City Planning Commission Appoints First Woman Member
The City Planning and Zoning Commission met at City Hall last night with Mrs Lee Corn becoming the first woman to serve on the panel joining Cliff Lacer. The three hour session covered a 1000 block North Kansas protest, four plats and four unfinished business decisions. A July 1 meeting will form an eight member committee to review a new subdivision rules booklet. The commission approved changing the 1000 block North Kansas from single family to duplex with no protests.
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
Lee Corn
Cliff Lacer
North
Kansas
Commission
Commission Forum
Jim Snell
Bill Slade
Southwestern Public Service Co
Fred H. Dilley Jr
Board of County Commissioners
J. C. Wilson
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph
R. S. Mundy
Central Labor Union
Glenn G. Stiff
Herman Horton
Kiwanis
Harriet S. Thomas
N. Union Ave
Charlie O'Neal
Paul Snead
South Main
Air Base Road
Snead
Dick Bean
O’neal
Lacer
S. Elmo Henslee
City of
Roswell
Harvey Sparkman
State Supreme Court
Frank Ellis
Sparkman
James B. Stapp
Kearny Entry Recalled In Raton Entrada Celebration
Raton hosts a 35 block parade marking General Stephen Kearny’s 1846 entry into New Mexico with participants from Oklahoma Colorado and West Texas. Four women descendants join the tribute including Annie Kearny Bragg granddaughter of Kearny and Olga Murdoch a Fischer descendant.
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Raton Pass
New Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Kearny
Santa Fe Trail
Las Vegas
Glorieta Pass
Santa Fe
Texas
Republic of Texas
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Annie Kearny Bragg
Pueblo
Colo
Pearl Kellogg
Col
Alexander Doniphan
Olga Murdock
Springer
Woldemar Fischer
Doniphan
Trinidad
Mendes-France Starts Organizing Governments
Pierre Mendes France moves to form a new French government with a three part plan focused on Indochina peace by July 20 or resignation. He seeks economic recovery, reconciliation of European defense views, and a six nation army while Bidault may be excluded.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
Indochina
Georges Bidault
The
National Assembly
Mendes-France
France
Italy
Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Readings taken at 3 hour intervals from 2 PM yesterday to 11 AM today show a high of 103 and a low of 67 with no precipitation in the last 24 hours. Forecast calls for swelling cloudiness with little rain and temperatures near 100 by day and 65 tonight.
Fish Derby Rules Set for June 27 Contest
The Roswell Daily Record and Chaves County Game Protective Association announce the third annual Fishing Derby for under 14s on Sunday June 27 from 2 to 5 p.m. on the Hondo River near Three Wells. Rules require under 14 participants, guardians for under 10, own gear with a single hook, shore fishing only, and live fish weighed at the judges station.
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Roswell Daily Record
Chaves County Game Protective Association
Hondo
Three Wells
Hondo River
Roswell
Roswell Officer Attends Armed Forces Board Session
Roswell became the only city in five states with a state police officer at an armed forces disciplinary board meeting held June 6 10 at Tinker Field Oklahoma City. Attendees included coast guard navy army air force and Don Shultz of Roswell New Mexico Police along with Gov Mechem safety adviser Doc Dunwoodie. Attendance reached 50 as the session studied civilian military relations.
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Roswell
Armed Forces Disciplinary Board
Tinker Field
Oklahoma City
Coast Guard
Navy
Army
Air Force
Don Shultz
New Mexico
Doc Dunwoodie
Edwin L. Mechem
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Employment Tops That of Boom 1928
The Chamber of Commerce reports April 1954 employment at 37.4 percent of the population, higher than 34.2 percent in April 1928, despite alarmist talk of depression.
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Chamber of Commerce
Strike Continues as Continental Trailways Drivers Stand Firm
Negotiations stalled in Albuquerque as a 13 day strike by Continental Trailways bus drivers enters another round. The company offered a six percent per mile pay scale, half a cent less than the Western Division contract that expired October 22.
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Albuquerque
Continental Trailways
Homebuilder's Big Heart Delays 49 Homes for Ducklings
Seaford New York Louis Hirsch, a home builder, paused work for 25 days to let a nesting Mallard duck hatch her brood. He distributed cigars to mark the hatch and plans to resume with bulldozer and crew on Monday. He estimates the delay has cost about $6,000 but calls it worth it.
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Seaford
N. Y
Louis Hirsch
Hirsch
Spunky Holt Named to Girls Nation
ALBUQUERQUE reporters say Spunky Holt from Roswell and Linnette Williams of Albuquerque will represent New Mexico at Girls Nation in Washington DC on August 29. They were chosen by 205 delegates at the close of Girls State on the University of New Mexico campus. Four residents of model cities were honored for civic service: Marietta Gonzales Santa Fe Sue Coleman Albuquerque Jean Stratton Portales and Pat Lee Alamogordo Pinon.
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Albuquerque
Linnette Williams
Spunky Holt
Roswell
New Mexico
Girls Nation
Washington, D. C
Girls State
University of New Mexico
Marietta Gonzales
Santa Fe
Sue Coleman
Jean Stratton
Portales
Pat Lee
Alamogordo
Pinon
Commission Stymied By Sprinkler System
City Hall chaos as World War I style sprinkler barrage forced Planning and Zoning Commission from City Hall lawn. City Manager C M Woodbury cut the flow to allow access and restore meeting attendance.
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C. M. Woodbury
Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
Woodbury
Clovis Firm Among Low Bidders for Air Base Guardhouse
Denton and Griggs of Clovis appears as the apparent low bidder on the Clovis Air Force Base guardhouse project with a bid of 41 626 dollars, versus a government estimate of 36 985 dollars across three submitted bids.
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Clovis Firm
LOW Albuquerque
Denton and Griggs
Clovis
Clovis Air Force Base
Sanchez to Attend National Future Teachers Conference
New Mexico A M College junior Alex A. Sanchez will attend the National Future Teachers of America leadership conference in Washington D C which opens today. Sanchez is president elect of the New Mexico Assn of FTA.
Jordan Wins Sigma Delta Chi Scholarship Award
Fred Jordan former AP part time staffer in Albuquerque receives a Sigma Delta Chi scholarship for high scholastic achievement. He recently graduated from the University of New Mexico last week earning the degree.
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Jordan
Chicago
Sigma Delta Chi
Fred Jordan
Associated Press
Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
4-H Demonstration Scheduled at Ranch
A 4-H beef calf cutting demonstration will be held at the Andrew Glen Ranch and Bob Smith farm starting at 9 a.m. Monday. The Farm Bureau monthly meeting follows at 7 p.m. at the Legion Hut in Hagerman with Alvin Stockton, Republican gubernatorial candidate, as principal speaker.
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Andrew Glen Ranch
Bob Smith Farm
Farm Bureau
Legion
Headon Collision Takes Man's Life
A headon crash on U S Highway 70 80 in southwest New Mexico killed Alfonso Martinez Marin 49 of Smeltertown Tex. His wife and three children and two other people were hospitalized. A soldier and a sailor were injured. Highway toll rose to 157, compared with 161 a year ago.
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Associated Press
U. S
Secret Inquiry Opens into Who Lied in McCarthy Army Squabble
The Senate Investigations subcommittee opens closed hearings amid a heated McCarthy Army dispute. Sen. Potter suggests some on both sides may face dismissal while a broader blame game over pressure and blackmail charges emerges. McCarthy and Roy M. Cohn defend their aides as staff reshuffles loom and possible reports split the panel.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Potter
Michigan
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Stevens
Subcommittee
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt
David Schine
Southwest C of C Official to Speak To Stockholders
Tom V. Watson manager of the Southwestern Division of the Chamber of Commerce will be the principal speaker at the June 23 7 30 a m Roswell Chamber of Commerce stockholders breakfast at the Nickson Hotel His topic It s Everybody s Business aims to clarify mis information about business and explain how profits jobs and productivity raise living standards Reservations must be mailed in by Tuesday afternoon stockholders may bring guests and may call the chamber if reservations are misplaced
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Tom V. Watson
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Roswell
Watson
Frank J. Kaufman
Chamber of Commerce
Rains End Emergency Feed Plan in Chaves County
Archie Vance, agricultural official, says the emergency drought feed program in Chaves county likely ended due to rains. O F Crawford, chair of the county committee, cites flagrant abuses and stockpiling as the reason for discontinuing the plan by June 30. Vance says county decisions may change at their discretion.
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Vance
Albuquerque
Archie Vance
Agricultural Stabilization Program
Chaves
Clinic Set in Albuquerque for Summer Band Event
The fourth annual High School Band and Choral Clinic will be held at the University of New Mexico July 15 to 24. Heads of the clinic are Clarence Sawhill director of UCLA bands and David Foltz chair of the music department at Nebraska University.
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
Clarence Sawhill
UCLA
David Foltz
Nebraska University
Jaycees Sweep National Parade Honors in Colorado Springs
New Mexico Junior Chamber of Commerce entries dominated the national Jaycee convention parade in Colorado Springs. They won the grand sweepstakes award for floats marchers and cars and also took the trophy for the humorous and miscellaneous class float.
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Jaycees
Colorado Springs
New Mexico
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Stevens Sees No Abuse of Army as McCarthy Hearings End
Secretary of the Army Stevens declares he is confident there will be no abuse of Army personnel in or out of uniform in future hearings. He will not resign and will serve as long as he can. Defense Secretary Wilson says free men can counter communism without abandoning free society.
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Quantico
Stevens
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Sen. Mundt
RSD
Mundt
Washington
Defense Department
Armed Forces
McCarthy
United States
Congress
Wilson
Roswell Legion to Play Alamogordo Tonight at Fair Park
Roswell's American Legion team faces Alamogordo Juniors at Fair Park in a 7:30 PM game as it pursues its second win of the season. Sherman Pruit will pitch for Roswell with 50 cent adult and 25 cent student admission. A Sunday game vs Tucumcari is set on the NMMI diamond.
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Roswell
American Legion
Alamogordo
Fair Park
Tucumcari
NMMI
Monroe Harrelson
Sherman Pruit
Roswell Nine
Forecast Setting of Road Contract
State Highway Department plans a five mile project on U S Highway 54 from north of Alamogordo through the town to the intersection with U S Highway 170 54. State Engineer C O Erwin announced this during a visit to Alamogordo noting the right of way must be provided by local authorities.
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Santa FE
State Highway Department
Alamogordo
C. O. Erwin
Erwin
Alamogido
Corpus Christi Celebration Observed by 17 Parishes
In Albuquerque the 10th annual Corpus Christi event will be observed by 17 Catholic parishes and societies on Sunday.
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Albuquerque
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