Vandals Cost New Mexico Signage At $35,000 Yearly
SANTA FE New Mexico motorists endure dangerous vandalism as the Traffic Safety Division reports about 4500 highway signs destroyed last year at a cost of 35 000 dollars. Bullet riddled and stolen markers prompted reinforced signs and a plan to have convicts manufacture metal signs at the state prison.
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Santa FE
John Kennedy
State Highway Department
Kennedy
Ojo Caliente
Dixon
Bernalillo
Farmington
Colorado
Eisenhower Leaves Army After 40 Years
Dwight D. Eisenhower ends a 40 year Army career as Secretary Pace accepts his resignation. He stated on July 12 that circumstances dictated giving up his commission. He did not state plans to run for president.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Pace
Roswell GI to Return from Korea in Rotation Plan
Cpl. Robert D. Mertz of Roswell and wife Lea Ethel live on Route 2 will be returning to the United States from Korea under the Army rotation plan. He served with the 25th Infantry Division, an early peninsular unit, recently active near the 38th parallel. Mertz enlisted January 1951 and has earned the Combat Infantryman’s Badge.
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25Th Infantry
Korea
Robert D. Mertz
Lea Ethel
Roswell
United States
Army
25Th Infantry Division
U. S
Peninsula
38Th Parallel
35Th Regimental Combat Team
Mertz
State prisons plant could save thousands annually
A discussion noted potential savings of nine to ten thousand dollars per year if the state adopts use of the prison plant. The estimate cited ranged from seven dollars sixty to seven dollars eighty cents, reflecting revised cost expectations.
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Turer
Mechem orders 40 Revenue Bureau job cuts
Governor Mechem orders Manuel Lujan to fire at least 40 Bureau of Revenue workers by August 1 and cut payroll by 10 percent. The move follows a March 11 order and targets a staff of 409 including 10 part timers. The plan faces political scrutiny from Everett Grantham, Democratic challenger. Lujan reportedly ill, with Peter Cable releasing the latest payroll figures.
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Santa FE
Gov
Mechem
Manuel Lujan
Revenue Bureau
Lujan
Everett Grantham
Bureau
Grantham
Bureau of Revenue
Charles Corlett
Asst. Revenue
Peter Cable
Sabotage Reported on Union County Telegraph Wires
Horsemen have been sabotaging telegraph wires along Colorado and Southern Railroad and Western Union lines in Union County for two weeks. A rider underneath the lines is suspected as tracks show a horseman near the sites. Fred Palmer, railroad special agent, notes cables shorting until the cause is found and removed.
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Folsom
Union County
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Western Union Telegraph Co
Trinidad
Colp
Fred Palmer
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