Assessors Group Seeks Tax Equalization Plan Across County District
Assessors from five of eight counties met through bad weather to hear State Tax Commission officials explain that the aim is equalized valuations to raise revenue fairly. They noted New Mexico’s tax system lags, with statewide uniform valuation target at 33 1/3 percent of fair value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
R. A. Westaway
Carlsbad
New Mexico
W. R. Meador
Estancia
Albuquerque
Westaway
Commission
The
Chaves
Meador
Freight Cars Smashed in ATSF Fort Sumner Wreck
Twenty five Santa Fe freight cars derailed near Fort Sumner injuring no one. The line was expected to reopen by noon and trains rerouted. Flintcars and box cars scattered, a section house damaged, and cargo including cigarettes and farm equipment strewn about.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sumner
Santa Fe Railway
L. W. Bryant
Bryant
Red China Dubbing Chinese Dialogue To American Film
Tokyo Peiping dispatch reports Red China is dubbing Chinese dialogue into the controversial Salt of the Earth filmed in Silver City New Mexico with Mine Mill & Smelter Workers Union support expelled from CIO as Communist dominated. The film involved several Hollywood Ten members who claim retaliation for refusing to discuss affiliations. Clinton Jencks stars as the male lead while under sentence for falsifying a Taft Hartley affidavit during his Mine-Mill officer tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Peiping
Red China
Silver City
N. M
Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers Union
CIO
Hollywood Ten
Hollywood
Clinton Jencks
Troubled man leaves $650 tip for Wyoming waitress
A Rawlins cafe waitress received a $650 tip from a man who paid for his breakfast saying the money should go to the lady who had waited on them. The man left, later explained as his brother who is "having his troubles."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Rawlins, Wyo
Rawlins
William Koontz
Koontz
ENMU RREXY Heads Drive for BSA Membership Campaign
Eastern New Mexico University President Dr Floyd Golden launches the Conquistador Council Membership Campaign at 6 30 p m Feb 7 at the Nickson Hotel. Rudolph Sparks of Carlsbad chairs the Together Plan to expand Cub Packs Scout Troops and Explorer Units across districts with district chairmen and a council training team to guide new units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Golden
Eastern New México University
Conquistador Council
Nickson Hotel
Rudolph Sparks
Carlsbad
Dr. Golden
Hobart Gay
Roswell
Calloway Taulbee
Artesia
Virgil McCollum
Ben Alexander
Hobbs
James Fleming
Tucumcari
D. N. Pope
Phil Yates
F. C. Williamson
S. P. Doolittle
Roger Grant
E. A. Schoeld
George Whitt
Tom Murray
Fred Phelps
Clovis
Ray Reed
Council
Travis Stovall
M. H. McMasters
Doug Bourne
Charles Hagruder
J. R. Jones
Atom Arms Soon To Be Stored On USAF Bases
Gen. Earle E. Partridge said atomic weapons will be stored at Air Force ground stations and carried on defense aircraft within years at a cost exceeding three billion dollars. He noted safety controls and that many bases are on civil airports, with implications for future military aviation use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Earle E. Partridge
Air Force Assn
Partridge
Continental Air Defense Command
ATOM
Truck-Trailer Kills Four In Colo Crash
A heavy semi trailer left the road and struck a parked highway patrol cruiser east of Hugo Colorado killing two patrolmen and two other men. The truck driven by Clyde Acrey struck from the rear at about 60 mph. The four men were in the patrol car on the shoulder when the crash occurred. Colorado's 1956 highway toll rose to 29 with this incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin E. Phillips
Hotchkiss
Colo
Floyd E. Gresham
Hutchinson
Kan
Limon
Acrey
Harmon
Gilbert Carre
Colorado
New Mexico Sleet and Snow Tie Up State Roads
A powerful winter storm hit eastern New Mexico killing two men and dumping heavy snow. Carlsbad and nearby towns saw over 12 inches, with widespread icy roads and drifting in Hobbs Artesia and Vaughn. Two men died near Albuquerque as cold set in and highways remained passable with chains advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Roswell
Sheriff’s Department
Hobbs - Lovington
Tatum
Vaughn
Clovis
Artesia
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Cloudcroft
Odessa-Midland
Carlsbad-Artesia
Hobbs
Carlsbad-El Paso
Pecos
Tex
Sylvan B. Greenwall
George Sanchez
Rio Puerco
Los Padillas
Simms Sets May 8 Primary In Official Proclamation
Gov. E John F. Simms announces a May 8 primary to launch the 1956 campaign. The plan redraws districts ending the old shoe string multi county setup and applies to 98 legislative seats four district judges and all county offices with filings by candidates at county clerks or secretary of state as specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa F
John F. Simms
Simms
Congress
Justice of the Peace
Paul Tackett
D. A. McPherson Jr
Albuquerque
C. C. McCulloc
Farmington
Allan Walker
Alamogordo
Secretary of State
New Russian peace note fails to melt U S treaty stand
The House approves 2.97 billion for the Post Office with a demand to curb deficits. Bulganin appeals for a U S Soviet friendship treaty but Eisenhower rejects the idea noting deeds over words. Bulganin hints at broader pacts with Britain and France as a new element in the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Treasury Department
Tax Court
Bulganin
State Department
Russia
United States
United Nations
Eden
Britain
France
U. N
Roswell Civil Defense Night Alert Surprises City
Roswell faced a surprise civil defense drill with five city divisions responding at 5 36 p m. Charles Boreing and C M Woodbury praised division chiefs as crews from the engineering department under Tom Mann and staff from Smith Machinery Co and the Highway Department prepared to roll. Heavy equipment sewer service and Southwest Public Service and telephone crews were alerted due to severe weather. Four two way radio vehicles and dispatchers joined the turnout. All-Clear sounded at 7 p m with workers returning home after fast meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Charles Boreing
Civil Defense
C. M. Woodbury
Chaves County
Tom Mann
Smith Machinery Co
Highway Department
Southwest Public Service
Buffalo Hereford Brahma cross yields Bramaloford calf experiment
Lea County rancher D. Dad Cooper raises buffalo, Hereford, and Brahma crosses on his 3 D ranch near Monument to create hybrid calves. The offspring are large and hardy, with one calf weighing about 1500 pounds at four years old and others near 800 pounds at nine months. The aim is disease resistance and climate tolerance, though the animals are notoriously ill tempered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County
Hobbs Daily News
Sun
Hobbs
D. Dad Cooper
Monument
Coopers
Cooper
Dad Cooper
Monument Rancher
Richardson Griggs nuptial greeting noted
Welcoming Mr J I Richardson and Mrs Griggs along with Archie Griggs in a brief society note marking their union and social congratulations from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. I. Richardson
Archie Griggs
Moscow Radio Reports Eisenhower Rejection of Treaty
Moscow radio finally conveyed to the Soviet public that President Eisenhower rejected Premier Bulganin’s 20 year Soviet U S friendship treaty. It aired Bulganin’s appeal and delayed the report of Eisenhower’s rebuff to avoid overshadowing the first letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow Radio
Moscow
Scow
Eisenhower
Bulganin
U. S
Washington
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ATSF
Ft. Sumner
ENMU
BSA
USAF
Jack
Butch” Schwoop
Richardson
Johnnie Manning
Roswell Record
Raymond F. Waters
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