City Council OKs equipment purchases for police and city works
The council approved buying two police radios and a 1954 Plymouth Plaza sedan from McDonald Motor Co for 1187 plus a trade-in. It also authorized a water pipe purchase of 10 000 ft with bids planned for July on uniforms, youth center floors, flood damage, and two sanitary department trucks.
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McDonald Motor Co
Plymouth Plaza
Chevrolet
McNally- Hall
Roswell Auto
Ford
Tommy Thompson
C. M. Woodbury
Youth Center
Missouri Ave
Sanitary Department
Civic Airport
Sanitary Foreman Warns on Trash Burning Hours
City sanitary foreman Gene Fisher reports complaints about burning vegetables rags and other waste that pollutes the air. Burning is allowed only 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., and a law prohibits throwing refuse into streets or alleys unless in proper containers, though courthouse square containers are often ignored by beer and liquor bottle disposers.
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Gene Fisher
Fisher
Courthouse Square
Roswell Mayor Considers Official City Greeter Role
Mayor Bert Ballard, since taking office April 19, has faced many invitations to sign proclamations and attend sundry functions. To handle duties, aldermen have doubled for him at City Council meetings and events, with thanks extended to Jack Russell and Max Shepherd among others.
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Bert Ballard
Roswell
Ballard
Jack Russell
Horace Heidt
Max Shepherd
Roswell Boys State Program Set for June 6 13
Nine Roswell boys join 250 statewide delegates at the statewide Boys State program this summer. The event runs June 6 to 13 and includes activities to teach state government structure and operation.
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Roswell
Airport activity and fuel usage rise in May
May reports show 1 585 aircraft landings and 7 389 gallons of gasoline sold at the civic airport. Of the fuel, 5 260 gallons were 80 87 octane and 2 128 gallons were 91 96 octane. Hangar relocation work began May 28 after an approval delay from the Civil Aeronautics Administration in Phoenix. The shop section is 80 percent dismantled and footings are being formed.
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Civic Airport
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Phoenix
Boys State TV Program Slated On Sunday
KSWS TV will air a 30 minute film Sunday from 4 to 4 30 showing activities of Boy s State held annually at the School of Mines in Socorro Boys are chosen from high schools statewide to attend for a week each summer.
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Ksws-Tv
School of Mines
Socorro
Two Republican Headquarters Planned for New Mexico Campaign
State Republican Chairman M. B. Johns says two offices will be kept for the campaign. One will be in Albuquerque and the other in Santa Fe, sharing space with county organizations on the plaza.
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Santa FE
M. B. Johns
Albuquerque
Flash Flood Strains City Rolling Equipment and Ditches
The Roswell city council session discussed lingering flood effects from mid May. Alderman Littell pressed Manager Woodbury on city trucks and loaders, sewer work, and silt buildup from the Hondo east to Virginia. The manager cited repairs, a misdirected pipe, and double duty for the loader. Plans for an 80 foot right of way along the Pioneer Ditch area were noted to curb future downpours.
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Roswell
Max Littell
C. M. Woodbury
Littell
Elgin
Pioneer
City Nurse Reports May Activities in City
Ella Yeager city nurse reports to the City Council on May duties: 90 hours on duty, 28 clinic hours, and 610 miles. Visits covered tuberculosis and venereal disease cases, immunizations, maternal and child health, morbidity, and Red Cross and state health conferences.
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Ella Yeager
American Red Cross
Property Owner's Problem Referred to City Committee
A property owner, H. E. Prince of Tilden and Sunset, had his case sent to the building and land committee by the City Council. The issue involves a V shaped 50 by 140 foot lot and a house nine feet too close to the property line after a sidewalk permit prompt moved the structure east, a discrepancy found during a neighborhood survey.
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City Planning and Zoning ‘Commission
Building and Land Committee
H. E. Prince
Tilden
Sunset
Prince
Tom Mann
City collections rise with May 1954 gains
City reports May 1954 water sewer and trash charges total 50 633 98 up from 1953 36 232 20. Water pumped rose from 195 540 700 to 253 718 000 gallons for May 1954. Average daily use 140 197 300 gallons. New services 65 meters repaired 100 gas inspection 44 sewer inspection 70. Prince zoning panel recommends moving house 12.2 feet west to keep front yard setback.
City Seeks Payment From Plumbers Owing City Fees
City Council set an August 15 deadline to settle unpaid fees from about nine or ten plumbers, totaling roughly $2,000. Alderman Roy V. Tyner noted one plumber owes $1,100 and warned of action if arrangements are unsatisfied.
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Roy V. Tyner
Mrs D E Boyle Joins Husband in Frankfurt Germany
Mrs D E Boyle formerly Patricia Ann Bellamah has arrived in Frankfurt to join Lt. Boyle of the 82nd Airborne Division. The lieutenant is a 1953 graduate of New Mexico Military Institute. Mrs Boyle sailed from New York May 24 and arrived June 2 in Frankfurt.
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D. E. Boyle
Patricia Ann Bellamah
Frankfurt
Germany
Lieutenant Boyle
82Nd Airborne Division
New Mexico Military Institute
Boyle
New York
City Plans Bid Sale of Surplus Copper and Brass
Alderman Roy V. Tyner urges the city to solicit bids and sell its surplus copper and brass before loss. He notes one offer of 19 cents a pound and believes higher offers may be possible.
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Roy V. Tyner
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St. Peter’s School
Jacob Schmid
St. Peter’s P.T.A
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P. J. Purdy
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Alene Mann
Rotary Club
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Oscar Kunkel
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W. H. Grant
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East Grand Plains
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Dale Gregg
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Ruby Johns
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Bond
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