Unusual collision between cabin cruiser and car near Guntersville
In Guntersville Louisiana an auto and cabin cruiser collided when boat controls jammed and it jumped from Guntersville Lake. Officers Barnett and Stone noted the boat struck a highway causeway and partially entered the road. Mrs. Jesse Lee Isdell suffered a possible skull fracture and facial injuries.
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Guntersville
Guntersville Lake
Highway Patrol
Crawford Barnett
Bill Stone
Bud Lattimer
Odell
Jesse Lee Isdell
Isdell
Area Farmers To Get More For Sorghum
Senator Clinton P. Anderson announces a new agricultural act raises sorghum net price by 20 to 22 cents per hundredweight for eastern New Mexico producers. The act sets parity supports at 76 percent, about 1.97 dollars nationwide and 1.88 locally after storage deductions. It also adjusts cotton acreage allotments and restores long staple cotton within the import quota system.
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Washington
New Mexico
Clinton P. Anderson
Curry County
Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Motor Scooter Fatality Raises Toll to 133
An 18 year old Ramon Enriquez of La Union died after his motor scooter collided head on with a pickup driven by Rodolfo Fernandez 17 also of La Union. The crash occurred at 8 15 p.m four tenths of a mile west of State Road 28 on a road to La Union. Enriquez died of internal injuries and Fernandez was uninjured.
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Associated Press
B. A. Miller
Ramon Enriquez
la Union
Las Cruces
Enriquez
Rodolfo Fernandez
Fernandez
Forest Fire Threatens Ruidoso Near Post Office
A forest fire near Ruidoso, about one mile south and west of the Post Office, was spreading with ashes falling in town at 1:15 pm. Mescalero Apache firefighters were to be called, as a wind shift to the east at 1:20 pm offered a possible reprieve. Ham radio operators including Roy Baker of Baker's Pharmacy and Pat Lowe of Roswell coordinated aid and standby stations in the area.
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Ruidoso
Here
Roy Baker
Baker’s Pharmacy
Forrest
Pat Lowe
Roswell
Baseball Fund Passes Mid-Mark
The Roswell baseball guarantee fund reached $5,200 by mail this morning. Committee members praise the large, diverse, mail-in response showing broad local support for keeping professional baseball in Roswell. With more returns expected in two days, the plan aims to finalize before the next home stand on June 8, when a Pontiac is given away.
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Roswell
Main Street
Fair Park
Offices Observe Memorial Day Closures
The Chaves county office of the New Mexico Department of Public Welfare will be closed tomorrow Memorial Day announced by county supervisor Lara Ross. All federal state county and city offices banks and many businesses plan Memorial Day closures.
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Chaves
New Mexico
Attorney Draws Petition for Grand Jury Probe in Farmington
Farmington attorney G. W. Hoy said unnamed citizens asked him to draft a petition seeking a grand jury investigation of Farmington schools, police department, and juvenile delinquency concerns.
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Farmington
G. W. Hoy
Arabs Cool To New Day Mission In Middle East Talks
The United Nations Security Council debates Britain's proposal for Dag Hammarskjold to continue mediating peace between Israel and Arab states. Arab delegates critique the plan while awaiting Dixon's outline, with Ahmed Shukairy labeling it totally unacceptable. Israel silent on the plan.
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United Nations
N.Y
Britain
Dag Hammarskjold
Israel
Security Council
Middle East
Council
Hammarskjold
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Lebanon
Pierson Dixon
Ahmed Shukairy
Palestine
Outdoor commencement marks 63rd NMMI graduation
About 200 cadets at the New Mexico Military Institute received degrees and diplomas in the 63rd commencement held outdoors on the athletic field. An improvised stage, color guard, and bleachers previously used for a rained event framed the ceremony with cadets, faculty, and regents participating.
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George E. Gerling
New Mexico Military Institute
Institute
Board of Regents
Corps of Cadets
General Collier Stresses Leadership To Cadet Graduates
Lt Gen John H Collier addressed about 205 graduating cadets at the New Mexico Military Institute 63rd annual commencement outlining musts for leadership. He urged readiness for rapid war demands and described the expanding role of a tri service force and deterrence against aggression.
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John H. Collier
Fourth Army
Ft. Sam Houston
Texas
NMMI
General Collier
M. R. Prestridge
E. W. Mitchell
Truman A. Spencer
Clarence Hinkle
Hobart Gay
J. P. Willey
Collier
New Mexico Military Institute
Fort Sam Houston
Army
Armed Services of
United States
Pearl Harbor
Korea
Military Department
Senate votes on largest peacetime highway plan ever
The Senate begins debate on a sweeping highway program to fund a 40,000 mile interstate system over 13 years with federal state outlays and tax increases. Contention centers on how to allocate funds among states and wage rate controls amid conference with the House.
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House
Senate
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Public Roads
Memorial Day Services Set in Roswell at South Park Cemetery
Memorial Day events in Roswell begin at 10 a.m. with Lake Frazier delivering the address at South Park Cemetery. Reed Mulkey will host, Rev. Howard Ingram to give invocation and benediction, and wreaths will be placed on Unknown Soldier graves. Flags will decorate every veteran grave starting at 7 a.m. Asa Guffey leads the care effort with veterans groups assisting.
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Roswell
Lake Frazier
South Park Cemetery
American Legion
VFW
DAV
Reed Mulkey
National Legion
Jerry Knoedler
Asa Guffey
Gail Harris
Baseball scores and home runs from New York and Baltimore games
In the American League New York beat Boston 7 to 3 with Nixon Larsen Coleman and Berra homering. Mantle and White also noted. Baltimore edged by Washington 9 to 1 as Stro n e and Dorish combined on the mound. Killebrew hit two homers for Washington and Triandos homered for Baltimore.
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New York
Nixon
White
Larsen
Coleman
Berra
L. Larsen
Boston
Goodman
Mantle
Washington
Baltimore
Stone
Grob
Berberet
Fitzgerald
Palica
Dorish
Schmitz
Zuverink
Gastall
Triandos
W. Stone
Killebrew
Brooklyn Completes Big Win Over Pittsburgh in NL Action
Brooklyn overcome Pittsburgh 14 hits to 1 in a 10 to 7 game. Newcombe and Campanella led the Brooklyns with strong pitching and batting support while Kline, Munger, McMahon, King, Swanson and Arroyo plus Foiles contributed for the Pirates.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Newcombe
Campanella
Kline
Munger
McMahon
King
Swanson
Arroyo
Foiles
L. Kline
Firefighters Battle 100 Acre Hillsboro Peak Forest Fire
About 50 Zuni firefighters were dispatched to combat a forest blaze covering roughly 100 acres on the northeast slope of Hillsboro Peak near the area.
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Hillsboro Peak
Confusion Over Two Robert B. Morgans In Lillington
In Lillington North Carolina Harnett County Democrats confront a mix up as both the newly elected county judge and the state senator are named Robert B. Morgan. Both are Wake Forest graduates and lawyers with wives named Alice and sisters named Lucille. The senator still receives congratulations on the judge's victory from last Saturday’s Democratic primary.
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Lillington
N. C
Harnett County
Robert B. Morgan
Wake Forest College
Alice
Lucille
Chavez study seeks extension of G I housing program in NM
Senator Dennis Chavez of New Mexico filed a study with the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare on the G I housing program in New Mexico and urged the panel to back legislation extending the veteran housing initiative.
Defense Wind Up of Nelson Trial in New Mexico
Closing arguments and jury instructions were to proceed in the Nelson murder trial in Las Lunas New Mexico. The defense called three witnesses after the state won a motion to admit a purported confession by Nelson to the Henderson Rainey killing.
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Nelson
Los Lunas
David Cooper Nelson
North Las Vegas
Nev
Ralph Henderson Rainey
Santa Monica
Calif
Valencia County Sheriff's
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
Senator Chavez Names Four NM Cities for New Post Offices
U S Senator Chavez lists Roswell Carlsbad Santa Fe and possibly Socorro as probable locations for new post offices under the federal lease purchase program in New Mexico.
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Washington
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
New Mexico
Roswell
Carlsbad
Santa Fe
Socorro
Administration Moves to Put Farm Law Into Effect
Washington reports the administration moved to implement the new farm law with approval from President Eisenhower though farmers may wait days to learn exact benefits for this year. The soil bank program offers payments for taking land out of production while decisions by Secretary Benson will determine the yearly funding.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Benson
Soil Bank
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Joseph N. Welch
Joseph McCarthy
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Welch
Brooklyn Dodger
Walter Alston
Baseball Fund
Vernon W. Robertston
Mendelssohn
Hobart R. Gay
Alfred N. Carter
Vester Montgomery
William C. Roudebush
Robertston
Caplain Rodman M. Cookson
General Gay
J. Bryan Ellis
Carrizozo
John C. Kost
Ervin Mitchell
Gen. Collier
Cadet Corps
Major League Baseball
Sen
Dennis
Air Force
Hurricane
Utah
U. S. Air Force
REDS
Lawrence R. Buol
Stockton
Yunan Province
Rabat
France
Buol
Kunming
Sue Pollock
Taipei
Formosa
Bud
Chavez
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