Lovington Fair Rodeo Buzz and Local News Digest
Lovington prepares for fair and rodeo with Festus Haggen comeback and strong publicity by Hoyt Caldwell. Cicadas swarm West Tyler and city handles tree spraying. Red Smith returns to work. Billy Dallas covers Wildcats sports as football season nears. Southern Union hits record billing. New Mexico police award Jack Love for Stand Against Crime. historical note on democracy and the U S constitution in the convention.
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Lovington
Festus Haggen
New Mexico
West Texas
Festus
Hoyt Caldwell
Duke Smith
Billy Dallas
Wildcats
Billy
New York
Larry Johnson
Hobbs
Larry
Albuquerque Tribune
Jack Love
New Mexico Fraternal Order of Police
Jack
U.S
Aw Enforcement
Editorial: We Need a New Look at Our Water
Eastern New Mexico faces water limits as Texas rejects a major bond for importing water to the High Plains. Plans for inter-basin importation including NAWAPA linger, but future withdrawals may require independent actions and scaled expectations.
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Texas
High Plains
New Mexico
North American Water and Power Alliance
Western America
Convention NL Opens With Harmony Amid Controversy
In Santa Fe AP reports the New Mexico Constitutional Convention began with orderly organization and a generally harmonious atmosphere avoiding notable clashes during the opening sessions.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Revival at Jackson Avenue Baptist Church August 13 17
Dr. Alfred Woodard a professor at Eastern New Mexico University and Baptist Student Union director will evangelize a five day revival at Jackson Avenue Baptist Church. The meetings run Wednesday to Sunday with services 7 30 p m on weekdays and 10 45 a m and 6 30 p m on Sunday.
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Alfred Woodard
Eastern New Mexico University
Baptist Student Union
Jackson Avenue Baptist Church
Boosters Seek New Members for Lovington Wildcats
Lovington High School boosters wrap up year with a membership drive led by Glen Williams. Meetings on Monday nights will feature films of games, talks by coaches and players, and general booster activities to enroll new members.
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Lovington High School Wildcats
Glen Williams
Lea County Plans Biggest Fair and Rodeo Event
Lea County announces a major Fair and Rodeo with a country western dance at the Ford building and a Fiddlers Contest on Court House Square. Prizes range from 25 to 150 dollars. a street square dance will be called by Dick Parrish. beard judging and parade entries are planned with trophies, floats, and car displays.
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Lea County
Chamber of Commerce
Ford
South Main
Tiny Lynn
Texas
New Mexico
Court House
Omega Burden
Jim Healy
Garland Gainer
Dick Parrish
Hobbs
Parrish
Lovington
Jimmy Abbott
John Shearman
Abbott
Buddy Marshall
Southwest
Ree
Shearman
First Street
Ave
Llano School
Chevrolet
Runnels Mud Company
Loveington National Bank
Bill Would Retain Oil Men's Loophole
Treasury tax chief Edwin S. Cohen says the House reform bill would still allow oil drillers to avoid income taxes by expanding drilling and keeping the oil men loophole. He notes the Ways and Means Committee moves to drop percentage depletion and expensive drilling costs from tax preference limits. He calls limiting preferences with these costs a reasonable approach.
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Dallas
Tex
Treasury Department
House
Edwin S. Cohen
Congress
Nixon
Cohen
American Bar Association
Ways and Means
Silver City Police Chief Faces Firing Hearing Over Brothel
Silver City Police Chief Tommy Ryan defended permitting a long running city brothel to stay open calling it a Southwest landmark while denying bribe payments after testimony by Mildred Clark Casey who claimed to have paid about 4000 dollars in bribes. Closing summaries were delivered and a decision on conduct unbecoming an officer was expected Monday night.
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Silver City
N.M
Tommy Ryan
Ryan
Mildred Clark Casey
Grant County
Casey
Washington, D.C
FBI Academy
Washington
Powderpuff Teams Prepare For Annual Game
Junior girls to meet at the Youth Center on Tuesday August 12 at 2 00 p m to form the team. Senior girls gather there on Monday August 11 to begin workouts soon after.
Lovington Commission Meeting Postponed To Tuesday
Lovington city commissioners will meet Tuesday August 12 at 7:00 p m with only routine business on the agenda. The session was moved from last week.
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Lovington City
Ken Curtis Ballad Of Hawg Haggen profile
Ken Curtis built a long run as Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke after fan mail convinced producers. The six season veteran brings a realistic ranch background from Lamar Colorado and performs dialogs with local dialect. He also sang briefly with notable bands before television fame. A library reading program closes Aug 13 with certificates and photos for participants.
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Ken Curtis
Dodge City
Festus Haggen
Curtis
CBS
Festus
Lamar
Cole
Colorado
Gollee Bill
Sons of the Pioneers
Cureus
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Y Hop
Mildred Reagan
Mrs. Reagan
West Tyler
Red Smith
Harold Robertson
Southern Union
SUG
Harold
United States
Editorial
Eastside
Bruce King
King
Ballad of
Hawg Haggen
Margaret Davis
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