Strike violence fears grip New Castle as guard stays
Tense anti strike standoff in New Castle Indiana as UAW CIO members threaten a new march if Perfect Circle foundry reopens. Eight shot in a riot as plant evacuates nonstrikers and closes. Mayor McCormack orders National Guard to stay through weekend with plant reopening unlikely before Monday.
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Stave Aare
VU Ul Lhaligg Waulil Alietl
New Castle
Uaw-Cio
Officig
Perfect Circle
National Guard
Uaw-Cio International
William F. Caldwell
McCormack
Indiana
Kentucky
United States
Governors to Attend Oklahoma Hall of Fame Fundraiser
Washington reports that Governors of New Mexico New York and Oklahoma will attend a box supper on the Oklahoma capitol grounds April 21 to raise part of Oklahoma share in the National Cowboy Hall of Fame project. The event will also invite members of the cast of the motion picture Oklahoma.
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Washington
New Mexico
New York
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Capitol
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Weather Summary for New Mexico and US Readings
Local weather report notes 24 hour period with highs near 70s and 73 in New Mexico. Sunrise at 5 56 and sunset at 5 35 with 11.7 hour day. Mostly clear skies continue with warmer afternoon and a cold night.
Welfare Employees Get Pay Increases After Lid Lifted
State welfare benefits will be restored to March 31 levels starting next month. Welfare Director Murray Hintz said processing will begin immediately and rolls will be adjusted so clients receive higher amounts. The Welfare Board also eased March 31 restrictions and approved pay raises for state county and institutional workers.
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Santa FE
State Welfare Board
Murray Hintz
Hintz
Kiwanians Hear School Money Talk in Roswell
Ernest Harp municipal schools auditor explained Roswell public schools funding and spending at the La Honda Kiwanis luncheon at the Nickson Hotel. He cited bonded indebtedness of 1,525,000. Visitors Thomas Harrison and Preston Wilson attended. S Dale Karnes became a new member.
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Roswell
Ernest Harp
la Honda Kiwanis Club
Nickson Hotel
Thomas Harrison
Preston Wilson
S. Dale Karnes
la Honda
Welfare Dept Boosts Old Age Payments After Special Session
New Mexico welfare officials begin raising relief checks starting November 1 with a potential total of up to 1.5 million dollars for increased benefits. Director Murray Hintz notes every recipient gains, including a maximum single elder payment of sixty dollars monthly, as the Legislature ends a rare post-session compromise.
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State Welfare Board
Murray Hintz
Senate
House
Virgil McCollum
D-Eddy
Appropriations Committee
Board of Finance
Welfare Board
Carnival Workers Charged in Death Near Lubbock
Four Missouri carnival workers were jailed in Lubbock after being charged with slaying 19 year old Charles D Reeves. The body was found in a roadside ditch southeast of Lubbock wrapped in a blanket. Two waitresses Betty Stence and Jean Allison gave signed statements naming Holt Jones Deloach and an unnamed fourth suspect as involved.
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Lubbock
Tex
Charles D
Buddy) Reeves
Bill Holt
Kansas City
Phillip L. Jones
Hamilton
Harold H. Deloach
St. Louis
Bobby McKenzie Price
Grady Harrist
Reeves
Harrist
Betty Stence
Jean Allison
Betty
Holt
Jones
Crowell
Deloach
Dickens
Price
Two Die In Separate Wrecks Increase New Mexico Toll
Two persons died from injuries after separate highway crashes, raising New Mexico 1955 highway deaths to 162. Mrs. Katherine J. King 43 Tiejeras died from a Sept. 13 crash on U.S. 66 west of Albuquerque and George W. Alliston 52 Newark N J died after a chartered bus crash south of Socorro.
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Albuquerque
Katherine J. King
Tiejeras
George W. Alliston
Newark
N.J
Alliston
Lionel Hampton
Socorro
Hampton
Truth Or Consequences
Bodies recovered from worst U.S. air crash on Medicine Bow Peak
Rescue teams struggled through wind and snow on Medicine Bow Peak Wyoming to recover 66 bodies from a United Airlines DC4 crash that killed 66 people, including five Salt Lake City Tabernacle choir members, making it the deadliest U.S. commercial air disaster at the time. The plane had departed New York City and vanished after leaving Denver en route to Salt Lake City and San Francisco.
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Laramie
Wyo
U.S
Medicine Bow Peak
United Air Lines
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
New York City
Air Force
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Europe
Northwest Airlines
Lake Michigan
Tokyo
John Terrill
Carbon County
Here
Gerald Downey
Wyoming Civil Air Patrol
Ben Butler
Larsen
Eddie Drapela
Frosty Morning Hits New Mexico North
A cold spell returns to the northern half of New Mexico with frost and clear skies overnight. Grants recorded 18 degrees, Otto 22, Zuni 27, Las Vegas 27, Farmington 31, and Santa Fe 32, while southern areas ranged 40 to 45. Daytime highs expected 60s to 70s in the north and 70s to 80s in the south.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Weather Bureau
Grants
Otto
Zuni
Las Vegas
Farmington
Santa Fe
Education group to host 68th convention in Albuquerque
Mrs Agnes Meyer co-owner of the Washington Post and Senator Anderson of New Mexico are among speakers scheduled for the New Mexico Education Association’s 68th annual convention in Albuquerque from October 26 to 29.
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Albuquerque F
Agnes Meyer
The
Washington Post
Sen. Anderson
D - NM
New Mexico Education Assn
Albuquerque
First American Death in Tampico Rescue Mission
The first American death occurred when a relief launch from the destroyer Bassett overturned near Tampico. A Marine drowned. identity withheld. About 326 others have died in Tampico floods and hurricanes, as shortages of bread salt sugar and medical supplies threaten the city.
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Mexico City
U.S
Tampico
Gulf Coast
Bassett
Panuco
U.S. Army
Pueblo
Colo
U.S. Navy
Anastacio Garcia
Navy
Malco Pilot Wins Nation's No 2 Air Safety Award
John A. Lyon chief pilot for Malco Asphalt & Refining Co Roswell received the National Business Aircraft Association Pilot Safety Award at the NBAA meeting in Detroit. Lyon logged 1 400 000 accident free miles the second highest in the nation among 15 Million Milers. First place went to Nelson A. Rokes Proctor & Gamble Cincinnati. Lyon has flown since 1946 with a modern fleet and holds ATPL commercial single engine land and instrument ratings.
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John A. Lyon
Malc Asphalt & Refining Co
Roswell
National Business, Aircraft Association
Sheraton-Cadillac
Detroit
Mich
Lyon
NBAA
United States
Walter C. Pagne
Armco Steel Corp
Malco
Continental
Marco
Police rush to creek after report of infant body found
In Louisville Kentucky officers dispatched 11 emergency vehicles to a creek following a caller who said they spotted a baby's body. Searchers found only a discarded doll.
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Louisville
Wet Spell Persists Across Eastern U S With Floods
An October storm system lingers over the eastern half of the country bringing heavy rain. Fort Wayne reported 2.36 inches and Indianapolis 1.18 inches in 24 hours, Syracuse 3.50 and Buffalo 2.51 inches, with Detroit flood-caused traffic jams and 12 inches of rain in 45 minutes in some outskirts.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
New England
Mississippi River
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Syracuse
N.Y
Buffalo
Detroit
Detroit Street Railways
Theft of 1.6 Million Coffee Cups Reported
In Los Angeles a theft was reported involving a truck trailer from a trucking company yard carrying 17 tons of dry coffee. The haul lacked sugar and cream.
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Los Angeles
Simms and Anderson Back Stevenson for President Nomination
Gov John F Simms and Sen Clinton P Anderson of New Mexico endorsed Adlai Stevenson for the Democratic presidential nomination in a joint statement. They said they would support him wholeheartedly if he seeks the nomination and speculated about possible VP interest. Anderson declined to comment further.
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Anderson
Taos
Stephen Mitchell
Stevenson
Simms
Mitchell
Illinois
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard W. Everett
New Mexico State Police Grow With 26 Rookies
Santa Fe New Mexico State Police gain 26 rookies commissioned by Gov. John Simms after a 30 day training. Three of the other applicants expected to be hired soon. Board authorized five more this year and 15 next year. New members include Sam Gallegos Santa Fe Joe Epps Socorro Raymond L New Roswell Charles Damon Gallup Timoteo Pino Belew Ira O Paz.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
John Simms
State Police Board
Sam Gallegos
Joe Epps
Socorro
Raymond L. New
Roswell
Charles Damon
Gallup
Timoteo Pino
Belew
Ira O. Paz
No Charges Filed Against Gunman
Orangeburg police searched the area after a local druggist reported a pistol packing stranger threatening the store. The 14 year old suspect said his toy cap pistol slipped from his pocket and he grabbed it to stop it hitting the floor before fleeing. No charges were filed.
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Orangeburg
S. C
Colorful Mounted Parade Opens Aspencade in Ruidoso
The Aspencade weekend in Ruidoso begins with a 9 a.m. mounted parade featuring the Aspencade Queen, local riders, and Sheriff Posses from New Mexico and Texas. The main Autocade departs at 10 a.m. from the post office area. A chuck wagon dinner and interdenominational services follow at 12:15 p.m. Tickets cost $1.50 for adults and $1 for children.
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Ruidoso
New Mexico
Texas
Golden Country
Dan Storm
Glencoe
Golden High Country
Service Reminder From Your Carrier
The message asks to report dissatisfaction with service and promises to satisfy customers. The sender says they will call to collect and plans to visit today or tomorrow morning. No specific names or locations are provided.
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Utah Experiment Station
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