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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1966
Page
4
Pavement Plate notes adults widely talk to themselves as a social necessity because listeners are scarce. The piece jokes about conversations failing to be heard, the frustration of misheard exchanges, and the odd benefit of self talk with a witty aside on not hearing one’s own words.
In Santa Fe, Democrats claim voters ended patronage while lobbying for reform. Yet $50,000 allegedly steered last-moment support, affecting margins. GOP money worries loom as Ed Mechem notes dwindling donor base and Cargo’s campaign funding, with salt cedar removal in Pecos River Valley pegged at over $400,000.
A collection of aphoristic lines contrasts virtue and wealth. It notes that strength comes from restraint and wisdom from reading, joy follows sorrow, and wealth measures by what one can forgo. It asserts law relies on punishment to compel behavior.
Clark University Worcester Mass will host the June 4 ceremony for the $5.4 million Robert Hutchings Goddard Library as part of a major campus building program. The library aims to open by September 1968, honoring rocket scientist Goddard who taught at the university for 25 years.
William H. Gass novel reviews Omensetter a self sufficient man whose luck drives a small Ohio River village through uncanny events in the 1890s. The tale follows Omensetter from his arrival with wife and children to upheaval caused by a cured landlord and a resentful minister.
Roswell Daily Record identifies Albert A. Stubbs as managing editor and R M Higginsotham as business manager. The paper is published every weekday evening except Saturday and on Sunday morning from 424 North Main Street Roswell New Mexico 88201. It is a member of the Associated Press with AP dispatches and local news rights.
A reflective line emphasizes praising the dead and living alike. It suggests that starting to live is to begin dying and urges righteous living as a path to righteous death. The idea that first love blinds us to its end is also noted.
Roswell postmaster Arthur J. Meiering calls local residents with Postal Savings Accounts to switch funds to United States Savings Bonds. He cites Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien who appeals to 930,000 Americans with 285 million dollars in Postal Savings to convert investments. Savings Bonds offer 4.15 percent interest and support for national security and economic progress. The Postal Savings System, active since 1911, was discontinued in 1966. unclaimed assets will go to the Treasury on July 1, 1966.
An editorial criticizes politicians and regulators for inaction on railroad policy and regulation. It highlights a Northwest boxcar shortage, cites rising federal rail, highway, air and watercarried costs, and urges Congress to adopt the 1966 Highway Airway and Waterway User Act to fund transportation with minimal public impact.
Henry J. Taylor warns jan 31 that the stock market is out of balance and could fall like a heavy horse in Atlantic City. He cautions against averaging down, notes leaders like GM and AT&T have faltered, and says a long, slow turn to better days is needed as prices drift in quicksands.
The piece laments rising theft and vandalism at building sites and urges greater precautions. It notes a bathroom fixture thief chased off by two German Shepherds and argues theft ultimately brings trouble and loss to builders and owners.
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