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Newspaper

Roswell Daily Record

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1954

Page

4

Roswell Daily Rosalie Roswell Rates and Publication Details

The Roswell newspaper lists subscription rates by region including Chaves County by mail and other states. It notes daily weekday publication at 424 North Main and states it is entered as second class mail matter since 1903. The paper is an Associated Press member with exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.

Chaves New Mexico Roswell Meet Congress Associated Press

Roswell Loses Bid for Air Force Academy Site

Roswell was eliminated from consideration as one of three recommended sites for the Air Force Academy. The Air Force Secretary will choose from three towns, with Colorado Springs favored. Local civic workers impressed by the strong presentation, but the race ended with Roswell out of the running.

Roswell Air Force Academy Selection Commission Air Force Talbott Colorado Springs United States

County Jail Deal Brings City Prisoners to Chaves County

Police Chief Thompson cites plan by County Commissioners to jail city prisoners in Chaves County. The arrangement promises three daily meals and 24 hour jailer supervision, improving safety after past night guard shortages at the city jail. Officials hope to reduce risk and cost for the city.

Chaves County Lea Eddy Counties Thompson

New Mexicans Push Rio Hondo Flood Control Action

Congress members from New Mexico urged approval of the Rio Hondo reservoir project to curb floods from the Hondo and Rocky Arroyo and include the Spring River in the flood protection plan. Senators Anderson Chavez and Representatives Fernandez Dempsey led the push amid looming election timing.

New Mexico Bat Roswell Spring River House Public Works Committee Rio Hondo Hondo Rocky Arroyo Sens Anderson Chavez Fernandez Dempsey Army Honda Congress

Milk surplus and market routes in Roosevelt County

The Portales Daily News notes a milk producing county with over 300 farms sustaining a year round income and shipping grade A milk to El Paso and Lubbock while a surplus exists. Portales is sued for 100000 by farmer W S Winsant over flooded land alleged from drainage water six times from 1949 to 1952. The Las Cruces Sun-News urges federal court in Southern New Mexico for Dona Ana County cases to reduce costs. Artesia hosts a hot rod club aiming to teach mechanics and safe driving. Las Cruces parents protest a jump in city pool fees from 25 to 50 cents for students and seek relief.

Roosevelt County Portales W. S. Winsant Las Cruces

Las Cruces Meetings Seek Smoother Ties Over Paper Criticism

In Las Cruces two meetings aimed to smooth friction after Sun News criticized White Sands Proving Grounds. The Sun News reported a city physician and commissioner cursed editor Orville Priestley promising medical harm, prompting other doctors to defend Priestley and call the physician immature.

Las Cruces Sun News White Sands Proving Grounds Orville Priestley Priestley

Democrats in Eddy County Report Harmony At Meeting

The Carlsbad Current-Argus notes a new harmony in a Eddy County Democratic meeting with the county split issue described as a dead duck. Delegates from Artesia and Carlsbad showed reduced discord and burrs from Artesia’s side were removed.

Eddy County Carlsbad

New Artesia Daily Press Debuts Tough Solicitor Rules

The Artesia Daily Press announces its first issue on Wednesday and enforces clerked rules that racket ering solicitors must carry authorization letters from the Chamber of Commerce before approaching merchants in the city. Lincoln O'Brien, the publisher, also owns properties in Gallup Farmington Las Vegas and Tucumcari.

Editor Pickerell Notes featherless chicken sparking alarm

Editor H. P. Pickerell notes a new featherless chicken threatens plucking jobs but cannot find a fault with the traditional bird and prefers to accept the status quo.

H. P. Pickerell Pick

New Mexico Police Warn Tourists With Road Block Plan

The Journal reports New Mexico State Police will set up friendly road blocks to alert travelers about high traffic tolls and urge safe driving. A second road block will remove dilapidated cars unfit for service from highways.

New Mexico

Gallup High School reunion outlook draws independent read

The article cites Gallup High School graduates planning a reunion in five years and an Independent assessment that they are not troubled by world or economic affairs. It notes the graduates believe there is a future in the scrambled scene and dismiss discouraging talk as they look ahead.

Gallup High School Independent The

El Paso rejects city manager form as Albuquerque Journal notes

The Albuquerque Journal suggests El Paso’s defeat of a city manager plan mirrors observations of changes in the Duke City, noting how the Texas city voted down the proposal while Albuquerque tracks local government reforms.

el Paso The Albuquerque Journal Texas City Duke City

Dewey Advice On McCarthyism Shapes Ike Era Tactics

Washington report traces Dewey's 1952 guidance to Eisenhower on confronting McCarthyism, Ike's initial pledge, and Dewey's later influence as GOP divisions shift. It notes H L Hunt funding radio time in Minnesota and Illinois for anti McCarthy efforts and Benson butter policy fluctuations.

Drew Pearson Dewey Ike McCarthy H. L. Hunt Washington Guv Eisenhower Chicago Illinois Apeech Dwight Green Curley Books Senate Chicago Tribune Milwaukee Republican Party GOP Gopr Summerfield Tom Coleman Wisconsin Homer Ferguson Michigan Bourke Hickenlooper Iowa Midwest MecCarthy George Marshall Joe Marshall Pere Marquette Peoria Marshall Lany White House Tom Dewey Charlie E. Wilson Defense Far East Washington Pipeline Facts Forum Minnesota Paul Douglas Herbert Humphrey Bob Gros California Reajson Gross Benson Ezra Taft Benson Bureau of Labor Statistics Henry Wallace New Republic

Unlikely Yanks Will Be Sent To Indo China

A Green wood Miss Commonwealth note says the chance of a new pennant winner in the American League is slim, suggesting no expedition to Indo China and dampening hopes for the Yanks.

Indo- China Greenwood Miss Commonwealth

Small town wisdom on keeping a black eye quiet

In a brief quote from the Catoosa County News the editor notes that in small towns people understand without explanations. The line highlights communal recognition and shared perception of local events.

Catoosa County

Oil well in Lea County yields seven barrels per hour

Vacuum Oil Co. State No 1 Lea County flowed seven barrels of oil per hour in a test as reported in the Roswell files. The note also mentions visiting guests from El Paso for New Mexico Military Institute finals and local social updates including marriage and editorial changes in nearby papers.

Vacuum Oil Co Lea ‘County Stanley Crosby el Paso New Mexico Military Institute Howard P. Saunders

State Politics and Medical Society Clash in New Mexico

Las Vegas readers hear horror stories about the state mental hospital from Chavez supporters as party chairs swap hands. The New Mexico Medical Society probes welfare and health departments, criticizing efficiency and politics, while doctors threaten intervention amid a push to merge departments and reform care for the homeless and impoverished.

Santa FE Las Vegas Dennis Chavez Meadoron Leonard Hall Repubs Sonny Johns State Board of Finance State Board of Education Charles Huff Margaret Kennedy Redline Sanchez Sanchez Grants Bob Botts Claude Mann Waldo Rogers Albuquerque Judge Coors Supreme Court Rogers New Mexico Medical Society Carl Gellenbhein State Medical Society Welfare Department Fort Stanton New Mexico Department of Public Health New Mexico Department of Public Welfare Welfare Board Gellenthein Health Department Richard Strahlem Healthy Gellenbhein L. M. Overton Vic Adams State Health Department New Mexico

Doctors Enter Political Clinic Over Welfare Probe

A debate over a merger and doctor led examinations of welfare services spills into politics. The piece notes a bitter clash with the welfare director and an investigation chaired by a man with a personal quarrel, with the report due to the next governor.

Welfare Department

Fair trade battle grows as discount houses push repeal

The dispute over fair trade heats up with manufacturers suing discount houses and the latter challenging state laws. Major players include the National Assn. of Discount Merchants and U.S. Senate bills to close discount loopholes. States vary widely in enforcement, from none to broad enforcement, with outcomes in Arkansas Louisiana Florida and others shaping the national fight. The debate centers on the nonsigner clause and whether big brands can be sold below list price across state lines.

New York Herbert S. Greenberg National Assn Texas Missouri Vermont Florida Independence Chancery Court Batesville Ark Arkansas Delaware Louisiana Minnesota Utah Fair Trade Tennessee Georgia Potomac Washington, D.C Senate

Army Cohn Cussedness Sparks McCarthy Probe Debate

The column notes Roy Cohn’s testimony about obscene language amid McCarthy era hearings. It mocks Adams and Jenkins questioning on Cohn vocabulary, and implies little substantive progress after 24 days of proceedings, ending with a hint of mild exasperation.

Washington John Adams Roy Cohn Joe McCarthy Army Adams McCarthy Army Cohn Special Investigating Committee Ray Jenkins Tennessee Jenkins G. David Schine Coln Mr. Adams Robert Stevens Congress

Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Challenge

A printed crossword puzzle lists across clues from 1 to 63 and down clues from 1 to 48 with hints for answers such as Spice small explosion cure scent and many others. The puzzle fills a grid with standard wordplay and references common crossword entries.

Comfort Awe Outfit Aloft State of Union Element Eternity Diocese

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