Roswell Studies Downtown Parking and Civic Exhibits
Roswell leaders viewed two exhibits at the Roswell Museum featuring Shopping Centers of Tomorrow and Meem architectural works from Santa Fe. Victor Gruen Associates officials say Roswell does not need a peripheral shopping center to fix downtown parking, noting nationwide parking dislocation as car use rises.
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Hank Smith
Santa Fe
John Gow Meem
Roswell Museum
Victor Gruen Associates
Los Angeles
American Federation of Arts
Roswell
Santa Fe Museum
Hugh Weston
Tito Trieste Offer Signals Five Power Talks
Yugoslav President Tito proposed Italy gain Trieste port while retaining Zone A, signaling a five power conference on the Adriatic dispute. Diplomats expect US Britain France Yugoslavia and Italy to meet as Tito moderates earlier demands and warns against further Italian expansion.
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Rome
Tito
Italy
Trieste
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Ales Bebler
Zone A
United States
Britain
France
Zone B
Hereford Show Underway at Lovington Fairgrounds
The One-Stop Hereford Association show and sale is in progress today and tomorrow at the Lovington Fairgrounds per Chaves County agent Al W Woodburn.
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Hereford Association
Lovington Fairgrounds
al W. Woodburn
Chaves
Local Weather Summary from United States Weather Bureau
Reading at 3 hour intervals shows today a high of 73 and a low of 30 with no precipitation in the last 24 hours. Normal highs and lows are 13 and 32. Sunrise is 6 30 and sunset 4 55. Forecast calls for mostly clear skies tomorrow with sunny pleasant afternoon and a high near 75.
Taos Lawyer Phillip Yonge Dies in Texas Hospital
Phillip Yonge, 58, long-time Taos resident and prominent lawyer, died Saturday in a Sweetwater Texas hospital after a long illness. He lived in Taos for 25 years and was well known in the community.
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Yonge
Texas
Taos
Phillip Yonge
Sweetwater
Tex
District Court Opens With Marijuana Case and Docket
District Court opened a term with State of New Mexico v Alfonso Franco for marijuana possession and sale and State of New Mexico v Jerry Gonzales for selling liquor to a minor. Jury selection from a 36 name panel continued as 75 people crowded the courtroom.
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State of New Mexico
Alfonso Franco
Jerry Gonzales
Joel Smith
Anthony J. Bednarcczyk
J. M. Carrington
Sam J. Nunnally
Felipe Horton
State Supreme Court
George T. Harris
Pat Hanagan
Robert J. Barrett
Jean Willis
Clyde Backenstoss
Harry Puryear
J. C. Jones
Sammy Thompson
Ed Argenbright
Joe Kluk
Dan Carpenter
Wally Reed
Cases in Police Court Reported for Today
Eight cases were heard in police court today, four for intoxication, two for gambling, one for drunk and creating a disturbance, and one for drunk and fighting. Total fines amounted to $80.
Ex NYC Bank Employee Jailed In El Paso for Embezzlement
FBI reports George Alexander Boss a 20 year old Mount Vernon New York man an ex employee of Manufacturers Trust Co arrested in El Paso Texas for allegedly embezzling 19 700. Boss disappeared Oct 19 from Harlem branch after leaving with cash and traveled coast to coast before being captured at the Hilton hotel El Paso. He faced federal charges under the Federal Reserve Act with possible five year prison term and 5000 dollar fine.
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Mcalester
Okla
Carl Austin DeWolf
R. R. Reed
Carlsbad
N. M
Reed
DeWolf
Johnston Murray
Pardon and Parole Board
Massachusetts
Tulsa
Kirsey Nix
Mannfor
Nix
Jennings
Jerry St. Clair
Tom Phillips
U. S. Supreme Court
Parole Board
Senate
Sen. Nix
New York
el Paso
Tex
FBI
Leland V. Boardman
New York City
George Alexander Boss
Boss
Mount Vernon N. Y
Harlem
The
Manufacturers Trust Co
Los Angeles
Boston
Hartford
Conn
Cheyenne
Wyo
San Francisco
California
Hilton Hotel
A. R. Rice
Morningside
Christmas Gift Night Lights Up Roosevelt County Merchants
Workmen began decorating for Gift Night with 400 presents from 70 merchants to be claimed by county residents between 7 and 9 p.m. Thursday. A concert by the High School chorus opens on courthouse steps. Gifts are chosen by the Chamber of Commerce to ensure fairness.
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Court House
Carolyn Seale
Chaves
Bill Purdy
Chamber of Commerce
New Mexico
Roswell
Taos Enacts Curfew Law Targeting Minors
Taos imposes a curfew for anyone under 18 after 11 p.m. with fines for parents on a second offense and escalating penalties up to 50 dollars plus possible jail time on the third offense.
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Taos
Stovall to Clovis Public Schools as Superintendent
The president of the New Mexico Education Assn. and Artesia High School principal will assume the duties of superintendent of Clovis Public Schools on June 14, 1954. Travis Stovall of Artesia succeeds R. E. Marshall, who resigns at the end of the current school year.
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Stovall
Clovis Clovis
The
New Mexico Education Assn
Artesia High School
Clovis Public School
Travis Stovall
Artesia
R. E. Marshall
UNM Grants Morning Off After Win Over Wyoming
University of New Mexico students were granted a morning off by President Tom Popejoy after the 9-7 victory over the Wyoming Cowboys. A delegation of about 300 students delivered the request at his home at midnight Saturday to secure the holiday.
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
University of Wyoming Cowboys
Tom Popejoy
UNM
Wyoming
Ex Klansmen Nabbed by FBI Over 1951 Robeson flogging
FBI agents arrested 14 former Ku Klux Klan members in North and South Carolina on charges of kidnapping, interstate transport, and flogging of Christine Rogers and Ernest Rogers on November 16, 1951. Victims were beaten after being abducted from Lake View, South Carolina, and driven into Robeson County, North Carolina.
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Washington
FBI
Ku Klux Klan
North
South Carolina
J. Edgar Hoover
Robeson County
North Carolina
Rogers
James G Stegall Is Commissioned Ensign in Navy Reserve
In Newport Rhode Island the Navy Officer Candidate School gradu ates its 13th class of former enlisted men converting them to Ensigns in the Naval Reserve. Among the new officers is James G Stegall Jr son of Mr and Mrs James G Stegall of Roswell New Mexico and husband of Marian Todd of Clovis.
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Newport, R. I
Navy
Officer Candidate School
Naval Reserve
James G. Stegall Jr
James G. Stegall
Roswell, N. M
Marian Todd
Clovis
Truman to Discuss White Case on Radio Tonight
Washington reports Democrats in Congress rallying behind Truman as he prepared to discuss the Harry Dexter White case on radio and TV. The dispute could affect the Eisenhower administration's program in the next session. Brownell promised further disclosures about the case. White, named to IMF in 1946, was accused of spying, and FBI involvement was cited in various accounts.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Harry Dexter White
Eisenhower
Atty
Brownell
White
U.S
International Monetary Fund
FBI
Truman White
Independence
J. Edgar Hoover
Monetary Fund
Treasury
Associated Press
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Beloit
Wis
Welcome Readied For King and Queen In Clovis Tuesday
Greek King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece will be welcomed in Clovis Tuesday afternoon as their Santa Fe rail cars are switched to a Houston bound train. An estimated 150 to 200 Greeks and Greek-Americans from Clovis, Roswell and other New Mexico towns will greet them at the Santa Fe depot, with delegations from Amarillo and Lubbock also attending. The royals arrive from the West Coast at 2 30 p.m. and stay about 40 minutes after the switch. The pair had a weekend in Los Angeles with studio visits and church services en route to Arizona's Grand Canyon.
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Clovis
Paul
Frederika
Greece
West Coast
Santa Fe
Houston
Roswell
New Mexico
Amarillo
Lubbock
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Los Angeles
Hobbs Man Held in Rifle Slaying of Fellow Resident
Hobbs resident Modesto Maldonado, 23, is held in the slaying of Jose Valenzuela, 23. Valenzuela’s body was found by city police at the city dump after a 6 a.m. discovery. State police say Maldonado admitted the killing claiming self defense after a confrontation during a nighttime drive to a movie.
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Hobbs
Modesto Maldonado
Jose Valenquela
Valenzuela
Nolan Utz
Maldonado
Utz
Jury Selection Begins in Greenlease Kidnaping Case
Federal jury selection starts to decide if Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady may face the death penalty for the abduction and murder of 6 year old Bobby Greenlease. U S attorney Edward Scheufler seeks the death sentence and up to 200 witnesses may testify for the government.
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Kansas City
Bobby Greenlease
Ik Very Bmw Vlan
Carl Austin Hall
Playboy Wastrel
Bonnie Brown Heady
Lindberg
U. S
Hall
Heady
Harold Hall
Maryville, Mo
Dietrick
Howling Mad Koreans Reject Red Explanations 22 to 6
At Panmunjom, Koreans rejected Communist pleas to return home by 221 to 6 in favor of South Korea. Only 472 prisoners were called for explanation with 227 of 471 Koreans interviewed choosing the South and resisting Red persuasion. Interviews lasted hours as guards kept order and subcommittees began planning a Korean political conference.
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Panmunjom
U.N
South Korea
Vaughn Woman Dies of Injuries in Auto Crash
Mrs. Evela Espinosa, 38, of Vaughn, died in an Albuquerque hospital from injuries suffered when a truck carrying her went off U. S. Highway 54 near Santa Rosa. A front tire blowout caused the crash on Nov. 7. death reported Sunday.
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Albuquerque
Evela Espinosa
Vaughn
Espinoza
Santa Rosa
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Edward Jacobson
Jessell
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Southwest
R. V. Hunter
Meem
Peter Hurd
Horgan and Hunter
United States Weather Bureau
NYC Bank
Onal
HST
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Rik
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
J. M. Adams
Orene Tyson
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