City to Call Election On Flood Control Levy
The city council voted 9-1 to call a special election on a 5 mill flood control levy. No date set. expected annual revenue about 100000. project cost estimated at 302900 with use inside and outside city limits. Local work includes channel widening and riprap along Spring and Hondo rivers.
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City Hall
C. M. Woodbury
Man- Honda
Chamber of Commerce
Bert Ballard
H. D. Hughes
Dan Carpenter
Max Littell
Jack Campbell
Woodbury
State General Fund
Streams Commission
Hondo
Atkinson
McGaffey
Glover Packing Co
Malco
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Water application talk highlights farm irrigation basics
Ivan D. Wood from A&M College spoke to a large group of farmers at the Roswell Chamber of Commerce on the Fundamentals of Proper Water Application. J Leo Dirnberger from the soil conservation service summarized fertilizer plot results in Chaves County over the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan D. Wood
A&m College
Roswell
Weather Summary for Local Day with Temperature Readings
Reading at 2 p m yesterday through 11 a m today shows highest 67 and lowest 17. Forecast calls for mostly clear today and tonight with mild afternoon high near 65 and low around 25, increasing clouds and a cold wind tomorrow. Precipitation for the period is none. Sunrise 6 48 sunset 5 37 length 10 8 hours.
Motorcycle Crash Hurts Artesia Boys Near Hagerman
Two Artesia youths were injured when a motorcycle left the highway at Casa Bone Curve on U S 285 north of Hagerman. James Ross 16 and Gail Hampton 18 were taken to Artesia Hospital with shock and bruises. The crash happened at 11 30 a m after the driver lost control and the machine crossed a ditch three times for a total of 421 feet. The investigation was conducted by Bud South Roswell Arnold J Smith Artesia and Charlie Troublefield Hagerman deputies.
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Artesia
Hagerman
U. S. Highway 285
Artesia Hospital
James Ross
Gail Hampton
Casabone Curve
Bud South
Roswell
Arnold J. Smith
New Mexico
Charlie Troublefield
Agent to Aid 4-H Exhibitors at El Paso Stock Show
Stark Royall, assistant county agent, departs to assist 4-H exhibitors from Chaves County at the Southwestern Stock Show in El Paso. Participants include Dolores Glenn Donnie Glenn and Frankie Burrows.
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Stark Royall
el Paso
Chaves County
Dolores Glenn
Donnie Glenn
Frankie Burrows
Ridgway Urges Stronger Army Before Congress
General Matthew Ridgway told Congress that during the first critical stages of war the Army must rely on active forces in being for needed units. He warned active U.S. Army units were under strength and spread too thin to meet worldwide commitments and urged approval of administration plans to strengthen reserves.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Congress
Army
House
Armed Services
Ridgway
Eisenhower
Man Sues for Damages After 1954 Collision at First and Pennsylvania
Claude H. Rose of Farwell Texas filed suit against Jodie Smith for 723.61 alleging a Nov 3 1954 collision at First and Pennsylvania. Rose claims 559.61 for car 105 for 35 days of use loss 39 for travel expense and 20 for loss of business.
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First
Pennsylvania
Claude H. Rose
Jodie Smith
Rose
Farwell
Tex
Claude H. Rose Jr
Evacuation of Tachens Surges as U S Skyraider Downed
Communist anti air batteries shot down a US Navy Skyraider near the Tachens during the Formosa evacuation. Pilot Lt JG W J Oheren and two crew survived with minor injuries after ditching four miles west of the islands. Civilian evacuees reach Keelung as 13 900 leave the Tachens and 3 753 islanders depart for resettlement centers in Formosa.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Tachens
J.G. W. J. Oheren
U.S. Navy
South Tachen
Keelung
Formosan
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S
Adm
Alfred M. Pride
7Th Fleet
Nwspapers
Pride
China
East China Sea
U. S
Defense Ministry
Ralph Boyce
U. S. Foreigh Operations Administration
Boyce
Survivors Named in B-36 Crash at Carswell Air Force Base
The Air Force released the names of 18 injured survivors from the Biggs AFB B-36 crash at Carswell AFB Fort Worth. Key injured include Capt Charles Andrews pilot Maj George Marshall instructor engineer Lt George Ahrens co pilot and Sgt Dwayne Keifer all listed among Biggs AFB personnel with others from North Andover Rockmart Richwood Saginaw and El Paso based units.
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Fort Worth
Air Force
Biggs Air Force Base
E Pase
Carswell Air Force Base
Charles Andrews
Biggs Afb
John Dilger
Tucson
George Marshall
Biggs
Joseph Baran
Harold Bamford
North Andover
Mass
P. C. Smith
Rockmart
Joseph Bennett
Richwood
W. Va
Raymond Klass
Saginaw
Mich
George Ahrens
Samuel Loving
Charles Stuart
George Simpson
Wesley Martisan
Claude Gilbert
Art Pritchard
Earl Yadin
James Wade
Duane Keifer
el Paso
Eisenhower Sees Strife Within Russia
President Eisenhower said the Soviet high command shakeup reflects internal dissatisfaction and will not change U.S. policy toward a just peace. He warned Russia may say what suits its aims and stressed the need for vigilance. He recalled Zhukov and questioned what his appointment means for world peace.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Georgi K. Zhukov
Zhukov
Heisenhower
Molotovs
Formosa
Zhukov Named New Soviet Defense Minister in Shakeup
Georgi K. Zhukov is appointed defense minister while Malenkov becomes deputy premier and minister of power stations. Nikolai Bulganin steps down as defense minister, and Marshal Ivan S. Konev notes the push to expand heavy industry and armed might as Khrushchev influence grows. The 1,300 Parliament session approved the moves.
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Moscow
Georgi K. Zhukov
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Georgi K. Malenkov
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Bulganin
Malenkov
Zhukov
Kremlin
Defense Ministry
Ivan S. Konev
L. P. Beria
U.S.S.R
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Stalin
Berlin
A. S. Pavlenko
Pavlenko
V. M. Molotov
United States
Kremlin Study Predicts Malenkov’s Violent End
Washington officials who monitor Kremlin power say Georgi Malenkov, recently ousted as premier, is likely to meet a violent end in Stalin's mold. They point to Khrushchev's ascendancy, Bulganin as figurehead, Molotov and Kaganovich staying active, and a pattern of purges and rearrangements used by Stalin to remove rivals.
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Kremlin
Malenkov
Washington
Georgi Malenkov
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Krem
Stalin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
V. M. Molotov
L. M. Kaganovich
Khrushchev
Lavrenty P. Beria
Beria
Legislature Nears Action Stage on Reapportionment
The 1955 New Mexico Legislature nears final action on a constitutional amendment to submit to voters for reapportioning the House. Senate agreement on a minor House amendment is needed. governor's approval not required. House 42 to 12 in favor. 30 to 24 against McCollum plan. Also Senate calendar action on libel for radio TV stations, and approval to establish junior colleges with tax funding. A proposal to add a third district judge for the First Judicial District was advanced.
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Santa FE
House of Representatives
Senate
House
John Simms
Virgil McCollum
D-Eddy
Simms
McCollum
New Mexico Press Assn
Department of Education
San Juan
McKinley County
Deathtrap Shack Razed by City Council Order
The Roswell city council last night ordered the old Juniper and Fir shack torn down after a citizen described it as an eyesore and deathtrap leaning ten degrees. The owner was unknown but believed to be in New York. manager C. M. Woodbury was instructed to remove the structure.
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Roswell
New York
C. M. Woodbury
Malenkov Sits Beside Khrushchev in Parliament Box
In Moscow Malenkov sat beside Khrushchev in the government box during a parliament session before moving to the end seat. Premier Bulganin then joined Khrushchev, with Molotov in the front row. The seating order from left to right ended Malenkov Bulganin Khrushchev Voroshilov and Molotov.
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Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Malenkov
Lazar M. Kaganovich
Nikolai Bulganin
Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
AFL CIO merger pact aims to unite rival labor federations
Negotiating committees from both AFL and CIO reach a historic merger agreement in Miami Beach. Ratification by ten member committees of each side is planned, with the AFL executive council to review the consolidation in Midland Texas and a final ratification expected afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
AFL
CIO
City Attorney Okayed for Seminar Expenses
City Council approved $150 to cover James B. Stapp's three day seminar on condemnation proceedings. The event is sponsored by the Southwest Legal Foundation with the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers and runs February 14 to 16 at the Southwest Legal Center in Dallas.
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James B. Stapp
Southwest Legal Foundation
American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers
Southwest Legal Center
Dallas
QUICKIES: Ken Reynolds snappy quip on power saw ad
In a brief cheeky exchange, Ken Reynolds recalls objecting to a power saw in the Record Want Ads and notes the louder reaction that followed. The lighthearted jab captures the newspaper tone of small town chatter.
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George F. Williams
Austin
Lee
Albuquerque
New Mexico Wool Growers Assn
Floyd Lee
San Mateo
Eugene Perez
Vaughn
T. D. Burns
Tierra Amarilla
Robert Setterlund
Lowry Hagerman
Burns
Floyd Childress
Charles Fuller Picacho
Sidney Gottlieb
Cubero
Norman Gross
Charles Fuller
Frank Dunlap
Lloyd Treat
C.&. McWilliams
Carlsbad
Fort Stanton
State Tax Commission
United States Weather Bureau
Gen. Ridgway
AMNY
Reds
Alexei I. Rykov
Soviet Council of People’s Commissars
Lenin
Rykov
Karl Radek
Radek
Leon Trotsky
Mexico City
Aem
Lorenzo Sherwood Sabin, Jr
Midland
Harry James
Longhorn Baseball League
San Antonio
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Rosweil
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