A&M to Get Eleventh Hour Budget Review in Santa Fe
New Mexico A and M College faced BEF budget criticism and will receive another look at pending state figures. State Comptroller Hartman warned time may run out as Legislature nears adjournment, with a possible special session next year discussed by Gov. Mechem.
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Edward M. Hartman
A&m
Roger Corbett
Hartman
BEF
Peter Hayes
Inez Gill
Legislative Council Service
Edwin L. Mechem
Morgan Nelson
Dchaves
Highlands University
Comptroller
Gov. Mechem
City School Program Gets Shot in Arm
Roswell receives 171272 dollars in federal funds for school construction related to Walker Air Force Base. The money may speed up the district’s building program by about a year and could allow an eight room addition at Roswell High to be ready for the 1958-59 school year.
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Roswell
John J
Jack’’ Dempsey
Congress
Health Education and Welfare Department
Walker Air Force Base
H. F. Allred
Board of Education
Roswell Senior High School
Allred
Rebels Strike East Indonesia Seizes Admin Once
A 51 man rebel group led by Lt Col Ventje Sumual captured parts of Celebes Moluccas and Lesser Sunda Islands at 3 am declaring a state of war and seizing civilian offices. They installed Gov Petarani of Celebes as military governor and demand 70 percent of foreign trade earnings spent in East Indonesia. No shots fired, area calm.
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Ventje Sumual
Sukarno
Celebes
Moluccas
Lesser Sunda Islands
Indonesia
A. P. Pettarani
Sumual
Jakarta
Republic
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Java
Sumatra
Sumatran
Fayette Davidson Named City Clerk in Roswell
Fayette Davidson Ward 4 councilman will become city clerk treasurer succeeding Louie G. Link who died February 26. Mayor Ernest C. Tucker said Davidson would be appointed March 15, subject to council approval. Hughes to fill Davidson’s council seat. Davidson, insurer, Mason and Kiwanian, lives at 1018 Kentucky Ave.
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Fayette Davidson
Louie G. Link
Ernest C. Tucker
Davidson
H. D. Hughes
Link
Greater Roswell
Roswell
Tucker
Bert Ballard
Roy V. Tyner
Fayette
Gorgeous George Loses Second Fall to NM State Policeman
Wrestling legend Gorgeous George was arrested for speeding near Roswell New Mexico by Billy J Miller transferred to the Roswell district. He faced justice in Chaves County paying a 15 dollar fine and vowed to repeat the act. George gave his California home and birth details.
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Gorgeous George
Brownie Emerson
George
Roswell
Billy J. Miller
Silver City
Miller
New Mexico
Chaves County
Grappler
R. Perry Bean
Roswell Chamber Digs Into Its Program of Work
Roswell Chamber of Commerce Program of Work committee met to plan a long range blueprint for community development. The seven member group reviewed stockholder suggestions on industrial growth housing water and related needs and will circulate a questionnaire for stockholder voting. The committee noted progress on a 1954 three year program and identified multiple ideas carried by standing committees. Members include Jim Owens Max Littell Fred Brandes Jack Rodden Arliss McKnight Joe Lackey and Ray Izard.
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Roswell
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Erice
Jim Owens
Fairman
Max Littell
Fred Brandes
Jack Rodden
Arliss McKnight
Joe Lackey
Ray Izard
Elks Converge in Las Vegas for State Meet
Las Vegas hosts 75 Elks Club leaders from New Mexico for the quarterly conference with business sessions opening tomorrow. Registration completed today as Fred H. Dilley Jr. of Roswell, the state president, is to preside. Host lodge is Las Vegas Elks Lodge 408.
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Las Vegas
Elks Club
New Mexico
Fred H. Dilley Jr
Roswell
Roswell Power Plant Wins Safety Award Again
Southwestern Public Service Roswell power plant earned first place in an inter company safety production contest. Em ployes have seven years with no reportable injuries and strong safety meeting attendance. W C Rhodes presented the award to Glen R Marwall at a Holiday Inn banquet.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Roswell
W. C. Rhodes
Rsonnel
Glen R. Marwall
H. O. Hodson
SWPSC
Amarillo
Joe Key
J. T. Price
Glen R. Maxwell
Southwestern Public Service Co
Ellers
Roswell Man Serves as Executive Officer on Nautilus
Roswell resident Lt. Warren R. Cobean Jr. serves as executive officer aboard the Nautilus the first atom powered submarine. The vessel nears its first atomic refueling at New London Conn as Rear Adm. Rickover reports the old core removed and a new one to be installed soon. The Nautilus has logged 50 000 miles in two years with fuel use undisclosed.
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New London
Conn
Warren R. Cobean Jr
Roswell
Cobean
Washington, D. C
H. G. Rickover
Rickover
Police Seek Clues In Boy Death In Philadelphia Cardboard Box
Police search for the killer of a 4 or 5 year old boy found unclothed and wrapped in a blanket in a vacant lot. A motorist reported a woman and a male teenager unloading something from a car near the scene. The body was identified as deceased two or three days.
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Philadelphia
William Lovejoy
Joseph Spelman
Weiner Divorce Granted After Brief Marriage in Elizabeth
Lena Weiner 72 of Elizabeth wins a divorce from Abraham Weiner 88 on grounds of desertion 41 days after their wedding.
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Elizabeth
Lena Weiner
Abraham
Boy makes best grades with pencil in water meter cap
An 8 year old in Oklahoma City called the Water Department to unlock a water meter cover after a friend dropped his pencil inside. He said the pencil is what he uses to make the best grades and the department asked if his mother has a better pencil.
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Oklahoma City
City Water Department
Anderson
New Mexico Guard Plane Makes Mercy Flight to California
Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Schifani pilots a New Mexico National Guard aircraft from Albuquerque to Burbank to aid one year old Kim Leamner Suttie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Suttie, suffering fibrocystic disease with mucus production in lungs and intestinal tract.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico National Guard
Emmanuel Schifani
Burbank
Calif
Kim Leamner Suttie
Douglas Suttie
Colorado Abolishes Household Goods Tax
Gov Steve Mc Nichols signed yesterday a legislative act abolishing the tax on household goods in Colorado. The measure ends the tax that had been a staple of state revenue.
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Denver
Colorado
Steve McNichols
Polio Inoculation Day Planned by Chaves County Society
The Chaves County Medical Society will offer first Salk polio vaccine shots to all comers for $1 as a public service. Shots are March 9 at a trailer on Third and Main, with overhead donated to keep the price low and boost polio protection among young adults.
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Chaves
Senators Get Polio Shots In New Mexico
In Santa Fe on March 2, the New Mexico Senate, meeting in committee of the whole, received Salk polio vaccines administered by Sen. R. H. Pousma and state epidemiologist Dr. John Mason. Vaccinations included senators under 40, staff, and reporters.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
R. H. Pousma
Gallup
Senate
Pousma
John Mason
Institute Honor Company To Be Designated At Retreat
At the regimental retreat parade the New Mexico Military Institute will designate the Honor Company of the Month for February. Clifford G. Smith of Roswell will perform the honors as the review joins awarding of best new and best old cadets. The Morrison Trophy, awarded at Commencement, goes to the top scoring company after the year.
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New Mexico Military Institute
Institute Board of Regents
Clifford G. Smith
Seventh St
Roswell
Harry Morrison
Morrison
New Mexico Senators Oppose Middle East Aid Amendment
Two New Mexico senators Clinton P. Anderson and Dennis Chavez voted for an amendment to cut economic and military aid in the Middle East resolution. The measure was defeated 58 to 28 in the roll call vote.
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Solons
Washington
New Mexico
Middle East
Clinton P. Anderson
Dennis Chavez
Arrival of key reactor equipment for Japan's atomic plant
In Yokohama Japan the liner Fujihara Maru delivered essential reactor equipment from the United States for Japan's first atomic reactor project.
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Yokohama
Japan
America
NM Senate Defeats Relatives Law Repeal In Vote
In Santa Fe the New Mexico Senate killed HBO to repeal the 1955 relative's responsibility law by 18 to 14 and refused to reconsider 17 to 15, while approving repeal of the welfare lien law 18 to 14. The session sought to ease Welfare Department finances from 1955 special rules. Lt. Gov. Montoya ruled Lusk SB421 non germane, tabling attempt failed.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Senate
HBO
Senate
Welfare Department
Lusk
Joseph M. Montoya
Kding
Montoya
Tibo Chavez
Valencia
New Mexico
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