Shot in Dark Set for Tonight
Air Force scientists plan an Aerobee rocket launch from Holloman to probe dawn and dusk phenomena by releasing sodium vapor at 40 to 70 miles. The test, conducted by Cambridge Center, aims for near perfect weather with observation from Sacramento Peak. if clouds or wind interfere, delays may push it 24 hours.
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Alamogordo
N. M
Air Force
Cambridge Air Force Research Center
Holloman Air
London
U.S
New Mexico
Sacramento
100 Per Cent Participation Named in Chest Drive
The Model Purdy Electric Co. and Compton Riley are the only firms reporting 100 percent employee participation in the 1955 Red Feather Fund drive. Tom Hall, drive chairman, said only 9114 of the 36475 goal has been turned in so far. He urged campaign workers to cover assigned groups promptly and all citizens to give as much as possible to the Community Chest. Hall added the month is slipping by and a swift campaign close is sought.
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Hall
Weather Summary From Reading Bureau Forecast
United States Weather Bureau readings show a cool trend with a mostly clear forecast through tomorrow. Temperature highs around 75 and a low near 42 with occasional moderate wind. day length about 11.5 hours.
Education Board Restates Punishment For Breaking Rules
Roswell city schools board reaffirmed disciplinary policies for truancy and misbehavior. First truancy prompts a warning, second brings a conference with parents, third may lead to suspension or expulsion after principal and board review. Drinking or being intoxicated can trigger suspension pending board decision. Smoking on campus during school hours is prohibited. Driver control committees will set rules for student vehicle use during school hours. Leaves of absence were granted to two teachers. bids for audio visual equipment were re-advertised.
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Board of Education
Roswell City
H. F. Allred
Dorothy Stuart
Valley View Elementary
Ethel Summers
Flora Vista
J. D. Shinkle
Local Man Gravely Injured in Wreck Near Carlsbad
A head-on collision four miles north of Carlsbad on U S Highway 285 left Thomas Albert Buchanan a Roswell man with severe chest injuries and a fractured leg. Branch, the other driver, suffered a broken leg an arm and a jaw fracture. Both were taken to Carlsbad hospitals.
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Carlsbad
U. S. Highway 285
Thomas Albert Buchanan
Buchanan
Branch
Gene Jimmerson
Roswell
U S Crop Outlook Sees Record 1948 Level Possible
The Agriculture Department reports this year’s crop production may equal or surpass the 1948 record if favorable late season weather continues. Total farm output will be the largest ever, aided by a 6 percent rise in livestock feed grain tonnage and carryover stocks. September rains improved seedbeds across the Midwest and Great Plains, boosting projections for cotton hay sorghum rice peanuts tobacco corn and dry beans while milk and egg production set monthly records.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Midwest
Great Plains
Juicy Steaks Highlight Plan To Live On 7.84 Weekly
A San Angelo couple celebrated living on 7.84 worth of food for a week. Airman Robert Myre at Goodfellow AFB and his wife Mary balanced menus with a nutrition report that estimated 8.56 per week for a couple. Mary's savings totaled 72 cents, and both reported no major weight loss during the experiment.
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San Angelo
Tex
Robert Myre
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Mary
Bob
Robert
City council acts on four ordinances and three resolutions
Last night the city council advanced Ordinances 710 711 and two others with four ordinances and three resolutions on the agenda. Ordinance 710 moves city employees onto social security with certain retirement plan exclusions for firemen and police. Ordinance 711 tightens one way street designations and parking limits on six sectors with nine others restricted to one side. The text notes signs will restrict parking on specified blocks and sectors such as Pennsylvania Avenue south to Summit and Garden to Union, with further lines detailing Second Street and related streets.
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Pennsylvania
College Boulevard
Summit
Richardson
College
Garden
Union
Walnut
Main
Pennsylvania Avenue
Summit Street
Kentucky Avenue
Kentucky
James P. Golden Named City Building Inspector
James P. Golden will officially succeed Charles L. O Neal as city building inspector on Monday October 17 though he began duties October 10. Golden, 33, is a Texan born October 24 in Amarillo and a World War II veteran. He is married to Pauline Lee with three children and has lived in Roswell since March.
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James P. Golden
Charles L. O’neal
Golden
O’neal
New Mexico- West Texas
Builders Block & Stone Co., Inc
Roswell
Amarillo
West Texas State Ciobuilding
Pauline Lee
Canyon
Jimmy Lee
Harvey
Valley View School
Dana Lyn
The
Lions
Methodist Church
W. Forest St
Eisenhower Reasserts Arms Stance Amid Disarmament Talks
President Eisenhower resumes world peace efforts as medical progress continues after his heart attack. He drafts an interim disarmament letter to Soviet Premier Bulganin with Dulles, stressing no US power reduction without reciprocal Soviet cuts. Dulles previewed the exchange at a Denver briefing.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Dulles
Nikolai Bulganin
United States
Russia
Milton Eisenhower
Penn State University
Bulganin
Moscow
White House
Sherman Adams
National Security Council
Washington
Geneva
Bulgarin
Middle East
Czechoslovakia
Dep
Robert D. Murphy
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
U.S
France
A. Alexis Johnson
China
Mrs Michelet Gains High Honor in 8 and 40 Society
National convention in Miami announces Mrs James Michelet of Hagerman elected to second highest office at Grande Marche of the 8 and 40 Society. She receives the Red Wings insignia and is named Demi Chapeau Nationale of the Western Division, which covers New Mexico Arizona California Oregon Washington Montana Utah Wyoming Colorado Hawaii and Alaska.
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Miami
Fla
James Michelet
Hagerman
Michelet
Demi Chapeau Nationale
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
Hawaii
Alaska
Threats Against Gov Simms Life Under Investigation
Santa Fe officials investigate threats against Gov John F Simms and his family as a 24 hour guard is deployed at the governor’s mansion near Santa Fe. State Police Chief Joe Roach says security is a top obligation with no official confirmation of the threat.
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Santa FE
John F. Simms
The
Santa Fe New Mexican
Simms
Joe Roach
Roach
Richard Everett
St Louis Transit Tieup Showdown Set
Striking bus and streetcar workers will be asked at a union meeting today to return to work and end the transit tieup in the St Louis area. Gov Donnelly seized the utility after the sudden strike and warned workers under the King Thompson Act they could lose seniority if they refuse to return.
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ST. Louis
Phil M. Donnelly
Donnelly
King-Thompson
Expectant Mother Dies in New York Polio Case
East Meadow New York Mrs Alden Ames a 16 year old expectant mother died of polio yesterday after Friday illness. Doctors at Meadowbrook Hospital could not save her unborn child.
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East Meadow
N. Y
Alden Ames
Meadowbrook Hospital
Safeway Suit Hearing Cancelled by Judge Hatch
Dist. Judge Carl A. Hatch cancelled a hearing on Safeway Stores versus the state of New Mexico. He will consider briefs and call for oral arguments only when necessary. The hearing was set for yesterday.
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Albuquerque
Dist
Carl A. Hatch
Safeway
State of
New Mexico
Hatch
Robbery Report In Carlsbad Involving Hitchhikers
Philip H. Pruett Jr. of Carlsbad told police he was robbed of his car wallet and clothing after picking up two hitchhikers at Hope. He said he spent the night with them in a tourist court, and suspects the two men.
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Hobbs
Philip H. Pruett Jr
Carlsbad
Hope
Dulles Eisenhower Talk Strengthens Perceived U.S. Leadership
Washington reports describe a 25 minute Denver talk between President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles as a bid to show no gap in U.S. policy before the Big Four conference. Dulles called the President alert and helpful and outlined a Geneva briefing plan for October 20 with congressional leaders.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
U.S
Denver
Nikolai Bulganin
Geneva
Bulgarin
George V. Allen
Middle East
Allen
Cairo
Officials Report New B52 Bomber Passes All Tests
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE Fla The new B52 eight engine bomber has passed all tests thus far The swept wing bomber was shown to 6000 persons at the base yesterday as part of a display of the Air Force best planes It is being delivered to Strategic Air Command on full production by Boeing The Air Force noted F85F and B57 demonstrations of toss bombing accompany the event
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Air Force
Florida
Strategic Air Command
Boeing Aircraft Corp
Malco Engineers Vote to Strike at Artesia Refinery
Artesia based Malco Refinery engineers vote to strike if mediation fails within 56 days. The vote followed a breakdown in talks last Friday over a six percent wage increase, retroactive to March 1, with a federal mediator from Albuquerque en route.
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Artesia
Malco
Albuquerque
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Ico
Petit Chapeau
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