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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1952
Page
1
Cotton farmers report first application of 3 5 40 to combat boll worms with additional sprays planned at seven day intervals. Woodburn notes the mix also targets red spiders and aphids as prominent pests. Stephen Foster, famed composer of My Old Kentucky Home, died in a New York hospital charity ward.
ALBUQUERQUE June 29 1935 two convoys rode east of Albuquerque when one stopped and found charred luggage that clinched the fear the Lorius party had been murdered. The 1935 disappearance of Mr and Mrs George Lorius and Mr and Mrs Albert Heberer on a West Coast trip triggered a vast search and renewed questions about the fate of four travelers.
Roswell Museum plans two new exhibitions starting July Fourth The Oil Show organized with the Roswell Geological Society and Arnold Leondar’s one man show will open in July The permanent collection including Peter Hurd works and other notes will reopen The Oil Show runs through August with Petroleum Day on July 19 and a barbecue planned by the Chamber of Commerce
Jose Dominguez, 62, was stabbed to death while reading a paper on the front porch. His brother-in-law, 71-year-old Juan Palacios, confessed to the murder saying he was insulted and that Dominguez insulted his late mother. Palacios surrendered to a patrolman and is held in city jail awaiting murder charges.
The New Mexico oil and gas boom has added 2,000 workers in the past year. Total non-farm employment reached 154,500 as of May 15, with the petroleum sector now at 7.5 percent. Overall non-farm jobs rose by 6,500 year over year, while construction, finance, insurance and real estate declined.
Highlands University in Las Vegas New Mexico will stay on the regional accreditation list but sits on probation and faces a follow up survey in 1953 54 after a review prompted by the firing of Dr Edward Eyring by the board of regents. Dr Thomas Donnelly of the University of New Mexico becomes president starting September 1.
Manuel H. Chavez Jr the young son of Mr and Mrs M H Chavez of 623 East Sixth underwent an appendectomy Friday at St Marys Hospital. About 125000 beaver pelts were taken in the U S in 1950.
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