Millions Split Over Segregation Issue On Anniversary
On the second anniversary of the 1954 Supreme Court ruling banning school segregation, Americans remain divided. NAACP and religious groups planned celebrations while White Citizens Councils in Alabama prepared four observances. Nearby, Governor Meyner proclaimed a day of prayer and Chicago leaders urged fasting and prayers for goodwill.
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Associated Press
Supreme Court
National
Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Citizens Councils
Alabama
Annual Assembly Set for District Nazarene Churches
New Mexico District of the Churches of the Nazarene holds its 43rd four day annual assembly from May 21 to May 24 at First Church of the Nazarene Missouri and Eighth. Dr. Hugh C. Benner, Kansas City, will preside and speak daily at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. The Young People’s Society meets 1 30 p.m. Tuesday. Sunday School convention is 9 a.m. Wednesday. An ordination occurs at Thursday’s program.
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New Mexico
Churches of the Nazarene
First Church of the Nazarene
Missouri
Hugh C. Benner
Kansas City
General Church of the Nazarene
Young People’s Society of the District
Roswell School Seeks Bids for Galvanized Ice Supplies
The Roswell City Schools Board of Education invites sealed bids from hardware and plumbing suppliers for furnishing galvanized ice. Bids due by 3 00 p m Friday June 1 1956 to Superintendent J 2 Shinkle at 200 West Chisum Roswell NM. Specifications from the school office. The board may reject bids and waive technicalities.
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Board of Education
Roswell
J. 2. Shinkle
West Chisum
New Mexico
s/ Gene Reischman
Notice of Water Permit Change by M B Wiggins Roswell
State Engineer reports application by M B Wiggins of Roswell for a permit to change location of shallow well in Section 11 Township 9 South Range 24 East N M P M. Drill a new 123 inch diameter well about 195 feet deep. Water appropriation not to exceed 3 acre feet per year. Old well to be plugged. Objections must be filed within ten days after last publication.
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Santa Fe
N.M
M. B. Wiggins
Roswell
Chaves
State of New Mexico
New Mexico
Township 9
N.M.P.M
United States of America
Ss. E. Reynolds
Farmer Leaves Bulk of Estate to Reconstruct Church
In St. Louis the late Charles Schmitt left nearly his entire 611 595 estate to fund rebuilding of a war damaged church in Germany. He bequeathed all but 7130 to the Roman Catholic Church of St. Martin and to the Freiburg Diocese, to be held in a first class German bank for church reconstruction.
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ST. Louis
Germany
Charles Schmitt
Schmitt
St. Martin
Burschal
Freiburg
Notice of Water Permit Application in Santa Fe NM 1956
Public notice announces PN 60 application by H J Powell of Hope in Chaves County for 270 acre feet per year of shallow groundwater from the Penasco Basin to irrigate 90 acres. Comment period ends if protests are filed. State Engineer considers on or about June 11 1956.
Kefauver Defects On Foreign Policy Over Saudi Arms Shipment
Senator Kefauver denounces a new Saudi Arabia arms shipment as proof of a bankrupt policy. The State Department said the cargo included ammunition and spare parts worth under a million dollars, approved last August with 18 M41 tanks. Critics call the move appeasement and urge a full inquiry.
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Washington
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Saudi Arabia
Eisenhower
United States
Middle East
Sunny Point
N.C
Monterey
State Department
Defense Department
New York Post
North Carolina
Wilmington
Czechoslovakia
Sen. Lehman
D-Ny
Rep. Celler
Grain prospects drop in Albuquerque drought hits NM wheat
The Weather Bureau foresees dry conditions wiping out grain yield in New Mexico. It projects about 149,000 acres of wheat will produce, roughly half of the 10 year average. The forecast repeats last year's level.
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Albuquerque
Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Schools Open After Teachers Get Part Pay
AVOCA Pennsylvania public schools reopened after 23 teachers agreed to take a partial four month salary payment following a one day walkout. Avo ca's First National Bank lent $8 000 after previously withholding more loans, aided by $3 000 in tax money. Officials cited weak local tax collection and Pennsylvania legislative bottlenecks as funding causes.
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Avoca
First National Bank of
Pennsylvania
New Mexico Weather: Fair With Clouds and Possible Showers
Generally fair conditions in New Mexico with increasing high cloudiness in the western portion. Tonight and Saturday show variable cloudiness with possible scattered showers or thunderstorms in western mountains. Temperatures little changed with lows 40 to 50 north and 50 to 60 south.
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New Mexico
Kiwanians View Ballet and Fire Safety Plan
Kiwanians heard Patricia Sloops ballet from Lance School of Dance and a Carlsbad Potash Co film Up from the Bed of Desert Sea at the Nickson Hotel luncheon. Committee heads outlined talks with Supt J D Shinkle and Fire Chief George E Daniels about launching a junior fire marshals program next September. A resolution to support quarterly church attendance by the club was introduced. Lynn Chaney of Roswell was guest. Attendance 23.
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la Honda Kiwanians
Patricia Sloop
Lance School of Dance
International Potash Co
Carlsbad
Bed of Desert Sea
Nickson Hotel
Bill Hamlin
Art Kelso
Supt. J. D. Shinkle
George E. Daniels
Watterley
Lynn Chaney
Companion
Roswell Club
Archbishop Constantini Dies in Vatican City at 75
Archbishop Giovanni Constantini, 75, president of the Pontifical Central Committee for Sacred Art in Italy and titular archbishop of Colossae, died last night after a long illness. He was brother of Celson Cardinal Costantini.
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Vatican City
Giovanni
Constantini
Celson Cardinal
Costantini
Pontifical Central Committee For Sacred Art
Italy
Colossae
Artesia Resident Bert Davis Dies After Heart Attack
Bert Andrew Davis a 45 year old Artesia New Mexico resident died shortly after noon Thursday at Artesia General Hospital He had lived in New Mexico since childhood and was a member of the First Baptist Church He suffered a heart attack Monday and had been in the hospital since then Funeral arrangements were incomplete and he is survived by his wife and other relatives.
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Artesia
New Mexico
Bert Andrew Davis
Artesia General Hospital
Davis
Licenses listed for several individuals in Roswell Milwaukee and Jacksonville
May 16 licensing notices list Kenneth Lair 26 Milwaukee Barbara Sue Haynie 19 Roswell Norman Edward Rourke 19 Jacksonville Fla Judith Lee Mattingly 18 Roswell Olive Lee Daugherty 45 and Mae Agnes Van Meter 35 both of Roswell appear in the record want ads for results
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Kenneth Lair
Milwaukee
Barbara Sue Haynie
Roswell
Norman Edward Rourke
Jacksonville
Fla
Judith Lee Mattingly
May Olive Lee Daugherty
Mae Agnes van Meter
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