Congress Near Adjournment As Debt Bill Passes
The House sent to the White House a bill raising the temporary debt ceiling to 288 billion dollars and the permanent ceiling to 283 billion, with the current limit at 275 billion. Senate action on railroad retirement benefits remains doubtful as leaders warn adjournment may slip to next week due to major measures including foreign aid and Lake Michigan diversion.
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Washington
UPI
House
White House
Senate
85Th Congress
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Lake Michigan
William F. Knowland
Mary Lou Ritchey Captures First In Sewing Contest
Levington junior Miss Mary Lou Ritchey won first place in the Singer Teen age Sewing Contest entered her dress in the senior division. She has claimed five straight wins in Levington including a Denver regional placing last year. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Ritchey of 606 West Jackson and will enter Make It With Wool.
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A Levington
Mary Lou Ritchey
Singer
Jeanett McPheron
Hobbs
Miss Ritchey
Levington
Denver
Mary Lou
Leonard Ritchey
West Jackson
Oklahoma Negroes Begin Sitdown Strike For Desegregation
A group of 6 to 17 year old black youths began a soda fountain sitdown at downtown Oklahoma City stores to end segregation. Katz Drug Store opened to Negroes, Kress welcomed them, but John A Brown Co. cafe refused service. NAACP leaders planned the five day march for 15 months and vow to extend actions to other stores.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Oklahoma
NAACP
Katz Drug Store
Kress
John A. Brown Co
Kermit Hardwick
John A. Brown
Clara Luper
Lebanon and Syria open borders to oil shipments
Lebanon and Syria reopened their border to permit oil transport for the first time since the May rebel outbreak. Both sides blamed each other for prior infiltrations of troop reinforcements, and no exact resumption date was given though Beirut expected shipments to begin soon.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI - Lebanon
Syria
United Nations
Middle East
Damascus
Lebanem
Weather Outlook With Showers Across Regions
Cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms today and tonight. Partly cloudy in most areas today tonight and Sunday with widely scattered thundershowers. Warmer conditions expected across most sections today with a possible turn to warmer but unsettled weather.
Eunice Growth Seen In 1950s Population and Industry
City clerk Sylvia Houston reports Eunice’s growth with 1958 permits totaling 540235 dollars split 190360 for business and 349875 for residences including 30500 for a school addition. Population exceeds 5000 per Chamber of Commerce.
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Eunice
Sylvia Houston
Aera
Chamber of Commerce
Lea County
Houston
the Star
Hazel Turner Ward
District Court Docket Sets Heavy Civil Jury Calendar
The district court opens a term with a heavy civil jury docket of 47 cases planned. Most cases are civil and nonjury matters are not yet scheduled. Criminal cases are expected to be few as many felonies have been disposed or pled guilty or reduced.
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District Court
Russians Tour New York City Intrigues and Naive Questions
A group of 12 Russians and one woman on a Moscow tour visit New York, viewing Times Square, Harlem, and Wall Street. They ask blunt questions about police, slums, and bankruptcy while marveling at landmarks like the Empire State Building and Juilliard, with Cliburn cited as a Moscow highlight.
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Anthony Austin
Jack V
Fox
United Press International
New York
UPI
Times Square
Pavel Kazachenko
Kazachenko
United States
Mark Orlov
Orlov
Harlem
Fifth Avenue
Empire State Building
Anna Butenko
Central Park
America
Alexander Robojev
Growth Hormone Reverses Dwarfism in 11-Year-Old Girl
Dr C H Li of the University of California Medical School reports that an 11-year-old girl, three feet eight inches tall, grew three inches in six months using injections of human growth hormone from cadaver pituitary glands. The growth continued after dose reduction, but supplies remain extremely limited.
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San Francisco
UPI
University of California Medical School
C. H. Li
Madison, Wis
Red Chinese Begin Shelling Quemoy Isle
The defense ministry in Formosa announced Communist shore batteries opened a massive two hour bombardment of Quemoy with more than 50 000 high explosive shells. It was the largest attack since 1949 with no immediate casualties reported.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
National Defense Ministry
Chiang Kai - Shek
Defense Ministry
Little Quemoy
Hold Youth On Morals Charge
Harry Luttrell 18 of Loving ton is held in County jail on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police Captain Hershal Cunningham said a warrant from a Hobbs father led to his arrest. Luttrell allegedly ran away with a 15 year old Hobbs girl under a pretext of marriage. He previously served time as a federal prisoner and was given days for absence without leave by a local National Guard unit.
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Harry Luttrell
Lovington
Hershal Cunningham
Hobbs
Luttrell
National Guard
Robbery at 80-Year-Old Recluse Spurs Juvenile Probe
Silver City police questioned four youths after an 80 year old recluse, Michael Wasserman, was tied to his bed during a midnight robbery. About $100 was stolen from a clothes closet after intruders forced entry and threatened to locate hidden money. The case follows earlier daylight thefts at the same residence.
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Silver City
UPS
Michael Wasserman
Wasserman
Smoker Sues Tobacco Co for 250000 in Cancer Suit
Albert B. Hudson of New Orleans filed a $250,000 suit against R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. claiming his 23 years of smoking a tin daily and two packs of cigarettes led to cancer and aggravated his illness. The complaint alleges smoking caused the cancer and related injuries.
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New Orleans
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Albert B. Hudson
Eunice Offers Site For New Hospital Unit
Mark Owen Jr. of Eunice offered two blocks of land to the city for a $250000 hospital unit approved by voters after a heated contest. Approval awaits Lea County Commissioners and Hospital Board consent. Rumors spread that the bond issue may be contested amid questions about voting lists and property-owner checks.
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Mark Owen Jr
Eunice
City of
Lea County Hospital
Lea County Commissioners
Lea County Hospital Board
Charles Hix
Hobbs
Lovington
Tatum
Jal
Owen
Levington
Jim Wycoff
Record Cotton Crop in Lower Rio Grande
Valley cotton farmers and ginners race to harvest before the August 31 deadline. In Progreso area 25 pickers work on what may be the valley’s largest crop since 1951, with Edinburg gins operating round the clock and piling thousands of bales in major heaps.
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Edinburg
Tex Upi
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Progreso
Rio Grande
Will Wallace
Wallace Gin Co
Germans Reject Friendship Pact in Bonn Note
West Germany rejected the Soviet Union’s proposed European friendship pact. The government said European security must be tied to political issues and that the pact should be discussed by groups preparing for a summit conference rather than in a separate agreement.
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Bonn
Germany
UPI
West Germany
Soviet Union
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchevy
Middle East
Mrs J J Clarke Dies in Artesia
Funeral mass was said at 9 0 a m Friday in Artesia for Mrs J J Clarke Sr who died in the Artesia Hospital on Wednesday During the oil boom Dr Clarke was a dentist in Hobbs He moved back to Artesia in the early 49s Dr Clarke and two sons and a daughter survive Dr J J Clarke Jr of Artesia Dr Cath
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Artesia
J. J. Clarke
Artesia Hospital
Clarke
Hobbs
J. J. Clarke, Jr
Cath
Ray Corbitt Receives Fort Lewis College Grant
Rayburn Corbitt, son of Mr and Mrs Herman Corbett of Lovington, is granted an athletic aid to attend Fort Lewis A&M College next school year. Edwin Rosenkranz, chair of the college financial aids committee, announced the grant categories include tuition waivers and business sponsored awards alongside athletic grants. A total of 96 students will attend Fort Lewis on aid this school year.
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Rayburn Corbitt
Herman Corbett
West Apache
Lovington
Fort Lewis A & M College
Edwin Rosenkranz
Colorado
Fort Lewis College
Indiavi
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