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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1956
Page
11
A mixed clue set with across and down entries including chemistry of riddles. Provides several numbered hints for words matching definitions like molten rock, missing other cross references, and multiple short answers across a word puzzle.
William Perry of San Francisco, likely the oldest horseplayer in the United States, celebrated his 104th birthday on Thursday. He jokes he began following horses in 1880 when he was a horse car motorman and now enjoys races at three Bay Area tracks.
The page outlines NBC and local broadcasts for Wednesday from 4:00 PM to 2:30 AM including Turntable Tempos News Sign Off, Spotlight on Sports, Dragnet, Five Star Matinee and Giuseppe's Juka Box with multiple music programs and news summaries. The schedule lists program times and titles across day parts.
A historical radio programming rundown lists shows from 6:15 to 5:36 with segments including World News, Markets, sports, local news from New Mexico and Pecos Valley, musical programs like Sons of the Pioneers, Dabbs Music Hall, and Stamps for Shoppers, ending with Sign Off.
Members of Sigma Nu at the University of Southern California found a steer in their living room after a ditch night prank. Furniture overturned, pillows ripped with feathers, syrup poured down stairs, and sacks of flour dumped. Fraternity says the steer was a novel retaliation for pledge-season treatment.
The New Mexico State Board of Education backed moving school immunization oversight to the health department amid diphtheria concerns. Hubert Prather became a board member, with Dr. J Cloyd Miller taking over as chairman. The board also approved district consolidations and fund transfers in Chaves San Juan Santa Fe and Rio Arriba counties.
Norge Appliances advertises easy terms and trade options from M. and R. Sales at 1120 East 2nd Street, phone MA 2-3850, inviting customers to trade in goods and purchase a range of appliances.
Reading at three hour intervals from 11 a.m. yesterday to 7 a.m. today shows highs near 57 and lows around 34. Precipitation totals are light with .02 inches in the last 24 hours and 4.04 inches year to date. New Mexico sees partly cloudy conditions with windy east and dust, colder east and warmer west. More than 5 million of the 23 million bicycles in the United States are ridden by adults per the Bicycle Institute of America.
C. H. Murphey notes NM mining reached a record year with $155.97 million in mineral value for year ended June 30 1956 led by copper at $61.57 million and potash valued at $55.66 million. Uranium surged to $15.35 million while lead zinc output rose. overall mineral and non metal production supported growth and employment rose 182 percent to 9 259 workers with total mining activity near 15 000.
Multiple legal notices list hearings and default judgments in Chaves County New Mexico. Cases include Loeffler v Loeffler divorce No 20752 and adoption proceedings of Karla Jean Schneider No 20540 with hearings set January 10 1957. Additional probate and will matters from W A Jones estate No 3950 announce final account hearing January 7 1937 and later December 1956 notices.
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