31 Jan 1962
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1962
Page
1
Hal Boyle offers a nostalgic montage of midcentury life recalling postage, travel, hotels, fashion, social manners, and everyday rituals. He contrasts past conveniences and social norms with modern costs and changes, inviting readers to reminisce about simpler times and shared memories.
Steel leaders face optimism and nerves as rising production and earnings draw public attention. Kennedy administration prioritizes wage talks to avoid price hikes while mills report strong orders and growing capacity. Wage contracts expire June 30, with production gains seen over the past nine weeks except Christmas week.
New York AP notes speech lapses across broadcasts from extempore talk to dropped final g sounds. Tony Randall laments decline as he promotes NBCs Arsenic and Old Lace, while Nixon appears on Paar and CBSs The Defenders expands into Europe with NBC backing.
A distressed ad notes a small foreign made car with a windshield sign reading For sale or adoption, seeking a home for a vulnerable child in San Diego.
United States Steel Corp reports 1961 net income of 190.2 million dollars, 3.05 per share, with a 0.73 dividend. full year earnings lag 1952 and 1960, while Q4 shows 47.4 million dollars. Dividend payable March 10 to holders of record February 9.
Palmer King of Denver has been named regional solicitor for the Interior Department with Denver headquarters. The Denver region covers nine states including New Mexico Colorado and Montana. King has served as acting regional solicitor since November 1861, replacing James D Geissinger who resigns to enter private practice.
The Bureau of Mines will establish a field office at Socorro New Mexico to study mineral resources and serve as an information center for industry. Abner D Hahn will head the unit, activated February 1, with space from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and under Denver regional director Robert W Geehan.
W Yin Tai ha, 52, ex ambassador to Japan, was sentenced to eight years in prison for taking bribes from businessmen in Tokyo.
The 50th annual New Mexico Wool Growers convention will be held Feb 4 5 6 in Albuquerque with sessions at the Cole Hotel and events at the Albuquerque Country Club and Alvarado Hotel The program features speakers from the American Sheep Producers Council and state leaders plus the Miss Wool of America contest winners and Wool Show awards The registration is 12 50 per person with extra guest tickets at the door including banquets and dances
Manila AP reports four people dead and about 15,000 left homeless as flood waters rise on Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines. Local officials say the disaster stretches across multiple towns with overwhelmed relief efforts and ongoing searches for missing residents.
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