Egypt Cease-Fire Talks Amid Soviet Warning
London AP reports the Soviet Union threatens to deploy forces to eject Britain France and Israel from Egypt if the UN approves the move while Cairo declares a conditional cease fire in effect at 2 a.m. Prodded by Zhukov the USSR urges UN action to stop what it calls armed aggression.
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Soviet Union
Egypt
United Nations
Georgi Zhukov
Suez Canal Zone
Cyprus
Cairo Radio
Port
Zhukov
Moscow
Britain
France
Israel
Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Suez Canal
U. N
Canal Zone
Ed Mechem makes history in New Mexico with third term
The Associated Press reports Ed Mechem becomes the first New Mexico governor to win a third term. He leads over Gov. John F. Simms as results show Mechem ahead by more than 10 000 votes with most boxes counted, aided by Eisenhower support. Simms concedes and pledges cooperation.
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Associated Press
Ed Mechem
Ho-Hoho
Meico
Las Cruces
Eisenhower
New Mexico
John F. Simms
Mechem
Simms
John E. Miles
U. S. Senate
Clinton P. Ander
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Death Comes To Fernandez in Albuquerque
U S Rep Antonio M Fernandez 54 dies after strokes following a campaign stop in Las Vegas New Mexico. He served 14 years in Congress after a long legal and public service career and was known for independent-minded voting.
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Albuquerque
U. S
Antonio M. Fernandez
Congress
Las Vegas
Leroy Miller
Fernandez
Springer
Jose Estevan
Maria Anita Fernandez
New Mexico Normal University
Highlands University
Cumberland University Law School
Tennessee
New Mexico
Cleofas Chavez
Union County
Anita
Dolores
Antonio Manuel
Orlando Octaviano
Manuel Andres
H. A. Riker
Colfax
State Tax Commission
Public Service Commission
Bob Valdez
Eisenhower Wins Re election Promises Peace and Progress
President Eisenhower declares he will work for 168 million Americans and world peace after a landslide victory over Adlai Stevenson. He pledges to continue modern Republicanism and thanks supporters at a late night Sheraton Park rally with Nixon and family present.
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Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Sheraton Park
Hungary
Middle East
White House
Guy Mollet
Egypt
Mrs
Nixon
Eisenhowers
Maj
John Eisenhower
John S. Doud
Nixons
United States
United States of America
Republican Party
Latest Unofficial NM Returns Show Election Totals
NM results from 766 of 901 divisions report Eisenhower 135121 Stevenson 96087 for president. Governors, attorneys general, treasurer, and other statewide races list Republican and Democrat tallies across 767 divisions. Local totals include Wortman Morgan and Abell Block for various offices.
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Chavez
Hannah
Moses
Grant
McKenna
Standley
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Foraker
Lusk
Wortman
Morgan
Abell
Sign painters miss cue on highway safety sign
In Oklahoma City an error left a safety sign on the northeast edge reading simply BE ALERT. The painters responsible did not clearly convey the intended warning.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Special Election Needed After Fernandez Death in New Mexico
The Democratic Party reached 219 seats in the House at 12:50 p.m. EST but Antonio M. Fernandez of New Mexico died after winning re election. A special election will fill the vacancy in the normally Democratic district while Democrats hold a narrow majority with 219 seats and Republicans at 197. Nineteen seats remained undecided nationwide with Democrats ahead in 14 and Republicans in 5. At the same moment Democrats neared Senate control.
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Washington
Antonio M. Fernandez
New Mexico
Congress
Senate
House
Republican letter mocks parakeet trick in newspaper
A Los Angeles reader writes a letter claiming a friend tricked him by teaching his parakeet to say I'm a Democrat. The brief exchange presents a humorous political jab in a civic letter to the paper.
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Los Angeles
GOP Chairman Thanks Chaves County Voters
Robert O. Anderson chair of the Chaves County Republican party thanks voters for supporting President Eisenhower and Edwin L. Mechem for governor. He credits Republican workers in Roswell and Chaves County and acknowledges Democratic and Independent voters for their confidence and efforts.
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Ernest C. Tucker
Democratic Party
Eisenhower
Ed Mechem
New Mexico
Tucker
Chaves County
Robert O. Anderson
Republican Party
Edwin L. Mechem
Anderson
Roswell
Twin boys Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon Heffner born
In Corpus Christi twins Dwight Eisenhower Heffner and Richard Nixon Heffner were born nine hours before polls closed. Father Walter Heffner, an oil well surveyor, reported both infants in good condition at the hospital nursery. The mother is Mrs. Walter Heffner.
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Corpus Christi
Dwight Eisenhower Heffner
Richard Nixon Heffner
Dwight Eisenhower
Walter Heffner
Heffner
Eisenhower
Nixon
Eddy County Returns Show Ike Leads In Wide Ballot Tally
Eddy County precincts report a large lead for Eisenhower Nixon in the president pair with 6 385 votes against Stevenson Kefauver 7 720 and Haldwick Cooper 33. Local results also show Fernandez D 9 230 and Dempsey D 9 357 leading over Republicans Cornell 4 737 and Atchley 4 616 for at large congressional seats. Governor Simms 9 06 and Mechem 5 346 lead, with Montoya 284 and Hubble 4 807 following for lieutenant governor. Statewide officials Hannah 9 841 Chavez 4 252 Grant 9 618 Moses 4 386 and Standley 9 517 McKenna 4 463 also listed. See ADLAI Page 10.
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Dorothy Herring
Jeff G. Liston
J. C. Jones
Rodman M. Cookson
Thomas T. Mann
Emmett Patton
R. Perry Bean
Henry A. Ashcraft
Delia A. Gregg
Evelyn C. Crane
Bill Osborn
Jack Campbell
Robert V. Ely
Congress
Antonio M. Fernandez
John J. Dempsey
Dudley Cornell
Forrest Atchley
Joseph M. Montoya
Philip Hubbell
Natalie Smith Buck
Blanche G. Quintana
J. D. Hannah
Ben Chavez
Joseph B. Grant
Horace Moses
Fred M. Standley
Thomas F. McKenna
Georgia L. Lusk
Mary Foraker
Murray E. Morgan
Frank Wortman
John
Eddy County
Eisenhower-Nixon
Stevenson - Kefauver
Haldwick-Cooper
Hass-Cozini
Andrews Wardel
Forest Atchley
John Simms
Edwin L. Mechem
Joe Montoya
Phillip Hubble
Blanche Quintana
Joesph
Grant
Adlai
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