b'2020 Post WPMAEXPO New Mexico NotesThis Quarter50 years agoin Historycontinued . February, March and Aprilcontinued Herbert Hoover said: Trade associations are safeguards(Feb 19) WW IIBattle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 US of small business and thus prevent the extinction ofMarines landed on Iwo Jima.According to the NM Department of Healthcompetition. With wisdom and devotion, their voluntary(Feb 23) The American and Filipino troops entered (DOH), this bill proposes comprehensive to- forces can accomplish more for our country than anyIntramuros, Manila. bacco retailer licensing that would be expectedspread of the hand of government. The capital of the Philippines, Manila, was liberated by to increase compliance with existing state andIOMA president Ted Karren noted the passing ofcombined American and Filipino ground troops. federal tobacco laws. The licensing portion ofregulations that affected oil marketers and smallBattle of Iwo Jima: this bill would allow New Mexico regulatorybusinessmen in general on air pollution. A group of US agencies to better understand who is selling65 Years Ago Marines reached tobacco products and where they are being1955 [SPRING- WPMAs 50 Years of History (IOJA)]the top of Mount sold. DOH also notes that holding retailers,In 1954, Spence Baggs of Utah replaced Howard J.Suribachi on the distributors, and manufacturers accountableWilliams as the Second President of the IOJA. The Thirdisland and were is considered an important step to reducingIOJA Convocation was held in Las Vegas, NV. photographed raising the youth access to tobacco products, and the pen- 1955 After World War II, petroleum engineers refinedAmerican flag. The photo, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima alties proposed by this bill are consistent withthe techniques of reservoir analysis and petrophysics. (taken by Joe Rosenthal), later won a Pulitzer Prize.enforcement priorities recently set forth by theThe 1950s development of offshore oil industry was a1945 (Mar 1) US President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave U.S. Food and Drug Administration. whole new technology. Shallow-water drilling bargeswhat would be his last address to a joint session of evolved into mobile platforms, then into jack-upCongress, reporting on the Yalta Conference.Regarding the bills removal of criminalbarges, and finally into semi-submersible and floating penalties for minors, DOH states there isdrilling ships. (Mar 2) Former Vice President Henry Agard Wallace evidence that laws penalizing youth tobacco1955 (Feb 10) Seventh Fleet of the US Navy helpedbegan his term of office as US Secretary of Commerce, possession, use, and purchase are not effectivethe Republic of China evacuate the Chinese Nationalistserving under President Roosevelt.and pose enforcement challenges. The billsArmy and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan. (Mar 3) WW II: US and Filipino proposal of a minimum age of 21 for purchas- 1955 (March) troops took Manila, Philippines.ing tobacco products is consistent with federalA young (Mar 7) WW II: American troops minimum age of sale laws. On December 20,Jim Henson ofseized the bridge over the Rhine 2019, the President signed legislation amend- Maryland builtRiver at Remagen, Germany and ing the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act,the first crossed over the seized bridge.and raising the federal minimum age of saleversion of (Mar 15) The 17th Academy Awards ceremony was of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years. It isKermit the Frog. held, broadcast via radio for the first time. Best Picture now illegal for any retailer to sell any tobacco(Mar 7) The 1954 Broadwaywent to Going My Way.product - including cigarettes, cigars, and e- musical version of Peter Pan(Mar 19) WW II: Off the coast of Japan, cigarettes - to a person under the age of 21. was presented on televisionbombers hit the aircraft carrier USS for the first time by NBC- Franklin, killing about 800 of her According to the Regulation and LicensingTV as an installment ofcrewmen and crippling the ship.Department (RLD), implementing a com- Producers Showcase. This(Mar 24) prehensive tobacco retail licensing structureprogram gained the largest viewership of its time. The cartoon character will increase compliance with tobacco laws,(Mar 20) Evan Hunters movie adaptation of the novelSylvester the cat debuted including the recent federal legislation raisingBlackboard Jungle premiered in the US, featuring thein Life with Feathers.the legal age to buy tobacco products to 21famous single, Rock Around(Mar 29) The Clash of years of age, and enhances the ongoing effortsthe Clock, by Bill Haley andTitans in basketball: to prevent youth from using tobacco productsHis Comets.George Mikan and Bob inthefirstplace. 1955 (Apr 12) The SalkKurland dueled at Madison Square Garden as OSU Enactment of this legislation would add Newpolio vaccine, having passeddefeated DePaul 5244.Mexico to the ranks of the 39 other states thatlarge-scale trials earlier in1945 (Apr 4) WWIIAmerican troops liberated their regulate tobacco products. the US, received full approvalfirst Nazi concentration camp, Ohrdruf death camp in by the Food and DrugGermany.Administration. (Apr 7) The only flight of the German ramming unit TECHNICAL ISSUES (Apr 15) Ray Kroc opened his first McDonalds in known as the Sonderkommando Elbe took place, Des Plaines, Illinois. resulting in the loss of some 24 B-17s and B-24s of the Asnotedaboveunderfiscalimplications,this 75 Years Ago US Eighth Air Force.bill provides for a continuing appropriation.(Apr 12) President Franklin D. Roosevelt This issue could be resolved by amending1945 (Feb 4) WW II:died suddenly at Warm Springs, Georgia; page 13, line 13 by striking appropriated U.S. President Franklin D.Vice President Harry S. Truman became the and inserting in lieu thereof subject to appro- Roosevelt, Prime Minister of33rd President.priation by the legislature. the United Kingdom Winston(Apr 18) American war correspondent Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin began theErnie Pyle was killed by JapaneseS Yalta Conference (Conferencemachine gun fire on the island ofended Feb 11). 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