Chocolate Is Served at Wedding by Marco Polo Lore
A light column lists curious facts from food origins to world notes. It covers macaroni’s impact, dog bites on mailmen, life expectancy in Viet Nam units, and a Honduran cocoa bean wedding custom, with trivia on fear, telephones in Greece, and an ant’s strength.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Marco Polo
Italy
China
U.S
Sam
Honduras
Viet Nam
Eleanor Roosevelt
Greece
Hercules
George Bernard Shaw
United States
Johnson
U. S. Treasury
Undecided voters dominate NM race as Cargo and Lusk court 40 percent
Santa Fe columnist notes polls show 28 percent favor GOP Dave Cargo and 32 percent back Democrat Gene Lusk while 40 percent remain undecided and highly engaged only during elections. The piece revisions focus on Bernalillo County and fringe areas as both campaigns press for Albuquerque and beyond. It also mentions Ed Foreman potential run and updates on the new State Capitol building and its lively progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Cargo
Gene Lusk
Dave
Bernalillo
Lusk
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
Cargo
State Capitol
Santa Fe
Roswell Daily Record Staff and Subscription Details
The Roswell Daily Record lists Jimmy C. Cox as Advertising Manager Albert A. Stubbs as Managing Editor R M Higginbotham as Business Manager with a 622 7710 number for record business The paper is published every weekday evening except Saturday and on Sunday morning at 424 North Main Roswell New Mexico 88201 It remains a member of The Associated Press with AP dispatches and local news rights.
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North Main Street
Roswell
N.M
Associated Press
Borrowed Squirbs Adage and Wit
The excerpt presents a Ruskin quote on quality as the result of intelligent effort and will to produce excellence. It adds an adage that people will believe anything if whispered, reflecting a skeptical, humorous aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ruskin
Potash Industry Drives New Mexico Economy Strong
Potash mining near Carlsbad powers the New Mexico economy with 4000 workers and 25 million dollars in annual payroll. Carlsbad area accounts for 90 percent of U S production and about a quarter of world output. Freight costs and railroad upkeep rise with shipments, while reserves total 85 million known tons and 400 million inferred.
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AL Stubbs
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Jack Litton
Roswell
Litton
United States
Santa Fe
Hawaii
Canada
Passover Plot Reviewed by Biblical Scholar Schonfield
Hugh J Schonfield presents a controversial reconstruction of Jesus life arguing he was a human Messiah not divine and that a planned cross death was followed by revivification gone wrong. The book invites scholarly rebuttal and may provoke strong Christian reactions.
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England
Jesus
God
Schonfield
Inventor's squeaking golf ball sparks playful gadgetry
A quirky device makes a golf ball squeak when misplaced. The piece notes humorous tech ideas, referee presence, and outdated gender notions, ending with a bookstore sign urging parents to teach spelling with a dictionary.
Life in Balance film urges science to fight hunger
The piece notes 1.5 billion people suffer hunger as population nears 6 billion. It highlights oil aided desert reclamation, mineral based fertilizers, rice improvements, and pesticides, and urges rapid industrial adoption of chemistry advances to boost agriculture.
Smallest Businessman: Door-to-Door Salesmen Defend Right
The National Better Business Bureau releases a brochure defending the door-to-door salesperson as a foundational part of free trade. A nationwide survey depicts the average direct seller as 30 to 45 years old, married with children, home and car, paying local taxes, and with about five years in sales.
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National Better Business Bureau, Inc
National Better Business Bureau
Bureau
America
Hartke urges action to curb U S gold drain to France
Sen Hartke denounces what he calls inexcusable neglect that lets De Gaulle pocket U S gold through Viet Nam spending and other outflows. He argues for restricting gold convertibility and tightening policy to protect the dollar amid a growing gold shortage and global monetary strain.
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Degaulle
Washington
Willie
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
History Highlights From October 3
On this date in 1789 George Washington proclaimed November 26 a day of general thanksgiving. In 1863 Lincoln declared Thanksgiving Day would be observed the last Thursday of November. In 1935 Italian forces began the invasion of Ethiopia. In 1941 Hitler said Russia is already broken and will never rise again. In 1944 American troops cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen. Ten years ago Israel announced a boycott of the Israel Jordan mixed armistice commission. Five years ago Ford workers began the first company wide walkout during 20 years with the UAW. One year ago Johnson signed the immigration bill at the Statue of Liberty.
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George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Ethiopia
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Aachen
Germany
Israel
Israel-Jordan
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
Johnson
Statue of Liberty
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Mankind
Charles Cullin
John Burroughs
Ed Foreman
Las Cruces
Foreman
Jimmy C. Cox
Advertising Manager
Albert A. Stubbs
R. M. Higginbotham
Chaves County
Trade
Roswell, N. M
Ache
Ronald E. Jennings
Baylor University College of Dentistry
Dallas
Ronald
Martha Jennings
Ed Jennings
Jennings
New Mexico Dental Assn
New Mexico Military Institute
New Mexico State University
Dean Harry B. McCarthy
The
Dental Association
Ruidoso
John Harrison
London
Jim Sullins
Bill Reeve
Georgia Kirksey
Mary Cunningham
Scott Allen
San Carlos
Calif
John Schaefer
Philip Fuchs
Los Angeles
Thomas Bush
Hobbs
Brandy Berger
Jackie Wilson
Gayle Moore
Book Review
Hugh J. Schonfield
Bernard Geis
Standard Oil Company
N. J
Henry J. Taylor
Paris
Senate Finance Committee
Charles de Gaulle
U. S
de Gaulle
Free World
Hartke
West Germany
France
Treasury
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