Woodburn Speaks at Jaycees Finalists Night in Roswell
Al Woodburn county farm agent gave a behind the scenes look at farm subsidies during a Jaycees supper at the Holiday Inn in Roswell. Bob Templeton won the Roswell Junior Chamber of Commerce young farmer contest with Virgil Haley as finalist. Templeton and Haley received prizes and memberships. trip to Las Vegas for the state board meeting.
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al Woodburn
Roswell
Hagerman
Virgil Haley
Woodburn
Mexico
Egypt
South America
Templeton
Smith Machinery Co
International Harvester Service
Izard Tire
Jaycee State Board
Las Vegas
Haley
John McLelland & Son
Jaycee
Tom Thornton
Dick Corn
Young Farmer Committee
Carl Nicholas
Dexter
Farm Bureau
Ella Yeager
Bill Chapell
Lion Oil
Emmit Jennings
Mortgage Drought Crimps New Mexico Home Building
E Price Hampson, president of the Albuquerque Home Builders Assn, warns 99 percent of New Mexico builders may halt work within two weeks. He urges Congress to replenish FNMA funds, contending current proposals only cover seven months. He calls for targeted aid and flexible GI loan rates amid scarce mortgage credit in the state.
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Albuquerque
Albuquerque Home Builders Assn
New Mexico
E. Price Hampson
Congress
Federal National Mortgage Assn
Hampson
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
FNMA
Poor Doctor Wills Fortune in Mexico City Death
Ex doctor Emilio Cerda Espinosa, 90, lived in poverty for decades and left almost a million pesos to the National University. He lost his license 16 years ago after attempting to keep his wife's embalmed body in his frugal apartment. Found dead January 17, he was buried in a charity cemetery.
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Mexico City
National University
Emilio Cerda Espinosa
Former Carlsbad Banker Jack Spence Dies
Carlsbad New Mexico Jack T. Spence former president of the Carlsbad National Bank died at 4 a.m. today in a local hospital after several months of illness. He suffered a heart attack about four months ago during a Mediterranean cruise and spent weeks in a Jerusalem hospital before returning home. Funeral services were pending.
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Carlsbad
Jack T. Spence
Carlsbad National Bank
Spence
Jerusalem
Grazing Council Plans 17th Annual Meeting in Washington
The National Advisory Council for Grazing will convene its 17th annual meeting in Washington February 26 to 28. Chairman A. D. Brownfield of Deming New Mexico leads 23 representatives from cattle sheep and wildlife groups across 10 Western states.
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Washington
National Advisory Council For Grazing
A. D. Brownfield
Deming
N. M
Robbery Shocks San Francisco Driver at Red Light
Jerry White, 35, says he cashed a $79 paycheck then drove home when a man suddenly opened his car door at a red light, demanded his wallet, took the money, and fled in another vehicle.
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San Francisco
Jerry White
White
Army to test atomic warfare concepts in March exercise
The Army will stage Exercise King Cole starting March 27 in the Louisiana maneuver area with more than 20 000 troops. Headquarters from two corps and five divisions will train under assumed extensive atomic electronic and chemical biological radiological warfare conditions. Participants include 3rd Corps Ft Hood 18th Airborne Corps Ft Bragg and the 1st Armored 1st Infantry 34th Infantry 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions.
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18Th Airborne Corps
Ft. Bragg
N.C
1St Armored
1St Infantry
34Th Infantry
82Nd
101St Airborne
Galveston Hires Deputies Taylor for Sheriff Office
In Galveston Texas J M Taylor joined the sheriff department as a deputy while Joe B Taylor serves as special investigator and James T Taylor works as jailer. The notice clarifies multiple Taylors hold roles in the same office.
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Galveston
Tex
Sheriff's Office
Taylor
J. M. Taylor
Joe B. Taylor
James T. Taylor
Welcome M Sgt and Mrs Taylor Vietta
A brief greeting item notes Mr and Mrs Dominic Vietta hosting or attending a welcome event for Master Sergeant and Mrs N V Taylor. The readable text presents a social acknowledgment without additional context or dates.
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N. V. Taylor
Dominic Vietta
Dow Issues Reason For Leaving IOCC
Roswell attorney and former New Mexico lieutenant governor Hi ram Dow says his resignation from the Interstate Oil Compact Commission was not a mistake and cites a four year friendship with Governor Mechem. He notes the post should align with the governor’s party and praises Jason Kellahin as his successor.
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OCCI
Hiram Dow
Roswell
New Mexico
Will Harrison
Harrison
Hi Dow
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
JOCC
Mechem
Dow
Jason Kellahin
Darling Gets Full Attention On Special Day
In Darling Pennsylvania a tiny Delaware County hamlet attracts thousands of Valentine Day letters as lovers seek a sentimental postmark. Locals note the day brings soft hearts and roaming couples to the village, joining other romance destinations like Loveland and Paradise.
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Darling
Delaware County
Pennsylvania
U.S
Loveland
Valentine Kissamee
Paradise and
Coy
National VFW Leader Cooper Holt Visits New Mexico
Cooper T. Holt national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars arrives in Santa Fe around noon to confer with Gov. Ed Mechem. He plans to speak at a 2 o clock banquet in La Fonda for lawmakers and VFW members.
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Albuquerque
Cooper T. Holt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Edwin Mechem
la Fonda
Ike's Resolution Tentative Gains Ground in Oil Hearing
Secretary of the Interior Seaton testified that the government lacks authority to seize the oil industry or compel a voluntary agreement to halt oil production. The testimony centered on potential strategies and the political feasibility of a broad energy policy.
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Washington (Ap
Secretary of the Interior
Seaton
Joint Committee
Europe
Suez Canal
Interior
Office of Oil and Gas
Middle East
Senate
House Commerce Committee
Felix E. Wormser
Harris
D-Ark
Chaves ASC Signs Contracts with 67 Cotton Producers
The Chaves county ASC reports 67 cotton producers signed Soil Bank contracts covering about 2 000 acres, totaling 220 457 dollars in payments for the current crop year. Contracts run to Dec 31, 1957 with sign up through March 1 or until funds run out.
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Soil Bank
Chaves County
ASC
J. W. Daniels
Daniels
Chaves
Democratic Middle East resolution revised in Senate vote
The Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services panel cut a key clause by party lines, asserting if the president deems it necessary the United States may use armed force in the Middle East. House already passed Eisenhower’s version authorizing troop aid upon request. The issue hinges on presidential versus congressional authorization.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Middle East
Senate
House
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Thomasville
White House
James C. Hagerty
State Dulles
United States
Congress
U. S
Senate Committee
United Nations
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Valentine Day Anniversary Marks 70 Years For Hewitts
Henry Hewitt and his wife observe their 70th Valentine wedding anniversary in Tulsa. The 89 year old husband has been seriously ill since December with a heart condition and is confined to Room 538 of Hillcrest Medical Center.
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Tulsa
Okla
Cupid
Henry Hewitt
Hewitts
Hillcrest Medical Center
Admiral Wright heads to Antarctica for Deep Freeze issues
Admiral Jerauld Wright, commander of the Atlantic Fleet, departed for Antarctica to assess challenges faced by personnel during Operation Deep Freeze. The visit aims to review logistics, safety, and readiness as the mission continues.
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Honolulu
Adm
Jerauld Wright
Atlantic
Antartic
House Honors Joe G. Maloof Memorial in New Mexico Assembly
The House yesterday passed a memorial in memory of Joe G. Maloof of Albuquerque. Rep. David Montoya praised him as "the greatest philanthropist New Mexico has ever had." Members stood in silence for one minute.
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Santa FE
Joe G. Maloof
Albuquerque
David Montoya
Plans for new federal building in Albuquerque halted
Washington reports that plans for a new federal building in Albuquerque are suspended indefinitely as the government defers lease purchase construction to fight inflation. The move follows the administration's policy of delaying projects wherever possible.
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Washington
Albuquerque
Fort Worth Girl Dies of Polio at City Center
Laverne Phillips, 14, of Fort Worth died from polio yesterday after seven months as a patient at the Southwestern Respiratory Center in Houston.
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Houston
Laverne Phillips
Fort Worth
Southwestern Respiratory Center
Barley Re-elected President of New Mexico Dairy Group
C R Barley of Hope was re elected president of the New Mexico branch of the American Dairy Assn Patrick F Edeal of Los Lunas was re elected vice president The group named new directors E L Humphrey Clovis Roy Ellington Las Vegas and M G Pederson El Paso at a dairy short course at New Mexico A and M College in Las Cruces The meeting drew 75 New Mexico dairy men Russell Forst urged modernization to meet rising costs and emphasized a milestone year of 1956 with 113 billion pounds of milk sold nationally
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Las Cruces
C. R. Barley
Hope
New Mexico
American Dairy Assn
Patrick F. Edeal
Los Lunas
New Mexico A&m College
Russell Forst
The
Chicago
United States
E. E. Anderson
A. L. Humphrey
Clovis
Roy Ellington
Las Vegas
M. G. Pederson
el Paso
Welfare Lien Showdown Pushes NM Legislature
In Santa Fe AP The New Mexico House prepares for a floor showdown over two bills to repeal welfare lien and relatives responsibility laws from the 1955 special session. The House Public Affairs Committee sent the measures without recommendation as divisions appear along party lines with Republicans seeking repeal and Democrats defending the laws. The session also saw moves on marriage license waits venereal disease tests and revocation of the fair trade brand names law.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
House of Representatives
House Public Affairs Committee
Lawrence Goodell
D-Chaves
House
Matias Chacon
D-Rio Arriba
John F. Simms
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sesson
Senate
Legislators Visit New State Prison Banquet and Show
Gov. Edwin Mechem led a few hundred guests at a banquet and vaudeville show at the State Prison in Santa Fe. Legislators, prison staff, their spouses, and officials attended a dinner in the maximum security dining hall and a program in the auditorium.
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Santa FE
Edwin Mechem
State Prison
Mechem
Harold Swenson
Swenson
See
Lusk Introduces Pecos River Bill
Santa Fe. Senate bill by Majority Leader T E Lusk would provide 290000 dollars for Pecos River Basin work pending a federal water conservation program. Funds target rights of way, an access road, bridges, and salinity relief over the next two fiscal years.
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Santa FE
T. E. Lusk
D-Eddy
Senate
Pecos
Congress
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USDA
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Valentine
Norma Lozier
Chase
Eastern New Mexico University
Glamour
Louise Freeland
Kingman
Ariz
Charles E. Turner
Hope Man
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