Phantom Broadcast Triggers Algerian Fear of Revolt
Unfounded alarms spread after a phantom radio broadcast in Algiers. Right wing French extremists cut the Algiers station for 28 minutes and aired claims of a new uprising led by Paris revolt organizers. The march and OAS rhetoric sparked tension but authorities reported calm across Algeria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alain Raymond
United Press International
Algiers
Algeria
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Upg
Algier
Radio France
Paul Gardey
Paris
Gardey
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Home Builders Meet in Hobbs Dinner
Efforts to organize a Loving ton Hobbs area Home Builders Association will be advanced at a dinner of industry leaders at New Village Restaurant Hobbs at 7 p m Wednesday. Invited are home builders remodellers subcontractors suppliers mortgage bankers realtors and public utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington - Hobbs
New Village
Hobbs
Parents Killed In North Carolina Crash
Mr and Mrs J A Robinson and their son Floyd Robinson died in an automobile crash outside Bryson City North Carolina while returning from Tennessee. Robinsons daughter Idell Hawks and two daughters are hospitalized with critical injuries. Granddaughter Ronnie Shannon survives. Floyd Robinson, injured with a broken arm, drove the car. The Wilson family learned of the tragedy while en route to Gastonia North Carolina to notify relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottis Wilson
Joe
Gastonia
N. C
J. A. Robinson
Robinson
Bryson City
Tennessee
Idell Hawks
Floyd Robinson
Corner Grocery
Bryson City Hospital
Robinsons
Ronnie
Jeanette) Shannon
Enrollment Begins on August 14 for Lovington Schools
Lovington school term enrollment for 1961 62 announced by Superintendent H C Parnell. Registration runs August 14 to August 18 with grades staggered by day. bus and transfer students register last. Zone enrollments specify Lea Parkview Yarbro elementary locations and junior high and high school sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Parnell
Lovington
Lea
Lea Elementary
6Th Street
Gore Street
Gore Toth Street
9Th Street
van Buren
Liano
Parkview
Ave D
Jefferson
Yarbro
Ave. D
Dollar Day Advertisers Register List
A local publication lists participating merchants and businesses for a Dollar Day event. Entries include C. R. Anthony, Arledge's Beverly's, Kee Campbell's, Farm & Ranch, City Drug, Clark's Shoe Store, Dewey's Department Store, Go Kart Track, J. & J Texaco, Sea Lanes, Lea Theatre, Lovington Beauty Shop, McKenney's Dry Goods, Miller-Wardrop Furniture, Rogers Builder's Supply, Sears, Shrine Circus, Stell's, Tipp's Mens Store, Turner's and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea Theatre
Lovington Beauty Shop
Lovington Photo McKenney’s Dry Goods Miller-Wardrop Furniture Office Supply
Rogers Builder's Supply
Sears
Heroic Flight Attendant Fights Hijacker at El Paso
UPI reports Leonard Gilman, a passenger, tackled senior hijacker Leon Bearden at El Paso International Airport after Bearden and his son attempted to force a jetliner to Havana. Gilman, praised in a congressional hearing, describes the nine hour ordeal and the moment he knocked out Bearden. Airlines weigh arming crews as aviation bill moves toward approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
el Paso International
Gilman
Leon Bearden
Bearden
Capitol
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Stuart G. Tipton
Air Transport Association
Repeat Winner On Ad Rimes In Lovington
Mrs Lois C Hobbs a retired farmer living at 102 W Adams Lovington is named this weeks Ad Rime Winner. she has won before and her rhymes are received regularly at the Leader Office. seven weeks remain with a weekly prize of 16 dollars and a 50.06 dollar grand prize for the best entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois C. Hobbs
W. Adams
Lovington
Hobbs
Leader
Ad-Times
Rusk Opens Paris Talks on Berlin as Ulbricht Rumors Rise
Secretary Rusk meets British and French counterparts in Paris to urge Western unity against the Berlin crisis while Moscow notes hint at milder tones. East German leader Ulbricht’s position rumors swirl as West German ministers join the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Dean Rusk
Paris
America
Berlin
United States
Moscow
Rusk
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
Heinich von Brentano
Ulbricht
Russia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
London
U.S
Otto Named New Member by Highway Commission
The Republican majority of the New Mexico State Highway Commission selected Richard Otto of Albuquerque to succeed H. E. Leonard as highway commissioner. Democrat John Sudderth opposed, saying he was not consulted and did not know Otto. Sudderth proposed a list of 15 alternatives. The appointment becomes effective after bond and oath. Sudderth praised the other nominees as capable. The commission planned to defer punishment for contractors tied to a prior payoffs investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
UPI
State Highway Commission
Richard Otto
Albuquerque
H. E. Leonard
John Sunderth
Otto
Sudderthe
Sudderth
Joe R. Kastler
Kastler
MM. Hardin
American Gypsum Co
Victor Salazar
Albuquerque Investments
Don Woodward
Dr Lovelace
Arthur Quinn
Quinnan Co
Charles Lanier
Title Co
Everett Grantham
Sam Brown
John Simms
State Motor Carriers Association
All of
Maurice McCabe
Navajo Tribal Council
Gallup
Frank Hammond
L.E. Murrey
Farmington
Tom Montoya
Pena Blanca
New Mexico
Eula Heidel Dies at 73 Rancher Resident of Lovington
Mrs. Eula Frances Heidel 73 died at 11 p m Friday at 311 North Sixth Street after pneumonia and long illness. Born November 28 1887 in Mills County Texas she and her husband Richard F Heidel ranchers lived in Lovington since 1910. Funeral 3 p m Sunday Smith-Yarbro Funeral Chapel with Rev J Harold Cates. burial Levington Cemetery. She is survived by three sons Haywood R Heidel Finis L Heidel state rep Lovington W Overton Heidel Dallas Texas. one daughter Cleo Fuchs Albuquerque. two brothers O L Parish Ballinger Ollie Parish Abilene. three sisters Hattie Forris Abernathy Vera Curry Abilene Lila Stanford Oklahoma City. eight grandchildren seven great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eula Frances Heidel
North Sixth Street
Mrs. Heidel
Mills County
Texas
Richard F. Heidel
Levington
Smith-Yarbro
J. Harold Cates
First Methodist Church
Levington Cemetery
Haywood R. Heidel
Finis L. Heidel
Lovington
W. Overton Heidel
Dallas
Cleo Fuchs
Albuquerque
O. L. Parish
Ballinger
Ollie Parish
Abilene
Hattie Forris
Abermathy
Vera Curry
Lila Stanford
Oklahoma City
Okla
Champ
Roberts
Clara M. Roberts
E. Jefferson
Marjorie Was
Luke
Mr. Roberts
Father
Dad
Hospital Visiting Hours And Admissions Report
Sea General lists visiting hours for Medical Surgical and OB units and notes admissions of Ruth Luciene Kelley Adi laida Pando and Jesse Kerby along with discharge of Betty McCrory and C R Hall. Hospital entries include addresses 1118 Sist Frank Cutter 214 W Tyler 618 W Ave L 602 W Ave G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Luciene Kelley
Frank Cutter
W. Tyler
Adilaida Pando
Lovington
Jesse Kerby
W. Ave. L
F. N. Bolding
Lovington’s Roaring Twenties Editor Luke Roberts Arrives
In 1924 Luke Roberts came to Lovington then a tiny Lea County town facing water woes and no railroad. He later became editor and civic leader as Lea County's oil boom began with the Mallamar and Inglefield wells. Roberts campaigned against liquor and helped push a railroad extension, while marrying Clara M. Roberts and guiding local coverage through the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Luke Roberts
Chamber of Commerce
Hobbs
Court House
Roswell
Carlsbad
Hagerman
Lea County
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Roberts
Luke
Mallamar
Artesia
Discovery
Inglefield
Caprock
Ament
Lez County
Dante
Bwiley
Oklahoma Territory
Oklahoma
W. H. Beau
Also Mentioned on This Page
District Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses
Lawton Greene
Charlies Greene
B. L. Ford
R. A. Rogers
C. L. Singleton
M B. E. Calame
Charlies Perroncelli
Clifford Terry Beattie
ASC
N—V
Cactus Drilling Corp
Roy McAdams
N—V Chamber of Commerce
Les Villers
Colorado
Oscar McKenney's
Ruidoso
Home Builders Meet
Dollar Day Advertiser’s Register
C. R. Anthony Arledge
Beverly's
Kee
Campbell's Farm
City Drug Clark's Shoe Store
Dariene
Dewey's Department Store
Texaco
Shrine Circus
Stell's
Tipp’s Mens Store
Turner's
Congress
By Jerry Landauer
Washington
Cuba
Havana
Leonard Gil
A. S. Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Senate
Sky Pirates
Bryce Sandlin
Baptist Student Union
New Mexico State University
Northside Baptist Church
Sandlin
G. W. Turner
Beseiged
Walter Ulbricht
West Berlin
Hiway
Leonard
Eula Heidel
Smith-Yarbro Funeral Home
Lovington Hospital
Betty McCrory
C. R. Hall
Bubbling Stills
Tiny Lovington
Dudley Lynch
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