Khrushchev Presses Split West Amid Nuclear War Warnings
In Moscow Khrushchev intensified efforts to divide NATO while warning that hundreds of millions could die in a nuclear war. He tempered threats with conciliatory gestures to British, French, and Canadian ambassadors and urged peace during a Romanian president visit.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
West
Khrushchev
Britain
France
Canada
Khushchev
Russia
NATO
U.S
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Kennedy
Harold Memillan
Charles de Gaulle
Kremlin
Italy
Greece
Denmark
Norway
Financing Drive Nears Finish for Lea County Rodeo Arena
A Lovington campaign kicks off to sell arena box seats to raise funds to finish a Lea County rodeo arena modeled after Cheyenne. Volunteers will canvass downtown Lovington Monday through Thursday to reach the goal by week’s end, with box seats for six and a dedication to pioneers and early settlers.
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Lea County
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Lovington
Woody Allen
Veech Payne
City Drug
Main Street
Winford Carlile
E. M
Slim) Hester
Western Grill
Main
Ave. D
John Campbell
Jesse Combs
Wes Aillen
Dick Rainwater
J. W. Payne
Two Minor Accidents In Lovington City
Lovington police investigated two minor accidents Friday afternoon. A 13 year old Lovington youth, Lewis John Milsap Jr, plowed his motor bike into Doris Margon’s 1959 Valiant at 4th and Ave F. no injuries were reported. Milsap was cited for failure to yield right of way. In a separate crash at 2nd and Sea streets, Mary Carter’s 1960 Chevrolet hit Cholo Martin ez’s 1958 model. Carter was cited for failure to yield right of way.
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Lovington
Lewis John Milsap, Jr
W. Tyler
Doris Jane Margon
4Th
Ave F
Millsap
Thief Steals Court House Parking Meter
A thief took a parking meter from the southeast corner of the Court House Friday night. Police say the meter held 20 cents or less and valued at $55. Removal of meters is a felony and a serious offense.
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Court House
Tubing Stolen From Fair Oil Co Lease Southwest Of Mallamar
Over 2,500 feet of 2 15 inch upset tubing vanished Friday night from the Fair Oil Co lease three miles southwest of Mallamar. Deputies report the tubing carried out in a tractor trailer with a flat on the left side duel wheels and valued about 1800 dollars.
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Fair Oil Co
Mallamar
Fire damages 1955 Ford in block N 1st blaze
A short in the wiring started a fire under the hood of a 1955 Ford at 4 03 p m Friday in the 200 block of North 1st Street. The owner is Billy Roy Smith. Damage was extensive.
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Billy Roy Smith
Albuquerque Flood Drags City Into Waterlogged Night
The Albuquerque region endured severe rainfall with four inches falling in parts. Evacuations totaled over 50 families as floodwaters up to three feet deep swamped streets and homes. One man was injured after a truck was swept away. he was rescued. Arroyos overflowed and rail tracks were inundated as rescue crews aided stranded motorists.
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Albuquerque
Las Vegas
Embudo
Santa Fe
3000 Troops To Europe Plan Confirmed By Army
Army Secretary Elvis J. Stahr Jr. announced 3,000 additional troops will be sent to Europe with more training for future deployment. He dismissed a report that Gen. Lauris Norstad requested 38,000 more troops and was refused. The official NATO buildup is said to stay between 3,000 and 4,000 soldiers.
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Washington
UPI
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Europe
Stahr
Lauris Norstad
Pentagon
Norstad
Army-Navy-Air Force Journal
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
State Police search for vacationer in Texas case
The mother of a Lovington man died of a heart attack in Kermit Texas early Saturday. His father was reported seriously ill. Police sought William Priebe of 707 W Avenue I after neighbors said he was vacationing near Red River in northern New Mexico to inform him of Mrs Roy Priebe’s death. Mrs Priebe, 65, a Wink Texas resident for 35 years, died at 6 24 a m Texas time. Funeral services were pending in Kermit.
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Lovington
Kermit
Tex
William Priebe
Ave I
Red River
New Mexico
Roy Priebe
Wink
Byers Reflects on Galveston Storm and Early Lea County Weather Work
E H Byers longtime official weather observer recalls the 1900 Galveston disaster and a 1918 New Mexico blizzard that felled cattle and trapped settlers. He describes moving from Kansas to Texas and finally to Lea County where he records temperatures and winds and helps tell southern New Mexico’s early weather history.
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Texas
Galveston
Ernest H. Byers
Lea County
Byers
California
N. M
Levington
Minnie
New Mexico
E. H
Osage County
Kansas
Hobbs
Harden
Santa Fe
Lea County Oldtimer
U S Plans 2000 Mile Wires Orbit For West Ford Project
The United States seeks to deploy a 75 pound wire mesh in orbit 2000 miles up to form a 24 mile wide by five mile deep belt around Earth. The aim is to test using the wires as reflectors for long distance communications and assess space impact, amid concerns it could hinder astronomical observations. A NAS Space Science Board spokesman supported minimal interference with other science.
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White House
Space Science Board
National Academy of Sciences
Funeral Services Pending for Ollie Hudson in Okmulgee
Ollie Ed ward Hudson died Friday morning at Lovington Lea General Hospital after a heart attack. Funeral services will be held in Okmulgee Oklahoma under Buchanan Funeral Home with time pending awaiting the arrival of his son in service. Smith-Yarbro Funeral Home transferred the body to Oklahoma Saturday morning.
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Ollie Edward Hudson
Okmulgee
Okla
Buchanan Funeral Home
Smith - Yarbro Funeral Home
Oklahoma
Hudson
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Ad Rime Winner Miss Alene Rea Named This Week
Miss Alene Rea of Star Route Lovington is this week's Ad Rime winner. She is a Texas Tech student home for the summer and entered her first Ad-Times piece. Other near-winners include Lois Hobbs R L Sebring Kingston Velma Shelnutt Robert Shields and W W Rupperle.
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Alene Rea
Star Route
Lovington
Miss Rea
Texas Tech
Lois Hobbs
R. L. Sebring
D. M. Kingston
Velma Shelnutt
Robert Shields
W. W. Rupperle
Paratroopers Prepare Second Mock Jump in Swift Strike
About 1,000 of the 17,000 combat ready paratroopers in Exercise Swift Strike are set to leap into the mock battle zone at Fort Bragg North Carolina. More than 200 planes dropped 4 000 members of the 101st Airborne Division and supplies over Cheraw South Carolina Friday. The exercise involves thousands of regulars reservists and guardsmen in a massive war games drill.
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FT. Bragg
N. C
UPI
Army Air Force
Carolinas
Sandhills
Cheraw
S. C
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Rogers Curry
Betty
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Charm
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West Birch
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Leeman Jones
Lovington Arena
Woodie Allen
Sary
Payne
AUTO
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E.H. Byers
Oduoley Lynch
James Hobbs
Minnie’ Byers
E. H. Byers
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Ollie Hudson
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