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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1954
Page
11
In Maine, Sen Margaret Chase Smith is favored to win the Republican senatorial primary over Robert L Jones as Sen Joseph McCarthy fades as an issue. The campaign emphasizes Smiths congressional record and Jones attacks with a light expected turnout, likely well below 16 000.
Pittsburgh reports contract negotiations between the CIO United Steel Workers and U S Steel Corp are recessed and subject to call. The union seeks a wage boost for workers earning 2.14 to 2.24 dollars per hour plus a guaranteed annual wage and improved pension and hospitalization programs as the basic steel contracts expire at midnight June.
The Drivers License Division revoked or suspended four licenses in New Mexico over June 14 through June 18. Specific names and license numbers were not released. The action reflects standard enforcement of traffic or compliance violations by the state agency.
The Air Reserve will hold its regular meeting at the municipal airport administration building Monday at 7 30 p m. The program will feature films and Capt A E Gilbert liaison officer from Albuquerque is expected to attend.
Jefferson L. Morley son of Mr and Mrs J H Morley Route 1 Dexter has advanced in rating to boilerman third class USN while serving aboard the destroyer USS John R. Craig in the Pacific Fleet located in Washington DC.
State agencies requested bids today for permanent anti freeze for motor vehicles. Estimated need totals 480 gallons with 1300 gallons for the Highway Department. Bids open on July 6.
Congressman Brady Gentry of Tyler mocks U S intervention in Indochina arguing it would be folly and an improper fight against Communism. He cites a 2,500 word Congressional Record piece, urges protest, and hopes Churchill talks temper policy to avoid sending American troops to Indochina.
Easels have been made for the CCMNY Center craft shop and children will paint outdoors. The public is invited to watch this activity as part of the community summer recreation program.
The San Juan Basin in New Mexico and nearby Durango, Colorado, race to host the Pacific Northwest Pipeline Co as federal permit is granted to ship Canadian natural gas to Belingham Washington. The 1,446 mile line costs about 160 million dollars with 1 million for San Juan Basin development. construction must start by January 1, 1955 and be in operation by January 1, 1957. potential drilling of 400 to 725 wells to fuel the pipeline boosts regional optimism.
Studies described to the American Geriatrics Society by Dr. Gilbert C. Cochrane of Oakland indicate that blood cholesterol drops when diets use only vegetable fats such as peanut, corn, or cottonseed oils. Replacing vegetable fats with animal fats raises cholesterol, linking fat type to artery thickening and potential heart attacks from clotted arteries.
Gerald L. Smith, former superintendent of schools in Trinidad Coro, is leaving next week to become superintendent of Park Forest Illinois school system after being ousted in April.
A new polio case in Dona Ana County last week brings this year’s total to 11, compared with 14 at the same point last year and a five year median of 13.
Molly Gratton completed a two week course at the Aquatic School in Denton Texas and will be employed as a lifeguard this summer at Cahoon Park Municipal pool.
Aboard the heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles en route from the Far East is Charles D. Shannon USN seaman son of Mr and Mrs Carl Shannon Route 2 Roswell. The ship is due to arrive in California in June.
A $28,000 soil conservation project on the Upper Hondo watershed is awarded to Knight and Hall Construction Co. of Hatch. It marks the first step in a five year program anticipated to cost $750,000.
Four hundred sixteen Roswell youths took part in three peanut hunts hosted by the Roswell Recreation Council. Winners at CCMNY Center included Marileth Haut James McKenna Paula Adams Lee Leinhart Susan McGuire Terry Washam Guy Spinello Jo Duran Don Mason Danny Reyes Guy Bevell Robert Jenkins. East Side Park prize winners were Cheryl Howard Betty Shannon Sue Ann Carpenter Sherrill Monk Harry Atkinson Cecil Kirkpatrick. Carver Center winners were Frank Pinkney Betty Hall William Brown Bobby Hall Charles Biggers Charles and Ray Hall. A freckle pigtail contest is planned for next Friday with prizes for natural and artificial freckles and pigtails. The longest pigtail in nine years measured 75 feet. the most braided pigtails on a head reached 115. All six and older children in and around Roswell are invited.
From 1920 to 1953 per capita steel production in the United States increased from 886 pounds to 11 398 pounds, reflecting major growth in industrial output across the period.
A historical note reports that just one in four households in Britain own a refrigerator, reflecting early appliance adoption and domestic modernization trends.
Two Missouri Pacific freight trains collided head on near Troup Texas about 20 miles south of Tyler. Four crewmen were injured none seriously. The diesel engines derailed and four cars left the tracks while several hundred yards of track were torn up.
Two Roswell men Stanley G. Catola and Richard E. Smith are among 775 Naval Academy midshipmen taking part in a joint training operation with Royal Canadian Naval Cadets at the U S Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek Virginia.
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