France Embraces Friday the 13th Lottery Luck
The piece notes a shift in belief since 1934 as Friday the 13th becomes associated with luck and the French National Lottery. It cites increased lottery purchases from 40 000 to 220 000 on this day and crowded casinos in Nice and Monte Carlo while acknowledging past superstition and fatal accidents linked to the date. It mentions Napoleon Christ and Victor Hugo in linking fear to the date. It ends by noting that the lottery has spread confidence, drawing millions who venture out on the day.
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France
Nice
Monte Carlo
Napoleon
Russia
Paris
Christ
Victor Hugo
Frances
Eisenhower opposes broad tax cut as recession remedy
President Eisenhower rejects a large tax cut as a solution to the recession and urges Congress to prevent the three billion dollar reduction in corporation and excise taxes set to begin July 1. The plan was announced by Press Secretary James C. Hagerty after months of administration debate.
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Eisenhower
Congress
James C. Hagerty
Local Visitors and Travel Notes in Lordsburg Area
Mrs Karl Baker and Mary Florence joined David for a trip through Silver City on Sunday en route to Socorro where Mary Florence will study in the science department at New Mexico Tech. O C Cunningham and Charlotte from El Paso stayed with the Shaws in Lordsburg. Frank Smith and family vacationing in Waco Texas plan to visit relatives there. Nelda Bowan from San Diego California visited grandparents and father James Bowan. Mrs Jack Lee and Mitchell Bowans Silver City visited Jimmie Bowans family. J D Atkinson family returned Friday from Glenwood after a week away.
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Karl Baker
Mary Florence
David
Silver City
Socorro
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Nelda Bowan
San Diego
Calif
Mitchell Bowan
James Bowan
Jack Lee
2nd Lt Charles W Steele Completes Pre-Flight Training
From Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas word comes that 2nd Lt Charles W Bill Steele husband of Mrs Roberta Steele of Lordsburg has completed training in the Air Force Office Pre-Flight School and will be assigned to James Connolly Air Force Base Texas for initial flying training as a navigator. Liz Steele a Lordsburg High School graduate attended New Mexico A&M College Las Cruces where he earned a degree in electrical engineering. He was employed by Texas Instruments.
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Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
ILA
Charles W
Bill) Steele
Roberta Steele
Lordsburg
Air Force Office
James Connelly Air Force Base
Liz. Steete
Lordsburg High School
New Mexico A&m College
Las Cruces
Texas Instru
Veterans survivors to gain benefits from new pay bill
The Veterans Administration says widows of veterans who died from service connected causes will receive higher survivor payments under the new military pay bill effective June 1 1958. Most increases relate to a serviceman's basic pay matching the deceased veteran's rank and years of service. About 90 percent of eligible widows will gain $1 to $3 more each month, though not all widows see raises as the bill does not raise all service members’ basic pay. Each case is evaluated individually.
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Veterans Administration
Dallas Air Force cadets finish preflight training
Completion of Lackland's pre flight training school qualifies officer students for flying training and integration into the Air Force flying program as many cadets transition from civilian to military life.
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Ments
Dallas
Lackland
Air Force
VA widows to receive automatic increase in June 1958
The VA announced that widows with eligible payments will get automatic increases this June, affecting those with nonservice connected death benefits. No action is required by widows, as the changes are law based and apply automatically.
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William Bradford Dillingham
Ike
Market Report
Willcox Livestock Commission CO
Willcox, Arizona
Charles L. Torpey
Dudley
O. C. Cunningham
Charlotte of
el Paso
Arthur Shaw
Frank Smith
Waco, Tex
J. D. Atkinson
Glenwood
Charles W. Steele
William H. Bard
U.S. Mineral Surveyor
Herb Watkins
New Mexico
Veterans News
G. C. Horne
Optometrist
Gant
Silver City, N. Mex
S&h
Genes Shell Service
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