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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1954
Page
2
A government report based on a revised view of the construction sector predicts total outlays will reach 3614 billion dollars in 1954. Private residential building and alterations are expected to drive the gain with new home starts around 1,080,000 and overall public construction rising despite declines in some areas.
The 21 year old Chester Lee Gonzalis a Cherokee signed a confession admitting he shot Sheriff Henry Buckner Saturday night at the Adair County scene. He was moved to an undisclosed jail for protection as an angry crowd gathered at the courthouse.
In Little Rock a 19 month old girl Beth Cook daughter of Mr and Mrs Whee ton Cook fell into a private lake Saturday. Her mother spotted her and several ducks sounded alarms. Fire department revived her with artificial respiration and a resuscitator.
U S union committee members opposed border recruitment of Mexican nationals for farm work. They urged Attorney General Brownell to hold public hearings on the policy and wages, arguing recruitment expands poverty driven migration and serves large growers allied with California, Nixon, Knowland, and Texas Governor Shivers.
The Orphans from Wichita Kansas win the SPEBQSA contest. Second place goes to the Four Horsemen from Amarillo Texas who sing for a local funeral home. The event is sponsored by the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America.
The New Mexico Dental Association selects Ruidoso as the site for its 1955 convention to be held May 22 through May 25.
Sherman Adams, President Eisenhower's chief aide, condemned limelight seekers who claim monopoly on wisdom during Bates College 88th commencement in Lewiston. He warned against those who judge how to right wrongs using their own means, fair or foul, to achieve ends.
Two of triplet Siamese twin boys, born to Mrs. Yvonne Mousseau in St. Oniface, died yesterday. They shared a common pelvis and several organs. The third boy was born healthy and in very good condition. Premature delivery.
In Leewarden Holland two seven month old sisters Folkje and Tjitska were separated after a 70 minute operation. The babies were joined at the abdomen for about three and a half inches but had separate organs. The surgeon said the operation proved the girls could live separately.
The New Mexico Pharmaceutical Association announces a two day convention in Albuquerque starting tomorrow with registration beginning tonight. The event gathers health professionals and highlights industry topics.
Sunray Oil Corporation plans a 3200-foot wildcat well in Northwest Lea County New Mexico about 25 miles west of Tatum and near the Caprock shallow field. Drilling will begin at once in section 16 12s 32e with rotary production facing the Permian Queensand pay zone.
Wildcat wells in Roosevelt and Eddy Counties New Mexico were abandoned after drilling, with No. 3 Travis B. McCabe in Roosevelt reaching 3 200 feet with no shows, and Nix Curtis No. 1 Gulf State in Eddy at 3 015 feet with no shows. A Southeast Pecos County project No. 1 Slaughter in the Sheffield channel reached 13 822 feet with limited shows, and testing may follow after possible backfilling. Northern Natural Gas Company holds interests in the Slaughter operation after Blackwood & Nichols started the well.
Police reported a break in at Mendon Massachusetts over the weekend. A revolver, handcuffs, and two holsters were missing from the scene at the police headquarters.
Gulf Oil Corporation No 1 L Scharbauer Cattle Company plans immediate drilling at a 13,000-foot wildcat four miles north of Midland in northwest Midland County. The location is near section 3, block 39 T 1 S T&P survey, testing Ellenburger and overlying formations.
It describes land within Midland County near the north line and on the southwest side of a large block of Gulf leases on Scharbauer Cattle Company lands located in Northwest Midland County and Southwest Martin County.
Stanolind Oil & Gas Company No 1-A Graves in Southeast Dawson County will plug back from 9 300 to 8 300 feet for re completion at tempt in the Dean sand. The project originally completed last March in the reef lime to pump 13 barrels of 40 gravity oil and 132 barrels of water per day from perforations 9 239 to 9 300 feet after 10 252 gallons of acid. Location is 660 feet from south and 1 980 feet from east lines of section 48 block 34 T 4 N T P survey, about three miles north of Ackerly.
Susan Hayward and Jess Barker go to court in Burbank for the final phase of their divorce battle. Issues include division of property and custody of twins Gregory and Timothy as the trial is expected to last two days to a week.
Eddie H. Orgeta, 24, of Santa Fe died from a broken neck after diving into shallow water at the Ponce de Leon hot springs near Taos yesterday.
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