Tractor Driver Killed in Highway 18 Crash
A 63 year old Tatum man, Riley William Pate, died after his tractor was struck from behind by a 1964 pick up driven by Manuel Hobbs three miles north of the State Roads 18 and 337 junction. Dale McLemore age 24 had minor injuries. investigation by State Policeman Jerry Bell continues. Funeral services set for Tatum Baptist Church with burial in Tatum Cemetery tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. Winters officiating.
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Tatum
Riley William Pate
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Jerry Bell
Pate
Manuef Hobbs
Partment
Dale McLemore
Tatum Baptist Church
Reverend D
Tatum Cemetery
Omorrow
Oval Winters
Parker
Brown
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Yorty
Gubernatoria
Heidel to Present Program in Lovington Meeting
State Representative Finis Heidel will present a program sponsored by the Lovington Business and Professional Women’s Club. The session at 7 p.m. in the Lea County Electric Building committee room invites the public. Floy Bell and Jane Rice lead the invitation.
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Finis Heldel
Lovington Business and Professional Women’s Club
Lea County Electric Building
Floy Bell
Legislation
Jane Rice
Labor mediator hopes steel contract talks avoid strike
Pittsburgh bulletin from UPI reports William E. Simkin, head of the U.S. Mediation and Conciliation Service, predicting negotiators can avert a Sept 1 steel strike. He meets with industry and union negotiators, stays in Pittsburgh through September 1, and notes a news blackout as not a steel curtain.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
William E. Simkin
U.S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
Simkin
Newspaper Delivery Help Lines Prompt Call Times
If you have not received your weekday paper by 6 00 p m call 6 2844 before 7 00 p m no calls after 7 00 p m If you haven't received your Sunday paper by 8 00 a m call 6 2844 before 9 00 a m no calls after 9 00 a m
Parade drill players mistaken for armed group at Anza yard
Police responded to a frantic call about nine fez wearing Black men with rifles leaving three cars near Anza school yard. Officers found a drill team from the Imperial Council of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine practicing for a parade.
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United Press International
San Francisco
UPI
Powlice
Anza
Imperial Council
Order of Nobles
Mystic Shrine
FBI
New York
Water Department
New York City
Springfield
Ill
Illinois Department of Conservation
London
Britain
GPO Wednes
Riot Torn Los Angeles Moves Toward Recovery
Riot torn Los Angeles moves toward recovery despite cross fire over causes of the uprising. Authorities in Watts pour food and money as 15 000 police and National Guardsmen quell violence that left 35 dead and near 200 million in property damage.
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Los Angeles
Stricke En Watts
Rame
Pollice
Edmund G. Brown
Mas
Samuel Yorty
Martin Luther King
William H. Parker
Brown
Government Finalizes Anti-Trust Case Pleas
The U S Steel Armco and Erie Forge case ends in three no contest pleas in federal court. Judge Sylvester J Ryan fines total 100000 for price fixing in wrought steel wheels and steel castings. Government notes 722500 in steel industry fines to date and ongoing concerns over no contest pleas.
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New York
UPI
White House
Federal District Court
Sylvester J. Ryan
U.S Steel
Armea
Erie Forge & Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Armco
Erie
Ryan
Arnold Bauman
LQ Steel
Justice Department
Kennedy
No Exceptions! Earl of Snowdon Denied Roof Photos
Authorities in Westminster refused Earl of Snowdon the chance to photograph Buckingham Palace from Borough Hall roof. Margaret Quaife, receptionist, said the royal family must be protected and noted Snowdon claimed to represent the Sunday Times.
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London
UPI
Westminster
Earl of Snowdon
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Borough Hall
Margaret Quaife
Borough - Hall
Snowdon
Lord Snowdon
Sunday Times
Campout Ends In Wagon Fire Blaze In Colorado
Francis Sudeholt his wife and seven children from St. Louis were touring Colorado when brake trouble caused a wagon fire. A wheel caught fire, the father tried to beat it out with a pillow, and the gas tank exploded destroying the wagon on scenic Colorado Highway 96 leaving a nine member family stranded.
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Pueblo
Colo
UPI
Colorado Mountains
Francis Sude Holt
St. Louis
Radio glitch delays Gemini 5 launch from Cape Kennedy
A radio problem aboard the Gemini 5 space capsule forced the postponement of the launch. Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Gordon Richard? prepared for countdown at Cape Kennedy as technicians worked to fix the issue before liftoff.
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Alvin B. Webb Jr
Cape Kennedy
UPI
Gem
Gordon
Cooper
Charles
Pete
Con
Cape
Everett E. Christensen
Gemini Control
Lovington Western Days Proclaimed for August 25–28
Lovington Mayor A L Hahn proclaims Western Days from August 25 to 28 urging citizens to dress Western to honor the Lea County Fair and Rodeo and the area’s Old West traditions amid city celebrations and a large rodeo arena event. The proclamation notes Lovington’s modern growth alongside historic ties.
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A. L. Hahn
Lovington
Jerry Wills
New Mexico
Lea County
Jake McClure
Hie Hahn
62nd AFAB To Hold A Reunion In Lovington
Former members of the 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion will reunite in Lovington Friday and Saturday with attendees traveling from Virginia and California. W T Hester recalls the unit's World War II campaigns from Africa to Normandy.
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AFAB
Lovington
62Nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Virginia
California
W. T. “Ted” Heseter
62Nd Afab
Fort Bliss
Texas
61St
82Nd
Africa
Sicily
62Nd
England
Normandy
Hester
Weather outlook for New Mexico and surrounding areas
Cloudy to partly cloudy with occasional afternoon or night showers or thunderstorms. Breezy at times. Warmer afternoons. Readings include Santa Fe 52-84, Socorro 62-88, Ruidoso 46-78, Alamogordo 68-90, Farmington 60-90, Grants 60-84, Gallup 60-84, Truth or Consequence 64-90, Deming 64-90, Las Cruces 64-90. Considerable cloudiness through Friday with diminishing showers Friday.
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Pocoe
United Press International
Santa Fe
Socorro
Ruidoso
Alamogordo
Farmington
Grants
Gallup
Truth Or Consequence
Deming
Las Cruces
House OKs 3.36 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
The House approved a compromise 3.36 billion dollar foreign aid bill by a 243 to 150 vote. It extends the program for one year and sends the measure to the Senate, which is expected to act Monday. Republicans protested that the bill permits indirect aid to North Vietnam.
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Washington
UPI
House
Viet Nam
Senate
LBJ Divides Time Between Space and Earth
President Johnson plans to monitor Gemini 5 launch from Washington watching L Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad aboard an eight day orbital mission. He will stay in touch with developments as the astronauts attempt to rendezvous with a small accompanying craft.
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Alvin Spivak
United Press International
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Space
Earth
L. Gordon Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Marines win major Viet Nam battle near Chu Lai
UPI reports U S Marines killed about 550 Viet Cong and captured 50 guerrillas in a fierce fight 12 miles south of Chu Lai. The spokesman called it the war’s biggest operational success though Marines suffered their heaviest casualties of a single action. Supplies and weapons were seized and cleanup aims to finish tonight with civilians returning to safety. Separate clashes in Kontum and near Saigon left additional casualties.
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Michael T. Malloy
United Press International Saigon
UPI
U.S
Viet Nam
Korea
Okinawa
Chu Lai
Victor M. Krulac
Marine Forces
Pacific
Daksut
Pentagon reports Viet Nam casualties through Aug 16
Defense Department tallies 561 U S deaths in Viet Nam combat through Aug 16, with Army 354, Marines 77, Air Force 91, Navy 39. Wounded 3,024 and 44 missing by midnight last Monday. An additional 269 Americans died in non combat Viet Nam causes since Jan 1, 1961.
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Washington
UPD
Defense Department
Viet Nam
U.S
Auto Mishap In Lovington In Front Of Residence
Lovington police cited Donald Wayne Shumard of 81 West E for driving without a license after his 1965 Ford 34 ton truck backing from a driveway collided with a parked 1964 Plymouth owned by Joseph Casimir Gooch of El Paso Texas. Damages to the Plymouth were about $150. the truck had no damage.
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Lovington
West Avenue
Donald Wayne Shumard
West E
Joseph Casimir Gooch
el Paso
Texas
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Bell
McLemore
Lea General Hospi
Rep. Heidel
Ima
Bulletin
Ris
By John Dart
UPI — Riot
Lovington, N. M
Afab’n
Reunion
Kontum
Laos
Saigon
Ninh Hoa
U.S. Army
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