County Clerks In Middle Of Senate And Court Clash
Three New Mexico county clerks Ber nalillo Sandoval and Valencia face conflicting demands from a U S Senate elections subcommittee and a state district court. A court order requires them to retain ballot boxes while the Senate seeks the boxes and records by next Wednesday to move forward with a recount.
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U. S. Senate
State District Court
New Mexico
Senate Subcommittee On Elections
Senate
Oatis Freed After Offer By Eisenhower
William N. Oatis, AP correspondent imprisoned in Czechoslovakia, was freed after Eisenhower offered to ease sanctions. The exchange of messages between Eisenhower and Czech President Antonin Zapotocky showed Oatis would be released if sanctions were lifted. Oatis said he did not spy and his release followed mercy appeals from his wife. He and his wife plan temporary seclusion while he prepares his story.
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Warren Rogers JR
Washington
Czechoslovakia
William N. Oatis
Eisenhower
White House
Antonin Zapotocky
Zapotocky
Oatis
U. S
George Wadsworth
Siroky
Dulles
Associated Press
Prague
New York
Frank J. Starzel
The
Laurabelle
Starzel
Floodwaters Swirl Toward Lake Charles Port City
Calcasieu River flood threatens Lake Charles Louisiana with five foot rises past flood stage and forces 1 250 families from homes. Drownings reported at Kinder and Crowley as residents push dirt dikes and evacuees flood Air Force Base camps. An air survey showed the river bulging over farm lands as rain drenched Central Louisiana.
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Lake Charles
Calcasieu River
Louisiana
Lake Charles Air Force Base
Paul Cook
Calcasieu
Old Town Bay
Sheriff’s Office
Eastdale
Air Force
Louis Paul Urwaleck
New York City
Kinder
Joe Huntsberry
Crowley
Red River
Black River
GOP Leader Sees Profit Tax Approval
Washington Indiana Republican leader Halleck said he was optimistic about House approval of Eisenhower’s request to extend the excess profits tax. Opponents signaled strategy moves to defeat or amend the measure as Ways and Means hearings were set for June 1 to 16.
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Washington
Halleck
Indiana
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Joseph Martin
Rmass
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Big Three To Consider World Peace Meeting
President Eisenhower, Prime Minister Churchill, and Premier Mayer plan an informal high level conference likely in Bermuda to advance world peace. The gathering targets late June with aim to align viewpoints on east west tensions and European defense.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
Britain
France
Bermuda
White House
United States
Great Britain
James Hagerty
London
Queen Elizabeth
Minnesota
Dakotas
New Hampshire
New York
Hagerty
Malenkov
Russia
Mayer
U. S
Auto industry layoffs surge as supplier strikes spread
DETROIT AP. Layoffs or stoppages hit about 150000 auto workers as Ford Chrysler Studebaker Willys Nash and International Harvester cut output. The causes center on three supplier strikes at Ford Canton Ohio Borg Warner Muncie Indiana and Budd car body plants, idling thousands and forcing a shift cutback from three to one at Studebaker.
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Detroit
Ermailar Ethlene
OVE Ata
Ford
Chrysler
Studebaker
Willys
Nash
International Harvester
Canton, O
Borg- Warner
Gear Division
Muncie
Ind
Budd On
Big Rouge
Dearborn
Canon
de Soto
Dodge
Budd
Warner Gear
Warner
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Wis
Springfield
Local Weather Bureau Temperatures and Forecast
Reading shows temperatures from 2 p m yesterday to 11 am today with highs near 94 and a low 56. Precipitation none in 24 hours. month and year to date totals updated. Forecast calls for clear to slightly cloudy conditions with warm afternoon and moderate night temperatures.
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Fia
Ces
Stripper Kidnap Case Jolts Two Young Bradford Children
New York authorities report two year old Clifton Jr and one year old Diane remain unsettled after a four day abduction by carnival dancer Barbara Grimm. Grimm faces state and federal kidnapping charges while welfare officials review the Bradford family's fitness.
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New York
Clifton Bradford
Washington, D. C
Clifton Jr
Diane
Washington
Robin Miller
District of Columbia Child Welfare Division
Bradford
Manhattan
Dist. Atty
Frank
Hogan
Virginia
Jesse
Seat Pleasant
Grimm
Escaped German Prisoner Honeymooning in Atlantic City
Harry Girth, an escaped German prisoner of war who became an interior decorator, is honeymooning today with Evelyn Florentine Sodel. Girth, formerly known as Henry Kolmer, was married last night in Ventnor City Hall after his identity was revealed following a magazine publication. He surrendered to immigration authorities May 8 and faces a 45 day voluntary departure period before possible re entry.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Harry Girth
Girth
Evelyn
Judy
Florentine Sodel
City Hall
Ventnor
Ft. Dix
Henry Kolmer
Gunman Slays Guard at Langholmen Prison in Stockholm
A green masked shooter fired six shots at two guards patrolling Langholmen state prison in central Stockholm. One guard died from a heart shot while the other was critically wounded. Police arrested a 40 year old former guard whose reemployment request had been denied. The gunman was seen running with a rifle nearby.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Langholmen State Prison
Phillies Triumph Over Red Sox in Nine Run Rally
The Philadelphia nine surged to a 9 to 3 victory over Boston after a big late push in nine innings. Shantz started, Scheib and Astroth contributed, while McDermott Freeman and Wilber held the Boston lineup in check.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Shantz
Scheib
Astroth
McDermott
Freeman
White
Wilber
Albuquerque firms form pool to bid larger defense contracts
Fifteen small Albuquerque firms join to create a production pool under the regional Small Defense Plants Administration. The combined facilities will allow bidding on larger and more complex contracts than each firm could manage alone.
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Denver
Albuquerque
Small Defense Plants Administration
Same Couple, Same Story, Different Sex
In Buffalo officers stopped Norton E Webb for running a red light at Michigan and Seneca, then escorted him to the hospital for his wife Rosanne. She gave birth to a boy. The officers recalled a similar incident last June when Mrs Webb had a baby girl after another horn blasting speeder was escorted to the hospital.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Charles J. Stoehr
John J. Jhalen
Michigan and
Seneca
Norton E. Webb
Rosanne
Ex Lincoln County Treasurer Dies in Carrizozo
Carrizozo burial for former Lincoln County treasurer Joseph Barnett aged 55 who died Monday. He is survived by daughter Ruth Swift of Tucumcari and brother Bill Barnett of Roswell.
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Carrizozo
Meyer Joseph Barnett
Lincoln Ingen
Toay
Barnett
Ruth Swift
Tucumcari
Bill Barnett
Roswell
Elkins School to Present End of Year Program
An end of school program will be held at 7:30 p m Monday in Elkins School located 40 miles northeast of Roswell. The school has an enrollment of 12 students with Mrs Rose Shaw serving as teacher and principal.
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Jacqueline Cochran
Edward Air Force Base
Los Angeles
Air Force
Mme
Jacqueline Auriol
France
Col
Fred Ascani
U. S. Air Force
Elkins School
Roswell
Rose Shaw
House defeats bid to cut 1954 agricultural aid program
In Washington on Wednesday both New Mexico Democrats John Dempsey and A M Fernandez joined a minority to defeat a move in the House to reduce the 1954 agricultural conservation program by 55 million dollars below the Appropriations Committee’s recommendation.
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Washington
New Mexico
John Dempsey
A. M. Fernandez
House
Appropriations Committee
Strike Continues at Socorro Planing Mill
Twenty two members of the Lumber and Saw Mill Workers Union AFL enter the third week of a strike against the Socorro Planing and Lumber Mill over demands for higher wages union security and paid vacations. Mill owner Ira Wright of Silver City threatens to close the mill if he cannot recruit workers.
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Socorro
Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union
AFL
Ira Wright
Silver City
Mrs John Wayne to Testify on $9000 Alimony Claim
In Los Angeles Mrs John Wayne is set to testify today in support of her request for temporary alimony of $9000 a month while her separate maintenance suit against actor John Wayne proceeds to trial.
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Los Angeles
John Wayne
Woodbury Projects Higher Water Rates for Roswell
City Manager C. M. Woodbury told Roswell’s city council breakfast session that the ultimate water system cost would reach 18 million dollars with a four million revenue deficiency. He noted water use rising from 800 million gallons in 1937 to 2.5 billion last year and projected five billion by 1980, urging reserve funds and planning for a 58 000 population city. The talk also covered paving and flood control issues on Union Second and South Main as part of easements and rights of way.
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Woodbury
Roswell
Union
Second
South Main
Warren R. Cobean
C. M. Woodbury
Brad L. Hays
Tommy Thompson
James B. Stapp
John F. Russell
Bert Ballard
M. L. Norton
Stanley Crosby
Dan Carpenter
S. Elmo Henslee
E. L. Burns
Winston Daniel
Roy V. Tyner
W. Max Littell
Roswell Goodwill Party Draws 900 Attendees at Yucca Theater
A record crowd of over 900, mainly Roswell employees, gathered at the Yucca Theater for a Chamber of Commerce and Roswell merchants party and employee prize drawing. First prize went to S P Horton of Burdett Motor Co for $100, with a $25 prize to Jim Witherspoon of Pecos Valley Coca-Cola Co and other winners including Lloyd McMillen, Aaron O Nea l, Dean Robertson, and Leroy Waymire. The event highlights Roswell tourism growth and the Ambassador Good Will program started in 1949 to boost visitor contact with local workers and promote professional courtesy.
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Roswell
Yucca
Chamber of Commerce
S. P. Horton
Burdett Motor Co
Educator Defends Public Schools Not Godless At N C P T Convention
William G. Carr executive secretary of the National Education Association told about 2,500 delegates in Oklahoma City that public schools must not teach a religious creed yet should teach religion as part of American heritage. He warned against teaching against any creed and urged stronger moral and spiritual instruction amid war shifts and rising juvenile delinquency.
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Oklahoma City
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
William G. Carr
National Education Association
Washington, D. C
Carr
Hay Spills After Truck Slippage on West Second
Hay bales spill onto the sidewalk and street in front of 223 West Second when a New Mexico plate loaded truck slips. Capt. I R Funk reports the driver halted at 12 15 a m to fetch another vehicle. hay remained at 7 a m. Local man believed to be driver.
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West Second
New Mexico
I. R. Funk
Funk
Pedestrian Struck by Car Injures 4 Year Old
Murphy Lynch age 4 of 705 West Fifth suffered cuts and bruises after being hit by a 1951 Mercury coach in the 400 block of North Washington at 5 56 p m The vehicle traveled four steps before impact Driver Mack D Abbott 59 of 1303 North Washington assisted by a Westrum ambulance took the boy to St Marys Hospital.
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Murphy Lynch
West Fifth
Mercury
North
Washington
Mack D. Abbott
North Washington
Westrum
St. Mary’s Hospital
Strange Hands Vote for Woman in Philadelphia Primary
Mrs. Eve Lyn Rice prepared to vote when a hand under the curtain pulled levers she did not intend. Assistant District Attorney Leon Katz said the hand belonged to Charles Travis, 41, charged with illegal assistance in a polling booth. He was held on $500 bail for the grand jury.
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Philadelphia
Evelyn Rice
Asst. Dist. Atty
Leon Katz
Charles Travis
Travis
Quickies by Ken Reynolds Power mower trims grass and Alvin
The strip spoofs a power lawnmower bought via a Rec ord Want Ad. The punchline hints the machine somehow does the job and also trims a dog named Alvin.
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Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Mable
Alvin
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