Roswell Seeks 215 000 School Bond Issue
Roswell school board will circulate petitions starting Jan 15 to raise 215 000 for new elementary buildings equipment and improvements. If approved by voters in District No 1 an April 20 election will fund a South Washington Avenue school and upgrades to current facilities including hot lunch rooms and gas heating.
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Roswell
Wade Weee
Gene Reischman
South Washington Avenue
Kentucky Ave
Reischman
Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Reading intervals from 2 p.m. to 11 a.m. today show highs and lows with 56.5 and 41 as record ranges. Precipitation remains none for 24 hours and for the year to date. Sunrise is 7 03 and sunset 5 07 with a 10.1 hour day. Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness clearing by Saturday with a high near 62 and a low around 25 tonight.
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Pen Sey
SAE Tsao Ee
Churches to Name Delegates for Youth Week Planning
Roswell churches meet at First Christian Church to plan Youth Week activities. Delegates from each youth group are invited, with pastors and sponsors also to attend. Rev. M. W. Nilsson names planning group and chairs the process for UCYM events across 38 Protestant bodies and 11 youth agencies.
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Roswell
First Christian Church
Richardson
Fourth Streets
United Christian Youth Movement
National Council of Churches
Christian Youth Councils
Councils of Churches
UCYM
M. W. Nilsson
Eisenhower tax plan falls short of Capitol Hill hopes
Washington reports strong appetite on both parties for deeper tax cuts. Rep. Simpson urges broad excise tax cuts to 10 percent, while Eisenhower signals more reductions and urges Congress to cancel automatic 3 billion dollars in April. House leaders expect a tough fight over excise taxes as the Ways and Means panel continues work on a tax revision to close inequities and cut revenue by about 1.3 billion dollars.
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Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
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Ways and Means Committee
Richard M. Simpson
State of the Union
Congress
Joseph W. Martin Jr
R-Mass
Ways and Means
Goodwin
Daniel A. Reed
Committee
The
Treasury
Reed
Senate Democrats Vow Veto On Eisenhower Program
Senate Democrats led by Lyndon Johnson declare they will veto individual items in President Eisenhower's program as Congress debates farm, debt, tax, and social policy. Senator Byrd signals opposition to debt limit increase while Republicans tout bipartisan support for the president's proposals amid foreign policy unity with Dulles briefing the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Senate
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Macram
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Knowland
California
Lehman
Dlib-Ny
Duff
R-Pa
Bridges
John Sherman Cooper
Ray
Morse
Indore
State Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Drivers licenses revoked in December in Santa Fe
Santa Fe officials report the Drivers License Division revoked or suspended 209 licenses in December, with 194 of these suspensions tied to drunk driving convictions and 15 for other reasons.
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Santa FE
Santa Fe Lays Off Albuquerque Workers in Diesel Shift
Twenty two employees at the Santa Fe shops were laid off as part of a general personnel reduction. Officials cited the conversion of rail operations to diesel power completed December 28 on the Santa Fe Railway.
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Santa FE
Albuquerque
Wintry Weather Confined to Northern States
The Arctic air chilled the northern tier from the Rockies to New England with subfreezing readings and near zero in parts of Michigan and Maine. Temperatures stayed near seasonal levels in the south as light snow, flurries, and brief drizzle affected coastal Washington and Oregon with some areas reporting the heaviest rain.
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Associated Press
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New England
Atlantic
Michigan
Maine
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Guymon
Oklo
Minot
N. D
Washington
Oregon
Economist Norms: Southwest Businessmen Bite Hand Feeding Them
Albuquerque based economist Nathaniel Wollman urged that federal tax cuts would not help Southwest industry. He argued the region relies on federal expenditures and would benefit from a regional industrial framework rather than tax relief, criticizing NAM for misunderstanding the area’s provincial economy centered on natural resource extraction.
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Albuquerque
Uiversity of
New Mexico
Southwest
Nathaniel Wollman
The
National Association of Manufacturers
UAM
Wollman
NAM
Committee On
National Council of Economic Advisors
Airman jumps from B fifty bomber over Colorado
A B 50 crewman M Sgt James Ayres from Walker Air Force Base Roswell New Mexico mistook the bail out signal and jumped from the bomber over Colorado Springs landing safely in a field east of the city He then hitchhiked to town Maj C W Simonson the bomber commander said the alert followed engine trouble and the crew landed at Lowry Air Force Base Denver Colorado Springs Pikes Peak region witnesses noted a tourist style descent by Ayres after the mis read alert
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James Ayres
Walker Air Force Base
Roswell
N. M
Ayres
Colorado Springs
C. W. Simonson
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
918 New Families Reported in City At End of Year
Roswell in 1953 saw 918 new families relocate with 508 military personnel from Walker AFB and 410 civilians. December added 72 military and 30 civilian families. The Roswell Chamber of Commerce notes 10,448 housing inquiries for 1953 and 4,094 units rented, with 294 placements in December.
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Roswell
Claude Simpson
Land Men to Hear Shell Title Supervisor Talk
O. W. Hatfield title supervisor for Shell Oil Company Midland Texas will discuss Rental Payments to members of the New Mexico Land Men's Association. The regular meeting Thursday January 14 at 6 30 p m at the Roswell Country Club. Reservations to Charlie Harlat Nickson Hotel or phone 3031 before noon Thursday January 14.
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O. W. Hatfield
Shell Oil Company
Midland
Tex
New Mexico Land Men’s Association
Roswell Country Club
Charlie Harlat
Nickson Hotel
Rocket Data To Be Shown At Museum
The Roswell Museum opens its 1954 season Sunday at 1 p.m. with Dr. Robert H. Goddard rocket research objects and date exhibits. Mrs. Goddard will lecture and show movies summarizing Roswell work through 1938. The main gallery features IBM artist prints including Homer Whistler Inness Grandma Moses, plus Neigs prints and Paul Gardner Collection works. public meets Mrs. Goddard after the movie.
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Roswell
Robert H. Goddard
International Business Machines Corp
Winslow Homer
Whistler
Inness
Grandma Moses
John Neigs
Paul Gardner
Chavez Maintains Hands Off Policy On N M Politics
Senator Chavez of New Mexico says he will keep a strict hands off stance on the Democratic candidate for governor until after his planned return to New Mexico within a week to ten days. He notes many Democrats and independents could fill the role and leaves the decision to the party convention and primary. He also disclosed letters urging Southwest contractors for Spain aid programs to speak Spanish and understand Latin temperament.
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Washington
Sen. Chavez
New Mexico
Dulles
Navy
Robert Anderson
Southwest
Spain
State Department
Navy Department
Eisenhower Farm Plan Faces Mixed Support in Congress
Eisenhower will urge a flexible price guarantees farm program to Congress, while more than 50 lawmakers react with a mix of support and opposition. Some senators back a long term plan, others dismiss it as dead or risky. House and Senate members cite past wartime price supports and future controversy.
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Capitol Hill
Eisenhower
Congress
State of the Union
Sen
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Agriculture Committee
Clinton Anderson
D-Nm
Eastland
D-Miss
Clements
D-Ky
Russell
D-Ga
Albert
D-Okla
House Agriculture Committee
Truman
Las Cruces Woman Is Found Guilty Of Manslaughter
Minerva King, 35, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of Castel Tucker on April 25 last year. Judge W T Scoggin sentenced her to 35 years in the State Prison after a one hour five minute deliberation. Defense plans an appeal to be announced before she begins serving. King admitted she cut Tucker during a dispute in her Las Cruces home and said she ordered him to leave.
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Las Cruces
Minerva King
Castel Tucker
Dist
W. T. Scoggin
Mrs. King
Tucker
Elect Members of Pecos Valley Conservancy District Board
Elections for two of five conservancy district seats are set for tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. John Allen Phinizy seeks re election in district 2 with voting at Fire Station West First Street Dexter man Howard Menefee is sole candidate in district 3 with voting at Town Hall Dexter Write in votes allowed for any property owner in the district The full board meets January 12 at PVACD office in the courthouse
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Pecos
Pecos Valley
Artesian Conservancy
Conservancy Area
John F. Russell
Conservancy Board
John Allen Phinizy
West First Street
Howard Menefee
Dexter
Frank Wortman
Town Hall
Russell
PVACD
Court House
Fage
Aldermen Name C. M. Robbins City Clerk of Roswell
C. M. Robbins age 35 and formerly city clerk of Clovis was chosen by the finance committee and confirmed by the Roswell City Council at a 10 am meeting in City Hall. Mayor Warren R. Cobean announced the appointment after a run off from five applicants.
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C. M. Robbins
National Cash Register Co
Clovis
Warren R. Cobean
Roswell
Finance Committee
Robbins
Robbins to Become City Clerk Treasurer in Roswell
Salary starts at 450 dollars a month with potential future increases as duties expand. C M Woodbury says Robbins may take over soon after notice to his employer, possibly January 21 if not. Robbins, a Fort Hays graduate with WWII finance officer and Clovis City Clerk experience, has lived in Roswell two years with wife and three sons.
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Robbins
C. M. Woodbury
Fort Hays
Kansas State College
Kan
Clovis Air Force Base
Officers Club
Clovis
State Revenue Bureau
National Cash Register
Roswell
South Union
Nickson Hotel
Brad Hays
Legless Becky Gross Plans Return to Newspaper Career
Rebecca Gross, 48, editor of the Lock Haven Express, plans to resume newspaper work from a hospital wheelchair after losing both legs in a car crash. She aims to write on highway safety and expects to return to full-time duties once she learns to walk again, recalling a 1925 start with the Express and notable journalism achievements.
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Williamsport. Pa
Rebecca Gross
The
Lock Haven
Express
Becky
Pennsylvania
Miss Gross
U.S
Nieman
Harvard
Russia
Associated Press
Jury Visits House Trailer in Trial Of Joe Kuykendall
The district court jury trying Joseph Kuykendall on a first degree murder charge was to inspect the plush house trailer where Kuykendall's heiress wife was found dying last June 18. The visit sought to clarify bloodstain evidence and whether injuries were accidental or caused by force.
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Omaha
Joseph Kuykendall
Kuykendall
Robert MaeGowan
McGowan
Nightwatch Service
Tom McKnight
McKnight
Cecil McClendon
McClendon
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