Explorer Scouts Invade Walker AFB For Three Day Tour
Explorer Scouts from District nine of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America will conduct Operation 57 at Walker Air Force Base July 15 to 17. About 85 boys aged 14 to 18 from eastern the state will tour base operations, learn weaponry, radio, flight ground training, and base procedures while billeted in the 509th Maintenance Squadron under Capt. Thomas Faulkner.
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Walker Air Force Base
National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Air Force Base
H. H. “Hap” Arnold
Air Force
509Th
Walker
Thomas Faulkner
47Th Air Division
1509Th
John B. McPherson
Brother of Local Woman Is Awarded Bronze Star Medal
Brother of Roswell resident Anita Standifer, Cpl. Jimmy R. Vick of the 3rd Infantry Division earned the Bronze Star for night action in Korea near Chokko-ri. He fired on 10 enemy soldiers, covered his unit’s withdrawal, and remained in place until the patrol was safe. The award highlights his heroism and initiative.
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Korea
Jimmy R. Vick
Anita Standifer
Roswell
Vick
7Th Regiment
Chokko-ri
Plan Completion In Moore Region
Amerada Petroleum plans the first Wolfcamp Devonian dual completion in the Moore area of Northwest Lea County. Discovery well bottomed at 10,700 feet. Wolfcamp and Devonian sections tested separately after heavy flows. Location near section 24-1us-32e. multiple wildcats and field wells planned or completed in Lea and Eddy counties with oil production reported from Lovington and Denton fields.
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Amerada Petroleum Corporation
Moore
Lea County
Texas Company
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Bettie C. Dickinson
Richardson & Bass of
Fort Worth
Eddy County
J. F. Harrison Federal
Cobb-Federal
Marrison Federal
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company
Bagley
Lovington
Abo
No. 9
LA State
Skelly Oil Company No. 110
State
Albuquerque Man Speaks Here Today
Richard Walters of Albuquerque will speak Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Roswell Women’s Club. The Baha i Community of Albuquerque presents Walters in Roswell as the first presentation of the Baha i Faith there. The topic is Brotherhood Becomes a Reality and the talk is free with no collection. The invitation extends to all persons.
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Richard Walters
Albuquerque
Roswell
DeKalb Association and Magnolia Oil Well Abandoned in Lea County
The No. 1 Stovall wildcat in Southeast Lea County operated by DeKalb Agricultural Association Inc and Magnolia Petroleum Company was plugged and abandoned to a total depth of 9,938 feet in 20s 37e area. The McKee well topped at 9,840 feet at an elevation of 3,576 feet. Location 1,980 feet from the south and west lines of section 8 20s 38e.
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DeKalb Agricultural Association, Inc
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Stovall
Wildcat
Lea County
McKee
Swindling Spree Ends Calcutta School Scammer Arrested
Calcutta school officials ended a 12 year spree by a 35 year old man who talked his way into four thousand two hundred dollars, skimmed from the cash box while posing as educated administrator. He forged credentials, never reached eighth grade, yet appeared fluent in English and held posts near cash.
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Calcutta
Leprosy prevalence linked to climate conditions
A historical health note states leprosy is far more common in hot damp climates than in dry areas, suggesting climate as a key factor in disease distribution and spread.
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Ness
N. Main
Woolsey's
el Roebuck and CO
Sears
Dunlop Garden Hose
W. Third Roswell, New Mexico
West Second Street
Roswell, New Mexico
Aubrey L. Johnson
New Mexico
Sola Sales
Nd & Penn
Procter & Gamble
Lilt
the Procter & Gamble Co
Moore Region
Skelly No
C. S. Caylor
Lovington Abo
Phillips Petroleum Company
Atlantic Refining Company No. 12
Denton
U. S
Hong Kong
U.S
Official
Peoples Daily of
Peiping
United States
Russia
Pacific
Jack Cathey
Fidence
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