Malpractice Suits Highlight Need for Nurses to Carry Insurance
Denver attorney Richard M. Schmidt Jr told New Mexico State Nurses Association members that nurses should carry insurance against malpractice suits. He cited 200 nationwide cases over 15 years, noting 43 percent involved burns, 27 percent falls, 9 percent sponge left inside surgeries, and other claims. He said nurses are responsible for their own acts and must follow lawful doctor orders, while ensuring standard care and precautions. An audience Q and A followed the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard M. Schmidt Jr
Colorado Nurses Association
Denver
Colo
New Mexico State Nurses Association
Schmidt
Dorothy Best
New Mexico Nurses Association
Marie Fellin
Ellers
Richard M. Schmidt, Jr
Colorado Nurses’ Association
New Mexico
Colorado
California
Florida
Balloon Rider Says Manned Moon Possible
Maj. David Simons of Holloman Missile Center says a manned satellite mission is possible with safeguards and life-support tech. He notes life-support challenges are vast and cautions on return safety as the final hurdle. Simons’ 100000-foot ascent from Crosby, Minnesota, last August supports expected human reactions at extreme altitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weisbaden
Germany
David Simons
Holloman Missile Center
Alamogordo
N.M
Simons
Earth
Crosby, Minn
Air Force Band to Perform at Walker’s B 52 Hangar
The Airmen of Note will perform a three hour free concert at Walker Army Air Base on Monday evening October 21. Johnny O Seekee leads the renowned group featuring alumni from Dorsey May Krupa and Thornhill among others. The Four Saints vocal group and Staff Sergeant Duff Thomas will provide comedy and instrumental showcases to entertainment and military audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Air Force Base
USAF
Strategic Air Command Base
Johnny O’seekee
Tommy Dorsey
Billy May
Gene Krupa
Ralph Flannagan
Claude Thornhill
Harry James
Maj
Glen Miller
Walker
Four Saints
Ezra Records
Duff Thomas
Thomas
Roswell
Child interrupts speaker on Russia trip at St Pauls parish
Mrs Bea Johnson reported on her Russia trip when a 3 year old girl wandered into the speakers table from a children's meeting and asked in a clear voice for directions to the bathroom. The distraught child could not find her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Bea Johnson
Russia
St. Paul’s Episcopal Parish
Arkansas City Councils pass anti NAACP disclosure ordinances
Little Rock and North Little Rock city councils approved similar laws forcing certain groups to disclose officers and finances. Atty Gen Bruce Bennett urged the move to target the NAACP, with the measures passing unanimously in Little Rock and by all but one North Little Rock alderman.
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Little Rock
Ark
North Little Rock
National Assn
Bruce Bennett
NAACP
Franklin E. Loy
Loy
John O. May
May
Walter Skipper
Skipper
W. A. Fair
Guilty Plea Entered In Larceny Case
Charles Brown aged 22 pleaded guilty to petit larceny and received a 30 day jail sentence in justice court. The charge arose from the Saturday theft of spurs and chaps belonging to Herve Allen.
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Charles Brown
Justice Court
Herve Allen
Boy’s Find Not Sputnik Says Detroit Lab
Detroit police laboratory reassures 5 year old Dennis DeYoung that the metal object found behind his home is iron from an artillery shell not from a satellite. Dennis dragged it inside to show his father Morris who alerted authorities. Technicians identified the piece as non Russian iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Dennis DeYoung
Dennis
Morris
Marines Face Courts Martial Over Prisoner Abuse Case
U S Navy orders general court martial for Sergeants Barbuti and McLane and special courts martial for 14 others over maltreatment of prisoners in Sasebo Japan. Vice Adm Good announced the actions naming the 16 Marines with ages and hometowns.
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Yokosuka
Japan
U.S. Navy
U.S
Sasebo
Roscoe F. Good
U.S. Naval
Robert J. Barbuti
Schenectady
N.Y
Adrian A. McLane
Philadelphia
Thomas G. Flint
Mobile
Ala
Bobby W. Phillips
Tyler
Tex
Maurice J. Beeson
Palo Alto
Calif
Richard E. Painter
Independence
Sheldon D. Sibell
Nelson, Minn
James T. Ray
Texas City
Glenn W. Fredericks
Anchorage
Alaska
Dayton D. Dierkson
Miller, S. D
Pres
Patrick J. Stalker
San Jose
Frank K. Patermak, Jr
Dayton
Ohio
Jose D. L. Medina
Albuquerque
N.M
Navy
Hoffa pleads innocent to five perjury counts in wiretap case
James R. Hoffa, head of the Teamsters, pleaded innocent in U S District Court to five counts of perjury tied to a federal grand jury probe of wiretapping at his Detroit headquarters. A temporary restraining order blocked Hoffa and others elected with him from taking office, while trial dates are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
U.S
Detroit
Acer & Wwfe
Hoffa
U.S. Dist
William B. Herlands
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
U.S. District Court
Washington
F. Dickinson Letts
Miami Beach
Dave Beck
Beck
Teamsters
Bernard B. Spindel
Owen Bert Brennan
See Hoffa
Roswell Eyes Portales Branch College Plan
Roswell school officials met with Eastern New Mexico University President Floyd Golden and staff in Portales to explore creating a community college branch in Roswell. The plan would extend the first two years of college as an extension of high school, funded by tuition and local income, with no public school money. Eastern officials showed willingness to cooperate, with follow up visits planned to discuss details and survey the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Floyd Golden
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
Eastern
H. F. Allred
Allred
Eastern New Mexico
Mansfield Says 850 Million Spent Cancelled
Senator Mansfield states Pentagon figures show more than 850 million dollars spent on canceled missile projects and argues Congress funded full research and development. He calls for a unified program, cites overlapping costs, and notes options between Thor and Jupiter missiles with 38 billion military cap.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Pentagon
Soviet Russia
Air Force
Navy
Army
Thor
Jupiter
Mansfield Lee
Roswell Area Sees Three Car Crashes Harming Six
Six people were injured in three overnight motor vehicle accidents near Roswell two within the city and one outside. A Ballard ambulance carried Evelyn L. Blackmore and Mary Jane Blackmore along with Margaret Bush to the medical center with injuries including a fractured pelvis a bruised forehead and a broken collar bone. The incident involved a gray 1957 Ford coach and a westbound 1957 Mack Diesel transport. The Ford hit a bridge end and was demolished. transport damage was listed at 500.
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Ballard
Roswell
Evelyn L. Blackmore
15Th
Tucson
Ariz
Mary Jane Blackmore
Margaret Bush
Hayden
Jimmie Lee Donnel
Portales
Nine Are Paroled From State Prison As Board Convenes
The New Mexico State Prison parole board grants conditional releases to nine inmates and considers one more case. Paroled are Denton Bernalillo County taking a vehicle. Gonzales Bernalillo attempted armed robbery. Barela Chaves possession of narcotics. Flippin Lea breaking and entering. Hewatt Chaves forgery. Moreno Bernalillo statutory rape. Lee Bernalillo breaking and entering. Morrell Quay car theft and burglary. Reed Chaves embezzlement. One case, Henry Sorrells, is taken under advisement pending parole plan.
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Santa FE
State Parole Board
New Mexico State
Clarence A. Denton
Bernalillo County
Texas
Melicio Gonzales
Bernalillo
New Mexico
Tony Barela
Chaves
Jerry D. Flippin
Lea
Marvin F. Hewatt
Eliseo Moreno
Calvin Lee
Colorado
Joseph S. Morrell
Quay
Missouri
W. R. Reed
Chavez Disparages Moon Satellite Worries
Sen. Dennis Chavez told a crowd in Alamogordo not to fear the Soviet sputnik noting the United States has Hollo man as a counter. He compared the Red satellite's impact to the H-bomb issue raised by Adlai Stevenson and backed a top priority push to launch an American satellite akin to the Manhattan Project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Dennis Chavez
Sputnik
Holloman
Rites Scheduled For Mrs. Cleon Ashmore
Funeral services for Mrs. Cleon Ashmore 38 who died Monday will be at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at South Hill Church of Christ conducted by Fred Custis pastor. Burial in Memorial Lawn Memorial Park. Survived by husband J L Pete Ashmore daughter Judith Ann and five sisters and a brother. Pallbearers Paul Core Herb Gray Tom Harrison George Lazzero Ray Mayes and H H Ray.
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Cleon Ashmore
South Hill Church
Soviet satellite sighting over Cambridge follows predicted path
Russia's third stage rocket flashed across the sky two minutes earlier than forecast, visible for about four minutes with no clear sighting of the original Sputnik. In Ottawa Elizabeth II resumes routine duties as coronation attire is packed, while her Canadian visit winds down with typical royal engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Russia
Sputnik
Eisenhower urges end to prejudice in school integration debate
President Eisenhower says Americans must erase differences based on prejudice and blind belief. His aide Sherman Adams criticizes Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus regarding the Little Rock integration crisis.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Little Rock
Floods and storms devastate Texas killing three and displacing hundreds
Across Texas floods, storms and tornadoes killed three people and forced hundreds from their homes. Drownings occurred in central and southeast Texas, a train derailed, a trestle collapsed, and dozens of highways closed as waters receded and shelters opened in Ballinger and other towns.
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Dallas
Texas
Ballinger
Red Cross
Taylor
Weir
Flo Schaefer
LaGrange
University of Texas
David Hand
Lubbock
Tex
Valley Mills
John B. Dickins
Houston
Lake Houston
Dayton
Buddy Cherry
Jerry
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W. A. Hamilton Jr., Construction Co
Gallup
Flagstaff
Air Force Band
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Senate
Lester Pearson
Parliament Building
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Pearson
Roswell Area
Carl Penn
Farwell
Dallas Mavis Auto Transport
Henry Sorrells
Chavez
Moon
Mrs. Ashmore
N. M
Garland
Kirbyville
Beaumont
Texas Department of Public Safety
Waller
Weather Bureau
Palestine
Hutto
San Angelo
mid-Mississippi Valley
Plains
Mississippi Valley
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