Schools Lose Funds Over Poor Permanent Fund Investments
State Sen. Calvin Horn told New Mexico school superintendents the public school system loses thousands yearly due to low interest on the permanent fund. He urged exploring constitutionality of investments and potential Supreme Court action. The New Mexico Education Association backed retirement-law revisions and opposed public kindergartens until funds allow. Eunice Supt. Carrol H. Conway was named NMEA vice president and will become president in December 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Calvin Horn
Dbernalillo
New Mexico
NMEA
Vino VI Alivoovuilitiivo Wiliull Illisliu
Supreme Court
Horn
New Mexico Education Assn
Eunice School
Carrol H. Conway
Lara Bennett
Raton
Eisenhower Backs Colorado River Project Support
Senator Clin ton P. Anderson credits renewed White House backing for the upper Colorado River storage bill. President Eisenhower urged resubmission by the Interior Department and signaled inclusion in his State of the Union message, easing next session passage.
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Albuquerque
Clinton P. Anderson
Eisenhower
Colorado River
Interior Department
Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Readings show temperatures at 3 hour intervals from 2 PM yesterday to 11 AM today with a high of 83 and low 43. Precipitation 0 for 24 hours ending today, 1.71 for month to date, 8.66 year to date. Forecast calls for occasional cloudiness through Friday, wind, warm today with high 85, colder tonight and tomorrow.
Price of Haircuts Rising to 1.25 in Chaves County
Cliff Powell of Local 512 the barbers' union announced that Chaves County will raise the price of a haircut from 1 to 1.25 and the shave from 0.75 to 1. The change takes effect November 1 following Eddy County's higher rates which were already in place since last Monday.
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Chaves County
Cliff Powell
Barbers’ Union
Veterans Day Observance Closes Roswell Stores All Day
Downtown merchants belonging to the Roswell Merchants Association voted to close their shops all day on Veterans Day November 11. An association spokesman announced the plan yesterday.
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Roswell Merchants Assn
High Court Upholds Red Conviction of Ex-State Labor Man
The Fifth Circuit upheld Clinton Jencks’s conviction on charges of lying about Communist associations. Jencks, former head of Local 890 of the IU of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers in Silver City New Mexico, had sought a new trial based on Harvey Matusow’s recantation. The court ruled Judge Thomason acted properly in ruling on witness credibility.
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New Orleans
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Clinton Jencks
New Mexico
Jencks
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Silver City
N. M
Dist
R. E. Thomason
el Paso
Jencke
Thomason
Harvey Matusow
New York
Matusow
Thomasow
Gen
Brownell
Bread truck driver wins damages in pedestrian crash case
In Louisville Kentucky a bread truck driver, Charles B. Maynard, 29, was awarded 8634 dollars for injuries after swerving to avoid a pedestrian, Katherine W. Nitzken, who moved around a bus into the truck’s path and caused the crash into a utility pole.
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Lodisville
Charles B. Maynard
Katherine W. Nitzken
Robbery Suspects Grilled In Murder Investigation
U S officials discuss Middle East crisis as the most critical theater of the cold war with Russia backing arms to Egypt Syria and Saudi Arabia. They warn of intensified Soviet pressure and possible war gear shipments to Israel while urging calm and watchful countermeasures. Some officials favor stepped up American aid to Arab nations for irrigation and development.
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Washington
Middle East
Russia
Egypt
Syria
Saudi Arabia
State Department
U.S
Arab Nations
Brothers Held Here Quizzed On Rutherford Slaying
Two California men Preston and Kenneth Merritt of Los Angeles are in Chaves County jail on armed robbery charges connected to the Roswell man murder. District Attorney C. C. Chase planned to question them regarding M. M. Rutherford's death eight miles east of Cloudcroft.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth E. Merritt
Marvin T. Hill
Preston Merritt
Jim Decker
Justice Court
California
Alamogordo
Preston
Kenneth Merritt
Chaves County
Roswell
C. C. Chase
Las Cruces
M. M. Rutherford
Rutherford
Cloudcroft
Studebaker
Merritt Brothers
Elkins
Here
Lake Arthur
Duncan
Ariz
Artesia
U. S. 285
Arizona
Carlsbad Gas Dealer Enters County Race
Carlsbad gas wholesaler Frank A. Kindell announced his candidacy for Eddy County commissioner from the first district in the Democratic primary. He will seek the seat now held by William E. Shafer who cannot seek another term. Kindell, a Carlsbad resident since 1898, notes his open record and four years as city alderman beginning in 1930.
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Carlsbad
Frank A. Kindell
Eddy County
Kindell
William E
Slick) Shafer
New Mexico vets named deputy state health officials
Thirty-one practicing veterinarians in New Mexico have been appointed deputy state public health veterinarians in a Health Department program. They will be consulted locally on questions involving meat and poultry inspections and sanitation.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Health Department
Stroul Construction Wins Low Bid for Las Cruces High Wing Additions
Stroul Construction Co of Albuquerque is the successful low bidder with a base price of 545300 for additional wings to the new Las Cruces high school.
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Las Cruces
Stroul Construction Co
Albuquerque
Las Cruces High School
Cotton Growers Must Obey Bracero Minimum Pay Law
New Mexico officials warn cotton growers to follow a $2.25 per 100 pounds wage for braceros. MASS meeting in Dona Ana County polled 200 farmers opposing the rule while Farm Bureau leaders call the survey unsound and push for uniform surveys across nearby Texas areas.
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Bracero
Associated Press
New Mexico Employment Security Commission
James
P. Mitchell
Fred Barron
ESC
Farm and Livestock
Dona Ana County
Dona Ana
New Mexico
Texas
Edwin V. Byrne
Mitchell
Food and Cars Top Roswell Retail Spending in Year
Roswell's retail activity reached a record high with food and automotive purchases comprising 41 percent of all spending. Households spent 18 percent on food, driving $8,354,000 in meat markets, bakeries and grocery stores, while automotive outlays totaled $10,580,000 as buyers pursued comforts. Overall, the year's retail total was $45,400,000 amid stable living costs.
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New York
Roswell
Man Charged in 1950 Roswell Kidnapping Barred From Manila
In Manila the second mate Ted Lewin is barred from entering the city despite claims of cleared status. Roswell, New Mexico authorities charged Lewin with kidnapping in 1950 for allegedly aiding the abduction of the two year old son of Mrs. Bautista, daughter of Philippine vice president at the time. Lewin states his passport was returned by U.S. officials two months ago.
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Roswell
Manila
Ted Lewin
Maria Ines
Manila Riviera
Lewin
U. S
Fred R. Castro
N. M
Yolanda Lopez Puckett Bautista
Fernando Lopez
Hester Puckett
New Mexico
Russians and West open doubtful peace parley in Geneva
In Geneva the big four opened a conference to seek a plan for unifying Germany and securing lasting peace in Europe. Dulles Macmillan and Pinay aimed to press Molotov to accept unity on Western terms, offering security against German aggression in return for nationwide free elections.
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Geneva
Russia
Germany
Europe
Palace of Nations
John Foster Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Antoine Pinay
V. M. Molotov
Roswell Parking Seeks Merchants for Free Parking Plan
Roswell Parking Inc invites downtown merchants missed in an earlier canvass to contact officers Leonard Knadle Ben Ginsberg or Hilton Bay about joining a free parking plan. The program offers no charge parking for customers spending at least 2 dollars with participating merchants as three new lots open Monday to help downtown business survival.
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Roswell Parking Inc
Leonard Knadle
Roswell Parking
Knadle
Ben Ginsberg
Hilton Bay
Roswell Parking, Inc
Israel Says Egypt Holding Checkpost Near El Auja
An Israeli military spokesman said Egyptian forces still hold a checkpost at El Sabha inside the Israeli side of the El Auja Nitzana demilitarized zone. The clash yesterday left an Israeli policeman dead. A U N spokesman confirmed Egyptian presence in a small zone and said withdrawal orders not yet met.
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Jerusalem
el Sabha
Isreli
el Auja-Nitzana
Israel
U.N
Parking Ban Suit Against City Opens
Clara Farnsworth et al v City of Roswell opens in district court before Dist. Judge George T. Harris. Plaintiffs’ counsel are C. R. Brice Tom Forbis and Clarence Hinkle. City attorneys are James B. Stapp and Jack Love. Proceedings concern a two year dispute over the ban on parking on Second Street between Richardson and the railroad. About 25 people attend the hearing.
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Clara Farnsworth
Quickies by Ken Reynolds Star salesman in office dispute
A brisk column notes a star salesman hired after a Record Want Ad insists on office status and raises questions about fit and expectations within the sales team.
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Quickies
Ken Reynolds
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