Roswell Str ee t Resurfacing Plan Revealed at Council
City officials outline a major street upgrade in Roswell with a total estimated cost of 736 229 60 for grading gravelling paving and other improvements across all streets alleys and intersections. An Annex A notices a July 14 public hearing and details front foot and zone assessments with a 1 500 000 estimate when including Second and Main Street work.
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Roswell
C. M. Woodbury
Council
City Hall
Richardson and
Fifth Street
Pontiac Drive
College Boulevard
16Th Street
Chaves County
Main Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Orange Street
Edgewood Avenue
Orchard Avenue
Apple Avenue
Purdy Norris
Dexter Civic Leader F L Mehlhop Dies After Illness
Florime and L Mehlhop of Dexter died this morning at St Marys hospital after three months of illness. He was known as Judge Mehlhop for years active in Pecos Valleys civic religious and fraternal life since 1907. He served in the New Mexico legislature 1916 to 1920 and chaired local school and church boards. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Mason Funeral Home Hagerman.
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Florime
L. Mehlhop
Dexter
St. Mary’s Hospital
Judge Mehlhop
Pecos Valley
O. B. Berry
Bath
Ill
John A
Elizabeth Borgelt Mehlhop
Havana
University of Illinois
Peoria Journal
New Mexico
Effie Bradley
Elizabeth
George L. McNew
Hastingson-Hudson
New York
John
Dexter Consolidated
Dexter Presbyterian Church
Masons and Shrine
Roswell
South Park Cemetery
Mason Funeral Home
Hagerman
City Council Acts Range From A to Z
City Council meeting in city hall covered bus franchise, street improvements, zoning puzzles, pipe purchases, and budget hearings. Officials present included Mayor Warren R. Cobean and City Manager C. M. Woodbury. Items approved or discussed included sprinkling system purchase, wire recorder, pipe orders, a parking lot permit, and bids for city audits and the 1953 54 budget process.
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Warren R. Cobean
C. M. Woodbury
Dick Bean
Brad Hays
Tommy Thompson
Bert Ballard
E. L. Burns
Stanley Crosby
Max Littell
Winston Daniel
M. L. Norton
Roy V. Tyner
John F. Russell
S. Elmo Henslee
Washington Avenue
Parent-Teacher Association
Charles Boreing
Municipal Defense Council
Sophie Champaugh
Charles Allison Jr
Webster
Woodbury
19Th
Main
Water, Light and Sewer Committee
Farr Supermarket
Monroe
State Tax Commission
South Virginia
Bland
Planning and Zoning Commission
South Main
Poe Corn
Truce talks near finish as staff push armistice plan
United Nations and Communist negotiators recessed after plenary work while lower officers studied the cease-fire line. South Korea's Rhee remains opposed and demonstrations erupt in Seoul. Sweden, Poland, and Czechoslovakia seen as prisoner custodians. Switzerland warned over its stance.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
Switzerland
South Korea
Seoul
Syngmian Rhee
Washington
Rhee
Korea
Panmunjim
U. N
U. S
State Department
Legation
India
Sweden
Poland
Czechoslovakia
New England Tornado Claims 76 Lives Tragedy
In Holden Massachusetts Mrs Ruth Oslund recalls fleeing with her two week old daughter as the deadly tornado struck. The infant was swept away by the wind and remains missing despite a search by over 150 men beginning early today.
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Holden
Mass
Ruth Oslund
Gambling Warning Moves to Ruidoso Ahead of 1953 Season
New Mexico Governor Mechem warned two bit gamblers to stay away from Ruidoso as the 1953 horse racing season at Ruidoso Downs prepared to open. He noted cooperation from state authorities to suppress gambling while praising the Hollywood Park Racing Association's support. In Worcester mass tornado toll rises with at least 76 dead and 738 injured. hundreds more feared dead as 11 central Massachusetts communities reel from the worst New England tornado on record. authorities warn full tallies may rise as debris clears.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Ruidoso
Edwin Mechem
Ruidoso Downs
Mechem
Racing Commission
Alamogordo
Hollywood Park
Hollywood Park Racing Association
Texas
Worcester
Mass
Massachusetts
New England
Ohio
Michigan
Holden
Norton Company
Worcester Machine Tool
Assumption College
National Guard
Route 20
Shrewsbury
Donald Sanborn
Marjorie Collette
Peter Glinsky
Brookside
Fitchburg
Man Granted Right to Give Service Here
Roswell city council approved ordinance 684 granting William F. Farell of Santa Fe a 20 year Roswell Transit Lines franchise to operate intra city bus service with three routes, fixed schedules, and rates of 15 cents for children under 12. He must provide $50,000 per accident liability and $10,000 per person, buy supplies locally, and allow police and firefighters to ride with credentials.
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Roswell
William F. Farell
Santa Fe
Farrell
Roswell Transit Lines
City of
Farell
Strees
Local Weather Report With Temperatures and Forecast
Readings from 2 pm yesterday to 11 am today show highs near 103 and lows around 70 while the forecast calls for swelling cloudiness through tomorrow and local thunder showers. Hot afternoons and warm nights with a high near 99 and a low around 65 are expected.
Sweden's Iron Power in the 18th Century Market
In the mid 1700s Sweden produced about a third of the world’s iron, reflecting its dominant role in global metallurgy and export power during that era. The era highlighted Sweden as a leading iron supplier shaping European industry and trade policies.
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Sweden
Hughes Returns from Korea After 17 Months Abroad
Robert J. Hughes came home to the United States on May 29 after 17 months in Korea and Japan. He plans to enroll in a Los Angeles school immediately. His wife Norma, staying in Alabama, will join him next week, and he asked his mother Ruth E. Hughes to pass along greetings and regrets about not visiting Roswell now.
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Robert J. Hughes
Korea
Japan
U. S
Los Angeles
Norma
Alabama
Bob
Ruth E. Hughes
Roswell
Woman Charged With Doping Horse At Bay Meadows
Loretta Hardy of Albuquerque New Mexico a quarter horse trainer at Bay Meadows was suspended on charges of using stimulants on a horse in her care. Stewards of the California Horse Racing Association revoked her license barred her three horse stable from this meeting and referred the case to the California Horse Racing Board.
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San Mateo
Calif
Loretta Hardy
Albuquerque
N. M
Bay Meadows
California Horse Racif ® Association
Milwaukee Defeats New York in Low-Scoring League Game
Milwaukee wins 6 to 5 over New York in a close National League contest. Bickford and Burdette contributed for the losers while Hearn Wilhelm Koslo and Westrum held the Mets to five runs.
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Milwaukee
New York
Bickford
Buhl
Jolly
Burdette
Antonelli
Crandall
Hearn
Wilhelm
Koslo
Westrum
Years
Calderone
Electrocution of Texan Ends Tragic Family Strife
Jack Farmer 54 was executed in Huntsville after his second wife was killed in a death row case. Eight children and his first wife, unable to travel earlier, accompanied by a grandchild, arrived after visiting hours ended. The condemned man told reporters he hoped his children remember him kindly, and he admitted drinking at the time of the killing.
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Huntsville
Tex
Jack Farmer
Farmer
Lubbock
Here
Coupe
Francis Duffey
State Penitentiary
Don Reid Jr
Reid
Irene Brewer
Odessa
Duffey
Annie Farmer
Beth Hood Candidate For Top Office at Girls State Event
Two East Side girls vie for governor of New Mexico Girls State Betty McCoy from Portales and Elizabeth Hood from Roswell lead tickets In other races Effie Fresquez of Hondo and Gloria Hanawald of Albuquerque seek state auditor Mollie Gratton Roswell and Connie Gonzales Silver City run for attorney general June Starkey Portales and Bunny Kohlhaan Albuquerque vie for state treasurer Irene Scott Albuquerque and Renette Edgington Capitan contend for school superintendent Carol Ann West Santa Fe and Renia Morris Albuquerque contest the public land commissioner post Nadine Stendel Magdalena Peggy Holloway Lovington and Mary Hale Tucumcari seek Nationalists seats Johnny Smith Tucumcari Helen Barton Hobbs and Inez Gallegos Socorro run for Federalists Notable candidates include Betty McCoy and Elizabeth Hood in governor races.
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Albuquerque
East Side
New Mexico
Betty McCoy
Portales
Elizabeth Hood
Roswell
Effie Fresquez
Hondo
Gloria Hanawald
Mollie Gratton
Connie Gonzales
Silver City
Sally Carpenter
Farmington
Carol Kluver
June Starkey
Bunny Kohlhaan
Irene Scott
Renette Edcington
Capitan
Carol Ann West
Santa Fe
Renia Morris
Nadine Stendel
Magdalena
Peggy Holloway
Lovington
Mary Hale
Tucumcari
Johnny Smith
Helen Barton
Hobbs
Inez Gallegos
Socorro
Delegates Attend Eighth 4-H Leaders Short Course in Las Cruces
More than 200 delegates attend the eighth annual 4 H Club Leaders Short Course at New Mexico A&M College. The session ends Friday with election of officers and a banquet.
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Las Cruces
New Mexico A&m College
Employment rises in New Mexico jobs total 54 325
The State Employment Security Commission reports a 10 percent year over year rise in non agricultural employment in New Mexico, with 54 325 people currently working.
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Albuquerque
State Employment Security Commission
New Mexico
Woodbury Reports On West Second Street Resurfacing
City council heard the West Second Street resurfacing is progressing well from Kentucky to Richardson with Lea Avenue open and the Kentucky Avenue intersection poured. Manager C M Woodbury proposed using a single eight inch steel post for light standards to replace two poles at Pennsylvania and Richardson, subject to Southwestern Public Service input, and council approved the idea.
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West Second
Lea Avenue
Kentucky Avenue
Kentucky
Richardson
C. M. Woodbury
West Second Street
Southwestern Public Service
Pennsylvania and
City Hears Gripes Missouri Park Too Small for Baseball
City council hears complaints that South Missouri Park is too small for baseball while Big boys play and park usage blocks others. Aldermen discuss options as Bill Osborn notes baseball may keep youths from saloons and marijuana alleys. Manager C M Woodbury cites Little League use of Hondo and North Main Parks to train teams.
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South Missouri Park
M. L. Norton
Bill Osborn
C. M. Woodbury
Hondo
North Main
Metals Set Record High Value in New Mexico Mines
The Bureau of Mines reports 1952 mineral output in New Mexico reached a record value of 56,559,692 dollars for gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc, up 1,862,644 from 1951 despite a late price drop.
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Denver
Bureau of Mines
New Mexico
Bureau
City Ledger Shows May 31 Balance and Disbursements
The city reports a May 31 balance of 67 233 dollars, down from 75 098.52 on May 1. Revenue totaled 43 627.92 while disbursements reached 51 619.56. Top revenue items include refuse collections 11 052.20 licenses and franchises 9 902.25 and suspense 6 100.22. Police salaries 9 350.00 and sanitation employe salaries 3 988.50 are listed among expenditures.
Transcripts Forwarding at Roswell High School
Roswell High School will forward transcripts to colleges and universities. Call 405 between 10:45 and 11:45 a.m. Monday through Friday to arrange requests. Principal Robert Nelson said one staff member will be at the office for an hour each day to handle transcript forwarding.
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Roswell High School
Robert Nelson
New Mexico Firemen Auxiliary Elects Officers
The New Mexico Firemen's Association Auxiliary elected Mrs. John Burns of Las Vegas as president. Other officers chosen yesterday at the firemen's annual convention include Mrs. Clyde Cole of Truth or Consequences as vice president and Mrs. Iran Stockwell of Carlsbad as chaplain.
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New Mexico Firemen’s Association
John Burns
Las Vegas
Clyde Cole
Iran Stockwell
Carlbad
Quirky Record Want Ads Punctuate Quiet Business
Ken Reynolds notes that business quiets when he uses Record Want Ads while joking that spiders do not complain about the lull. The column blends humor with a light take on advertising.
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F.L. Mehlhop
K. L. Menihop
Beth Hood
Second Street
Hain Sa
Fea
Secr
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Wilson
City Hears
Missouri Park
DeMolays
Masonic Temple
Bob Kisker
Ter
Order of DeMolay
Legion of Honor
Alva Curry
James Lankford
Bill Burke
Col
John C. Rost
Don Rose
Walter Edwards
Dewey Burnworth
Lyman Lea
Robert E. Scott
Grand Council
State of Continued
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
William Hughes
J. E. Reid
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