Weather Summary and New Mexico Forecast
Temperatures recorded at three hour intervals from 11 a.m. yesterday to 7 a.m. today show a high of 83 and a low of 66 with normal ranges noted. Precipitation for the last 24 hours was trace. month to date 0.04 inches, year to date 1.98 inches. Sunrise 5:02, sunset 7:06, day length 14.1 hours. Partly cloudy today and Saturday in New Mexico with scattered thundershowers over eastern plains and elsewhere in the afternoons and early nights. Highs near 100 in the southeast and 80 to 95 elsewhere.
Light Shines On Poznan Revolt Causes
Letters from Polish workers to communist papers reveal stark shortages as even well paid blast furnace workers earning about 1300 zlotys monthly struggle to cover food and basic goods. The Szczecin paper lists monthly costs for milk bread sugar flour lard lighting and rent with union dues.
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Vienna
Poznan
Szczecin
Glas Szczecinski
Poland
WAFB 6th Bomb Wing Stresses Team Coordination for SAC Meet
The 6th Bomb Wing crews at WAFB focus on crew coordination for the SAC Bombing and Navigation Competition at Loring Air Force Base in August. Radar observers, navigators, pilots, and flight engineers drill together, review past radar runs, calibrate sextants, and refine checklists to minimize errors and improve performance under pressure.
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Loring Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
SAC
6Th Wing
John E. Meyers
James R. Mahoney
Charles C. Gatchell
John J. Radzinski
Jack T. Waller
Kriebel N. Collins
6Th Bomb Wing
Duke City Aids Tacoma Scouts On Western Tour
In Albuquerque 24 Tacoma boy scouts marooned after their bus failed on New Mexico mountain roads received help. Local equipment dealers funded 400 dollars to repair the bus while Richfield Oil Co. of California agreed to cover the remaining trip costs.
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Albuquerque
Tacoma
Wash
New Mexico
California
Richfield Oil Co
Kirtland Air Force Base
Senator Lusk Attacks GOP Utility Plank in New Mexico
In Carlsbad Senator T E Lusk of Eddy denounces the Republican utility regulation plank as evasive and misleading and calls for constitutional changes to empower regulators. He notes prior bipartisan support for a 1955 amendment to unite the State Corporation and Public Service Commissions and recalls opposition by Ed Mechem and Sonny Johns. The piece also mentions a weather proof pencil prize and a scout trip to an Air Force base as part of local activities.
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Carlsbad
New Mexico
Republican Party
T. E. Lusk
Deddy
Lus
State Corporation
Public Service Commissions
Democratic Party
Patform
Lusk
State Corporation Commission
Ed Mechem
Sonny Johns
Sen. Lusk
Ingram Pickett
Satellite Observation Posts Listed
A recommendation calls for at least 10 radio and 13 telescope equipped stations to study the earth satellite under IGY plans. Locations include White Sands New Mexico Cocoa Beach Florida Venezuela Quito Antofagasta Bloemfontein Australia Maui Japan India Egypt Spain Morocco Santiago Antofagasta Lima Quito Panama Antigua Havana Jacksonville Washington and San Diego.
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Washington
Hugh Odishaw
U.S
National Committee
International Geophysical Year
IGY
Rio de Janeiro
Odishaw
White Sands
N.M
Cocoa Beach
Fla
Venezuela
Netherlands Antilles
Quito
Ecuador
Antofagasta
Bloemfontein
South Africa
Australia
Maui
Hawaii
Japan
India
Pakistan
Egypt
Mediterranean
Spain
French Morocco
Santiago
Chile
Lima
Peru
Panama
Antigua
British West Indies
Havana
Cuba
Jacksonville
Washington, D.C
San Diego
Calif
Oil Commission To Hear Special Drilling Requests
The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission will hear six drilling requests in Hobbs on July 25. Applications include Franklin Aston & Fair seeking an unorthodox well location on the Federal Brigham lease in Eddy County and El Paso Natural Gas with Warren Petroleum seeking a 320 acre non standard gas proration unit in Lea County. Jake L Hamon and Warren Petroleum Corp request converting the D W Willhoit No 2 well in the Lough Knowles Devonian.
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Santa FE
Oil Conservation Commission
Hobbs
Franklin, Aston & Fair, Inc
Brigham
Loco Hills
Eddy County
Jaimat
Lea County
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Jake L. Hamon
Warren Petroleum Corp
D. W. Willhoit No. 2
Lough Knowles
Lea County oil firm pursues gas and oil pool permits
Continental Oil Co. seeks permission for a non standard gas proration unit in the Eamont gas pool Lea County in the fourth stage. It also requests two dual completions in the Terry Blinebry oil pool and Tubb gas pool Lea County as part of a broader permitting agenda.
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Lea County
Continental Oil Co
Eamont
Terry Blinebry
Tubb
Hurley Sets August 14 Town Election
Grant County Commissioners set August 14 as the date for a special town election in Hurley to choose a mayor and four councilmen. The vote advances Hurley toward incorporation and self-government.
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Hurley
Silver City
Grant
New Mexico
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S. P. Johnson
Clermont
Kentucky
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Haines Ave
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J. E. Bogue
Hollywood
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Sudan
Robertson
Yucca Theatre
Jack A. Henry
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Roswell, New Mexico
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