Old Folks Day Returns At Prairieview Be Thankful
June indicates Old Folks Day with 400 elders gathering at Prairieview for gospel songs and fellowship. About 200 attend from age 60 to nearly 100, with two past 100 remembered. fund drive for beef barbecue led by E. L. Harbison and O. B. Powell invites basket lunches and donations to support the event.
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Prairieview
E. L. Harbison
Lovington
O. B. Powell
Hobbs
Praiieview
Simms Wins Dem Primary Amid Calls to End Screwball Campaigns
The narrow Simms victory signals a turning point for New Mexico voters and warns against further circus style campaigns. Pickett’s attacks failed to sway enough Democrats and may end his bid as five months to the general election begin.
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John Simms
New Mexico
Ingram B. Pickett
Huey Long
Texas
Jim Ferguson
Pickett
Simms
Santa Fe New Mexican
Small Business Health Stated in SBA Report
NORWALK says the SBA semiannual report notes small business health has improved after years of decline as civilian spending rises. Palatka Daily News warns parents against entrusting teens with cars, calling the family vehicle a more dangerous than dynamite or a loaded pistol.
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Norwalk
Conn
Small Business Administration
Democrats praise wealth in government and Ike gadget push
The piece argues both parties rely on executive success over inherited wealth, cites Truman and Roosevelt cabinet members, and notes Eisenhower campaign gadgets. It references Harriman, Morgenthau, Lovett, Forrestal, and Stettinius, plus coverage of a Rainier Kelly wedding theft and publisher changes in North Carolina papers.
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Edward R. Stettinious
General Motors
U. §. Steel
Roosevelt
Truman
Robert A. Lovett
Herriman
Defense
James Forrestal
Dillon Read and Co
Wall Street
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Charles Sawyer
Democratic Party
Matthew H. McCloskey
Democratic National Committee
Gold Guard in Charge of Knox Vault Claims It Safe
Al bert B. Evans of Dunkirk New York runs the Fort Knox gold depository and asserts the vault is the safest place in the United States. He says the building shows minor settling but is secure against floods and gas attacks and notes the vault holds about 13.5 billion dollars in gold at 35 dollars an ounce. Evans, bonded and solitary on duty, describes the structure and emphasizes the gold’s safety. Penguins have stubby wings but cannot fly.
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FT. Knox
Albert B. Evans
Dunkirk
N. Y
United States
Evans
Washington
Tennessee
The Challenge Facing Cotton Topic For Cotton Congress
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Marvin McLain will speak on the challenge facing cotton at the 17th Annual American Cotton Congress in Lubbock. The three day event opens May 31 with a keynote by Burris Jackson, includes expert talks on planting through marketing, and a June 1 Caprock Hotel dinner.
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Marvin McLain
Lubbock
Burris Jackson
Hillsboro
Congress
Caprock Hotel
Plains
Jackson
Caprock
W. J. Reidy
G. G. Gibson
A and M College Extension Service
M. K. Horne, Jr
National Cotton Council
Don Jones
Lubbock Agricultural Experiment Station
High Plains
Isaac Holmes
Abernathy
Texas High Plains
William Frank Hughes
USDA
College Station
R. D. Lewis
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
F. Marion
Roy Forkner
McLain
Eisenhower
Pecos River bill gains traction in Senate committee
In the Capitol Clinton P. Anderson reports prospect of S. J. 155 moving forward. Hearings before the Senate Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee featured testimonials from Senators Johnson and Daniel of Texas and Chaves of New Mexico, plus experts Steve Reynolds and John H. Bliss. The bill would authorize 2,161,000 dollars for a 16 mile Pecos channelization project north of Lake McMillan and related salinity works.
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Clinton P. Anderson
Pecos
Senate Irrigation and Reclamation
Johnson and Dainiel
Texas
Chaves
New Mexico
Steve E. Reynolds
John H. Bliss
Senate
Full
Interior Committee
Lake McMillan
Speed Biggest Hazard Oil Leader Declares
Albuquerque, May 23 1956 New Mexico oil industry leaders warn speed is the top highway hazard and back Gov Simms Slow Down and Live drive during Memorial Day to Labor Day. W C George chairman cites 12700 deaths and 702560 injuries last year from speeding. Oil operators will urge motorists to avoid the hurry complex and return safely. Six of ten gasoline stations lease their stations.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
W. C. George
George
Business Notes Highlight Wage, Growth and Industry Shifts
George Stringfellow of Thomas A. Edison says industry may not pass wage hikes to consumers, urging savings in production and distribution through wise purchasing. An economist forecasts continued business expansion through 1960 due to population growth and higher incomes. Shipping of knit underwear rose 334 percent in Q1 1956 to 80 million dollars. Carling Brewing opens a 42 million dollar Natick plant, its first New England brewery in 40 years. Stratford buys cigar maker for 1 180 000 shares. Lockheed expands a Sunnyvale guided missiles plant and keeps Van Nuys plant operating. Public and private U.S. debt climbed to 658 billion dollars last year, with most growth in private debt. A proposed feed grain measure would raise sorghum supports to 76 percent of parity. Uranium policy plans near. Nuclear program may be clarified soon easing industry-government dealings. Shorts report Holloman AFB commissary and Albuquerque bids for a new masonry building. An English physicist says enlarging atoms to sand size would cover Earth to 300 feet in depth.
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American Mining Congress
AEC
Canada
Holloman AF
Corps of Engineers
Albuquerque
Committee Gets Revised Farm Bill for Conference
The House sent revised farm bills to a conference committee to negotiate a compromise. Representative W R Poagel of Texas said negotiations would begin, aiming for a compromise bill before Tuesday action. President Eisenhower issued an order restricting private farmers leasing federal lands from growing crops with surplus or price-supported status after 60 days.
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United Press
Washington
Hous
House
W. R. Poagel
Eisenhower
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Screwball Campaign
Malicolm
Tecara
Franklin Roosevelt
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
New York
Union Pacific Railway
Gov. Harriman
Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Caribbean
Wilmer Jones
The
Franklin
N.C
Jones
Murphy
Seusin
Post Office
Knox
Iowa
Grain Division
CSS
Iowa State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
PMA
ASC
National Agricultural Advisory Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Brooklyn Mutual Telephone Company
Agriculture Department
Business World
Cleveland
George Stringfellow
Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated
Stringfellow
National Association of Purchasing Agents
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
C. C. Merrifeld
Econometric Institute
Census Bureau
Natick
Mass
Carling Brewing Company
Massachusetts
New England
Carling
Peerless Motor Car Company
Atlanta
Georgia
Stratford Corporation
Dora and
Optimo
Stratford
Sunnyvale
California
Lockheed
van Nuys
Commerce Department
Holbuf
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