Citizens for Eisenhower group forms in Santa Fe
An organizational meeting in Santa Fe launched a revival of Citizens for Eisenhower with three Republicans named for Congress and Senate. Mechem Warren Cobean and Thomas H. Childers urged support and pledged statewide expansion with national committee backing.
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Santa FE
Citizens For Eisenhower
Congress
Edwin Mechem
Warren Cobean
Roswell
Thomas H. Childers
Mechem
U. S. Senate
Childers
Cobean
Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
National Committee
South Park Memorial Day Services Set
Memorial Day services will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday May 30 in South Park Cemetery to honor comrades who paid the supreme sacrifice. The program features three veterans groups and auxiliaries with Lee McPherson as master of ceremonies. The event includes wreaths, taps by New Mexico Military Institute buglers, a salute to the dead, and prayers by local clergymen.
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South Park Cemetery
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Lee McPherson
Charles DeBremond
Lee Roy Walker
Cecil Wilson
Marvin Rowan
New Mexico Military Institute
F. Homer Tegler
First Prsbyterian Church
Charles R. Davies
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Corps of Cadets
The
Margaret Ann Durham
Durham
Board of Regents
NMMI
Federal Workers Duty Debate Prompted by McCarthy
White House and Attorney General Brownell dispute Senator McCarthy's call for federal employees to report to Congress any information on graft treason or other crimes. The President and Hagerty emphasize the Constitution assigns executive branch enforcement of laws including security directives. The statement links to Army McCarthy hearings and clarifies loyalty to the president over individual commentary.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. McCarthy
Congress
White House
Atty
Gen
Brownell
United States
James C. Hagerty
McCarthy
Hagerty
McCarthy Says Carr Testimony May Proceed In Army Dispute
Sen. McCarthy announced that Francis P. Carr dismissed as a principal could testify in the McCarthy Army dispute. The letter read at day 23 of hearings noted Carr was distressed by interpretations of his removal and urged staff to testify if called. Carr, Hensel, and Cohn are central figures in the probe with Ft Monmouth and Army officials under scrutiny. SANTA FE appoints Homer Glover to the State Highway Commission replacing Thomas Mann amid a reshaping of the panel representing multiple counties. Glover, Roswell meat packer and Lake Frazier ally, is seen as a non political, respected pick acceptable to Gov. Mechem and poised to serve until the next Legislature.
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Washington
McCarthy
Francis P. Carr
Carr
Mundt
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
Sens
McClellan
Ark
Symington
Jackson
Wash
Army
Joseph Welch
Caror
Cohn
Adams
Stevens
Subcommittee
Air Force
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Santa FE
Homer Glover
Roswell
State Highway Commission
Glover
Thomas Mann
Mann
Glover Meat Packing Co
Lake Frazier
Everett Grantham
Lea
Eddy
Chaves
Roosevelt
Curry
de Baca
Lincoln
Otero
Experts Fail to Form Cease-fire Structure
Geneva reports show a two hour meeting by experts to align Indochina cease-fire proposals, but no consensus emerged. The nine party talks paused, with India mediation efforts appearing to stall as V K Krishna Menon left Geneva and dining with Chou En Lai. Next meetings planned, with Korea talks resuming privately and U S officials weighing options.
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Geneva
Indochina
Vuvallal
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
Jawarharlal Nehru
Menon
Anthony Eden
Georges Bidault
China
Chou En-lai
Korea
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Posse Scours Spring River for Missing Man Jake Allen
Cha ves County Sheriff's Posse led by Bill Winefield conducted an intensive search along Spring River for 41 year old Jake Roy Allen a local cook missing since 11 days after Roswell flood. They scoured thick brush on foot but found no trace.
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Chaves County
Bill Winefield
Spring River
Jake Roy Allen
Roswell
Allen
Harry Puryear
Two Drunks Fined in Police Court for Passing Out
Two drunk men who had passed out in a car were fined $25 each in Police Court. One case in court yesterday involved a person charged with vagrancy.
Roswell Weather Forecast and Readings Summary
United States Weather Bureau reports temperatures from 2 pm to 11 am with highs of 94 and a low of 62. Precipitation none in 24 hours. month and year totals shown. Forecast calls for mostly clear skies, cooler today, rising temps tomorrow, and a five day outlook near seasonal with a chance of showers Sunday.
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Roswell
Baccalaureate Service at NMMI This Sunday
The New Mexico Military Institute hosts a Baccalaureate sermon titled Possibilities by Chaplain (Col.) James C. Bean at 10 a.m. in Pearson Auditorium. A memorial service follows at 11 a.m. with NMMI Honor Guard Color Guard and band participating. wreath laying by Clarence Hinkle concludes the memorial.
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James C. Bean
Fourth Army
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
New Mexico Military Institute
Pearson Auditorium
College and Main
Bean
Clarence Hinkle
NMMI
Frysinger
Vernon W. Robertson
Omar W. Pitman Jr
Rodman M. Cookson
the Lord
Malotte
H. T. Santiesteban
Bids Sought for 41 Earth-Filled Dams on Rio Hondo
The Soil Conservation Service invites bids on 41 earth-filled stabilizing and sediment control dams along the upper Rio Hondo near Capitan. Bids to be opened June 10 mark the start of a five year project with an estimated cost of 750000 dollars.
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Albuquerque
Soil Conservation Service
Rio Hondo
Capitan
Federal funds OKayed for Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Final approval grants $171 693 in federal money for construction of the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Roswell officials say $40 000 is available now while $131 693 awaits congressional action for 1955 56. Local leaders insist a $150 000 fundraising goal remains and federal aid motivates yet more local pledges.
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Roswell Daily Record Today
John J. Dempsey
Washington
Louis Prager
Chaves County
Hinton Wilmot
Wilmot
Laurel woman told son died in Bennington blast
A Laurel Indiana woman was informed by the Navy that her son Leroy Sparks twenty two of Laurel was killed the day the aircraft carrier Bennington exploded though he was on temporary duty in Atlantic City New Jersey He was filming a jet flight when a Banshee jet crashed and killed him.
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Brookville
Ind
Laurel
Navy
Bennington
Atlantic City
N.J
Hubert Browning
Leroy Sparks
Low Bidder Named Albuquerque Contractor For Fort Wingate
George A. Rutherford of Albuquerque was the apparent low bidder at 376 114 dollars for the construction of an ammunition facility at Fort Wingate Ordinance Depot.
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Albuquerque
George A. Rutherford
Ft. Wingate Ordinance Depot
El Paso and Ruidoso Man Charged With Insurance Violations
An El Paso and Ruidoso, New Mexico man are among four people charged with criminal violation of Texas insurance laws. Spencer Treharne faces two counts of perjury from a Travis County grand jury. The indictment涉及 submission of reports to the State Board of Insurance Commissioners and misused funds of insurers in Beaumont, Ennis and El Paso. The grand jury urged changes to Texas insurance laws and recommended them to the Legislature.
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Austin
Tex
el Paso
Ruidoso
N. M
Texas
Spencer Treharne
Travis County
State Board of Insurance Commissioners
Beaumont
Ennis
George Evans Dies in Durango Colorado
Word from Durango Colorado that George Evans longtime Hagerman and Roswell area resident died after a week's illness. His parents are Mr and Mrs F H Evans of Hagerman. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Mason Funeral Home of Hagerman.
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Durango
Colo
George Evans
Hagerman
Roswell
F. H. Evans
Mason Funeral Home
Cincinnati and Chicago Baseball Scores Report
Cincinnati 6 7 1 Chicago 3 1 2 Davis and Brosnan combined for 7 innings in relief for the Cubs while Fowler and Smith started for Cincinnati. Garagiola handled the Chicago catching duties as individual scoring tallies show Cincinnati with a decisive victory.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Fowler
Smith
Seminich
Davis
Brosnan
Lown
Garagiola
Albuquerque Boy Drowns at Acapulco Pool
A 15 year old Albuquerque boy named Robert Wagon Kimbrough drowned at the Acapulco pool after only minutes in the water. His body was found underwater by an unidentified swimmer and recovered by the lifeguard. Fire Department efforts with inhalants lasted about 30 minutes but failed.
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Albuquerque
Acapulco
Robert Wagon Kimbrough
Eisenhower Plans on Defense Spending in Uncertain Crisis
Treasury Secretary Humphrey signaled possible large defense boosts for next year as Indochina tensions deepen. Officials say, despite talk of cuts and a peace economy, only a significant shift could derail current spending plans.
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Washington
Indochina
Eisenhower
Far East
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
New York
Humphrey Presses Budget Restraint Amid Defense Debate
Senate leader Hubert Humphrey reiterated a goal to trim five billion dollars from next year’s outlays despite talk of a costly defense buildup. He warned against bending spending to meet crisis pressures and emphasized balanced, adequate long haul defense using new weapons and tech. He remains a key voice in cabinet and security council discussions shaping policy.
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Indochina
Congress
San Francisco
Humphrey
Eisenhower
New York
Cabinet
National Security Council
Soviet Russia
House Panel Approves Postal Pay Increase
The House Post Office Committee approved a bill by 14 to 10 to grant mail service workers a temporary raise lasting until October 1, 1955. The hike averages seven percent with part time staff receiving 10 cents more per hour. Action on other government pay proposals was postponed.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
Convention Opens in Albuquerque for Clerks and Carriers
Registration begins today for the annual joint convention of the New Mexico Federation of Post Office Clerks and the New Mexico State Association of Letter Carriers. About 1,000 delegates are expected over the two day event in Albuquerque.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico Federation of Post Office Clerks
New Mexico
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