexico Guard
National Guard
Polish Pilot Crashes MIG15 on Bornholm Island
A Polish pilot breached the Iron Curtain by landing a Soviet built MIG15 on Bornholm Denmark near Copenhagen. He sought political asylum and was held by Roenne police as Danish and Western forces inspected the aircraft. The incident echoes a prior March landing by Lt. Jarecki.
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Roenne
Bornholm
Denmark
Copenhagen
Baltic
Franciszek Jarecki
Jarecki
Poland
United States
Marvin King Named Valedictorian at East Grand Plains
Marvin Lynn King 13 son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Bartlett of East Grand Plains will be valedictorian at the EGP school commencement Thursday night. The 22 graduates, the largest class in county rural schools, will receive diplomas. King has played basketball football baseball and track and was a Boy Scout Life Scout with Troop 36 and is a member of the EGP 4-H Club.
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Marvin Lynn King
Walter F. Bartlett
East Grand Plains
Marvin
Roswell
EGP
Boy Scout
Oatis to Visit AP Associates In New York
William N. Oatis plans a reunion with former Associated Press colleagues in New York today after his release from a Prague prison. The 39 year old AP staffer will stay several days before visiting relatives in Indiana Minnesota and Arizona.
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New York
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
Red Czechoslovakia
Oatis
Foreign Service
Prague
Indiana
Minnesota
Arizona
State Health Board Can Require Hospitals to Curb Narcotics
Atty General Richard H. Robinson said the State Health Department may compel hospitals to reduce narcotic addiction though current law does not require action. He noted the Health Board can establish a mandatory rule with full legal effect.
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Santa FE
Richard H. Robinson
State Health Department
Robinson
State Health Board
Firemen Use Chamber of Commerce Lobby as Fire Station
Chief George Daniels and city firemen moved into the Chamber of Commerce offices during a meeting on liquified petroleum. Receptionist Joan Biount waited to take calls as fire trucks arrived outside. A call came in suddenly and firefighters rushed through the lobby with visitors watching.
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Chamber of Commerce
George Daniels
Joan Biount
Grand Jury Hears Evidence in Iowa Fatal Shooting
Davis County grand jury probes the May 2 shooting of John C. Wisdom, 51, a Des Moines livestock dealer, in Bloomfield. Walter M. Mayer, 56, of Santa Fe, charged with first degree murder, held without bond after bail denial. Pettit plans 15 to 20 witnesses through Friday as hearings continue. Mayer says he fired after Wisdom threatened his life over a $6,000 livestock debt.
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Mayer
Atty
Charles Pettit
Pettit
Wisdom
Bloomfield
New Mexico
Edwin Mechem
Daugherty
Eisenhower Advocates Strong Air Power for National Security
President Eisenhower in a national radio address pledges to devote 60 cents of every defense dollar to air power, stating the plan will steadily grow the air defense and aim for security. He defends a measured program with calculated risks, while Republicans praise it and Democrats criticize Air Force cuts from 143 to 120 wings.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Truman
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Symington
D-Mo
Air Force
Senate
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate Armed Services Committee
Short
R-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
U. S
United States
Lovington Boy Admits Slaying of Sten Mother
A 14 year old boy Bobby Doyal is held in Lea County jail for the deer rifle killings of his step mother Elsie Doyal and her 3 year old daughter Beverly nine miles northeast of Lovington. He reportedly told a Lovington officer he shot them because she forced religion on him. The husband J C Doyal was on another farm. no charges filed yet.
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Lovington
Bobby Doyal
Lea County
Elsie Doyal
Beverly
Bobby
Reese Greaves
Greaves
Charles Trimble
Trimble
J. C. Doyal
Girl Admits Blame For Million Dollar Sears Fire
In Albuquerque a 14 year old girl admitted starting a fire that gutted Sears Roebuck, claiming she hid in the store after classes and dropped a lit match into paper in the shoe department. She remains under psychiatric observation with no charges filed.
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Albuquerque
Paul Tackett
Sears Roebuck
Wee
Tackett
Eula Farrow
Farmington
A. Westerfeld
Sears
Eisenhower Declines Texas Quarter Horse Gift
President Eisenhower, in Amarillo Texas, declines a Texas raised Quarter Horse offered by Albert Mitchell and Associated of the American Quarter Horse Association. He says he cannot provide proper care for it in Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Albert Mitchell
Blotter Records Two Drunkenness Charges
Police court blotter lists two drunkenness charges as the only entries. Fines totaled 25 dollars with 15 dollars in one case and 10 dollars in the other.
Louisiana Coast Faces New Flood Threat From Gulf
Louisiana's coastal lowlands face a fresh flood crisis as rising inland streams push 15,000 from homes in a 100 million dollar event. Evacuations hit Crowley Mermentau Evangeline Midland Esterwood while crews airlift 27,000 pounds of tents and cots.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Crowley
Mermentau
Evangeline
Midland
Esterwood
Weather Bureau
Texas
Mississippi
Air Force
Quartermaster Depot
Carswell Afb
Ft. Worth
Tex
Dave Pearce
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U. S. Agency
WED
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Baltic Sea
Rvenne
Almegaard
Far East
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Marvin King
AP Associates
C. of C
Iowa
Sten
Mathias
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Bob Mathias
Melba Wiser
Waikiki
Honolulu
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Quickies
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Ana
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