Kirby Grateful to Past Stars
Hall of fame entertainer George Kirby recalls his Chicago start in 1940 as he tours and performs in New York. He credits pioneers Stepin Fetchit Bill Robinson and others for opening doors for Black performers while boasting a 100 impersonations repertoire and a high earning supper club career.
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Hal Boyle
NEW York
George Kirby
Chicago
Kirby
Royal Box
George
Mimic
Europe
Philippines
Duke Ellington
Sophie Tucker
Cab Calloway
Lena Horne
Count Basie
Nat King Cole
Zazu Pitts
Bette Davis
Charles Bower
Jimmy Durante
Peggy Lee
Stepin Fetehit
Bill Robinson
Gold crisis solution demands multi-front federal action
The piece asserts the gold crisis stems from policy failures by Johnson and Kennedy and urges a comprehensive plan. It calls for marshaling foreign assets, renegotiating counterparty funds, and reducing overseas dependents and military costs to restore balance of payments. It argues current tactics miss broader threads of the problem. It cites a $12.4 billion gold stock low and a $2.2 billion annual burden from overseas troops.
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Alfred Hitchcock
Johnson
Kennedy
Doc
U.S
International Monetary Fund
Treasury
Europe
Defense Department
Korea
West Germany
Italy
Spain
England
Canada
Rio de Janeiro
Bermuda
Washington
Checking Up: Social Bits and Trivia Across Topics
A collage of breezy facts and opinions covers tastes in beer babies dating myths and fashion cues. It questions earrings for Achilles and recalls Primo Carnera as heavyweight champ while noting a New York theater season pass offer for mothers never kissed in a cinema.
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Achilles
Vatican
A. Primo Carnero
Jack Sharkey Q
Jesse James
Zerelda Mimms
Zerelda
New York City
Aristotle
Japan
L.M. Boyd
P.O. Box
Seattle
Public Forum Roswell Calls for Library Support
A Roswell letter criticizes library funding and notes a Wednesday closure due to rising costs and shrinking local support. The writer urges local officials and candidates to recognize the library as vital to education and community growth in New Mexico's second largest city.
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the Public Forum
Roswell
Public Library Board of Trustees
New Mexico
Roswell Daily Paper Rates and Publication Details
Advertising manager Albert A. Stubbs and editor Jimmy C. Cox lead a Roswell NM newsroom. The paper lists subscription prices by county and carrier delivery options, publishing every weekday evening except Saturday and Sunday morning from 424 North Main Street. It notes 2nd class postage and AP news rights.
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Chaves
Roswell
Trade
North Main Street
N.M
Echoes in the Alps and Ark Antics in a Jolly Tale
A Texan visiting the Alps learns a local echo joke and quips back with a home echo routine. A first grade class joke unfolds as a six year old asks if Noah fished on the ark with only two worms.
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Alps
Noah
Toys for Solano charity drive for Villa Solano boys
Local appeal urges Christmas toy gifts for 90 Villa Solano School for Mentally Re tarded boys. Roswell Record offers to deliver gifts if drop off at the school west of Hagerman. Villa Solano party Sunday at 7 with the Zips-boys musical group.
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Villa Solano
Walker Air Force Base
Hagerman
Roswell
Critics defend percentage depletion tax amid energy concerns
Critics urge Congress to preserve percentage depletion arguing it fuels oil and mineral exploration. They cite Congressman Herlong praising its role in affordable energy and warn that removal would threaten national petroleum supply and industrial needs.
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Congress
A. Sydney Herlong Jr
Florida
Cargo faces tough climate in New Mexico politics
Democratic legislators grill Republican Governor Cargo over administration troubles as Motor Vehicle, Tax, and OEO departments clash. Salazar and Chavez fault leadership, Witt questions Garcia’s role, while Montoya aides mobilize to unseat Cargo ahead of 1968 elections.
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Bob Salazar
Ben Chavez
Commission
Jesse D. Kornegay
Boston Witt
Robert Garcia
Motor Vehicle Department
Cargo
Salazar
Las Vegas
Bernalillo
Chavez
Pnss
Santa Fe
Palm Beach
New Orleans
LFC
Kornegay
Tax Commission
Jack M. Campbell
Kerengay
Rev. Garcia
Witt
OEO
Rey Garcia
New Mexico
U.S
Joe Montoya
Montoya
Joe
Dave
Senate
Mack Easley
Hobbs
Easley
History Highlights for December 15
Notable events on this date include the 1791 Bill of Rights going into effect after Virginia ratified them, the 1836 Patent Office fire in Washington, the 1890 death of Sitting Bull, the 1916 Verdun victory for French forces, the 1919 upholding of the National Prohibition Act, and MacArthur’s Mindoro landing in 1944.
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Associated Press
U.S
Virginia
Washington
Sitting Bull
Grand River
S. C
Verdun
U.S. Supreme Court
Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro
Philippines
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Henry J. Taylor
Douglas Jerrold
Strategic Air Command
Jimmy C. Cox
Advertising Manager
Albert A. Stubbs
R. M. Higginbotham
Roswell, N. M
Hills
Solano
Zips—boys
By Fred Buckles
Dave Cargo
Legislative Finance Committee
Rep
Tom Hoover
Albuquerque
CERA
Fred Standley
Cera Inc
Standley
Rio Arriba County Commission
State Tax Commission
Bert
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