Clovis News-Journal from Clovis, New Mexico • Page 1

PROMISED fcfelWlft Cooperation 6f ifa tt.S. fek tft effort to' efadttftlfc new Saturday industry's advisory esmttiiuee held Wceilftf here witN (tuft seefcrtait Benson run. Mmtn under 57 "Ntw Mexico's Most Consent Newspaper" CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO, 1953 (40 Pftgfes Tddft?) SQUEAL OUT SKIES TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, ft felfls sqUftnlcd down nut of the Skies Iff flfst lift between the U. S. and Thfi workers arrived nt noon by nlf Fort Worth, thp gift of the Texas Clt.

They will frr poor farm into by the Inter-American Technical Has Aarleulturn! Co-operation (tTSAC.) Offspring from the smvs will be-dlstrib olhr-r fnrw hoy-" and they In turn wilt glv6 aW ceedlrtg ftcnpi-fltions of piglets. PRICE: Week AAd HI VI Sysgman Sunday; told, -dnntlnue fttftl country by ee' i the ft rf tf presl- stata of semU pu't most, civil- s- beKInd the tlrtder the national police. in effect, put penin.sula under the artny been more loyal to the United Nations than to Rhee. The power was placed In. the "hands police headed, by -Monte Mlnlslei- Chlng Won Shlk.

A national assembly delegation met Sunday.morning with Rhee and then awange'd an afternoon session with the, cabinet en "the national crisis confronting Korea." The cablet thas been In session almost continuously ilnai day morning. Defense Ta! Yung, acting on Rhee's orderr, also halted the departure of 15 Sourlt Korean army generals scheduled to to the S. this month for For the first tlnip. In itnnrly two yeflrs of npgntl.il'oiiH, South Korcn not repi-rscntcd nt the trtico rls boycott nmdo complete when ii 1 olVcef IflUctl tn lutcnrt, follow ing tho lend of the Soutfi Korosu delegate On the U. N.

cotmniuid truce tenin. President Eisenhower si-nl a message lo Rhee Saturday in an- i other effort, to block any dlsnip-i lion Of an Imminent truce. i Its contents were'not disclosed 1 but it was believed that Rhee ar.l« cd after receiving The truce delegates' met In three'Sessions lasting 13, 19.. and 1 17 minutes. They redessed by mutual agreement until 11 a m.

Monday (8 p.m., MST, Sunday) I There was no announcement 1 of what took place. Opitmlsfm 'surged 1 through Western and Communist capitals an was near. But' the latest South'-Korcan move.s.'Widlc'ated the'volatile little' nation might to fight on In Korean National Assembly delegation today advised Rhee that the protcnl truce proposal "would Inorely m'ake Korea another Munich," was a reference to the War II deal In the German cliy of that name whereby Czechoslovak- In's Independence was traded to Ulller for "peace In our tlmo." i A delegation from tho, provisional ropublle capital of san went to SeotiJ to confer With Rhee. Vice Chairman Yon Chi Yung said all South Koreans forcibly oppose "such a atmlstlcc." SltrtuliniK-misly, the Soulh Korean Cabinet discussing the I burnltiff Nine behind pd doors, Acting Prime tcr Pyun Yung Tal, nflri 1 ft loiijf of the Cabinet, gtttj urdny, denounced thn Altteif truce tefim ni "nothing but mmtlfpstntlon fo dcfentlsrri Oil the frnn world." .1 South Korea, In violent oppoSM lion to any nrnilillce which would leave the country divided, hn threatened to withdraw co Sco SOUTH fl( i MAYOR'S AOLIHNG CONTEST was an entertaining fea- fre of the Saturday of the three-day Pio- Iieer.Days celebration. The event attracted a large crowd Iti'froni with participants racing from Seventh to'EigKtlvon Main where he goats awaited milk- Wg In the picture at left is shown Mayor O.

G. as he-competes against one of the runners-up, Mayor Jack Ellison of Tucumcari. In center picture, Governor Edwin L. Mechem of New Mexico presents Mayor Potter with the winning certificate which makes him an honorary member of the Royal Order of Goat Milkers. Fred Phelps, Chamber of Commerce manager, is shown looking on as G.

Edward Ball, ator for the celebration, measures milk with an eye dropper. At right are shown all the contestants in the milking contest and the judges. From left to right arq: seated, Mayor S. A. Calhoun, Bovina, Frank L.

Hclvcy, Amarillo, Phillip Robinson, Lovington; Mayor Jack Ellison, Tucumcari; Wayne Owen, Portales; and '(Clovis News-Journal Photos) standing, Mayor Bud Curtis, Amarillo, MayoFPot- ler, Clovis; Pioneer Days Queen Wilma Fulgham, judge; Governor Edwin Mcchem, who helped judge the contest; "Queen for a Day" Dorothy Homanick, Los Angoles, a judge; Mayor Ira Smith, Santa Rosa; and Mayor Cobean, Roswcll. IsoveYnor' Edwin Mechem op- id-the Saturday afternoon phase Fine' Pioneers Days -celebration fch one'of his usual apt and conic speeches aVthe old c'ourt house was'ctovernor and ti-ge crowd congregated in down- wnf Clovis for final phases the the performance Stow" -colorful Jaceant at- the -Mounted Patrol Irehi.Saturday night; Addressing' a 1 crowd 'of 'approxl- itely 500 5 in-the shaded Saturday. the'Governor said: "It gives me pleasure to wel- Jorhft you to in-XJlovis, and looking-around the iustate l9 cU IrUIo'Boosters town lurday 1 train.) Is another fine event that 1 put'on yearly by the'finest people I the does'us all good Irelive-'in part 1 the old days when state was starting its pro- tessiye 'moye Mechem concluded. 'The'Governor was Introduced-by Bill Duckworth, re'sident of Clovis since 1908, and a.former lieutenant jovernor. Meohem 'vas scheduled to, ad- the Silver City Chamber of Commerce Banquet Saturday night and departed a few after hU talk.

The Whiskers Contest followed, with C. O. (Ken) Kendrick in charge. Twenty contestants were entered with of.Eield walking off with the grand championship. The most unusual beard was won by Rusly Selman, reddest by Ar- rio Massey, neatest by 16 year old Eddie Leach, Clovis High student and the ugliest by Jay" Adams.

Miss Clovis.lWllma'Fulgham, and "tjueen For'A Day" Dorothy Homanick, did the preliminary fudging with the cro.wd deciding the winner b'y applause. Andy Sutter then conducted an improvised Talent Show won by See GOVERNOR Page pusperided Sentence own -'Jack Kill-' Igsworth, Sundown.school teach-, -night, was convicted I' murder with mallcei and a llct court jury assessed a suspended I He was accused calling a I'w schoolteacher, Bjchard Mc- from murder play re- learsal and shooting him, I'KUHngsworih'j wife testified Rat -her' husband went I'ftjy" after him of Iwlng'-swJftl'jreUtlflns with ''friend of her fcsband. out fouv Ive minutes, KHUngsworth 'accepted, the hnce, 4iw'attqrneys-will not ap- Mi, cpuntry teticher with pawlon for ihook wUh Ptetrlct Shelton, M( him i6 hard leellngs. at all, GIs Pay Homage To Invasion Dead knot of American officers and soldiers gatheredJm a stretch of Normandy beach Saturday to commemorate the ninth, anniversary of the greatest amphibious landing in his- Th'e men were from the U. S.

1st Division, now stationed in Germany which swarmed asHore by the thousands on June 6, 1944, to begin the liberation Europe. Seven officers and 35 enlisted men, led' by U. Col. John C. W.

Finke, commanding officer of the 2nd, Battalion. 16th Infantry Regiment paid homage to the dead of the 1st Division, known then as now as "The Big Red Edmond Ovion, mayor of Colleville-sur-Mer, who witness the invasion, addressed the 1st Division's representatives have adopted your men, sleep he said. "They have become our 'children." Warm Reception Given Boosters South Koreans Counterattack SEOUL, Sunday JP South Korean mfantiymen, battling at close quarters by the eerie light of flares, early Sunday regained more than half the Eastern Front ground they to North Korean Reds Saturday. Frontline reports said the ROK troops the Communists back 300 jnrds, regrouped, and again pushed their counterattack slowly forward. The Reds drove 500 yards into Allied tpriitory past of Luke the Cook's Castle Saturday.

The South launched their jf VC about 10 p.m. Saturday night. ihree miles to the east, about 17 said, 'You; just did your job." As he left the courtroom, 'Kill- jngsworth had'tears In His arm was around his wife, Wil- "I feel lot better," Killingsworth to one of many persons who crowded around him, Testimony in the case was satlonal, Mrs. Klllingsworth detailing events leading to. her cpnfcs- ston to of her relations with McChrlstial, like KU'.

llngsworth a teacher In the little Sundpwn High school. "He told me he loved me," Mrs, Klllingsworth testified. Mrs, McChrlstial was in the courtroom when the 72nd district court jury returned its verdict, Sha sat four feet from Mrs, I worth, During closing arguments she become at one'point trylnf to rUe when 2 Advantage Of Of HOW many times have you yQUrself Rftey return' ins vacation, "My, i wish I knew ell the home news away." ,,,4 neep; bjngervish the Cloyis lournal offers Us customers the NKW Yacfttlon. Packet as Us latest service. 1 £Jmply pall PMT pircylatlon pn vacation wjlj keep ell i 7vaf papers you missed, jn our and deliver them tp -youj Hpoj) yoqr oil 9 Some 225 'Amarillo boosters arrived" in Clovis by special train about' 10:20 Saturday morning to participate in Governor's Day festi- the'local Pioneer Days celebration.

Mayor Bud Curtis and Frank Helvey," chalrnian of the goodwill committee, led' the AmarlHo group vhlch Included Ex-Mayor Joe Ja- qps and Joe Jenkins, president of he Chamber of Enroute to Clovis the delegation topped at Hereford, Bovina, Frlona and Farwell, and were oined by Mayor J. Sears of HereT ord. Welcoming them to -Clovis was De 'Witt Landis, former Amarillo Mayor Bud Curtis thanked he people of Clovis for the Warm reception, which they received, Amarillo's annual rodeo, which to be held July 2-4, was nounced and Mayor Curtis made a Furprise ride on Gloria Covington's through the large crowd. Welcorne from New was extended by Governor Edwin L. Mechenr, who was introduced by (BUI) Duckworth.

have waited 20 yean to troduce a Republican governor to Oyrry county," sale daring the introduction, Estimate 5.0CO Witness Pageant Despite 'windy and had weathter conditions night, the final presentation of the Pioneei Days pageant feature, "The Clovis Story," brought the' overall attendance over an estimated 5000 persons. it, It also marked the close ot annual Pioneer Days celebration Presented as the celebration's highlight "The Clovis Story" was given Thursdav, Friday and Saturday nights at the Mounted Patrol arena It starred a hometown cast dir- cted by Ed Ball of Geller Pro- uctlons of Hollywood, Calif. An estimated 2000 persons viewet he spectacle of the history of lovis the flwl night, 2000 the sec- fid night and about 1000 the final 'pioneer Days queen, Mrs. Wilma expressed her thanks to he citizens of Clovis and surround- ng area in her final appearance that capacity. She also thanked Irs.

Dorothy Homnick of Los An- cles who came to Clovis rom' the "Queen For a Day" pro- rum, and left by airplane this Sunday) morning to return to her ome, ChildreiTNoy Pet, Bike Show attorney snld her band serpent who "1'4 like to'tear his face," a reporter heard her mutter. When Mrs, McQhrisital left tl courtroom, she met gheltin. "I appreciate It moiv than you'! eyer know," she told htm- "It's al over now. your part. As she left the Courthouse where she had listened to gecrpt relations with Mrs.

Killingsworth bared, there were tears In her eyes, KJllingsworth, who has been Working in a lumber company in Sundown under bonl, made no Statement as to hU luturj glpns. The day after he was arrested, he told reporters. this ail OVT er, 1'4 like to go away somewher-s all over ti packe4 courtroom W1ATH1R Clevis forenoon Partly cloudy and windy afternoon Sunda and Monday. Chance for tliundershower' Sunday afternoon or evening. Sunda low Synday night 62.

UPW JfgXJfOt Generally fair Sunda hut with a few isojated thunderstorms 1. the northern and along th eastern borders. Monday partly with widely icattered showers or after IVII storms In the east and north portions, er In the northwptf Monday. Windy Sunday night '35-45 norther mountains, 43-55 north, 55-65 south. ALBUQUBR0UE, ffi -T" Th American QI of New Mejj ico elected Tames Bacft of 41btj querqUe chairman at the close it convention Others ejected were: Vincent Jasso.

Lpvlpg, first vice ohairmin Phyllis Mendoza, vice Vi-ctpr North Koreans aimed a Iwo- pronged blow at i hill position held the ROKs. A U. S. Eighth jriefing officer said they ictreatec 70 minutes Inter after losing 22 killed and 12 wounded. This continuing Red punch in UK enst, made while reports from Pan munjom Indicated on an armistice, suggested the pos sibility the Communists weie bid ding for a new truce buffer-zone In rcsccnt weeks.

Chinese and North have captured inore than a dozen Allied outposts and three mntn-llnn positions. The lost territory, however amounts to only few xqilnre in a smashing attack Saturday between 750 and 1,000 North Ko reans overran three South Korea outposts ahead of the main line Then the reinforced-Red battallo socked into the line Itself in 1 fou soots east of Luke 'the Gook Castle, miles inland from the east coast. Pilot Escapes Injury In Crash h. i ,4 A 'Clovis 'Air Base pilot escaped With only scratches Saturday afternoon an F-8G Sabrejet crashed on takeoff near the end of a base lun- way The base public information office said that the began to bum after the accident, but that the was Immediately extfnguiihed by the ctash crew. The mishap occurred about 3 45 p.m Saturday.

Pilot of the plane was identified by the base as Capt James L. Glessner, Jr, living in the trailer park at-the base. Fire Suspect 'Sane' ALBUQUERQUE 7P A psychiatrist says Caiolyn Jo Rhodes, arrested in the million, dollar Sears store the May 18, is. sane. But Dr.

A. Stswail, in a report' to Dlst. Atty. Paul Tackett, said the girl Is 'In a "state of rsy- ChologlcaMmmaturlty'' and is "habitually abnormal in her emotional reactions." Says Reds i Can Strike Con Hovl Vandcnbctg snys lUissu has a rapidly growing flcjt of tight jci bombcis which can hit nnj. po in free Europe in an hour or if pitted against tho Alnos In Kona can "quickly jeopardize' 1 the U.

N. position there. In the most detailed rffirlal public dlscusMon thus on Soviet capabilities, the USA? ohlcf of Prizes For Gas Cooking School at Days pet and bicycle parade "hrouRh the Main street of Clovis rom Ist'to Rth Saturday morning, Awarded 'he first prize in the net parade ere Carlene Stoyall Jacobson, dressed as senot and senoriU leading twin gre Kay was won by Man and Larry Self ftes and cowboy Ella Marie Maddox, dressed as 8 I'ttle old ne yea won thTd prize in the pet parad with her costume and pet dog Fourth prize was won by Tommj with Ids green parrot and Guthals won fifth place with and western Joyce HTSHK- duller had charge- of the Out of town judge. chose the winners. Prizes galore, entertainment for the kiddies of mothers attending, a ashlon show each day and ent 'culinary art by Frank Decatur White, food expert, all go together to make this year mnual gas cooking school of best ever, The sponsoring Southern Union Company, Clovta nal and other partlclpatlnK chants have announced a bevy of prir.cs to be given away dur- InE the, throe-day eve'nt June in the new U.

K. Marshall Auditorium, Included in the prizes to be given away will be floral bouquet each day from Clovis Floral; one ladies blouse each day from Dun- Dept. Store; one wash and lube job each day, Max Meadors merchandise certificate each day, North Park Fopd Mart; gif package of bacon, Snell Packing two pound bag of flour for every lady attending an'd two pound bags of flour daily door prize, New Mexico Mill and Elevator, Also 144 boxes of Cinch Cak mix, Cinch Cake Mix; chicken din ner each day, Silver Grill: S3- coupon book each day, Campbells Dairy; three llmetlme. guarante i Stainless Steel Homemaker Eubank and Son Home and Auto Supply; a complete inlaid, linoleum 1 job for winners Texlco Furniture Mart; one steam bun; warmer eacfi day. Fergus one Ekcoware Cpokware daily I Southern Union QRS 12 cases, nf American Beauty Macaroni products, American B.eftuty aroni Products: $5 certificate each day, Meander's Wholesale Produce; one house frock i each day, Store.

And ten cartons of Coca Cola' each day, Co'a Bottling Co. of. Clovis; chenille throw rug each day, Kaly Fiirnlture one blouse, ojy? Ioniser purse and ladies njlon hose, Schranj? Fashion Shop; one! Wins Goat Milking Mayor O. Potter retained his title of champion milkei aftoi compKing with other ant l-ieminent men Horn nearby communities in a goat milking contest as part of Uie Pioneer Days celebration Saturday. G.

KiJwaVd rfnll of I'ro- ducllons, Hollywood, wns master of ceremonies for the event which drew a large crowd to the courthouse region Sntur- dny morniiiK. Officially serving as judges wer ioyernor Rdwln L. Mecbem, Wi'lma Fulghnm, Pioneer Day inecn, and Mrs. Dorothy Homanlcl Lo.s, AnRcles, winner of the "Qucc 'or a Day" title last Tuesday in iollywood. Other contestants were Mayor S.

A. Calhoun of Bovina, Frank Helvey, Amarillo, Te.x,; Mayor lllp Pvoblnson, Lovington: Mayor luclt Ellison, Tucumcari; Wayne Owen. Portales; Mayor Bud Curtis, Amarillo, Mayor Ira Smith, Santa Pvosa; and Mayor W. Cobean, Roswell. Ball announced that all other contestants had tied for second place, The contest started Police Chief Ollle Dnmron gave the "go" signal with a pistol shot.

Spectators crowded so close around the participants that only a few could really view the hiK luious procepdlngs. Contestants had Lo run the block from the starting jiplnt between Seventh to Eighth on Main currying their chairs and rnilk pails. Two Drowned In Conchas laff who ii fighting ngatnsL mlnlstiatlon-ordoicd cutsr In tl Vir Force budget, also. 1. Said the TIM medium is of the USSR, can "deliver tomlc bomb thiough staging alteady prepaiod in nd Notthcin to nny the United States In a prKHWl nlssion." 2.

Asifrted "the Initial I any arp likolv to be tl decisive ones We no longer cJ count on having time, ns tl the last two vvars, to hiobill our militniy reso'uucs after tl fighting has begun If Sovlut i 'ustries, nnd airfields, and trm orl WPIC loft Intf while they struck with weapons at those of tli-' West, would have no chanc' ftt meeting them again on anythlj iike equal terms." BULLETIN; SEOUL, Sunday Mark Clark ru.slicd by 1 Seoul Sundiiy, Jle roporti'j he carrying ft mfSsttgo, slhl.r frrtm President Blsenhfl on South, Korea's worsening; al toward armistlco mov-l In the year Korcari PAX.ML'X.IO;>I, Sunday Nations and the inunists were hi-liuvod Sundny i have urtnlstlce and i urii'iounciiment expected' itny moninnt, possibly within hours. blue crystal vanity lamp each day Thompsons. Furnture; one Holmes. -Edwards- silver pierced vegetable serving spoon, May Bros. Jewelry one brush'pen fpr marking foods, one roll of treated frozen food paper and one roll heavy, aluminum Implement Co.

Other participating merchants are LitchfieliJ Hardware. Atwell Plumbing, Johnnies Sheet Metal Mead's Fine £read, Montgomery Ward and Bobs Cafe. Sessions $re scheduled to begin each morning at 9 o'clock with a fashiop shqw planned from 8:301 to 9 o'clock-by Punlap's Department Store. Grand prize, to be awarded final day of the school will be a fully gas range of the fhpjt'q from any participating applipyee Dealer, SANTA FE Game Warden Corner Pickens reported Saturday that Mr. and Mrs.

C. Bishop of Albuquerque drowned in Conchas Uake, near Tucumcari, Saturday when a high wind blew their small boat into bank and capsized It. Two small children in the boat, presumably children of the Bishops, were rescued when life jackets they were wearing kept them afloat. Dputy Game Warden Jim Oil lard, who assisted in recovering the bodies, reported to Pickens that life jackets for the two adults were found in the capsized boat. Investigation disclosed that, the propeller pin on the outboard motor of the small craft had been sheared, leaving the boat at the mercy of the wind.

Conchas Lake, a man-made rigaiion lake, is approximately north ol Tucumcari. About! Common Sayings Common everyday sayings, Noah Webster might' written them, appearing belovl T6st your vocabulary? See hof many of them you can recoi nlze by "translating" them intl simpler English! Turn to thl Classified Page for the answer! Extraordinary and mint celerity produces that has no I'ompenwtio a. Thw fleshy fruit of any Vtu iety of treu of the fam" 1'amuceue, Usually- of roundish or conical. with deprnwloii at each eml vat during which the earth yolves once upon Jtecps the practitioner of 3. The flesh of a vertebrate anj mals used as food Uy jionul anirnul of the llomo may aot in inauiit-T, toiulin? to ili-uth or injiWV hcaltU when otht-r rational ununuf gcnuii lloiuo.

i. cqnvett or Qvvn tpl act or process of coming 5, Many of the parts 'J forelUnbs that ate apos lemurs i-ud moukoys, al taclved to the lon'Cr of the forearm make coiit'w-'ij exert' "Classified Has the.