Influx of People Into State Brings Towns School Money
Federal grants to New Mexico towns funding 21 new public schools with more in the works. Albuquerque leads receiving funds to finish seven schools, Santa Fe Las Cruces and Gallup also benefited. Total applications exceed $3.6 million with over $1.9 million received in Albuquerque and similar gains elsewhere.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Congress
Washington
Albuquerque
Big Kirtland Air Force Base
Sandia
Las Cruces
Floyd Santistevan
Alamogordo
Espanola
Pojoaque
Roswell
Walker Air Force Base
White Sands Proving Ground
Sandia Base
Holioman Air Force Base
Belen
Magdalena
Socorro
Dexter
Record Want Ads Get Results hie Fly Swatter Sam's Comments
Classified notice notes a Sunday start for want ads with a contact line 7 1712c. The fragment mentions Sam's comments and a fly swatter, implying a local ad column tease or reader tip column. it cites a start date and a phone-like contact.
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Sam
State Exhibit At Elks Convention Outshines All
New Mexico’s display at the 88th national convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks topped all states. William Calvert, advertising manager of Carlsbad Current-Argus, noted three live rattlesnakes named Molotov Vishinsky and Gromyko, with a fourth Stalin snake dying en route from Battle Creek.
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William Calvert
Carlsbad
N.M
Current-Argus
Molotov, Vishinsky
Gromyko
Stalin
Battle Creek
Rising Prices Erase Gain in 1951 Family Income
The Federal Reserve Board reports 1951 average family income rose to 3 840 from 3 520 in 1950, a 9 percent gain, but prices climbed 9 percent and taxes rose, wiping out the gain and reducing buying power. The long-term effect shows a stall in real earnings for the typical spending unit amid inflation and tax increases.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Steel Strike Slows Drilling in Midland Area
The CIO United Steelworkers strike halts drilling across the Midland region, with 596 rotary rigs active July 10 versus 653 on June 25. Spraberry area loses one unit, Lea County remains near its six-month average, while Midland Upton Reagan and Glasscock Counties account for most cuts. Other counties listed show declines from late June to mid July.
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CIO United Steelworkers
Midland
Permian
West Texas
New Mexico
Lea County
N. M
Upton
Reagan
Glasscock Counties
Spraberry Trench
Midland County
Upton County
Glasscock
Andrews
Borden
Wochran
Occu
McDonald Motors Offers Slick ’46 to ’50 Cars
Car dealers advertise a great deal on new Dodge models at McDonald Motors located at 209 N. Richardson. The brief note claims the sale date and price for sixteenth month promotions with low stated numbers.
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McDonald Motors
N. Richardson
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