Roswell Daily News July 7 1952 front page details
Roswell New Mexico newspaper notices editor and staff roles listed with subscription rates in advance for Chaves County and other regions. Publication schedule shows daily week day evenings and mornings at 424 North Main Street with carrier options and rates. Page dated Monday July 7 1952. Associated Press wire service note appears.
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Chaves County
New Mexico
Roswell
Trade
North Main Street
Associated Press
Oil Exposition Draws Roswell Visitors to Local Museum
Roswell residents are urged to visit a two month oil exposition at the city museum. The exhibit educates on petroleum industry operations linking science and production, reflecting Roswell’s rise as a regional oil center and hinting at intensified future activity. Local groups helped fund the show with major oil companies backing the effort.
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Roswell
Roswellee
Midland
Southwest
Improvements Proposed to Reform State Penitentiary
State prison officials seek funds to implement sweeping changes under Warden Abrams aiming at better management and operation. Proposals include replacing aging facilities and improving prisoner segregation while facing political and local opposition to any major relocation or new construction.
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Abrams
Santa Fe
Eisenhower Fight to Keep GOP Clean for Nation Lead
Dwight D. Eisenhower declares in Denver that he will fight to keep the party clean and fit to lead the nation. The piece warns that Senator Taft may snag the nomination early unless delegates heed calls for honest politics and resist underhand methods. It argues voters will demand personal honesty and rejection of political dishonesty in the GOP candidate.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denver
Chicago
Susao
Taft
Rand switches to Eisenhower amid Taft victory chatter
New Mexico GOP finance chairman Frank Co. Rand Jr says he shifted his allegiance to General Eisenhower after a trip East. Rand believes Taft cannot win is a national perception and Eisenhower can win, but he still respects Taft.
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New Mexico
GOP
Frank Co. Rand
Jdr
Eisenhower
Rand
Taft
Ohio
New Mexico GOP Members Oppose Hearings on Delegate Disputes
Albert K. Mitchell of Albert and Mrs. E. L. Moulton of Albuquerque joined the Republican committee vote to bar television and radio from hearings on delegate disputes, likened to a belled herd drawing an iron curtain on the conferences.
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New Mexico
National Republican Committee
Albert K. Mitchell
Albert
E. L. Moulton
Albuquerque
Belled Herd
Albuquerque Cottonwood Tree Granted Temporary Stay
In Albuquerque the embattled cottonwood tree received a prieve until October 1 after district court consideration. Judge Edwin E. Swope heard the case in which the tree was accused of causing discomfort to nearby residents who sought its removal. The judge delayed a final ruling and allowed the tree to remain through the rest of the leafy season after it would otherwise shed cotton.
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Albuquerque
Edwin E. Swope
Survey shows vast growth in Ruidoso center
Kiel Bonnell notes a 1945 survey found 3 800 buildings in the resort center. By now the count tops a little over 8 000, indicating substantial growth in seven years including cabins and business houses.
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Kiel Bonnell
Ruidoso
Albuquerque-Municipal County Merger Proposed By Asplund
Rupert F. Asplund proposes merging Albuquerque city with Bernalillo County to resolve financial problems. The plan has backing from State Comptroller Edward Hartman and chief tax commissioner Fred Moxey.
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Rupert F. Asplund
New Mexico Taxpayers’ Association
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
Edward Hartman
Fred Moxey
Elida Adds Third Well to Water Supply System
Elida has completed a third well three miles northwest of the village. Each well extends 40 feet deep and yields 60 gallons per minute, boosting local water capacity.
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ELIDA
Local report unclear rumor prompts safety questions
A Carlsbad Current-Argus item quotes a neighbor’s 7-year-old boy claiming a tomahawk figure relates to sudden hair loss and a mysterious Indian figure. The fragment offers no verifiable facts or context.
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Carlsbad
Argus
Roswell Chapter Status Question Sparks LAS Cruces Group
Devotees of barber shop quartet harmony have formed a Las Cruces chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. The note raises curiosity about the Roswell chapter’s fate.
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Las Cruces
Roswell
Silver City Battery B to Return Home in August
Silver City's Battery B of the 716th AAA Gun Battalion, after two years of active duty at Fort Bliss, is slated to return home about August 7, according to Col. H. C. Gray, assistant to the state adjutant general.
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Silver City
Fort Bliss
H. C. Gray
Las Vegas Fine Arts Show Returns by NM Alliance
The Las Vegas fine arts show, originated four years ago, will be held again this year by the New Mexico Alliance for the Arts. The date is set for July 13 with an entry deadline of July 10.
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Las Vegas
New Mexico Alliance For the Arts
Hope government seeks to purchase marginal land in New Mexico town
The Hope administration has persuaded the House to allow buying 263 acres of federally owned land within a New Mexico town. The land, previously deemed sub marginal, was acquired during a downturn and will be sold to fund water system improvements as part of settling government financial needs.
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HOPE
Petticoat
House of Representatives
National Congress
New Mexico
Triplets Born to Mr and Mrs Tipps at Hobbs
Triplets arrived June 7 at Hobbs to Mr and Mrs Adrian D Tipps and are reported doing fine. Mrs Tipps faces a heavy burden managing 94 diapers and assembling layettes for three babies, a substantial ongoing effort.
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Adrian D. Tipps
Hobbs
Tipps
Audie Malone among West all star picks by Big Springs writer
Big Springs Herald sports writer Tommy Hart names Audie Malone of Roswell and other West players for the July 25 San Angelo all star outing. He lists Keith Nicolls Midland Eddie Jacome Midland Evileo Ortega Odessa Is rael Ten Midland Joe Bauman Eastham Lovko Odessa Bill Dearley Roswell Stubby Greer Scooter Hughes Charley Weber Pepper Martin Julio de la Torre Rudy Briner Artesia Pete Pichan Artesia as likely starters and reserves.
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Tommy Hart
Big Springs Herald
Audie Malone
Roswell
San Angelo
Keith Nicolls
Midland
Eddie Jacome
Evileo Ortega
Odessa
Israel Ten
Joe Bauman
Hart
Eastham
Roman Lovko
Bill Dearley
Stubby Greer
Scooter Hughes
Charley Weber
Pepper Martin
Julio de la Torre
Rudy Briner
Artesia
Pete Pichan
Medical Course Popular At University Of Malaya
A university spokesman reports 75 percent of new Malaya students want medicine due to doctors' professional standing. Of 128 entrants, 85 join Medicine including 15 girls, 26 Arts, and 17 Science faculties.
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Singapore
University of Malaya
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of
MacArthur's Veto To Shape GOP Presidential Clash
The Washington Merry Go Round notes General Douglas MacArthur aims to veto a successor by influencing Eisenhower’s bid, recalls MacArthur’s 1948 draft rejection, and contrasts Philadelphia 1948 with Chicago 1952 while Dulles drafts a controversial foreign policy plank.
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John Foster Dulles
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Arthur Vandenberg
Alex Wiley
Senate
Hower
Gene Millikin
Colorado
Walter Winchell on Press role in presidential campaigns
In New York The Press Covers Presidential Campaigns notes how media tech shapes politics from the printing press to modern cameras. It recalls W L Stone inviting coverage in 1831 and Charles E Hughes’s dramatic NY Pennsylvan ia upset, alongside rival tactics like carrier pigeons and hijacked railroad cars.
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White House
New York
W. L. Stone
Gunfights and editorials shape early political press
Presidential contests drove daily editorials to form and split along party lines. Journalists engaged in heated polemics and even pistol duels before and after Jefferson's inauguration, as editors fortified opinions with force. The era saw editors clash with words and guns, making the gun mightier than the quill.
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Washington
Jefferson
Impartial Yet Not Neutral in Presidential Fever
The piece notes how even conservative dailies drift toward partisan lines in presidential coverage. Joseph Pulitzer quips that a newspaper is always impartial, never neutral, highlighting the tension between objectivity and partisanship in press history.
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Joseph Pulitzer
Editor's classic stinger on reporting by editors
A New York editorialist argues journalism relies on human judgment not machines. He cites partisan papers covering a Democratic convention and notes how each side frames events to fit its view, concluding that editors’ opinions color headlines.
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New York
Campaign Stunts Draw Attention In Historic Campaigns
A White Horse sweepstakes era practice boosted paper sales with cash prizes and campaign songs. In 1856 a Big Town paper funded rewards, while J. G. Bennett's Herald in 1892 offered free world trips to align Presidential forecasts. The oddest stunt offered $100 to kin of anyone found dead during a campaign while holding the gazette.
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J. G. Bennett
Herald
Gazette
Press influence at conventions shapes national nominations
The passage notes publishers influenced convention outcomes, citing Greeley's role in Lincoln's nomination and Washington reporters exposing power. Reporters once pressed against a contentious politician with Vice Presidential ambitions, lobbying collectively during the convention though publishers backed him. He failed to win the nomination.
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Greeley
Lincoln
Washington
Capital Press Corps
Mister Bore
P.S
War Today Is Moving Too Fast by Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle argues that modern warfare outpaces civilian myths of quick improvisation. He cites the Patton 48 tank as proof American armor remains lagged without mass production. The piece warns against two legends the public clings to and calls for realistic, rapid weapon development to reduce casualties.
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Hal Boyle
New York
U. S. Army
Tunisia
Army
Frank C. Pace
Pearl Harbor
Grandpappy
America
FDR Surges Past Editorial Opposition in 1930s Campaigns
Historical analysis notes FDR repeatedly overcame strong editorial opposition as he won broad support in campaigns. The record shows a majority of 1989 papers opposed him, yet his political resilience and policy appeal yielded enduring impact.
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FDR
Senator Turns to William Allen White at Convention
At a Democratic State convention a Senator asked the famed editor to open with a prayer. White joked he was out of his element and that the Lord might not know he was there. Will Rogers recalled his 1920 coverage of national conventions with his characteristic humor.
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William Allen White
Will Rogers
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