Roswell Population May Surpass 75 000 by 1965
Inquiries from local officials and business leaders project rapid growth for Roswell New Mexico. Postmaster and Chamber of Commerce executives predict the 75 000 threshold within 5 to 20 years due to southwest expansion growth, climate and attracting industry while water supplies hold.
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Claude Simpson
Exec
Chamber of Commerce
Alameda
Southwest
Roswell
Artesia
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Philip Peed
S. Missouri Ave
Frank Taylor
S. Washington Ave
Hoover renews suggestion for new executive role
Former president Herbert Hoover urged Congress to authorize an administrative vice president to handle many presidential duties. The proposal aims to reduce the president’s workload and free time for policy decisions, with Senate approval and possible ties to the Eisenhower era. Hoover testified before a Government Operations subcommittee led by Sen. Kennedy as part of hearings on lightening the president’s burden.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Sen. Kennedy
D-Mass
Eisenhower
Harrys. Truman
Senate
Navy
Gallaudent College
Federal School For the Deaf
Capitol Page
Congressional
GM Aims 1956 as Strongest Year With Big Investment
General Motors expects 1956 to rank as the second best year in history and plans capital expenditures exceeding a billion dollars. Harlow Curtice announced at a Motorama luncheon that investments will be 65 percent above 1955, with domestic sales projected around 7.42 million cars and trucks. Total industry output, including Canada and exports, could reach 8.35 million vehicles.
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New York
General Motors
Harlow H. Curtice
Curtice
Prayer service halted as Albuquerque dial-a-prayer ends
Heavy phone traffic from an experimental dial-a-prayer in Albuquerque led to discontinuation. Rev. Jack Prichard said officials reported over 300 telephones tied up during the week trial. A University of California historian studies a western mining town’s boom to bust arc in four years.
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Albuquerque
Jack Prichard
University of California
Gamble Stores Trade In Anything in 21 States
About 30 000 annual suggestions from British railways workers. A cocker spaniel is traded for an automatic washer at a Gamble Store in Winston NC. Eight year old Sharyn Curnow decides which doll to trade as the store window proclaims We Trade Anything. The program runs in over 2000 Gamble Stores across 21 states to help families swap items they no longer need for desired goods.
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Williston
N. C
Gamble
Sharyn Curnow
Hagerman Thursday Club Holds Regular Meeting
The Hagerman Thursday Club met at Mrs. L. E. Hinrichsen's home with Mrs. O. J. Ford presiding. Mrs. A. A. McCloskey led the lesson on Religious Freedom noting Virginia first to gain freedom. Guests included Mrs. J. W. Laymance from Edinburgh and others. family members prepared to sail to Yokosuka, Japan.
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Hagerman
L. E. Hinrichsen
O. J. Ford
Aubrey Evans
A. A. McCloskey
Virginia
Edith West
J. W. Wiggins
J. W. Laymance
Edinburgh
Scotland
Ruth Strixner
Louis Vedder Brown
Hinrichsen
Simms Proposes Joint Mine Safety Inspection Plan
Gov. John Simms announced a plan for industry and labor to cooperate with the state on mine safety, adding two inspectors paid jointly by state business and labor. The move follows a manpower shortage that has left mines uninspected for months and would operate on a voluntary basis with Garcia's staff expanded to six.
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Santa FE
John Simms
Simms
John Garcia
Garcia
New Mexico
Governor’s plan seeks industry labor funds for inspectors
The proposal would raise $22,000 from industry and labor groups, to be distributed by a plan to be set at a meeting. Any contributions would enter a special state treasury fund, preventing inspector control by contributors.
Farm Bureau Week Dinner Opens Sierra County event
The Sierra County Chapter of the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau began Farm Bureau Week with a Sunday night dinner. Speakers included Bill Alexander of Salt Lake City and Wayne Powers of Las Cruces.
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Sierra County
New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau
Farm Bureau
Bill Alexander
Salt Lake City
Utah
Wayne Powers
Las Cruces
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Judith
Linda
San Francisco
Yokosuka
Japan
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USN
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E. E. Lane
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Woodland
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ANCE
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Rod’ Herrod
State Farm Insurance
South Main
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