This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1956
Page
2
American Motors introduces the 1957 Rambler with a 190 horsepower V-8 option and a boosted six with a 125 to 135 horsepower range. The redesigned compact car gains a new look, expanded color lineup, and safety features while continuing as a separate Rambler make.
Greenwich, Conn. based Ruth Harlam, 32, leads a 23-member male team at American Machine & Foundry in developing launching mechanisms for two key missiles the talos and bomarc. She favors peaceful uses of defense tech and hopes solar energy becomes affordable for homes while stressing women can excel with training and the right attitude. She sees teaching as a duty for engineers, warning mistakes in teaching cannot be discarded like machinery.
Espanola hosted a large Republican rally and dinner for state candidates. State police estimate the parade at five and a half miles with about 700 cars and five floats, joined by the Northern New Mexico School band from El Rito. The crowd overflowed the Legion hut as dinner was served in shifts.
The U S Department of Agriculture announces shorn wool incentive at 62 cents per pound and mohair incentive at 70 cents per pound for 1957, unchanged from 1955 and 1956. Payments for 1957 will follow 1956 methods, with summer 1958 disbursements, under the National Wool Act of 1954 and parity-based percent of price.
In Indianapolis Indiana Bill Harrell hit an inside the park homer in the first game while Dave Pope and Larry Raines followed with inside the park homers in the nightcap. The three clouts came against the Minneapolis Millers in a twilight double header.
The Associated Press reports frosty conditions across New Mexico with overnight lows around 28 degrees above zero in Otto and Grants. After a chilly night, most areas see fair weather and afternoon highs in the 70s and 80s, with Carlsbad and Hobbs recording 18 as the day’s low or high reading.
Muskogee Oklahoma Justice of Peace R L Rags Flora has conducted brief ceremonies marrying 30 couples over seven years. He notes that the younger couples kiss while the older ones cry.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.