Syrian premier pivots to neutral foreign policy in Syria
Damascus AP says premier Mamoun Kuzbari launches new regime on neutral foreign affairs path following U A R disintegration. He backs parliamentary democracy with a four month limit while preserving Nasser’s agrarian reform and promoting private ownership and foreign investment. Serraj is captured after escape and arrest.
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Damascus
Syria
Mamoun Kuzbari
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
U.A
Kuzbari
Nasser
Syrian Arab Republic
Abdul Hamid Serraj
Serraj
Record Low 28 Degrees Sets Roswell Oct 3 Benchmark
An all time 28 degree low hit Roswell early Tuesday as a cold front swept through Sunday night. Frost killed foliage on cotton plants aiding pickers, even as pasture grass suffered. Otto and Albuquerque reported low readings, with state cooling to end front.
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Roswell
Pecos Valley
al Woodburn
Chaves County
Carlsbad
Glenwood
Albuquerque
Otto
Man flees to West Berlin breaks through border wall
A 24 year old East Berliner drives a heavy truck through the concrete border wall near Heinrich Heine Strasse at the American sector crossing to reach West Berlin. Police report the daring escape occurred today as authorities tightened security at the checkpoint.
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Berlin
Roswell teachers explain first grade reading methods
Roswell Board of Education heard from three first grade teachers from Roswell Elementary Schools detailing their approaches to teaching reading. Miss Devlin praised phonics using vowel fairy and consonant brownie charts claiming her current class reads 1 220 words toward a national average of 2 000 by year end. Miss Cloppett favored Read More Spell More by Nadine Fillmore, noting phonetics can be reduced and spelling with same sounds like bird and See City.
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Bill Fritch
Roswell
Devlin
Ora _ Cloppett
Monterrey
Nadine Fillmore
Miss Cloppert
Bird
City
Postage Stamp to Honor New Mexico 50th Anniversary
The Post Office Department will issue a commemorative stamp next year for New Mexico's 50th statehood anniversary. New Mexico will receive one of 15 stamps, with design and issuance plans to be coordinated with Senator Anderson, Governor Mechem, and other state officials.
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Washington
Post Office Department
New Mexico
Clinton P Anderson
D-N.m
Anderson
Post Office
Sen. Anderson
Edwin L. Mechem
Attend 1961 Eastern New Mexico Fair Sets Record Totals
Attendance reached 49 276 with 36 457 adults and 12 819 children through five days of the fair. Radio attendance for five performances totaled 9 553 with 1 763 children. Secretary Treasurer Carl Rohr warned bills will push expenses higher than last year. Daily tallies include Wednesday 12 668 Thursday 3 865 Friday 10 466 Saturday 17 174 Sunday 5 167.
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New Mexico
Carl Rohr
Fair Board
Rohr
Kennedy to get update on West Berlin defense buildup
President Kennedy will be briefed today by military chiefs on the NATO western defense buildup and alliance contributions to the Berlin crisis. He will confer with Secretary McNamara and Gen Lemnitzer, with Gen Norstad joining in the afternoon. Gromyko may meet with Kennedy later in the week.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lauris Norstad
Allied Forces In
Europe
Norstad
Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Red China admits farm and factory failures amid swift changes
Tokyo AP reports Red China portrays economic strain from drought floods and typhoons as it studies the Soviet experience in socialist construction. Peiping acknowledges grain shortfalls and notes readjustments in rural communes. Official media emphasize ongoing manpower and material shifts to the countryside.
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Tokyo
Red China
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Peiping
Peiping People’s Daily
People’s Daily
Five close friends die in train car crash near Indianapolis
In Indianapolis, five high school friends from Franklin Central High School died when their car was hit by a swift New York Central passenger train at a crossing less than a mile from the school. The victims include Robert Altmyer 17 and siblings Nadine Louise 14 Laural Elaine 14 and Linnie Taylor 14 and Stephen Pratt 16. They were returning from classes around 2 40 p.m. and the train was traveling 70 to 80 mph.
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Nau Uvc
Molliy
Pratt
Indianapolis Union Station
Ergineer Verna C. Zander
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Joblessness Drops 457,000 in September
Washington AP reports Labor Department figures show unemployment fell by 457,000 in September, with a potential decline to around four million for the month, the first time in a year.
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Washington
Labor Department
Typhoon Tilda Hits Okinawa U S Installations
Reports to the 5th Air Force in Japan said Typhoon Tilda caused major damage to U S military installations on Okinawa with no known casualties among U S personnel.
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Tokyo
Okinawa
5Th Air Force
Japan
U.S
State Finance Director seeks AG action on cigarette tax error
Santa Fe AP Ed Hartman, state finance director, asked the attorney general to pursue legal action against the Department of Finance and Administration to resolve an oversight in the interstate cigarette tax.
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Santa FE
Ed Hartman
Attorney General’s Office
Department of Finance and Administration
Baseball Notables Named in New York and Houston NL Grab Bag
The Associated Press reports a grab bag of National League players including Gil Hodges Robin Roberts Red Schoendienst Sam Jones Richie Ashburn Johnny Antonelli and Vinegar Bend Mizell connected to the New York and Houston clubs.
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NEW York
Gil Hodges
Robin Roberts
Red Schoendienst
Sam Jones
Richie Ashburn
Johnny Antonelli
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Houston
Associated Press
Doctors and Dentists Drafted for Military Service
The Defense Department ordered 495 doctors 154 dentists and 67 veterinarians drafted for the Army Navy and Air Force. They are needed due to the general buildup of the armed forces. Veterinarians are assigned to meet higher demand in food inspection preventive medicine and research and development, the Pentagon said.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Pentagon
Man Uses Old Trick to Pocket 670 At Artesia Bank
A neatly dressed man about 40 used a drive in bank con to steal 670 dollars from the Peoples State Bank in Artesia. He deposited 2633 in fictitious checks in the name of Frank Holder and withdrew 670 cash. He drove a car from a local dealer, has red hair, stands six feet one inch, weighs 190 pounds, and wore tinted glasses. Deputy Cecil O Neil is investigating.
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Artesia
Peoples State Bank
Frank Holder
Eddy County
Cecil O'Neil
Tearful Lad Blames Carelessness
In Fremont Nebraska AP coverage a grieving 11 year old, Roger Lewis, says he does not know who was to blame for a fatal crash that killed his parents and five siblings after a car with his mother and stepfather collided with a semi truck. He recalls his stepfather Dallas Talkington and expresses a future desire to be a farmer on a Maybell Colorado farm where he once summered. Frederick Schwalm of Omaha, the truck driver, was treated for a forehead cut.
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Fremont
Neb
Roger Lewis
Blair
Missouri River
Roger
Dallas Talkington
Bernard Dahnens
Talkingtons
Talkington
Craig
Colo
Dahnens
Dora
Dallas Jr
Dana la Vera
Virgil Lee
Lowell Cecil
Diane Kay Lewis
Frederick Schwalm
Omaha
Maybelle
Ford Faces National Strike After 20 Years
DETROIT AP Ford Motor Co 120000 production workers walked off the job in the first nationwide strike against Ford in two decades after contracts failed to be reached by a 10 am deadline. About 45000 workers were idle at 16 plants, with 85 plants nationwide expected shut down. Negotiations resume after a 24 hour recess as picket lines form and both sides denounce the action.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Malcolm L. Denise
Reuther
Denise
16th Soviet Atomic Blast Reported
Washington AP reports the Soviet Union conducted its 16th atmospheric nuclear test since resuming tests on September 1. The Atomic Energy Commission said the yield was about a megaton, equivalent to 1 million tons of TNT.
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Washington
Soviet Union
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Roswell Daily Record Offers Weekly News Tip Prize
The Roswell Daily Record pays five dollars weekly for the best news tip with results announced every Sunday. Call MA 2-7710 from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or MA 2-4809 in the morning or MA 3-1891 after 5 p.m. Winners may keep their names confidential if chosen.
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