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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1952
Page
1
President Truman called for an immediate negotiated settlement of the steel strike showing blame on steel management for the 48 day stoppage. He urged the parties to bargain and resume production, warning that continued disruption harms national defense and the civilian economy.
Washington figures show the U S population at 156,804,000 on June 1 per Census Bureau estimates. The May increase was 202,000 with armed forces overseas included. Since April 1950 the population has grown by 5,672,000.
A Gripsholm luxury liner rescued 45 of 49 aboard the freighter Black Gull 65 miles off eastern Long Island as a chemical fire raged. Lifeboats ferried officers, crew, and passengers to safety while coast guard planes searched for four missing men. The burning Black Gull lay smoldering. survivors recalled calm actions and gratitude amid the peril.
The Democratic National Committee decided to seat anti Truman delegates from Texas and Mississippi temporarily while a loyalty probe unfolds. The action heightens North South tensions over civil rights and party unity as rival loyalist forces plan appeals and push for pledges of support from all delegates.
The record lists three hourly readings from early yesterday to 11 p.m. with highs near 92 and lows around 66, plus unofficial precipitation totals and normal comparisons. Sunrise 5 02, sunset 17 06, day length 14 1 hours. Forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions with afternoon to evening thundershowers Sunday and night with little temperature change.
Hagerman Barracks at New Mexico Military Institute will expand by 400000 with an addition linking A and K barracks. The project by H. H. Via Inc. adds 125 cadets capacity, bringing total to over 725. Construction behind Pearson Auditorium on Lea Hall site completes enclosure after 45 years and seven projects.
District Judge George T. Harris ordered 10 acres in the south suburbs condemned for the city's new 1.225 million high school. Official appraisers C. C. Mathews Mansfield Tweedy and Walter R. Ryan were named to set a fair price and damages for owner Charles A. Doty, whose land adjoins board property. The Board seeks athletic facilities on the site.
New Mexico school administrators gather in Santa Fe July 24 and 25 for the annual summer conference sponsored by the State Department of Education.
A 101 foot oil tanker enveloped in flames grounded on Welfare Island as fireboats battled the blaze. One crew member was reported missing.
Roswell observed its first Petroleum Day with nearly 1000 visitors as oil growth showcased in the upper Pecos Valley. Gov. Edwin Mechem led the opening ceremony, praised the oil sector, and toured flood control works with city officials. The day included exhibits, a museum visit, and a 600-person barbecue at Roswell Country Club. GOP hopefuls and families joined the event.
Dr Lincoln La Paz of the University of New Mexico describes luminous objects over the Southwest that behave oddly. He suggests they may be misidentified as flying saucers or meteors but notes their unusual movements, long-duration visibility, and steady yellow glow as they travel at great altitudes for up to three and a half minutes.
In Chicago Senator Richard B Russell of Georgia met with Southern governors and senators to ease unrest among Dixie supporters over his plan for a new labor law to replace the Taft Hartley Act. Florida's Holland and Smathers stated Russell remains committed to Taft Hartley objectives and not for repeal. Present were Govs Byrnes, White, Talmadge, Shivers, Kennon, and Senators Byrd, Long, and Morrison. Stennis attended on other business.
Twenty five dope peddlers were behind bars today after an all night roundup by federal narcotics agents in Houston. The sweep targeted illegal drug trafficking and resulted in multiple arrests across the city without incident reports of seized assets or charges specified.
Berlin authorities ordered yesterday the registration of all persons aged 16 to 65 to assess which industries can sustain production while forming a defense army of 375,000. The move touches 72 million people, with regional teams identifying suitable industrial areas for reduced workforces. Subsequent volunteer drives will be organized by quota in these sectors.
In Lea Lake at Bottomless Lakes State Park, explosives were deployed to locate Ed Hood, a 62 year old San Antonio man who vanished after a recent drowning. Three charges, 15 or 10 pounds, created surface disturbances and yielded dead fish and a live minnow rescue as the futile search continued.
A two car crash at a rural intersection near Dexter left three people injured Mrs Ellen Stout 32 Carrol Sparkman 43 and Mrs Sparkman all from Dexter with only minor cuts and bruises reported A baby and five children escaped injury The fatality was Mrs Jeanne Losey Wortman a Chaves County family member killed February 22 at the same spot. A nine month old baby boy died from an electrocution in Lufkin when he brushed an outside drop cord on wet ground.
A New York defense attorney in the conspiracy trial of 15 minor Communist leaders won an early weekend recess Friday citing exhaustion. The court will reconvene Monday to continue proceedings.
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