Suit filed against Frontier Theatres over 1.8 million in damages
Carl Henderson owner of Troy Theatre sues Theatre Enterprises Frontier Theatres and Bernice Haley claiming Sherman Act restraint of trade. Plaintiffs allege major film distributors conspired to supply Frontier on more favorable terms than Henderson, driving him from Lovington markets. Case also names Buena Vista Columbia United Artists Warner Bros Universal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hapke
Carl Henderson
Troy Theatre
U. S. District Court
Theatre Enterprises, Inc
Frontier Theatres, Inc
Bernice L. Haley
Lea
Wildcat
Lovington
Albuquerque
Henderson
Norton and Ingraham
Ing
Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc
Walt Disney Films
Columbia Pictures Corporation
United Artists Corporation
Warner Bros. Distributing Corp
Universal Film Exchanges, Inc
Texas
New Mexico
Dallas
Haley
W. Ave
Monument Youth Dies In Hunting Accident
An 18 year old Monument youth, Lyle Fisher Roberts, died from a gunshot wound near Monument Sunday evening while hunting with Weldon Heatherly and Johnny Kirk. Deputies Sid Johnson and Bill Wood ruled it an accidental shooting. Roberts recently graduated from Hobbs High School and planned to attend New Mexico Tech. He is survived by his parents, four sisters, one brother, and grandparents. funeral set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Griffin Funeral Home Chapel Hobbs.
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Monument
Lyle Fisher Roberts
Alton Roberts
Herb Oliver
W. Taylor Avenue
Lovington
Weldon Heatherly
Lubbock
Heatherly
Johnny Kirk
Roberts
Hobbs High School
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro
Amerada Petroleum Corporation
Berts
Donald Camp
Amarillo
Richard Morton
Barbara Roberts
Bill Roberts
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Nate Roberts
Griffin Funeral Home Chapel
Hobbs
Jack London
First Presbyterian Church of
Monument Cemetery
Jackson, Miss
UPI
Ross Barnett
University of Mississippi
James Meredith
Barnett
Meredith
Ole Miss
Mississippi
South
Rusk Appeals Senate Approval For Test Ban Pact
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told reporters in Washington that he believed the Soviet Union favored the nuclear test ban treaty after reportedly examining the “pit of the inferno.” The remarks came as the treaty faced Senate approval considerations.
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William Theis
United Press International
Washington
UPD
Dean Rusk
Russia
Rusk
Kennedy
Moscow
Briefings On Overland Missile Firings In New Mexico
Officials outlined planned Pershing and Athena missile tests from Utah and New Mexico sites into White Sands range starting September. The drills will run two weeks for Pershing and two years for Athena, with evacuations and compensation for residents in four unpopulated tracts while educational tours accompany the exercises.
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Santa FE
UPD
Jack M. Campbell
New Mexico
J. Frederick Thorlin
White Sands
Thorlin
Bane
Imissile
Blanding
Utah
Fort Wingate
N.M
Green River
U.S. 54
Range
U.S. 60
Datil
Monticello- la Salle
Campbell
Rusk Addresses Nuclear Test Ban Talks with Senate Panels
Secretary Rusk warns both nations possess vast arsenals and urges avoidance of nuclear war. He notes nuclear exchange became an operational concern after the Cuban crisis as three Senate committees hear testimony from McNamara and others while Teller appears before a closed session.
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Rusk
United States
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Wit
Armed Service Committee
Congressional Atom Energy Committee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Joint Chiefs O Staff
Edwar Teller
Perind Ce
Escaped prisoner linked to Las Cruces murder case
A suspected escapee from Doña Ana County jail, Ray Herrera aged 19, faced burglary charges and fled Las Cruces with Hector Garcia, 23, a narcotics suspect still at large. The victim, Eunice Kelly, a 59 year old home economics teacher at New Mexico University, was found murdered and raped at her home last May 11. A special investigator, L A Taylor, was sent to Juarez to interrogate.
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Las Cruces
UPI
Done An
Juarez
Miss Kelly
New Mexico& University
Bob Small Tops New Mexico School Bus Driver Rodeo
Lovington driver Bob Small was named the state’s top school bus driver after winning the Roadeo in Silver City. He earned the right to represent Lea County by taking first in the county event in Lovington last May, driving a bus from Prairie View.
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Boo Small
Lovington
New Mexico
Small
Silver City
Roadeo
Western New Mexico University
Levington
Prairie View
Lea County
P B. Moore
Frank's Food Burglarized in Lovington Weekend Theft
Lovington police investigated a burglary at Frank's Food Mart on Avenue D. Missing were 26.15 in change. entry by prying doors. A 17 year old youth was arrested for discharging a firearm, with two others charged with drunkenness. Three more men were held on drunk charges.
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Lovington
Frank’s Food Mart
W. Avenue D
Fair Boycott On Horse Racing May Gain Support
RUIDOSO DOWNS New Mexico jockeys plan a boycott of the State Fair races amid Powell suspension protests. Jockeys meet to decide support while Racing Commission leaders discuss the case. The dispute follows stewards suspending Bill Powell and a later reduction to the penalty.
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Ruidoso Downs
N.M
UPD
Ruidoso
New Mexico Racing Commission
Floyd Rigdon
Jockey Guild
Powell
Tracing Commission
Rigdon
Len Stroud
Jockey’s Guild
Commission
New Mexico
Stroud
Come Mission
Rui
Lovington
N. M
Dist
Kermit Nash
Hobbs Autopsy Finds Woman Died of Natural Causes
The Hobbs autopsy ruled that Mayme Thomas Sparkman, 43, died of natural causes. Police stopped her husband Arthur Dewey Sparkman’s car on U S Highway 180 at Hobbs west city limits. he was held on a driving while intoxicated charge. The death occurred while the car was en route to Hobbs.
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Hobbs
UPD
el Paso
Mayme Thomas Sparkman
U.S. Highway 180
Arthur Dewey Sparkman
Kennedy Abandons Major Tax Plan For Two Step Relief
The Kennedy administration abandons much of its 10.3 billion tax cut. A new plan would provide 10.6 billion in relief with across the board cuts averaging 20 percent. Treasury Secretary Dillon presented the two step plan, to take effect in 1964 and 1965, with revised rates and lower corporate taxes.
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Vincent J. Burke
United Press International
Washington
UPD
Kennedy
House
Ways & Means Committee
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
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By Duke Smith
Lea County Sheriff's
Sid Johnson
Bill Wood
Johnson
Amerada
Lyle Roberts
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
West Germany
Bob Small
Agai
Gallup
Arche Westfall
Westfall
Matilda Riley
Phoenix
Ariz
Nash
Ruidoso Racing Association Board of Directors
E. Vy
Gene) Hensley
Truman Spencer
Hensley
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