Hearing set on MST&T rate suspension in New Mexico
The State Corporation Commission scheduled a June 28 hearing to suspend Mountain States Telephone Co’s July 7 rate increase. E C Phillips NM manager should testify for the commission despite ongoing disqualification claims by Phillips against Chairman Pickett. The move tests new rules adopted last December. Also a Hollywood profile notes Alan Young’s rising post shows and film prospects. Copper production across several western states accounts for 97 percent of US mine output.
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Santa FE
State Corporation Commission
Mountain States Telephone Co
District Court
E. C. Phillips
Mst&t New Mexico
Ingram Pickett
Phillips
Pickett
Commission
Albuquerque
Robert LaFollette
State Supreme Court
Internal Revenue Official to Visit Roswell
Internal Revenue Service Regional Commissioner B Frank White will visit Roswell on June 22 his first trip since taking office last December He will be accompanied by assistant regional commissioner Chester A Usry The trip is part of 12 visits this week to West Texas and New Mexico to meet with local officials and staff to discuss developments in IRS operations They will return to Dallas headquarters that Friday night.
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Hollywood
Alan Young
Nbc-Tv
NBC
Young
Mr. Fixit
England
Canada
United States
20Th Century-Fox
Margie
Detroit
CBS
New York
RKO
Paramount
Androcles
The
Lion
Aaron Slick
Punkin Crick
B. Frank White
Internal Revenue Service
Roswell
White
Chester A. Usry
West Texas
New Mexico
Dallas
Security Finance Declares Quarterly Dividend in May Meeting
Security Finance Company board approves a regular quarterly dividend of 112 cents per share on common stock and 15 cents on convertible preferred stock payable July 1 1954 to shareholders of record June 15 1954. The 1953 annual dividend history is noted alongside. The U S tuberculosis death rate has declined from 183.9 per 100 000 in 1903 to 12.5 today.
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Board of Directors of
Security Finance Company
U. S
Doctor’s Degree Presented to Wilson L. Orr
Wilson L. Orr son of Rev and Mrs Walter W Orr earned a PhD in chemistry at the University of Southern California. The degree was awarded at Commencement June 12. Orr's work, a study of sulfonyl halide reactions with olefins, was partly published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. He will continue research at the Allan Hancock Foundation under Dr K O Emery.
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Wilson L. Orr
Walter W. Orr
University of Southern California
Roswell
Bethany-Peniel College
Bethany
Oklahoma
Mary Ruth Hale
Orr
du Pont
Wabash Ordnance Works
Terre Haut
Ind
Purdue University
Lafayette
Purdue
David Elmo Orr
Orr Baking Company
School of Aeronautics
Santa Maria
Calif
Los Angeles
Allan Hancock Foundation
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Office of Ordnance Research
Sigma Xi
Phi Lambda Upsilon
USC
K. O. Emery
Optimist Club Denied Main Street Soap Box Derby Site
The City Council refused the Optimist Club’s request to use Main Street from 10th to College Boulevard for the Soap Box Derby on July 4 and 5. Area merchants reportedly opposed the plan, citing crowd concerns from last year. The derby committee will seek alternative locations and announce a new site once permission is granted for a suitable hill within the city.
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Main Street
10Th
College Boulevard
Post Office Box Rental Rates to Increase July 1
Roswell post office will raise quarterly box rents effective July 1 1954 PM Mary McCullough announced the new rates. Small boxes 2 25 up from 1 50 medium 3 00 up from 2 25 drawers 4 50 up from 3 00 large drawers 6 00 up from 4 50 Rentals can be paid annually or quarterly and must be paid by July 1 after which boxes may be re rented per postal rules.
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Mary McCoullough
Roswell
McCullough
J. Arthur Opheim
Poor Clare Chapel To Be Open Sunday
Friends of the Poor Clare order may visit the sisters in their new chapel from 1 30 to 4 p m Sunday. The location is Railroad and 19th and visitors are asked to refrain from entering the cloister precinct.
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Poor Clare
The
Poor Clare Order
City Officials Ban Roman Candles and Skyrockets in Roswell
City clerk Harold Naylor and Police Chief Tommy Thompson announced a broad interpretation of the Roswell firework ordinance. They said the ban covers all explosive fireworks including Roman candles and skyrockets, despite not being listed by name, aligning with state law Section 41-1808 and city text adopted July 8, 1952. Violators face misdemeanor charges with fines up to 300 dollars or 90 days in jail. In a separate note, Nebraska Governor Crosby disclosed a correction to his tax schedule after omitting his boxer Prince.
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Harold Naylor
Tommy Thompson
Thompson
Naylor
Roswell
N. M
Lincoln
Neb
Robert Crosby
Nebraska
Prince
Five Oil Scouts Attend National Convention in New Orleans
Five oil company scouts attend the three day convention of the National Oil Scouts and Landmen Association in New Orleans from June 17 to 19. Attendees include Earl Whisnand of Continental Oil George Ross of Humble Oil Dave Sorenson of Ohio Oil Jim Garner of Sinclair Oil and Bill Davis of Stanolind.
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Oil Company
National Oil Scouts and Landmen Association
New Orleans
Earl Whisnand
Continental Oil Company
George Ross
Humble Oil Company
Dave Sorenson
Ohio Oil Company
Jim Garner
Sinclair Oil Company
Bill Davis
Stanolind
A fathom defined as six feet length standard
The fathom was once the span between a man's outstretched middle fingers. It was later standardized to a fixed six feet.
Governor recalls a tax farm quip about animals
The governor jokes about a tax farm location noting poultry and furs while conceding he missed the reference. The remark contrasts farmyard animals with fur bearing mammals in a light political moment.
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Roya
Izard Tire CO
NRSC
Lcrolus
Ben el
Simo
Ste. Pierre Smirnoff Fis., Inc
Hartford, Conn
Insurers
Gardner & Marks
Realtors
International Harvester
Needlecraft Round
Robbin Electric Sewing Machine
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