New Pecos Dam Planned to Expand Irrigation
The article notes a new dam on the Pecos with irrigation expansion. Construction began in January and is set for completion in 1952.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
5
Pecos Project To Be Inspected Near Fort Sumner
Fort Sumner New Mexico June 6 E H Robbins regional director of the US Bureau of Reclamation Ama tillo will tour the Pecos River Valley irrigation project of six thousand five hundred acres near old Fort Sumner Keith Edwards attorney for the Fort Sumner Irrigation District and A M Ratliff district board president organize the arrangements Robbins will join a Rotarian luncheon Navaho Indians first tried irrigation under Kit Carson US troops after floods damaged part of the system in 1949 contracts with the Bureau followed.
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Fort Sumner
H E Robbins
US Bureau of Reclamation
Ama- Tillo
Pecos River Valley
Old Fort Sumner
Keith Edwards
A. M. Ratliff
Robbins
Kit Carson
Bureau of Reclamation
Mother Wins Legal Battle for Child Custody
The Supreme Court of Canada awarded Evelyn McKee custody of her 10 year old son Terry after she pledged to move to the United States with him and keep the father Mark T. McKee fully advised of his whereabouts. The ruling upholds the California Superior Court order of 1945 and quashes Ontario's Supreme Court decision, with costs awarded throughout.
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Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Evelyn McKee
Kitchener
Ontario
Terry
United States
Mark T. McKee
Scotch War Wife To Try Texas Talk On Homefront Flight
Mrs. Lee Nichols Jr of Goodwell Oklahoma departs with her two children on a TWA flight to Glasgow. She blends Scotch roots with Texan slang and heads home for a Glasgow wedding, with plans to return to Goodwell in August. Her husband Mr. Lee Nichols Sr accompanies them to New York City.
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Oklahoma
Glasgow
Lee Nichols, Jr
Goodwell
Okla
Panhandle A&m College
TWA
John Lee
Herring Hotel
Barbara Ann
Lee Nichols
Texhoma
Mr. Nichols
New York City
Griffin Withdraws From Texas Agriculture Race
Mission cotton farmer Jim Griffin announced he will not file for the Texas commissioner of agriculture race, accusing incumbent J. E. McDonald of a political trap. Griffin says he plans to run in 1952 and cites McDonald's retirement and reentry to draw candidates away. Other candidates include John G. White, Charles S. McLellan, and T. A. Fairey.
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Mission
Jim Griffin
Texas Commissioner of
McDonald
Griffin
John GC. White
Wichita Falls
Texas Tech
Charles S. McLellan
Eagle Lake
T. A. Fairey
Manor
Travis County
Baruch Voices Alarm at Incompetence Across Society
St Louis June 6 Bernard M Baruch warned that competence is low and declining in mankind and politics. He urged action to extirpate incompetence and criticized stand by selective service acts without mobilizing property and material interests to curb profiteering. He spoke at Washington University during a commencement address to graduates.
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ST. Louis
Bernard M. Baruch
Washington University
Baruch
Globe News Want Ads Offer Easy Access
Advertisement promotes Globe News Want Ads as a quick way to obtain a cook, piano, cozy room, or other items. Instructions direct dialing 6262 for service.
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Globe News
Dial
Census Takes Measure Of Mexico Its People
Mexico conducts a one day census counting shoes sandals and barefoot existence to gauge economic and cultural standards. With 26 million people surveyed city by city census takers close doors of banks offices and businesses to complete the task. The census includes questions on footwear and bread as indicators of living standards and notes a population rise of about 7 million since 1940.
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Mexico City
U.P
Mexico
Government Statistics Bureau
Television Sets On Buses Pleases Passengers In Route
On the Los Angeles to San Francisco line buses, television sets mounted at the front are visible to passengers while the driver’s view remains unobstructed. The company reports riders favor the new feature and that it does not distract the driver.
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San Francisco
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