Bricktop retires from Paris and Rome clubs after storied career
Robert C Ruark recalls Ada Smith known as Bricktop, Queen of Paris in the 1920s, who ran Bricktop's and later a Rome club. The East Virginia native, famed for elegance and sharp business sense, closes her Rome venue to open a small cocktail bar in New York or San Francisco.
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Bricktop
Paris
Cole Porter
Via Veneto
Rome
Ada Beatrice
Queen Victoria
Louisa Smith
Alderson
West Virginia
Brick
Prince of Wales
Veneto
Hotel Excelsior
Naples
Africa
America
New York
San Francisco
Ada Smith
Downtown revitilization plans mix with Viet Nam notes
A column stresses cautious downtown revitalization aimed at attracting a major department store, traffic and parking upgrades, and building renovations. Maj. Bill Marr discusses Vietnam, predicting West victory but not soon, and warns of broader regional risks. Voters prepare for city council and mayoral races in two weeks, with emphasis on downtown issues.
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Main Street
Third
Virginia
Bill Marr
Roswell
Viet Nam
U.S
South Viet Nam
United States
Maj. Marr
Southeast Asia
India
Washington State
Machines Take Over The Brain And The County Oil Boom
A roving 1939 style column links early computer therapy research by Stanford analyst Dr. Kenneth Colby to fears of machines dominating minds. It also reports Chaves County oil output rising 14 percent to 5 235 138 barrels, Roosevelt County dry status, a Lions Club dinner with G T Carter, a WPA adobe warehouse plan in Roswell, nutrition talks, a petition test of responsibility, and aNM wildlife restocking plan for bighorn sheep involving Calgary delivery and release near Silver City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Assn
Kenneth Mark Colby
Stanford University
Colby
Chaves County
Mighty Lea County
Roswell
Rocky Mountain
Islands Divided Shows Caribbean Democracy Threats
Drew Pearson reports from Bridgetown Barbados where Premier Errol Barrow argues education and public works defend democracy against communism. He cites constitutional reforms, unemployment relief, and regional ties as keys to stability amid island nationalism and unequal aid.
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Barrow
Virgin Islands
Air Force
Barbadoes
West Indies
Joshua
Jamaica
Trinidad
Caribbean
Canada
American Virgin Islands
inter-Caribbean Bank of Development
Luis Munoz Marin
Puerto Rico
Caribbean Islands
United States
England
Columbus
Dire emergency funds test New Mexico agencies
State agencies with own money such as the game department and state fair may seek extra spending authority when emergencies arise. Rep. Jerry Brasher pushed to replace “emergency” with “dire emergency” for 14 boards, risking harsher scrutiny of funds. Banks face pressure from the state and governor. exhibit costs at the New York fair prompt bank contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Harrison
Jerry Brasher
Albuquerque
Game Department
Highway Department
Jessie Kornegay
Board of Finance
Santa Fe
State Investment Council
Jack Campbell
Roswell Daily Records Staff and Address Info
Roswell Daily Records lists Jimmy Cox as advertising manager Albert A Stubbs as managing editor R M Higginbotham as business manager and a Roswell New Mexico newsroom at 425 North Main Street The paper is a weekday evening edition and carries AP news dispatches via the Associated Press.
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North Main Street
Roswell
New Mexico
Associated Press
Town development progress in four New Mexico communities
In Dixon and El Rito New Mexico four under forty leaders form a Community Development Association led by Rev John Ribble. They build a village health clinic, a new library, a forest products plan, and a basketball court. Cooperation among towns boosts spirits and aims for social improvement and industrial growth.
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State Health Department
N.M
Ed Devereaux
New Mexico
Illinois
John Ribble
el Rito Catholic
St. John Nepomucene
Dixon
el Rito
Father Ribble
el Rita
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Robert C. Ruark
Boston Globe
Security National
Fisk
Hinkle
White
First National Bank and Petroleum
San Angelo
The
AL Stubbs
Dry County
Roosevelt
Gordon Greaves
Portales
G. T. Carter
Bureau of Revenue
G. T. Watts
Nickson
Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District
WPA
Calle Camino Real
Carrizozo
State of New Mexico Department of Aviation
Bob White
Jete Voss
Federal Aviation Agency
Mann Engineering Co
Tom Mann
Lincoln County
Dad
Drew Pearson
Bridgetown
Washinton
Assembly
Parliament
Errol Barrow
Caribben
British Guiana
St. Vincent
Rootin’rootin’ Haranguer Ebenezer Joshua
Cheddi Jagan
Guiana
Ace “Reid
Statehouse
National Paper
National Observer
William Crews
State House of Representatives
Chamber
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar
Carroll Lee
Oil and Gas Accounting Commission
Nuff’ Said
Roswell Daily Records
Jimmy Cox
Albert A. Stubbs
R. M. Higginbotham
Chaves
Roswell, N.M
Tee
Gare
Io Te
Gilbert Ranjel
Peace Corps
Thomas Atencio
University of Southern California
Lincoln County News
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