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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1966
Page
4
A veteran student explains his long, looping college journey funded by deferments from the draft. He studies multiple majors from pre medicine to architecture while avoiding military service and emphasizes staying in school to serve the country through education.
The Conquistador Council led by President Paul Wilmot attended the National Council 50th anniversary gathering in Dallas with members from Roswell Artesia Lovington and Clovis Carlsbad Hobbs. Roswell Community College outlined plans to use Walker AFB facilities and grow into a four year degree granting institution serving 2,500 students in five years. ENMU and the college would oversee a broad master plan including liberal arts nursing training and police and municipal training programs. Roswell education officials describe Roswell as prioritizing education as its key industry with a projected $4 million annual college budget and up to $20 million in facilities.
In New Mexico politics a burned bridge shows Bruce King passed over by Dan Burroughs and backed Gene Lusk, jeopardizing a possible House speaker post. Cargo tempts Dems with talk of switching, eyeing November clash with Lusk and Chavez, while pressroom drama hints at looming power shifts.
A playful note questions if names change meaning. suggests a rose by any other name would still smell sweet.
R J Miller vice president of Continental P R C defends use of a moving sound track in Roswell to promote business and civic events. He argues volume will be controlled and targets merchants and residents while opposing a local group he calls Mossheads who want to keep Roswell stagnant.
Roswell News records show subscription rates by county with 1 month 1.75, 3 months 5.00, 6 months 10.50, and 1 year 21.00. The paper is published weekday evenings except Saturday and Sunday morning at 424 North Main Street Roswell New Mexico 88201.
A collection of aphorisms contrasts living with action and fate with lines about dying like a fallen tree. It emphasizes decisive living over perpetual beginnings and urges immediate, resolute conduct.
Congressman Dave Martin of Nebraska argues against raising the minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act. He contends higher wages would reduce jobs, harm small businesses, and extend wage controls, while warning against including agricultural workers and a potential AFL-CIO contract deal costing billions.
A Wall Street Journal feature highlights Rural Electrification Administration troubles including a Colorado Supreme Court ruling on a state power plant financed with REA loans being illegal. The piece notes potential Supreme Court review, congressional scrutiny of loans, and debate over REA co operatives using treasury funded below cost money. Taxpayers are framed as eventual winners if Congress tightens subsidies.
A wide ranging view of Alabama politics centers on Senator Sparkman as he faces John Grenier and George Wallace in a climate of rising conservative sentiment. Analysts weigh Sparkman’s seniority and foreign policy role against challenges from Grenier and Wallace aided by Rep. James Martin.
The editorial reflects on faith as a guide to life and suggests graduates should shape their lives around the Declaration of Independence precepts. It emphasizes personal purpose, striving, and living with oneself, urging graduates to find direction amid knowledge advances and to view future hope through enduring principles.
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