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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1956
Page
5
Local weather shows mixed temperatures with a high of 34 and low of 8. Sunrise is 7 01 and sunset 5 16 making a 10 3 hour day. In Oklahoma City Harold Loving sues Police Chief Roy Bergman to recover 406 dice seized in a raid.
An Artesia shoe store clerk Lawrence Dell Morton is sought on a warrant for embezzling about $21 from Artesia Shoe Store during a weekend. The 23 year old had a building key through his employer T W Brownlee and is linked to a Saturday night burglary that also involved his car. Two teenage Walker airmen, Leslie T Jenson and Neal W Smith, bound over for grand larceny in Artesia for thefts from two cars including Morton's, with arrest by Carlsbad officer Vic Fry. Bond set at $1500 each. The report also notes an Artesia Education Association banquet and a separate notice about egg production project details.
Artesia's recreation committee meets for the first time in months to assess finances and the potential hire of a full time director. Chairman Vernon Mills says the meeting will take stock of funding and needs, reviewing director applications but not promising a second post.
Artesia High School plans a memorial assembly Friday for 17 year old Eugene Irby who died in a Christmas morning auto crash A memorial program will include Rev H L McAlester and students Dick Cox and Bill Lorang with assembly managers Kirk Wild man and Abbie Pearson coordinating the event Public attendance is invited
Six Artesia educators will be recognized for a quarter century of dedicated teaching. The event highlights long records of classroom service and commitment to student learning.
Artesia junior high launches its first Teacher Appreciation Week with a student led assembly introducing homeroom teachers and songs. Albino Baca and Leroy Jacobs perform piano duets as Mrs. Ralph Hayes directs.
New York readers discuss future society as writers imagine a cooperative commonwealth and a high tech life. Notable members Morris Ernst Sylvester Weaver George Soule outline a rosy 1976 program with a long term breakfast yearly meetings and a grand 1976 dinner tied to independence and utopian dreams.
John Anderson fell asleep in his car waiting for a passing train at a grade crossing in Lincoln Illinois. He woke in jail and was placed under a drunkenness charge after officers found him with the motor running and gates lifted.
Michigan State becomes the sole Big Ten program to secure two Rose Bowl invitations within a three year span. The feat underscores MSU's rising football prominence as conference rivals miss similar bid windows.
Artesia business leaders meet with an ARTESIA A feed company representative Tuesday to discuss a community egg production venture reportedly generating a million dollars annually for a Texas community. Chamber manager Paul Scott and vice president Bill Bullock studied the Seagraves project last Friday and say Artesia viability remains uncertain.
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