Rescue hampered as blast toll rises and ships search for sailor
A guard in a ruined tower is missing and presumed dead after an explosion. About 1,000 army troops faced delays as grenade blasts continued into the afternoon during rescue attempts. A separate report from Falmouth notes Robert Manry, a 48-year-old copy reader, missing aboard a tiny sailboat on a 3,200 mile solo crossing, with a flotilla including his wife aboard the trawler Excellent scouring the area.
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Falmouth
England
Robert Manry
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Virginia
Better Value Days Bring Local Merchants Together
Lovington hosts its second Better Value Days this week highlighting back to school merchandise. Advertisers include Good Housekeeping TV Center Williams Dry Goods Dickens Appliance C R Anthony Co Turner's Office Supply Crow's Dry Goods R&R Discount Center Wackers Miller Waldrop Furniture Marshall Furniture Abbott Oliver Stell Jake's Pharmacy Lovington Ford Sales Children's Style Shop Lea County Motor Company with theme town merchants offering more at better prices.
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Lovington
Good Housekeeping
TV Center
Williams Dry Goods
Dickens Appliance
C. R. Anthony Co
Turner's
Office Supply Company
Crow’s Dry Goods
R&r Discount Center
Wackers
Miller-Waldrop Furniture
Marshall Furniture
Abbott and Oliver Inc
Stell’s
Jake’s Pharmacy
Lovington Ford Sales
Children’s Style Shop
Lea County Motor Company
Final $3,000,000 Bond Vote Sets Tuesday
Lea County voters face a final question on a $3 million bond to build a junior college. If approved, the campus would include academic, science, administration, library, student center, and possibly fine arts, vocational, business, maintenance units, plus an auditorium. Polls open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at four locations in Lovington and Tatum.
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Lea County
Junior College
Air Base City
Lovington
Tatum
Hobbs
Eunice
Lovington and
Tatum and
Night school meeting announced for Lovington
A meeting is scheduled for Monday August 16 at 7 30 p m in the Lovington High School Vocal Music Building for residents interested in night courses leading to a high school diploma. Attendance will gauge community interest for the school district offering. Further information will be given on radio at 8 30 a m Friday August 16.
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Lovington
Lovington High School
KLEA
Lovington Weather Outlook Sunday Plans
High Sunday around 88 degrees and a low Sunday night near 60. Cloudy with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Becoming partly cloudy Sunday night. Little overall temperature change.
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Lovington
Consultation For Elementary Band This Week
Parkview and Llano fifth grade beginning band parents who have not chosen an instrument are invited to contact J. D. Fry at the High School band building between 1:00 and 4:00 this week. New Loyington families should set up an appointment.
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J. D. Fry
Parkview
Llano
Loyington
Los Angeles Riot Toll Rises as National Guard Moves In
The four day riot in South-central Los Angeles leaves 19 dead and 566 injured with 1,120 arrests. National Guard units join 100 police to clear a 200 block area as curfew talks and mayoral requests for more troops escalate.
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Warren Wilson
United Press International Los Angeles
UPI
National Guard
Johnson
Los Angeles
Reckless Driving Charge Made By Local Officers
Two Lovington men were arrested after a high speed chase along the Arkansas Junction. Lovington Police charged 18 year old Lovington resident McFadin with reckless driving and 20 year old McCallum with driving without a license. Bond set at 100 dollars for McFadin and 10 dollars for McCallum. Local officers trailed the fleeing car after a report of reckless driving and coordinated with county officers to set a roadblock between Lovington and Hobbs before stopping and taking them into custody.
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Lovington
Arkansas Junction
Lynn Arnett McFadin
West Avenue O
Bobby Don McCallum
McFadin
McCallum
Hobbs
Newspaper Delivery Instructions Clarified
Notices urge readers to call 6 2844 by 7 00 PM for weekday papers and 56 2844 by 9 00 AM for Sunday deliveries. No calls accepted after the stated deadlines.
Enrollment Starts Friday for Lovington Schools 1965
Enrollment procedures begin Friday for Lovington Schools for the 1965-66 year with specific times for pre-first, grades 1 12, new students and bus enrollment. The schedule spreads across Friday Saturday and Monday August 20 21 22 with bus riders encouraged to enroll Saturday.
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Carner
Lovington
Temperatures Yesterday Reported High and Low
Yesterday saw a high of 81 degrees at 1 p.m. and a low of 60 degrees at 4 a.m. Weather data shows typical diurnal variation with clear conditions.
Lovington Hobbs Chamber duel over junior college vote
Lovington manager Harold Baer and Hobbs manager Harry Nunan challenge each other to outvote the rival on Tuesday’s three million dollar junior college bond election. The loser buys steak for the two managers. The vote decides the college district’s future and its September 1966 opening.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lovington and
Hobbs
Harold Baer
Lovington
Harry Nunan
Baer
KLEA
Baer and Nunan
Finn Watson
Junior College Board
H.C. Pannell
Shepherd Named To Jr. College Post
John R. Shepherd is named academic dean of New Mexico Junior College by NMJC president H C Pannell. He begins September 1 and comes from Cook County Junior College where he served five years as academic dean. He held Texas UT research roles and a Texas A&MMA education path.
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Shepherd
Jr. College
John R. Shepherd
New Mexico Junior College
NMJC
H. C. Pannell
Cook County Junior College
University of Texas
C. C. Calvert
Shepherds
Port Arthor
Texas
Texas A.&m. University
Texas A.&m
Gainsville Lions Club
North Central Texas Area Lions
Gainsville Chamber of Commerce
Texas A&m. Ex-students Association
Cook County
Hobbs
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Llano Elementary School
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