Stevenson Rings First Doorbell in Libertyville Campaign
Adlai E. Stevenson visited Libertyville to ring the first doorbell of the 1956 campaign as he campaigns to halt H bomb tests. He outlined in a Chicago address why peace hinges on halting nuclear tests and urged Russia to cooperate. Stevenson’s drive drew support from scientists and Democratic leaders calling for international action.
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Libertyville
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nixon
ABC
Chicago
Stevenson
Russia
United States
Paul Butler
Eisenhower
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Calif
Butler Rips Ike Nixon in Albuquerque
Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler unleashes sharp attacks on Ike and Nixon during a Albuquerque event. The confrontation centers on campaign strategy and party leadership as Butler accuses rivals of missteps and criticizes policy positions.
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Albuquerque
Paul Butler
Carpenter Returned to State Prison in Santa Fe
Willie Carpenter 55, an escaped prisoner, was captured in Roswell and returned to the Santa Fe state penitentiary. He and fellow escapee Jimmy Williams 39, had separated. Carpenter described moving from a "high hill back of a pink house" and surviving on meals while eluding pursuit. Williams was captured earlier and both are serving long terms for second degree murder.
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Willie Carpenter
Old State Penitentiary
Roswell
New State Penitentiary
Santa Fe
I. R. Funk
New Mexico
Carpenter
Jimmy C. Williams
Williams
Captain Funk
Texas
Washington Ave
Funk
East 12Th
J. E. Pélson
Rocky Garcia
Cardon Carpenter
Leroy Carpenter
Farmington
Snyder
Tex
Amarillo
State Penitentiary
Charlie Troublefield
Hagerman
Archie Jennings
State Police
Tanker finds two aircraft type wheels in Atlantic search
The British tanker Navicella reported recovering two aircraft type wheels that may belong to a missing U S transport plane. A British launch and two American plus two British search planes were deployed 250 miles southwest of Land's End as investigators check wheel numbers. The C18 1 8 transport vanished Wednesday night with 59 service members aboard including 50 Air Force and nine Navy personnel.
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London
Navicella
Atlantic
U. S
Land’s End
Air Force
England
United States
Azores
Britain
Navy
Eisenhower Plans TV Talks and West Coast Trip
President Eisenhower, turning up campaign tempo, schedules two filmed talks tonight on NBC and ABC and a coast to coast TV appearance tomorrow. He heads a four day tour to the Pacific Northwest stopping in Minnesota and Colorado with GOP Senate battles noted along the route.
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Washington
Eisenhower
West Coast
NBC
ABC
CBS
Pacific Northwest
Minnesota
Colorado
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Oregon
GOP
U.S. Senate
White House
National Presbyterian Church
Army
Suez Canal
John Eisenhower
80 Bankers Meet Albuquerque in NM Assn Session
Some 80 bankers and banking officials joined the quarterly session of group 4 of the New Mexico Bankers Assn over the weekend. Cities represented included Albuquerque Clayton Springer Santa Fe Espanola Taos Belen Grants.
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Albuquerque
Group 4
New Mexico
Geologists to Meet Tuesday in Roswell
Don A Meyers of the USGS will discuss the geology of the Late Paleozoic Horshoe Atoll West Texas at the Roswell Geological Society meeting. The event is set for Tuesday Oct 16 at 6 p.m. in the Nickson Hotel dining room.
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Horshoe Atoll
West Texas
Donald A. Meyers
USGS
Roswell Geological Society
Nick‘son
Dag Hammarskjold Pushes New Suez Mediation Effort
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold prepared a fresh bid to unite Britain France and Egypt on the Suez dispute. Mediation was returned to the UN after the Security Council backed six settlement principles and after a Soviet veto blocked a British French demand for international control. A French spokesman said talks would resume later. Dulles met Lloyd before returning to Washington and discussed SCUA, the 15 nation Suez Users Association.
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Dag Hammarskjold
Britain
France
Egypt
Suez Canal
Security Council
Hammarskjold
U.S
Dulles
Washington
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
Suez Canal Users’ Assn
SCUA
Nelson to Attend Education Meet in Oklahoma City
Morgan Nelson, chairman of the New Mexico Board of Educational Finance Committee, will leave Roswell on Wednesday to attend the eight state Great Plains Conference on Higher Education in Oklahoma City October 18. He will join the Friday panel addressing Responsibilities of Colleges in Meeting the Needs of Higher Education.
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Boys State
Martin May
New Mexico American Legion Boys State
G. Y. Fails
Mike Alarid
Reed Mulkey
Roswell
Ralph Burnsworth
Indianapolis
May
American Legion Boys State
New Mexico Military Institute
James Delameter
New Mexico Institute of Technology
Morgan Nelson
New Mexico
United Fund Kickoff Reports 100 Percent Attendance
Jud Roberts speaks as United Fund employees group reports full turnout at a kickoff breakfast at the Nickson Hotel. Paul Wilmot announces public drive plans as Bert Shepard outlines fund purpose and a follow up breakfast at the Woman's Club by next Monday. Bill McCombs co operates in drive activities.
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United Fund
Paul Wilmot
Nickson Hotel
Woman’s Club
Jud Roberts
Bert Shepard
Bill McCombs
United Fund Opens Downtown HQ and Opry Ticket Sale
The United Fund opens a downtown headquarters at 111 N. Main St with phone MA2-7553. Grand Ole Opry tickets go on sale at the HQ and several Roswell, Dexter, Hagerman stores for shows at 7 and 9 p.m. This Thursday. Funds will support seven organizations including Girl Scouts and Red Cross as the drive targets 61,600 dollars.
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United Fund
N. Main St
Roswell
Dexter and Hagerman
Dexter
Grand Ole Opry
Irby Drug
Hagerman
Jack’s Drug
Five Points Drug
Ginsberg Music Co
Zink’s
the Model
Platt Drug
Plyler
East Side
Girl Scouts
Red Cross
Recreation Council
Salvation Army and
Three-man Tricycle Trip Ends With Dallas Football Rally
Sigma Chi brothers from Oklahoma University pedaled a three-man tricycle from Jackson Mississippi to Dallas for the Oklahoma Texas game. They arrived at 3 a.m. Saturday after leaving Thursday, planning to return by car. The story also notes oil drilling updates across Humble and Magnolia wells in Lea and Eddy counties with multiple drill stem tests and depths reported.
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Norman
Okla
George Potter
Jackson
Miss
Sigma Chi
Oklahoma University
Here
Dallas
Magnolia Petroleum Co
M. C. Brown
Chaves County
Hagerman
Wellie Whitehead
Roosevel County
Magnolia Tres Ranchos
Eddy County
Jacobs Federal
Roosevelt County
Dickinson Heirs
Humble Oil & Refining Co
South Saunders
Lea County
Shell Oil Co
Qurecho Plains
Gulf Oil Corp
Gertrude Morris
Humble
Cotton Ginning Totals Reach 21 741 Bales in Chaves County
Weekly ginning adds 7 028 bales raising total to 21 741. The report lists each gin with past week and year to date figures led by Roswell and Farmers Incorporated among others in Chaves County.
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Chaves
al Woodburn
Roswell Gin
Farmers Incorporated
Farmers Inc
EGP
Southsprings Gin
Patterson Brothers
Dexter
Hagerman
McNally and Lawson Families Featured in Page Notice
Mrs. St. and Mrs. Fredrick McNally accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lawson are listed in a local social or wedding notice. The brief item notes the two couples as attendees or honorees in the community announcement.
Philippine army captures ten year old Huk member
Manila reports the Philippine army has captured a Communist Huk who is ten years old at present. The youth joined the Huks at age seven, a detail highlighting the unusual recruitment timeline within the rebel group.
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Manila
Philippine
Huks
Two Teenagers Start a Merry 12-Hour Country Chase
In Montrose Michigan Barbara Lawrence fourteen and Martha Sackrider thirteen sparked a long rural pursuit as two runaway girls on horseback eluded a large police and citizen posse. One girl was captured after being thrown from her horse near a ditch. Undersheriff Turner called the escape a result of a school discipline incident.
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Montrose
Mich
Barbara Lawrence
Martha Sackrider
Jack Turner
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