Apples Trainload Highlights Roswell Museum Opening
The ENMU R campus museum opens with displays from Roswell and historic items. A train carried 496 tons of J.J Hagerman apples to Chicago on Oct 23, 1902. The exhibit also features William Jennings Bryan 1909 speech and 1895 Commercial Club photo. The museum is sponsored by the college and Chaves County Historical Society.
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New Mexico Names Mrs. Curley Bennett Mother of the Year
Mrs. Curley Bennett of Gallup a Navajo singer and doll maker wins New Mexico Mother of the Year. Gov. Cargo announced the selection on Saturday.
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Curley Bennett
Gallup
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David F. Cargo
Fire in Newark Could Leave 500 Homeless
A suspicious blaze swept two blocks in Newark's Central Ward late Saturday, threatening 500 or more residents with homelessness. Eight people suffered minor injuries as fire crews battled the inferno while residents aided firefighters, and no disturbances were reported despite prior racial tensions in the area. The fire could be seen from lower Manhattan and a firefighter was rescued when flames overwhelmed a ladder.
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Plane With 129 Aboard Falls in Africa Crash
A South African Airways Boeing 707 with 117 passengers and 12 crew crashed after takeoff from Windhoek. Six to seven survivors were reported, with several injured. The pilot died. rescue efforts moved bodies and survivors by air and road to Windhoek.
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International Wool Secretariat Board
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R. Armstrong
E. Smith
J. G. Strijdom
Tokyo Bay
London
Johannesburg
South Africa
Pretoria
British Overseas Airways Corp
Wolfnapers Fail in Rome During City’s Birthday Fest
On Rome’s 2721st birthday eve, students tried to steal the city symbol wolf from its Capitoline Hill cage during the freshman festival. Guards reported they sawed at the bars but the wolf remained or was deterred. the intruders fled, leaving a saw and a peaked student hat.
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Capitoline Hill
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CWA Board summoned to capital amid nationwide telephone strike
The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America executive board was called to Washington for a Sunday session amid a three day nationwide strike by about 200000 Bell System workers. Union President Beirne indicated a possible new three year contract discussion beyond the current wage scope. Automatic equipment and supervisory staff kept service near normal across 16 states as 16 more states face expiring contracts and line crossings declined.
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Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
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Western Electric
Roswell Author and Illustrator Mrs L E Hunt Dies
Roswell artist and author Frances Alicia Wells Hunt 67 died Friday after a lengthy illness. Born in White Oaks she lived 33 years in Lincoln County and 34 in Roswell. She contributed folklore essays to national magazines and helped with the book Yucca Land. Survived by husband Leonard Eugene Hunt two sons Leonard Jr. and Raymond four sisters. Burial in White Oaks Cemetery with Ballard Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Frances Alicia Wells Hunt
Montana
Lincoln County
Yucca Land
Annie Laurie Snorf
Hazel Vineyard
el Paso
Leonard E. Hunt Jr
Raymond Hunt
Colorado Springs
Colo
C.W. Coe
Tularosa
Edith Palmer
Oklahoma City
Eileen Henneck
Bertha Severens
Los Angeles
Charles R. Davies
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Roswell Brackish Water Facility Set At 2.4 Million
U S Senator Clinton P Anderson outlined plans for a new brackish water test site in Roswell with an estimated cost of 2.436 million dollars. Bids will be called April 26 with openings June 3 and contract award June 27. The site will support pilot plant testing and blending equipment to simulate Midwest and Far West water conditions.
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J.A. Hunter
Midwest
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North American
Janitor, 18 Questioned In 4 Deaths
Baltimore police held an 18 year old janitor for questioning after he led them to a park woods where four youngsters were found murdered. The victims included two brothers ages five and nine and two 10 year olds. The throats of all were slit and one was beheaded. A fifth child was missing and search teams extended to the park. No charges announced yet.
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