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Roswell Daily Record

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1956

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Medical Display Highlights New Mexico Conference

Doctors at the 74th annual New Mexico Medical Society meeting review a premier display of drugs and a two disc heart massage device. Sears Roebuck Foundation loan aid will help young doctors launch practice in underserved suburban communities.

New Mexico Sears Roebuck Foundation New Mexico Medical Society Memphis Dana M. Street Tennessee City James C. Worthy Sears Roebuck Worthy

One Way to Catch Prowler

Lincoln Nebraska police nabbed a youth after Tom Humphrey trailed a thread from a stone under a bedroom window into the house. The spool slid across the floor prompting a neighbor to help and the pair arrested the prowler.

Lincoln Neb Tom Humphrey

Lincoln County Citizens Head to May 8 Primaries

Lincoln County voters will choose party nominees May 8 for offices from constable to governor in Ruidoso and Green Tree. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Ruidoso Municipal Building and American Legion Hall with light interest noted by candidates.

Ruidoso Ruidoso Municipal Building Main Road American Legion Hall Green Tree Smary John E. Lee Lincoln

Bustamante Convicted of County Funds Embezzlement

Bustamante was found guilty in district court of embezzling $885.40 in 1954 county funds during his tenure as Las Animas County clerk. A 12-member jury deliberated about five hours before the verdict to Judge John Mabry. He faces 1 to 10 years on the embezzlement count and has appealed. He already drew 5 to 7 years for misusing public funds and awaits new motions.

Trinidad Colo.p Ed Bustamante Las Animas John Mabry Bustamante Mabry Canon City Colorado Supreme Court

Bats Sent From Las Cruces Roswell Not Rabid

Two bats that bit New Mexico boys were not rabid according to Daniel Johnson head of the Albuquerque State Health Department laboratory. Microscopy showed no rabies, though a further virus isolation test would take about ten days. Boys bitten include one near Roswell and another at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. five bats were found under a Las Cruces bridge.

Albuquerque State Health Department New Mexico Las Cruces Roswell Daniel Johnson John Mason Health Department Santa Fe Mason New Mexico Military Institute

Lovington Scout Receives Merit Honor for Life Saving Act

Wesley Williams of Lovington was awarded a council merit recognition by Conquistador Council Boy Scouts for saving a woman’s life after an early morning road accident in southern Colorado. John Campbell presented the certificate as scouts and families from southeastern New Mexico watched. The youth applied pressure to a chest wound and fashioned a tourniquet, actions credited with sustaining the victim until hospital care.

Wesley Williams Lovington Conquistador Council Boy Scouts Wesley John Campbell Scaders New Mexico Campbell Ward Williams Colorado Williams Council Portales Clovis Melrose Carlsbad Artesia Hobbs Roswell NMMI Woman's Club Jack Maddox B.B. Bullock

State Heart Convention Opens Here

The seventh annual state convention of the New Mexico Heart Association opens tonight and Saturday at the Nickson Hotel. A luncheon address on Longevity by Dr. Carleton Chapman of Southwestern Medical College, Dallas headlines the program, with sessions on fundraising, committee reports, and a panel on A Heart Program for New Mexico.

New Mexico Heart Association Nickson Hotel Chamber of Commerce Carleton Chapman Southwestern Medical College Dallas Emory A. Nielson Stanley J. Leland New Mexico Department of Public Health Robert Rothermel American Heart Association A. A. Kemnitz Lea County Heart Committee E. W. Lander New Mexico Medical Society Beatrice Chauvenet East New See State

Curtain Will Rise Today on Operation Redwing Tests

Elton Fay reports from USS Mt. McKinley en route to Eniwetok that the Redwing series begins with a dawn salvo on a junior size bomb at Eniwetok, followed by a larger thermonuclear blast dropped from a plane at Bikini Atoll. The first shot is planned at sunrise Bikini time.

Eniwetok MT. Mckinley Eniewetok Bikini Bikini Atoll Nevada

Eisenhower Defends Chotiner in Ethics Inquiry

President Eisenhower said there is no reason to believe Mur ray Chotiner violated White House ethics rules and that no staff contact disclosed any indiscretion. Chotiner testified two aides made calls for him on unrelated cases. The CAB and airline matters cited involve no favorable rulings for Chotiner’s clients.

Washington Eisenhower Murray M. Chotiner Chotiner Los Angeles Nixon Senate Investigations Subcommittee White House North American Airlines Civil Aeronautics Board California Central Airlines Tia Juana Mex CAB California Central James C. Hagerty Senate

Three Day Rocky Mountain Section Meeting Opens

A three day convention of the Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section opens at New Mexico University in Albuquerque. Eugene Callaghan director of the New Mexico Bureau of Mines Socorro serves as president. Dr Norman E A Hinds of California University speaks tonight on The Highways and Byways of the Far West.

Albuquerque Rocky Mountain Geological Society of America New Mexico University Eugene Callaghan New Mexico Bureau of Mines Socorro Norman E. A. Hinds California University Far West

Deputy oiling mishap at railroad office sparks minor damage

Midland Texas Joe Greer deputy district railroad commission supervisor picked up a can and oiled his calculating machine A few minutes later flames leaped from it He found he had grabbed lighter fluid instead of oil Damage was minor.

Midland Tex Joe Greer District Railroad Commission Greer

Worship Rebukes Frills as Farmers Day Cooks Plain Attire

Rev Bruce W Charles of New Moorefield Methodist Church asks members from three rural congregations to attend services in overalls and house dresses. He calls it an opportunity to explore worship without frills.

Springfield Ohio Bruce W. Charles New Moorefield Methodist Church

First Winners Picked in Greater Roswell Days

In a dramatic Chamber of Commerce drawing Roswell’s Greater Roswell Days awarded $1025 in U S Government Bonds. Olga Penczynzyn won the $100 bond, Mrs. Leo Parker the $50, and Bob Lee the $25. Shoppers have two more chances tonight and Saturday for additional prizes with a grand prize of $500.

Roswell U. S Chamber of Commerce Foster Morrell Olga Penczynzyn Second St Leo Parker N. Lea Bob Lee U.S

Major League Baseball results from a doubleheader

In Kansas City the Athletics beat the Yankees 6 to 9 with Grim earning the win over Crimian while Berra and Ginsberg contributed for New York. In Detroit the Tigers defeated the White Sox 6 to 4 as Parnell pitched a complete game over Foytack with Marlowe and Wilson backing him.

Kansas City New York Kellner Crimian LaSorda Ginsberg Turley Grim Konstanty Berra Detroit Ondeceseree Oe Nk Ocknecses Foytack Marlowe Wilson Parnell Sisler White W— Parnell

National League Chicago Triumphs Over Philadelphia

Chicago edged Philadelphia 2 to 1 in nine innings, Banks homering for the Cubs while Roberts Seminick Rush Landrich combined for the Phillies bats in a tight late matchup.

Philadelphia Chicago Roberts Seminick Rush Landrich Banks

Educator Victor James Smith Found Dead Near Alpine

Victor James Smith 66, early Sul Ross State College faculty member to report in 1919, was found dead yesterday in his automobile one mile south of Alpine. A .22 rifle lay at his side. Smith led the Texas Folklore Society the Texas Archaeologist and Paleontologist Society and the American Anthropological Association.

Alpine Tex Victor James Smith Sul Ross State College Smith Texas Folklore Society The Texas Archaeologist and Paleontologist Society American Anthropological Assn

Santa Fe collections rise across tax divisions in 1955

Commissioner Mike Gallegos reported that the 11 tax divisions collected 7,996,294 last month. The four month total reached 29,645,864, up 2,707,179 from the first third of 1955.

Santa FE Révenué Mike Gallegos

Welcome Messages for Matthews and Myuck Couples

A brief wedding or engagement note greeting Mr. and Mrs Billie C Matthews and Mr and Mrs John C Myuck appears in the social column. The item records well wishes and listings of newly joined names in a local society page.

Billie C. Matthews John C. Myuck

Three Scouters Win Silver Beaver in New Mexico Council

Conquistador Council leaders were honored with Silver Beaver awards Ray Lofton Earl Pennington and Vernon Mills at the annual meeting in Roswell New Mexico. Officers elected include F J Danglade S P Yates Floyd Golden Jack Maddox and others. A post banquet program featured talks by Roswell youths and Explorer Scouts with a tea for leaders wives.

Conquistador Council Boy Scouts of America Fred Phelps el Llano A. J. Green Cavern Bill Deane Roswell Jack Maddox Hobbs D. A. Hinch Robert Murphy Rio Hondo F. J. Danglade Lovington Gene Barnett Ray J. Lofton Melrose Earl Pennington Vernon Mills Artesia S. P. Yates Floyd Golden Portales Jack Litton Carlsbad Gen Hobart Gay Harvey Yates Gateway District Cavern District Chiirman Leon Province Oil Patch Tom L. Lawson Conchas Miles Ken Wilbanks Gene Bar Pennington Mills Country Club L. D. Barbour

Plains Electric Coop Gets $3.9 Million Rural Aid

The Rural Electrification Administration approved a $3,905,000 loan to Plains Electric Cooperative of Albuquerque for a new 16,500 kilowatt steam generating plant and related facilities. Plains serves 11 New Mexico distribution cooperatives.

Washington Plains Electric Cooperative Albuquerque Rural Electrification Administration Plains New Mexico

Nationalist Chinese Official Departs for Foreign Office Post

Chu Fu Sung former head of the information section of the Nationalist Chinese Foreign Office left today for a new posting abroad.

Taipei Chu Fu Sung Chinese Foreign Office

Local Soil Conservationist Accepts UN Post

Ralph M. Bell of the local Soil Conservation Service accepts an assignment as Agricultural Officer Irrigation Practices Expert with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. He will leave May 14, arrive Santiago Chile May 16, accompanied by wife Faye and children Dixie and Mack. Bell, raised near Tucumcari New Mexico, studied at New Mexico A&M College and since 1949 has served in Portales Elida and Roswell with the SCS and the Roswell Soil Conservation District handling ranch agronomic and engineering problems.

Ralph M. Bell Soil Conservation Service Office Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Santiago Chine Mr. Bell Faye Dixie Mack Bell Tucumcari N. M New Mexico A&m College Soil Conservation Service Portales Elida Roswell

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Lincoln County Wilbur T Stein National Mental Health Association Stein Pennsylvania Department of Public Assistance American Red Cross Heart Fund Robert Hammer Ben. L. Roberts Tibo J. Chaves Velma Long Emory A. Nielsen Pierre Salmon Chaves County Heart Association By Elton Fay California Virginia Military Institute Lexington Alben Barkley Washington, D.C Price G. Wingate Dahlgren Frederick N. Stevenson Sarasota Fla Robert B. Bittner Jennerstown Alex Schwan, Jr Paulsboro N.J Greater Roswell Days Major League Baseball REA
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