New Mexico Vote Probe Draws Praise From Subcommittee
Subcommittee staff under Chief Counsel Wellford Ware investigates the New Mexico election from last November. Sen Hamilton says the staff produced significant material under adverse conditions and that the investigation is ongoing. He declines to discuss the uncovered details.
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Subcommittee
New Mexico
Patrick J. Hurley
Sen
Hamilton
Wellford H. Ware
Philadelphia
Ware
Wilton
Langford Agency Wins City Insurance Bid
Langford Agency submitted the lowest bid for the city's insurance business at 2,292.14 dollars, beating M. L. Norton Agency at 2,360.78. The policy covers liability and property damage for 71 city vehicles with a five to three vote and Norton abstaining. A proposal to consult insurers on a rotating fair method was rejected as not legal.
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Langford
M. L. Norton
Norton
City Approves Two Additional Firemen for Roswell
Roswell City Council last night authorized hiring two more firemen as a basis to seek Mountain States Inspection Bureau re inspection. Manager C M Woodbury says Class 6 status could reduce residential fire insurance rates by about 15 percent and downtown rates by 7 to 8 percent. Current fire department staffing stands at 23 under Chief George E Daniels.
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Mountain States Inspection Bureau
Roswell
C. M. Woodbury
George E. Daniels
County council limits South Sunset road to 25 mph
During yesterday's regular meeting the County Commission established a 25 mph speed limit on South Sunset road from the air base to McGaffey, aiming to improve safety along the route.
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County Commission
Sunset
Air Base
McGaffey
Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Reading from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 p.m. today shows temperatures with highs at 92 and a low of 47. Normal highs and lows are 86 and 60. Precipitation measured through 11 a.m. shows no notable totals. Sunrise is at 5 37 and sunset at 6 13 with 12 6 hours of daylight. Forecast calls for mostly clear skies and dry conditions with a warm afternoon and a high near 92.
Polish truce team member flees to US asylum
Jan Hajdukiewicz a 28 year old Polish civilian interpreter with a neutral nations inspection team at Kangnung Korea sought asylum aboard a Kangnung airfield. The U S Army said he expressed fear of returning to communist rule and was placed under custody by Col Harold T Bab of the Air Force.
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Seoul
South Korea
Pole
North Korea
Jan Hajdukiewicz
Kangnung
Korea
Hajdukiewicz
Army
Edward Moran
Westernport
Moran
Pag Ym
U.S
Harold T. Babb
U.S. Air Force
Election Officials To Attend School Chaves County Sets Up Voting Machine
Chaves County election officials for the special constitutional amendment election to be held Tuesday Sept 15 will attend a school of instruction at 7:30 p m tomorrow in the Senior High School. A voting machine is set up in the main courthouse corridor with four basic rules.
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Chaves
Roswell County Commission Delays Flamingo Lounge Liquor Permit
Andy Cisneros and J A Terry sought county approval for a Flamingo Lounge liquor license to be located five and a half miles south of Roswell. The commission ers took no action on the request.
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Andy Cisneros
J. A. Terry
County Commission
Flamingo Lounge
Roswell
Bids Awarded for New Street Sweeper in Roswell
Contractors Equipment won the Roswell street sweeper bid at 9191.25 dollars for a Wayne machine. Three Albuquerque bidders competed with Frank Skidmore for Contractors Equipment and M C Ribble presenting the Austin Western. Harrison bid 9865 dollars and Ribble started at 9504.45.
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Roswell
Contractors Equipment
Wayne
Albuquerque
Frank Skidmore
M. C. Ribble
R. L. Harrison Jon
Elgin
Ribble
Harrison
Nurseries Survey Revels City Licensing Gaps
Wayne Stell, Albuquerque Health Department director, reports a survey finding that three fourths of city nurseries are unlicensed overcrowded and fail to keep required health records.
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Albuquerque
Wayne Stell
Fire Chief Proposes Two New Stations in City Plan
Fire chief George E Daniels asks City Council to remodel the central station to ease crowding and to designate a fire lane from Richardson Avenue to Sunset Avenue. He urges a junior aerial ladder and a drill field, plus a substation east of the tracks and a second station moved south to protect the north area.
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Central Station
George E. Daniels
Central Fire Station
Richardson Avenue
Sunset Avenue
Daniels
Second Street
First St
West College
Stu
Five Injured in Head on Crash Near Roswell on Rural Highway
A two car head on collision on Fowler Curve near Roswell at 5 45 p m injured five. The Raul family riding in a 1949 Ford sedan sustained multiple injuries with Set M D Raul hospitalised for knee and head wounds Mildred Raul suffered a broken wrist and cuts Ray and Twila Jean had minor cuts Mildred the baby was unhurt F M Perry 65 driving the 1937 Chevrolet pickup suffered leg jaw injuries and possible internal injuries He was unconscious on arrival at St Mary's Hospital The wreck was described as east bound on the curve to the north and the cars collided while the pickup was going east Law enforcement J C Jones investigated the crash and an AWestrum ambulance transported the injured
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Fowler Curve
East College
Roswell
Walker Air Force Base Hospital
Set
Raul
St. Mary’s Hospital
F. M. Perry
Rapp
Virginia Ave
Perry
J. C. Jones
Westrum
Bids Accepted On Police Sedans
The City Council last night accepted a bid from McNally-Hall Motor Co. for two 1953 Chevrolet Power Glide sedans for the police department. The competing bid from Roswell Auto Ford Agency was higher at 1,968 dollars. Trade-in of two old cars reduced the net bids to 1,679.52 for McNally-Hall.
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McNally-Hall Motor Co
Chevrolet
N. Main St
Police
Roswell Auto
Ford
McNally-Hall
U N Demands Reds Account For 3404 Missing Captives
PANMUNJOM The U N Command accuses the Communists of holding 3404 Allied war captives including 944 Americans and demands prompt accounting or return. Maj. Gen. Blackshear M. Bryan presents a list. Reds refuse and counter with a demand for 27000 North Koreans released earlier. The list covers captives not repatriated after Operation Big Switch.
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Panmunjom
U.N. Command
Korean Armistice Commission
Blackshear M. Bryan
Joners
Reds
Far East Command
Washington
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Red de Bryan
Mand
Armi
Stice Commission
U.N
Bryan
Belcom
CAP Hunts For Missing Plane in Area
The Roswell CAA and Civil Air Patrol search in eastern New Mexico for James H. Hayes missing since Sept 3. Hayes, a 35 year old Tucumcari businessman, flew from Tucumcari toward Carlsbad in a silver Howard monoplane with 64 hours of fuel.
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Roswell
CAA
Imte
Albuquerque
Civil Air Patrol
New Mexico
James H. Hayes
Tucumcari
Carlsbad
Hayes
Adams
Water Rates Increased in Roswell City
Roswell citizens will pay more for water starting November 1 with an average monthly rise of 1 to 1.25 dollars. City Manager C M Woodbury outlined the plan, which includes tiered rate hikes and an expected annual gain of about 84,000 dollars for the city.
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Roswell
C. M. Woodbury
Woodbury
Theer
Water Department
Woman 63 Hurt As Car Overturns Near Pine Lodge
Mrs. Callie Pyeatt, 63, sustained injuries when the 1950 Pontiac she rode in with her husband J. D. Pyeatt and two daughters overturned on Pine Lodge Road one mile west of town at 7 15 last night. She was taken to St Marys Hospital. The family resides at Post Office Box 1958 Roswell. Police investigator Bud South cited a light colored car as having forced the Pontiac off the road. other occupants, Eula 21 and Martha Lavon 18, were not hurt.
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Callie Pyeatt
Pine Lodge Road
St. Mary’s Hospital
J. D. Pyeatt
Eula
Martha Lavon
Roswell
Bud South
New Mexico
Westrum
Stapp Becomes City Attorney After Bean Resigns
James B. Stapp former assistant district attorney was named city attorney by the City Council succeeding Dick Bean who resigned effective Sept. 1. Bean had wished to resign earlier due to pressure from private practice but remained during condemnation suits at the council's request.
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James B. Stapp
Stapp
Dick Bean
Bean
Puncil
City Allows Liquor License Transfer To Bank Bar
City council voted to enter no objection to transferring Bank Bar license 15 at 325 N Main. Original owners Rulon Moody and J A Terry continue business as the Bank under new name.
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Bank Bar
N. Main
Rulon Moody
J. A. Terry
Rulonce
Bank
Jim Marks Elected Kiwanis President for 1954
Jim Marks was chosen president of the Roswell Kiwanis Club for 1954. E L Harp A D Chatten J T Price named to two year board terms. Officers and guests included Walter Harrison Boyd Scott Herman Horton and visitors from Albuquerque Artesia and Roswell. A sound color film on New Mexico Pueblo life was shown.
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Jim Marks
Roswell Kiwanis Club
Walter Harrison
Boyd Scott
Herman Horton
E. L. Harp
A. D. Chatten
J. T. Price
New Mexico
Gallup
John Price
Walter Hough
Chicago
Delinquent Tax Law Hearing Set in Roswell
Treasurers from Chaves and six other counties gather in Roswell on Friday September 18 to hear Ruben Rodriguez Santa Fe Tax Commission attorney explain the delinquent tax law. Expected attendees include county tax officials and probate judge office staff.
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Chaves
Roswell
Ruben Rodriguez
Santa Fe
Tax Commission
Et Patton
Marsgie Strickland
de 'Baca
L. G. Branham
Eddy
J. Leslie Burns
Lea
Barbara Lee Owens
Lincoln
S. E. Greisen
Otero
H. D
Doug) Reding
Roosevelt
Laura Denton
Regan Visits Santa Fe Ahead of Public Lands Tour
Representative Regan and Mrs. Regan arrived in Santa Fe to visit a Democrat from New Mexico. Regan sits on the House Public Lands Committee which will tour states of the Upper Colorado River Basin including New Mexico next week.
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Santa FE
Regan
D-Tex
D-Nm
House
Public Lands Committee
Colorado River
New Mexico
Miss Amvet Charleen Turner Named National Queen
Miss Charleen Turner a 20 year old blond from Fort Lauderdale Florida was chosen Miss National Amvet at the American Veterans of World War II national convention in Indianapolis Indiana The 5 4 brunette measures 116 pounds according to the AP wire photo
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Charleen Turner
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
National Amvet
The
Indianapolis
Ind
Turner
Argenbright Promoted to Lieutenant in Roswell Police
The Roswell Police Department adds a second lieutenant as H. E. Argenbright earns the rank effective Sept. 1 with a 350 dollar monthly salary. L. M. Hall remains a lieutenant. the move aims to ease night duty strain and provide broader duties. City Council approved the appointment and two new officers Hanson L. Gremillion and Harold O. Rudie, at 275 dollars monthly, replacing two others.
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Roswell
H. E. Argenbright
L. M. Hall
Argenbright
Hanson L. Gremillion
Harold O.rudie
Gene Fisher
Sanitary Department
Clayton Jernigan
Eisenhower Faces Deadline to Name Vinson Successor
President Eisenhower has just over three weeks to nominate a new chief justice to replace Vinson, who died at 63. If chosen in time, the appointee could join the opening of the Supreme Court term on October 5, with confirmation to follow.
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Eisenhower
Vinson
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Senate
Black
Admiralty Reports Fire on Hong Kong Local Defense Launch
The Admiralty said a British motor launch 1323 of the Hong Kong local defence force was fired on in Hong Kong waters with casualties. A British destroyer was ordered to embark the wounded and bring them to Hong Kong. Next of kin will be informed. The launch displacement is about 50 tons. The Hong Kong report did not specify crew size.
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London
Admiralty
Hong Kong
H. R
Zoning Changes Pass City Council Meeting Without Dissent
The City Council approved four zoning changes with nine to zero votes. East Bland block shifts from single to duplex and a parking area permit north of the alley between Third and a nearby lot were granted amid protests by Byron White. Additional changes include South Pennsylvania and North Richardson area reclassifications to duplex or multiple dwellings, with a residential proposal referred to planning.
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East Bland
Byron White
South
Pennsylvania
North
Richardson
S. Elmo Henslee
Planning and Zoning Commission
West College
North Union
Commercial
Shirley Feather
Glenn Graves
City Council Approves 20 Acre Subdivision Annexation
The council approved annexation of Allison and Hutchinson's Washington Sub division a 20 acre tract at the northwest corner of Washington and McGaffey. It also approved four foot sidewalks in some areas of Farm Subdivision and endorsed a redivision of three lots in Buena Vista and Richardson.
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Allison and Hutchinson
Washington
Washington and
McGaffey
C. M. Woodberry
Washingon
Buena Vista
Richardson
New Year Observed as Rosh Hashana Begins Worldwide
Jews worldwide observe the Jewish new year starting at sundown marking the 5 714th year of the era with traditional religious services.
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New York
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