Cinemascope Arrives at Holloman AFB This Fall
Holloman AFB will install a cinemascope system in mid August with a 15 by 29 foot screen and seven speakers. The $10,000 system includes a $5,340 sound setup and four track capability. Production will begin at one film per week once installed, funded by base profits and Army Air Force Motion Picture Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinemascope
Holloman Afb
William R. Clifford
Holloman
Army-Air Force
Motion Picture Service
Army
Air Force Motion Picture Service
Army-Air Force Motion Picture Service
Washington
United States
Air Force
CWO
Clifford
Transfer of Col Don Ostrander to ARDC shocks Alamogordo
Col Ostrander leaves Holloman for ARDC headquarters in Baltimore a noted loss to Alamogordo as townsfolk wish him well. The piece notes community ties and mentions highway dedication in Carrizozo, weather, telephone directory work, local BB incidents, and local improvements in streets and storefronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don R. Ostrander
Holloman
Alamogordo
Col. Ostrander
Air Force
ARDC
Baltimore
Holloman AFB Commander Reassigned to ARDC Baltimore
Holloman Air Development Center commander Colonel Don R Ostrander will depart about September 1 for ARDC Headquarters Baltimore as Director of Development. Brigadier General Leighton I Davis will assume Holloman command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holloman Air Force Base
Don R. Ostrander
Holloman Air Development Center
Air Research and Development Command Headquaters
Baltimore
Holloman
Leighton I. Davis
ARDC
Ostrander
Alamogordo
Colonel Ostander
Stockbidge
Mich
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Fort Bliss
Langley Field
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Selfridge Afb
Wright Air Development Center
Dayton
Ohio
8Th Fighter Command
England
Fighter Command
Harvard University
Boston
Frances Dunn
el Paso
Mary Frances
Richard
Sally Ann
Lincoln Baptists To Convene Here
An Associational Workers Conference for the Lincoln Baptist Churches will meet at the First Baptist Church. A board meeting at 5 p.m. begins, a banquet at 6 p.m., and the evening program starts at 7 30. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Lincoln Asociation
California Visitor Arrives to Visit Paxton Family
Mrs. Joe Paxton and children of San Diego arrive Sunday to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Mark Virden and sister Genell. She will be the guest of her husband's parents Mr. and Mrs. Mrl Paxton and their son Billy. The visitors also plan time with Mrs. Paxton's sister in law Mrs. Jack Landers and her husband.
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Trony
Indiana Avenue
Land- Air
California
P. B. Hendricks
Joe Paxton
San Diego
Calif
Mark Virden
Genell
Mrl Paxton
Billy
Police Mark Up Six Accidents Over Weekend
The city police blotter logged six minor crashes over the weekend. Captain Clarence Walker cited a Saturday hit and run in front of Alamo Drug and traced the suspect Librado Cayazo from license plate. A trailer detached on Pennsylvania Avenue damaged two cars, with owners Larry Cleveland and Elmer Franklin named. Other crashes occurred near the Rocket bar, Hawaii Avenue at 15th Street, Baxley’s garage, and Texas Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets. Court summons issued for the Rocket bar crash and the hit and run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Walker
Alamo Drug
Joe Sedillo
Delaware Avenue
Walker
Librado Cayazo
James Ross
Artesia
Pennsylvania Avenue
10Th Street
Larry Cleveland
Hafse
Elmer L. Franklin
Arnold Lane
Hawaii Avenue
15Th Street
Baxley
Texas Avenue
8Th
9Th Streets
Two Paid Firemen Join Department
Wayne Mc Commis and Bill Fish have joined the City Volunteer Fire department. They will share a full time day shift with McCommis on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday while Fish works Thursday Saturday and Sunday. McCommis started yesterday handling station cleanup training and map updates.
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Wayne McCommis
Bill Fish
City Volunteer Fire Department
McCommis
Fish
Ghost Town White Oaks Reopens for Sunday Tourists
About 50 cars in an Alamogordo Chamber convoy brought 200 visitors to White Oaks New Mexico a long deserted ghost mining town. Guides Dave Jackson and Herman E Kelt led tours into the 1904 era mine and stamp mill ruins as locals marked Highway 54 dedication nearby.
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Lincoln County
Alamogordo
South Homestake
Dave Jackson
White Oaks
Jackson
Narow
Hard Mountain
Herman E. Kelt
Carrizozo
Carrizoto
Carizozo
H. E. Kelt
Round Up Sales Days Set for August in Alamogordo
Round Up Sales Days will be held in Alamogordo on August 13 14 and 16 announced by Bob Koonce chamber of commerce manager. Dates chosen by the Retail Trades Committee last Thursday night. Merchants urged to plan early to draw people from the trade area to a real August sales event.
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Alamogordo
Bob Koonce
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Heonce
Governor Rides In 1908 Buick Opens 34 Mile Highway 54
Governor Edwin L. Mechem arrived in a 1908 Buick for the dedication of the final 34 miles of Highway 54 near Carrizozo New Mexico. About 1800 people attended as officials and guests from Kansas and New Mexico celebrated the completion which cost 1,714,422 dollars and links El Paso to Chicago.
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Carrizozo
W. J. Hooten
el Paso
Highway 54
Edwin L. Mechem
C. E. Alward
Alamogordo
Mechem
Warren Fritz
National Highway 34 Association
Liberal
Kans
Paul Jones
Eurika
Kansas 54 Association
New Mexico 54 Association
Vernon D. Petty
Lloyd P. Bloodworth
NM Boys Ranch
la Joya
C. O. Irwin
State Highway Commission
Chicago
County Board OKs Bonds for Otero County Courthouse
The county commissioners authorized issuance of 1 to 38 bonds totaling 390000 for the new Otero County courthouse with 20000 yearly payments for 19 years and 10000 in the 20th year. Interest starts at 2 percent for the first 20 bonds and rises to 2 4 percent for later issues. They also approved easement payments for highway projects 37-0-6 James Canyon, excluding Musick property under condemnation. City Attorney Allan Walker sought county cooperation to place outlying areas under a city planning commission if formed, a preliminary step accepted by the board.
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Otero County
James Canyon
Musick
Alamogordo
Allan Walker
Alamogordo News appeals for help for Yarborough family
The Alamogordo News describes Tom Yarborough of Tularosa as a deserving father of seven facing heavy medical and burial costs after his son was killed while hitchhiking. Community members have donated funds and the paper asks readers to mail contributions to the Yarborough Fund at The Alamogordo News.
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Alamogordo
Tom Yarborough
Tularosa
Roswell
Odessa
Tex
Dick Gilliland
Eber McKinley
Yarborough
Alamogordo, N. M
Mose Cauthen Assaulted in Cloudcroft Beating
Mose Cauthen of Cloudcroft was beaten at or near his ranch in Cloudcroft. Charlie Nichols of La Luz pleaded guilty to assault and battery, paid a $100 fine and court costs, per Justice of Peace Lois Prather. Cauthen’s face was badly mauled in the assault, cause unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Nichols
la Luz
Mose Cauthen
Cloudcroft
Justice of Peace
Lois Prather
Cauthen
Nichols
Asault
J. P
Mrs. Martin Bartlett Returns From Ada Visit
Mrs. Martin Bartlett and her daughters Barbara Diane Margaret and Deborah came home last Saturday from Ada Oklahoma where they visited Mrs Bartletts father Dr W R Threlkeld for three weeks.
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Martin Bartlett
Barbara
Diane
Margaret
Deborah
Ada
Okla
Mescalero Service Hospital Granted One More Fiscal Year
Mescalero Apache leaders announce continued funding for the Mescalero Service Hospital for another year after appropriations covering July 1954 to July next were approved. Plans to survey potential closing and private beds were discussed with opposition from Mescalero officials.
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Mescalero Service Hospital
Council
Wendell Chino
Gun
Albuquerque
Chino
Alamogordo
Chamber of Commerce
Tularosa Youth Killed in Texas Buried Sunday
Funeral services for Thomas Royal Yarbrough Jr. 19 were held Sunday at the First Baptist church in Tularosa. Interment followed in the Yarbrough family plot. The incident occurred near Odessa when he was struck by a car on an oilfield road. The driver, Ernest Stanley Salmon, 28, faced no charges as investigations continued.
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Thomas Royal Yarbrough Jr
Tularosa
Odessa
Tex
First Baptist Church
E. 0
Adams
Yarbrough
Marlin Virden
Roy Tucker Jr
Ernest Ray Skaggs
Ernest Waller
Bill Chappell
Bill Wilk
Oil Company
North Cowden
Salmon
Texas Highway
John White
White
T. R. Yarbrough Jr
Young Yarbrough
Highway Patrol
Clarence Wilkinson
Goldsmith
Midland County
Levelland Fa
Levelland
Dan King III Wins State FFA Speech Contest
Dan King III, son of Mr and Mrs Dan King of Tularosa, won the state FFA speech contest at the Albuquerque conclave. Grandson of Mr and Mrs R D Champion of Tularosa, Champion is president of the Otero County State Bank in Alamogordo. King will advance to a regional FFA speech contest in May in Phoenix Arizona.
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Dan King Ili
Dan King
Tularosa
Future Farmers of America
Albuquerque
R. D. Champion
Champion
Otero County State Bank
Alamogordo
Future Farmer of America
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HAFB
Weepin
Willie
Eleventh Street
City Hall
Wee Moderns
New York
Citizens Barber Shop
Menger Agency
Col
Lincoln Baptists
Thomas R. Yarbrough
Boy
7Th Steel Housing Project
New Mexico
Howard Beacham
Oklahoma
Mescalero
Indian Service Hospital
Gerald Champion
Texas
Dan King III
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