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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1961
Page
2
Government data show a strong rise in hours worked and employment in heavy industry in May, led by autos and steel. The average factory work week grew from 39.3 to 39.6 hours, with nonfarm payrolls up 500,000 to 52.5 million and durable goods jobs up 150,000. Manufacturing employment reached 15.7 million, with earnings at $92.66 weekly.
Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges said a high British official complained about U.S. steps in the gold dollar issue. Hodges met with Frederick J. Erroll to discuss irritants such as Buy American and ship American. He noted U S measures to require foreign aid dollars be spent in the United States and to stock American goods at post exchanges abroad.
A federal judge refused to extend a temporary ban on Freedom Rides into Alabama and warned he may reinstate the ban. Activist leaders said rides will continue this week, with no advance announcements for Montgomery unless the climate changes. The order, issued June 2, blocks sponsoring or funding segregation testing bus trips in Alabama pending further action.
SFC Lancrain announced in Roswell that Ernest G. Trujillo son of Mrs Enedina Trujillo 1514 S Stanton Ave enlisted last week in the U S Army for three years under the Choice Not Chance program He chose Automotive Maintenance and is at Fort Hood Texas for Basic Combat Training Trujillo attended school in San Patricio and Carrizozo.
In Indianapolis a trio of New Mexico Disciples of Christ churches is named among 488 congregations in the U S and Canada for outreach support during 1959 60. First Christian Church of Roswell earns a Certificate of Recognition for giving 10 to 15 percent of total receipts to outreach causes. CORE and others had not been formally notified of the original complaint. The Justice Department opposed a restraining order. Thurgood Marshall urged Johnson to dismiss the Freedom Riders case.
Santa Fe AP Chief State Highway Engineer T B White said the New Mexico Highway Department would be out of business if federal road funds were cut. The comment followed a Tribune report on Rep William Cramer who suggested cutting funds to Lordsburg related projects and Adams contractor payments.
District Attorney Ed ward De Pauli said no inquest would be held in the death, noting the autopsy report provides sufficient closure. Additional details were not disclosed.
The Interstate Streams Commission ordered a suit to assess the constitutionality of 115000 in irrigation repairs for San Miguel Taos and Guadalupe counties. It targets State Engineer Steve Reynolds and State Finance Director Ed Hartman. An additional 15000 loan was approved for Hagerman Irrigation District to study an improvement project feasibility after a previous 20000 loan.
Mary Shoe, 57, died from internal injuries and brain hemorrhage after an autopsy report released yesterday. She was found at the bottom of a staircase in the old Gallup opera house on Sunday. She resided on the Navajo Reservation.
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