Fund for Girl's Trip to Hopkins Reaches $50
The Teresa Aldinger Fund stood at $50 this morning for five year old Teresa a blind girl hoping a trip to Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Md will restore her sight She and her mother Mrs Leon Aldinger 419 S Aspen St will travel to Baltimore late this month for consultation and possible delicate eye surgery by a noted specialist Contributions: checks payable to the Teresa Aldinger Fund sent to Editor Roswell Daily Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa Aldinger
John Hopkins University
Baltimore
Teresa
Leon Aldinger
Aspen St
Tucker and Pick Oppose Demo Conventions in New Mexico
State Democratic Chairman E. C. Tucker and Corpora tion Commissioner Ingram Pickett in Roswell rejected Sen. Fabian Chavez's plea for a party convention before the next primary. They support the open primary and oppose a preferential convention to endorse candidates, saying the people should choose the nominee. Chavez urged a convention to spare the party more chaos after the 1956 primary scramble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.C. Tucker
Roswell
Ingram Pickett
ICC
Fabian Chavez
Chavez
Santa Fe
Tucker
Democratic Party
New Mexico
Pickett
Fabian
Bellaching
Chaves
John Simms
Ingram
Bob Stephens
Ir Party
Welcome Greetings at S L Miles A2C Ceremony
A naval ceremony extends warm welcomes to Mr. and Mrs. S L Miles and Mrs. R M Brown. Family and friends gather to honor their arrival and celebrate the occasion with customary recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Miles
R. M. Brown
Zebley challenges speed charge after NJ arrest
Philadelphia woman Miss Zebley faces a speeding charge in a 35 mph zone after a police report says she drove 36 mph. She plans to fight the charge with support from her automobile club which will send a representative to the hearing. She claims her speed was electri cally timed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Ann Zebley
Philadelphia
Highstown
N.J
Miss Zebley
Automobile Club
Georgia Legislator Proposes Resettling Negro Families North
Georgia Rep A A Fowler plans to form a resettlement commission in 1958 to buy homes in the North and East for lease or sale to Georgia Negro families. He argues the plan would showcase brotherhood while Sen. Humphrey of Minnesota is quoted reacting to the idea as a practical joke.
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Atlanta
Georgia
A. A. Fowler
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Fowler
North
South
First Violence Of Race Crisis Not Injurious
In North Little Rock six Negro youths faced white students at the high school steps as tensions over integration surfaced. Police kept order while the six youths attempted to enter twice, with no injuries reported. School officials urged calm amid a crowd of about 150 surrounding the scene.
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Little Rock
Ark
North Little Rock High School
Arkansas
North Little Rock
Arkansas River
National Guard
Central High School
F. B. Wright
L. E. Stroud
Wright
U.S. Arms Arrive in Ammam to Bolster Middle East Buildup
Eight Globemasters and Flying Boxcars deliver recoilless rifles jeeps machine guns and ammunition to Ammam Jordan as the United States moves to deter potential threats from Syria. Moscow and Damascus allege Washington plans an attack on Syria.
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Ammam
Jordan
U.S
Middle East
Syria
Moscow
United States
Nashville integrates first graders as tension rises at Glenn Grammar
Police escorted Negro pupils through lines of threatening whites at Glenn Grammar School in northeast Nashville as city schools opened with integrated classes for the first time. White parents withdrew about 20 of their children while pickets formed outside to oppose entry.
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Nashville
Tenn.p
Glenn Grammar School
Patrents
Eisenhower Signs Civil Rights Voting Rights Law
President Eisenhower signed a new civil rights bill empowering federal courts to enforce voting rights by injunctions. The move follows the Little Rock integration crisis, though the law targets voting rights and would repeal the post Civil War troop-order authority. Administration officials see broader powers beyond this act.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Ark
Adlai Keeps Traveling as White House Run Remains in Play
Democratic speculation grows that Adlai E. Stevenson could seek a third nomination after declaring in December he would not run. A senator involved in his 1956 campaign cites Stevenson’s six week Europe Africa tour as a sign he stays ready if a strong challenger fails to emerge. Kefauver notes Stevenson’s past change of mind and sees him as potential candidate if events shift. See ADLAI, Page 12
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H. P. Dennisson
Stanley
Adjutant General's Office
Edward M. Hartmen
Hartman
Adj
C. G. Sage
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Europe
Africa
Illinois
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Steveson
Marilyn Van Derbur Crowned Miss America 1959
Denver's Marilyn Van Derbur, 20, was crowned Miss America at Convention Hall after a national telecast. The University of Colorado junior plans to use the $5,000 scholarship to finish college in music and hopes for a career in music or on stage. She GPS 35-25-36, weighs 130 pounds, and aims to marry at 24. First runner up was Jody Elizabeth Shattuck of Georgia.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Marilyn van Derbur
Denver
Colo
Perry Como
Jane Froman
Miss van Derbur
Marian Ann McKnight
Manning
S. C
Convention Hall
New York City
University of Colorado
Bur
Georgia
Jody Elizabeth Shattuck
Atlanta
Oklahoma
Mary Nancy Denner
Alva
California
Lorna M. Anderson
Sacramento
Florida
Dorothy Maria Steiner
Boca Raton
Europe
Russia reports second Soviet atomic test in Siberia
AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss announced detection of another moderate Soviet nuclear blast in Siberia, marking the second test in a series begun August 22. The AEC note says 25 Soviet detonations have been detected, with some not publicly reported.
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Washington
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Siberian Proving Grounds
Strauss
Soviet Union
Girl Falls 800 Feet To Death At Bridal Veil Falls
Provo Utah Linda Baker 18 of Springville slipped on a ledge yesterday and plunged 800 feet to her death as onlookers watched. Her body was recovered from Bridal Veil Falls after she slipped while four other hikers climbed above. Linda struck Lynn Powell 23 of Levan who attempted to catch her. He regained balance just in time to avoid a similar fall.
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Provo
Utah
Linda Baker
Springville
Bridal Veil Falls
Linda
Lynn Powell
Levan
Warships and planes patrol Cuba for rebel landings
Cuban authorities report warplanes and naval units patrolling the coast to prevent rebel incursions from Mexico. exile reports claim Cu bans may send supplies and men to Fidel Castro’s fighters in the eastern uplands, following a failed December landing and a foiled assault on Cienfuegos.
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Cuba
Havana
Mexico
Fidel Castro
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Cienfuegos
NLRB Meeting Probes Local Cement Strike At Walker AFB
Porterfield of the National Labor Relations Board was to meet with labor and contractor representatives at Walker Air Force Base to review a secondary boycott charge against the Teamsters and Operating Engineers unions. The $650 000 McKee concrete project on the runway ends remained shut, costing about 100 jobs as union pickets disrupted Reeves plant operations.
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National Labor Relations Board
Porterfield
Walker Air Force Base
James A. Price
Building Trades Council
Roswell
Robert E. McKee
Dow
Teamsters
F. M. Reeves
McKee
Reeves
Walker
Walker Afb
Walker Gate
Men attempt rafting the Rio Grande canyon run
Arizona engineers Jim Lindsey and Lou Bettis, both Phoenix residents, started a 60 mile attempt to raft the flood swollen Rio Grande from near the Colorado border into New Mexico. The dangerous upper canyon has claimed six lives previously, though the pair wore life jackets despite skeptics.
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Taos
Arizona
Colorado
Taos Junction
Rio Grande Canyon
Jim Lindsey
Lou Bettis
Phoenix
Rio Grande
New Mexico State Line
Box Canyon
John Murphy
Henry Kelly
Santa Fe
Earle Fletcher
Albuquerque
American in Commie Prison Claims CIA Role
Five U.S. students visiting Peiping prisons quoted Richard Fecteau and confirmed he said he worked for the CIA. Fecteau and John Downey, long imprisoned, were captured in 1952 and sentenced to 20 years and life respectively. The CIA would not comment.
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London
U.S
China
Central Intelligence Agency
Reuters
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
CIA
Washington
Philip D. Fecteau
Fecteau
Downey
Manchuria
United States
Red China
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Roswell Daily Record
Walter Kegel
Adjutant General’s Office
Santa Fe County Grand Jury
Dist
J. J. Scarborough
Edward Hartman
Kegel
Scarborough
Grand Jury
Johnnie Straw
Rose Wood
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell and Area
Dick Link
Dexter
Dan Snyder
Robert Phillips
Joe Marshall
T. O. Scalueder
NMMI
Phil Goodart
Bill Mershon
Adlai
White House
Francis $. van der
Siberia
Abor Board
Teamsters Union
Operating Engineers Union
Rio
N. M
Commie
Stala
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