U.S. Pushes For Police Force In Mideast Cease Fire
The United States urges rapid deployment of a U.N. police force to back the Palestine cease fire and supervise French British troop withdrawal as Arab raids widen along a 30 mile frontier. Maj. Gen. Burns arrives in Cairo to prepare command of the U.N. police. Soviet abstention at the U.N. vote fuels concerns of Moscow intervention while Egypt repairs bombed air fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Israel
Jordan
United Nations
Egypt
Port Said
Suez Canal Zone
United States
U.N
Canada
E. L. M. Burns
Palestine
Cairo
Soviet
Russia
U.N. Assembly
Antony Lee Arab
Goodell Tops Vote Totals In Chaves County Election
Complete results show Eisenhower 7 538 Stevenson 4 270 for President with Mechem 6 167 and Simms 5 640 for Governor. County races crown Gregg over Crane and Jones leading sheriff, plus numerous state and county offices and party lines.
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Chaves County
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Ed Mechem
John F. Simms
Lawrence Goodell
Shadetree Jones
Delia A. Gregg
Evelyn Cc. Crane
Adlai E. Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Enoch A. Haitwick
Edwin M. Cooper
Eric Hass
Georgia Cozzini
Socialist Labor
T. Coleman Andrews
Thomas H. Werdel
New Party of
N. M
Antonio M. Fernandez
John J. Dempsey
D. Dudley Cornell
Forrest Atchley
Edwin L. Mechem
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 Block Jr
William Henry Abell
Supreme Court
J.C. Compton
Don Wilson
William W. Osborn
Jess W. Corn
Morgan Nelson
Carl R. McNally Jr
Fred H. Dilley Jr
Jack M. Campbell
Robert V. Ely
Patrick Finney Hanagan
Cecil Johnson
Rodman M. Cookson
Thomas T. Mann
Emmett Patton
Justice of the Peace
R. Perry Bean
Constable
Henry A. Ash- Lee Goodell
Welcome Mrs J J Downes Miss Chloe Garton
A brief social note welcomes Mrs J J Downes and Miss Chloe Garton to community events. The item records a cordial greeting and lists the two individuals by name.
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J. J. Downes
Chloe Garton
Warm dice and checker games lead to gambling conviction
Baltimore police forced entry at Myrtle Avenue and found 14 people playing two checker games with 10 warm dice and scattered money. Clarence Scott, 49, was convicted of gambling and sentenced to three months in jail and a $250 fine.
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Baltimore
Myrtle Avenue
Joseph L. Carter
Clarence Scott
Scott
City expands by 500 acres in Tierra Berrendo annexation
Roswell city council approved annexation of Tierra Berrendo between Linda Vista and Berrendo River, adding 500 acres. Jack Armstrong is petitioner. Aug. 25 1955 Linda Vista annexation noted. Meeting ran 7:33 to 10:33 with eight of ten aldermen present, officials and department heads listed.
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Tierra Berrendo
Linda Vista
Berrendo River
Mainto Garden
Country Club Road
Berrendo Road
Jack Armstrong
Fayette Davidson
Roy V. Tyner
L. D. Barbour
Melvin Clem
Winston Daniel
Lee Green
Max Littell
Albert Romero
Max Shepherd
Gene White
Ernest C. Tucker
Mgr. C
Gene Fisher
A. B. Gwinn
Harry Burkstaller
Airport
Ira Meredith
W.J. Stribling
John R. Jones
Tom Mann
Bill Brainerd
Tyner
Kingston Woman Dies in Car Crash Near Truth or Consequences
Eleanor F. Keller 50 of Kingston New Mexico was killed when her car overturned on US 85 nine miles south of Truth or Consequences. Police blamed defective equipment. she died of a fractured skull and internal injuries. This was the 323rd death of the year.
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Associated Press
Eleanor F. Keller
Kingston, N. M
Keller
Ernie Tucker Simms Eye Congress Seat
Ernest C. Tucker and Gov. John F. Simms emerge as leading Democratic contenders to fill the late Antonio Fernandez’s seat. The death prompts a disputed path for a special election with New Mexico attorneys drafting possible methods and a forthcoming attorney general opinion.
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Ernest C. Tucker
Congress
Antonio M. Fernandez
John F. Simms
New Mexico
Roswell
Simms
State Central Democratic Committee
Fernandez
Dudley Cornell
Tucker
Ernie
Five Congressmen Visit Roswell for City Tour Dinner
Five congressmen Wayne Aspinall Walter Rogers J T Rutherford A L Miller and Jack Westland visit Roswell Monday afternoon after inspecting the Carlsbad reclamation project S E Reynolds New Mexico state engineer accompanies them A Chamber of Commerce dinner follows at 7 p m in the Nickson with no formal program Reservations open until 10 a m Monday at the Chamber of Commerce
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Roswell
States
Wayne S. Aspinall
Colorado
Walter Rogers
J. T. Rutherford
Texas
A. L. Miller
Nebraska
Jack Westland
Washington
S. E. Reynolds
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Chamber of Commerce
Nickson
Budapest Budapest revolt fights amid siege and aid pleas
Hungarian turmoil worsens as Soviet tanks encircle Budapest and a curfew for food trucks is lifted. The Red Cross calls for a truce to evacuate the wounded while rebels and puppet government resist with sporadic fighting and shortages of shoes and clothing noted.
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Vienna
Budapest
Hungary
Geneva
International Red Cross Committee
Radio
Finance Ministry
Janos Kadar
Radio Free Europe
Munich
See Radio
New Mexico Voters Boost Democrats in Legislature
In a lopsided election outcome voters in New Mexico gave Democrats control of the Legislature, sending a shifting group to Santa Fe after January 1. The result ends the era of longtime leaders and introduces new faces to state government.
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Associated Press
Santa Fe
New Mexico Legislature Sees Shifts in 1955 Control
Judgment entered in the case of Albert Salcido versus Cecil W. McCann and Roy McCann assigns Salcido $1,250 toward damages of $10,510. In New Mexico politics, Democrats hold a 42 to 24 edge in the House and the Senate at 24 to 8, with several veteran leaders gone and a forthcoming shift toward younger reformers amid close contests.
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New Mexico
Senate
Kave
Henry Eager
Quay County
Murray Morgan
Otero
Calvin Horn
Bernalillo
Fulton Cox
Sierra
John Morrow
Colfax
Sidney Gottlieb
Valencia
Guido Zecca
McKinley
Morgan
Albert Salcido
Nadine Salcido
Cecil W. McCann
Roy McCann
Salcido
Safe-Teen promotes careful teen driving at Roswell High
Roswell High School forms Safe-Teen under Student Council President David Miller with backing from the Roswell Insurance Agents Association. Members must pass a car safety check in the west parking lot at 3 30 each afternoon this week, earning a card and sticker if brakes steering tires lights wipers horn mirrors and muffler pass the test.
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Roswell High
David Miller
Brian Copple
John Reeves
Roswell Association of Insurance
Henry Johnson
Maxie Lynn McBride
Ellers
Roswell High School
Roswell Insurance Agents Association
Pew
Miller
Frances Cook
Beaverton
Ore
Woman Prefers Personal Copy After Bookshop Autograph
In Colorado Springs Col. Barney Oldfield of the Air Defense Command autographs copies of Never a Shot in Anger in a bookshop. A woman asks if it is suitable for her minister and, after a playful exchange, selects the book for herself.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Barney Oldfield
Air Defense Command
Oldfield
Eisenhower Faces Prospect of Balking Congress
President Eisenhower faced a potentially hostile Congress after his sweeping re election victory. Democrats won majorities in both chambers, risking increased GOP obstruction on domestic issues as party coalitions rather than strict party lines will decide final actions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Adlai E. Stevenson
Senate
House
Stevenson
Kentucky
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
America
Johnson
Fluid Cotton Market Conditions In Local Area
Local upland long staple cotton market shows brief gains but remains fluid as buyers react to the Egyptian crisis and droughts. Prices sold to date ranged from 35 25 to 37 75 while some sellers report higher values than support prices. demand varies with buyers probing or pausing purchases.
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Mississippi Delta
California
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Kingston
Ernie Tucker
Simms Eye Congress Seat
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Adlai Stevenson
William McKinley
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