Nine Die In New Mexico Weekend Traffic Toll
The Associated Press reports nine fatalities in New Mexico over a violent weekend. Victims include a young mother and her infant, two Albuquerque churchwomen, a teen motorcyclist at White Sands, and others from Tierra Amarilla, Pena s co, Las Vegas, and Albuquerque amid rain and poor visibility.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Estancia
Sandia Mountains
Tierra Amarilla
I. E. Salazar
Antonio J. Martinez
Carlotta Winters
Las Vegas
N.M
Weekend Injuries From Local Auto crashes Reported
Two injury accidents occurred over the weekend. Filberto Miller 34 of 607 E. Bland Sr. and Jesus Portillo Castillo 26 of Chihuahua Mexico suffered serious injuries in a one car crash 3.1 miles north of Roswell on U S Highway 285. Castillo worked on the Lacy Shortridge place in Salt Creek. A separate crash at 2 40 p m on West Tilden involved a 1955 Kenworth truck backing into a 1949 Oldsmobile sedan driven by Billy Binns 17 of Box 31 Rt 1. Both incidents were investigated by Don Smith New Mexico State Police.
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Tierra Amarilla
U.S. 84
I. E. Salazar
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Espanola
Ernesto Mascarenas Jr
Lillian
Estella
Penasco
Alamogordo
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White Sands National Monument
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
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Doris Ray Gamble
Ross
New Mexico Territorial
Edmund G. Ross
Carlotta Gallegos Winters
Las Vegas
U. S
Don Hammond
Headon
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E. Bland Sr
Jesus Portillo Castillo
Chihuahua
Mexico
St. Mary’s Hospital
Roswell
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Chevrolet
Castillo
Lacy Shortridge Place
Salt Creek
Valley
Don Smith
New Mexico
West Tilden
Kenworth
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L. V. Reed
E. McGaffey
Alice Wise
Swilsa
Justice Court
Frank Gomez
E. Alameda Sr
Elijah Gresham
Willie Harrison
Elihu Henson
Marvin T. Hill
John George
Britain seeks joint US science pooling including nuclear research
London reports Britain plans a pooling proposal for all US British scientific resources, including nuclear and rocket research. Prime Minister Macmillan will meet President Eisenhower in Washington to present the plan, aiming for a joint planning directorate in Washington and possible expansion to other allies. The move may require US congressional changes to the McMahon Act.
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Soviet Union
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Laborite Daily Herald
Siamese twins joined in front are doing okay
Siamese twin girls Guadalupe and Raquel Estrada born in Wellington Texas are joined at the chest and abdomen and weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces at birth. They are on glucose water at St Josephs Hospital and doctors test if separation is safe. Their mother Lina Estrada 38 of Donna is an itinerant farm worker with eight other children.
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Tex
Guadalupe
Raquel Estrada
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lina Estrada
Donna
Flynn in publicist ball dispute ends with badge joke
Errol Flynn says trouble follows him after a Ballyhoo Ball scene at a Hollywood party. He contends he was not drunk and claims false arrest after a policeman accused him of taking a badge. Cedric Kehoe Maura FitzGibbon describe a playful badge exchange leading to detainment.
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Destructive Floods Hit New Mexico Maines Amid Storm
Rains from Gulf air met cool winds over the mountains causing deadly crashes and flooding across northern New Mexico. Three deaths occurred in weather related accidents, a boy died in the Pecos, and the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers swelled hindering travel and farms. Authorities battled floodwaters with sandbags and crews cleared rockslides on U S 64 between Santa Fe and Taos.
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N. M
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New Mexico
U.S. 64
Santa Fe
Taos
Rio Grande Gorge
Billy Graham Ram Incident Shifts Crusade Plans
Billy Graham was knocked down a rocky slope by a pet ram at Montreat North Carolina. He suffered cuts and a swollen knee and planned an X ray in Asheville, but vowed to appear in New York at the Polo Grounds next Sunday. He crawled to safety with an axe handle as the ram attacked again.
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N.C
Billy Graham
Asheville
Graham
Polo Grounds
New York City
New York
Weekend flood of petty crime rocks town police court scene
Rainy weekend yielded a risky burglary at Shamas Food Store No 3 with $1,751.43 cash plus checks and coins left behind. Tools like a hammer and lug wrench were found at the scene as back door entry was reported.
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Albuquerque
Shamas Food Store
N. Main St
Severe storms with hail forecast for New Mexico
Albuquerque brief reports severe thunderstorms and local hail forecast for New Mexico this afternoon and tonight following weekend rains that caused damage in the northern half. A thunderstorm warning covers most of southwestern New Mexico and remains in effect until 9 p.m. MST.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Weather Bureau
Queen Elizabeth II Is Given Grand New York Welcome
The Queen of Britain received a king sized reception in New York City. Crowds filled streets between skyscrapers as the visit marked her first in the metropolis tied to Britain’s history and empire.
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New York
Britain
Elizabeth II
Supreme Court refuses to review Virginia pupil placement cases
The Supreme Court declines to hear two school segregation challenges from Norfolk and Newport News. A 1956 Virginia pupil placement law was ruled unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Walter E. Hoffman of Norfolk and the decision was upheld by the U.S. Circuit Court in Richmond.
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Newport News
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Richmond
Judge lets restraining order stay Hoffa as Teamsters leader
U S District Judge F Dickinson Letts refused to lift the order restraining James R Hoffa from becoming president of the Teamsters Union The judge then proceeded with a hearing on converting the restraining order into a preliminary injunction and placing the union under court receivership The case involves the nation s largest labor group and a high profile leadership dispute
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U.S
F. Dickinson Letts
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Letts
Hoffa
Eisenhower urged to cancel new defense research cut
A two month old Defense Department directive, publicized yesterday, reduces military research and development funding by at least 170 million dollars. Senator Monroney of Oklahoma urged President Eisenhower to cancel the August 17 directive immediately.
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Defense Department
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Eisenhower
Foundation awards five thousand to Salvadore Dali painter
Los Angeles report: The Huntington Hartford Foundation awards Salvadore Dali $5,000 honoring his long distinguished and dynamic career as a painter. The grant underscores Dali's impact on modern art and his prominence in the field.
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Los Angeles
The
Huntington Hartford Foundation
Salvadore Dali
Weather woes loom over Pecos Valley cotton output
County agent Al Woodburn says the next ten days to two weeks will decide the crop as frost, moisture, and a cool spell threaten quality. Farmers fear heavy frost during moisture will cause spotting and downgrading, while an Indian Summer could salvage yields. Ginned to Friday total stands at 11,351 bales vs 28,004 a year ago.
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Pecos Valley
al W. Woodburn
Chaves
Frogman Saves Day By Plunging Deep Into Vat of Wine
In Riva del Garda Italy a frogman named Tullio Cestari dived into a 12 foot deep wine vat to stop an overflow. He found a clogged valve allowing excess wine to flood corridors, cleaned it, and halted the flood saving the 1957 vintage with only a 40 000 gallon shortfall.
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Riva del Garda
Italy
Lake Garda
Italian Alps
Tullio Cestari
Riva del Garcia
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