New Mexicans Rest Forests Fill For Labor Day
Cloudy skies and showers dampened plans but thousands of New Mexicans enjoyed Labor Day weekend. Many went to forests and mountains while others took trips. State Police Chief Roach warned of strict highway enforcement. Albuquerque hosted a record Shriners convention and Santa Fe Fiesta amid busy sports and labor events across the state including golf, tennis, archery, and a steer roping world championship in Clovis. In Silver City, union rallies featured speakers including Reps Dempsey and Montoya along with Bursey and Lieuten ant Governor candidate Chacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Roach
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Los Alamos
Clovis
Shriners
Duke City
George Meany
Aflcio
Silver City
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
U.S
John Dempsey
Joseph M. Montoya
Joseph A. Bursey
Matias
Roswell Girls Sweep at SMU Cheer Leaders School
Roswell varsity cheerleaders won the sweepstakes award with the top points across several states at SMU Cheer Leaders School in Dallas. Six Roswell girls attended a five day session led by chief instructor Lawrence Herkimer, praising the team as the finest all around group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell Coyotes
Roswell
SMU
Dallas
Lawrence Herkimer
Loretta Mooney
Judy Ashmore
Janet Schweiger
Becky Hensley
Barbara Pressler
May Ann Craig
J. A. Pressler
Top County Cotton Crop Is Forecast
Chaves county may yield about 35,000 bales of cotton for 1957, near the county record per acre, contingent on late frost and normal weather. Some plantings lag last year, but most are stronger at this date, with a reduced acreage due to Soil Bank withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaves
al W. Woodburn
Woodburn
Bert Luttrell
United Fund Drive Sets 1957 Goal at 107000
The 1957 United Fund Drive aims for 107000 with campaigns Oct 21 31 and advance gifts from Sept 26. Nine agencies participate including Boy Scouts YMCA and others. Walker Air Force Base to join as a division. budgets listed for each agency and costs for fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund Drive
United Fund
U.F
Jack Campbell
Chaves County United Fund
J. Walden Bassett
Campbell
Bassett
Wal
Ker Air Force Base
United Drive
Community Service Center
Girl Scouts
American Red Cross
Roswell Association For Exceptional Children
Salvation Army
Rural Extension Service
Roswell Recreational Council
Boy Scouts
YMCA
Roswell Daily Record Suspends Issue for Holiday
The Roswell Daily Record will not publish tomorrow in observance of the five holidays rule including Labor Day. Publication resumes the next day, Tuesday September 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell Daily Record
Roadway deaths top 100 in Labor Day weekend start
Traffic officials report more than 100 deaths on national roadways on the first full day of Labor Day weekend as millions take to highways. Eight drownings and other fatalities push total to 125, with safety experts urging drivers to slow down and brake suddenly in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Movros predicts Khrushchev fall and Zhukov takeover
Counterspy Boris Movros says Khrushchev will fall within eight months. He foresees a military dictatorship led by Marshal Georgi Zhukov as successor to the Soviet Communist party boss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boris Movros
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgi Zhukov
Syria Turns Toward Communism Raises Baghdad Pact Pressure
Syria's tilt toward communism draws new U.S. pressure to join the Baghdad Pact, the anti Communist alliance in the Middle East, as neighboring Turkey and Iraq push the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington P
Syria
United States
Middle East
Turkey
Iraq
Chinese Officials and Editor Targeted in Purge Report
Reports say two Chinese government officials and a woman Communist editor were attacked as bourgeois rights critics. The group reportedly faced backlash after Mao Tze-tung invited criticism of the regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kongp
Mao Tze-tung
New Cadets Readied at NMMI for 700 Plus Enrollment
New cadets arrive for registration and orientation at the New Mexico Military Institute as enrollment targets exceed 700. The week includes counseling, medicals, uniform issues, and room assignments with a Tea Dance on September 8. Old cadets begin September 9 with continued registration September 10. Classes start with 55 minute periods and seven daily sessions, athletic period, and weekly drill. The Headquarters Band is expected to be the largest in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico Military Institute
Wilson Hall
VMV
Roswell
NMMI
Post Exchange
Ross Memorial Building
Cahoon Armory
Military Department
NATO General Believes West Still Superior
A Soviet army scientist claimed U S bases lose importance with new intercontinental missiles and that retaliation can reach anywhere. Maj Gen G I Pokrovsky said radar will miss the fast weapon and warning times vanish. NATO leader Gen Lauris Norstad disagreed, asserting Western air power and missiles remain superior and deterrent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NATO
West
Moscow
Russia
United States
G. I. Pokrovsky
U. S
Lauris Norstad
Paris
Izvestia
Pokrovsky
Europe
Asia
Guiding 8 000 Destinies is Imperant Business
H F Allred Roswell schools superintendent told 308 teachers principals and supervisors that guiding 8 000 incoming students is the town’s most important business and must respect each child as an individual He urged teaching courtesy patriotism honesty and inquisitiveness and outlined the staff including 62 new teachers and 283 classroom instructors with more principals and a new junior high planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Allred
Roswell Schools
Assembly of Teachers
Allred
Alfred
J. D. Shinkle
Shinkle
Roswell
Chavez Collapses in Capitol Heat Walk
Senator Chavez of New Mexico collapsed in a 91 degree heat walk in downtown Washington on Friday. He was taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital and rested Saturday night. His son Dennis Chavez Jr said he was fine but doctors kept him for observation a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Dennis Chavez Jr
Congress
President authorizes base construction in New Mexico
President Eisenhower signed a bill authorizing Army and Air Force defense projects totaling 42 million dollars in New Mexico as part of a 1.232 billion dollar national program. The measure provides only authorization. funding comes from a separate appropriation bill. New Mexico projects include Walker Air Force Base at 9.676 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Army
Air Force
New Mexico
Congress
New Mexico Projects Includ
Ruidoso Manslaughter Charge Joins Holiday Fatalities
A Labor Day weekend toll rises with a manslaughter charge in Colorado as Virgil Stevens, 52, of Ruidoso, dies in a head on collision near Walsenburg. In Albuquerque area a truck crash kills Peter Brown, 69, Camilla Brown, 64, and son George Brown, 23, all from El Paso. The spree includes a Texas driver charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter after a collision near Alamogordo that killed Peter, Camilla, and their son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budville
U. S. 66
Grants
New Mexico
Colorado
Texas
Arizona Line
Robert Nations
Duncan
Ariz
Virden
N. M
Nation
Merlin Payne
Alvin R. Montgomery
Durango
Colo
Virgil L. Stevens
Ruidoso
Walsenburg
Oklahoma
Stevens
Wallace C. Pierce
Clinton
Okla
James Dennison
Lubbock
George Brown
Alamogordo
el Paso
Missiles Rename Base In New Mexico Desert
An official name change takes effect at Holloman Air Development Center New Mexico. The center is redesignated the Air Force Missile Development Center to reflect its expanded mission in research and development of guided missile subsystems and components and testing of missile weapon systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force Missile Development Center
L. I. Davis
Holloman Air Development Center
U.S. Highway 70
Air Research and Development Command
New Mexico
N. M
Air Force
Th Air Force
AFMDC
Patrick Air Force Base
Fla
Also Mentioned on This Page
McGaffey
Lea
C. M. Woodbury
Ellers
Yated Press
Roswell Girls
United
George F. Gerling
Capital Street
J. D. Morse
Gene Whitely
Alki
Ain
TELOP
Inks
Bill
Walker Air Force Base
Ruidos
THE
Associated Press
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!