Lea County School Bus Costs Details Revealed
Transportation director J. T. Reese reports for the school year ending June 30 1951 a total bus cost of 2238 07 for 37653 pupils not including 155 city bus riders in Carlsbad. In Lea County 2225 riders cost 19210661 with 8 119980 total miles and an average load of 37 per bus. The average per pupil cost is 59 45 yearly and per mile under 28 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Reese
Carlsbad
Lea County
New Mexico
ENMU Graduates Visit In Phoenix
ENMU spring graduate Kay Chandler of Portales and Margar et McDonald of Oil Center traveled to Miss Chandler's Phoenix home after visiting Santa Fe and Keams Canyon. They toured Hopi villages Shipolovi Toreva Shungopooni Oraibi then Flagstaff Oak Creek Canyon before reaching Phoenix. McDonald returned to Oil Center to spend the summer with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Chandler
ENMU
Portales
Margaret McDonald
Oil
Miss Chandler
Phoenix
Arizona
Santa Fe
Navajoe Reservation
Keam’s Canyon
Shipolovi, Toreva, Shungopooni
Oraibi
Flagstaff
Oak Creek Canyon
McDonald
Oil Center, N. M
Kefauver Seeks Neutral Prez Nominee Policy
Sen Estes Kefauver urged President Truman to stay neutral during the Democratic nominating convention and welcomed support if he secures the Chicago nomination. Taft leads Eisenhower in pledged delegates as SD primary remains unsettled. Taft requests equal broadcast facilities from major networks. A Milwaukee man asked Gibson City police to locate a lost gold pin, found and mailed to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Truman
Kefauver
Taft
General Eisenhower
Abilene
Federal Communications Commission
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting System
Gibson City
Ill
D. C. Jacobus
Milwaukee
Wis
Gibson City Park
Elmer Sawyer
Jacobus
Bus ownership split shows private majority at 968
The record notes 1 600 buses with 968 privately owned, 36 owned by the school district and 2 rented.
Taxi Driver Douses Cabin Fire Before Firefighters Arrive
Earl Johnson drove his taxi to the firehouse after a cigarette ignited the front seat. He acted quickly to extinguish the blaze before help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington, Jr
Earl Johnson
Vitamin A warnings spark medical caution in editorial
The American Journal of Roentgenology warns vitamin A concentrates are potentially toxic and unnecessary for daily use in healthy children. It cites risks of poisoning, especially in non-deficient kids, and criticizes heavy advertising for creating perceived needs. The piece notes doctors face aggressive promotion and mentions a new term hypervitaminosis with early signs like loss of appetite and itching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Journal of Roentgenology
John Caffey
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center of
New York
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Lovington
Wesley McCallister
W. G. Yeager
Hobbs
Dillon
Gov. Dillon
Tennesseean
Chi
Cago
Eisenhower
South Dakota
Cop
Charley
South
Turner
Hobbs, New Mexico
Jack Danglade
Ernest Simmons
Seth Alston
Texas and New Mexico Railway Company
Cincinnati
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