Lovington Prepares Colorful 1961 Lea County Fair
Lovington readies a face lift for the 1961 Lea County Fair set for September 6 to 10 with Freeman Decorating of Dublin Texas handling color work and streamers. The Fair Queen Contest is slated for September 6 at 2 30 p m in the Rodeo Arena and the mile long Fair Parade on September 8 at 10 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Lea County
Bill Freeman
Freeman Decorating Company
Dublin
Texas
Freeman
Lovington Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds
Lea
Panorama
Eleanor York
Lea County Fair
Bob Tipps
Chamber of Commerce Board
Retail Trades Committee
R. L. (Pinky) Jones
Charlie Campbell
Voice of
The
Williams Attacked at Rhodesian Airport During Africa Tour
Assistant Secretary of State G. Mennen Williams was punched by an unidentified white man at a Northern Rhodesian airport. Governor Sir Evelyn Howe and aide Jeremy Jawkins restrained the assailant as Mrs Williams helped. Williams proceeded to Leopoldville for further talks with U.N. and Congolese leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lusaka
Northern Rhodesia
UPI
U. S
G. Mennen Williams
Northern
Cub Scouts Reorganize Meeting Notice
Cub Pack 9 calls a reorganization meeting Tuesday August 29 at 7 30 p m at the Youth Center. Open to all boys living north of W Avenue D interested in Cub Scouting. Parents must accompany all boys attending.
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W. Avenue D
Fire unit Responds to Trash Fire Near Drive-In
The Lovington Volunteer Fire Department made a run at 3 27 Pm Saturday to a trash fire behind the old Drive-In on the Artesia Highway. Firefighters reported burning debris and quickly controlled the blaze.
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Lovington
Artesia Highway
Plans Form for Permian Basin Petroleum Pioneers Day
Midland plans for the second Biennial Permian Basin Petroleum Pioneers Day in October with Roy Minear as general chairman. Gulf Oil's E. D. Brockett will deliver the luncheon address. Invitations will go to 1959 pioneers and others active before October 1, 1931.
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Midland
Tex
Roy A. Minear
Petroleum Committee
Midland Chamber of Commerce
E. D. Brockett
Pittsburgh
Gulf Oil Corporation
Gulf
Permian Basin
R. W
Bob) Patterson
John W. House
C. of C
Petroleum Club of Midland
Pioneers
Minear
Fred T. Hogan
Permian Basin Petroleum Pioneers
J. C. (Peck) Cunningham
Cecil Elder
Permian Basen
Range Controller Positions Open at White Sands
White Sands Missile Range New Mexico announces open competitive examinations for Range Controller posts. Grades GS-7 GS-9 and GS-11 with annual salaries from 35355 to 7560 dollars. Apply using Form 5001 ABC and SF 57 to the Executive Secretary. applications accepted through September 7 1961.
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White Sands Missile Range
N. M
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
New Mexico
First Baptist Church Reports 458 in Sunday School
The First Baptist Church reported 458 attendees in Sunday School, reflecting active engagement. This summary notes the numerical turnout without additional context from the sourced fragment.
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The
First Baptist Church
Scared Doctor Kills Taxi Driver
Dr. W E Vandever, a prominent eye specialist in El Paso, shot taxi driver Louis Dominguez after receiving ransom threats. Nadine Aboud was arrested for the extortion letters. Vandever faced a murder charge and bail set at 20,000. A preliminary hearing was planned within two weeks.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
W. E. Vandever
Vandever
Louis Dominguez
Dominguez
Floyd Peterson
Nadine
Nick) Aboud
Justice of the Peace
Tex Ward
Peterson
Aboud
West Moves Cautiously Toward Berlin Peace Talks
Western Allies move cautiously toward Berlin crisis talks with Russia as officials seek agreement on a note to Moscow and explore informal talks among foreign ministers. Khrushchev signals separate peace with East Germany, complicating access to West Berlin.
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West
Berlin
Washington
UPI
Russia
France
NATO
Moscow
United States
Britain
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Heinrich von Brentano
Bonn
Nikita Khrushchev
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Khrushchev
East Germany
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Communist Party Congress
Search For Man Lost Near Carlsbad
Authorities resumed a ground and air search near Carlsbad Caverns for 21 year old John F. Poley of Tulsa Oklahoma missing since Sunday. A private plane helicopter and ground team failed to locate him and officials fear he may be injured while hiking or bitten by a snake near White City.
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Carlsbad
UPI
Carlsbad Caverns
Tulsa, Okla
John F. Poley
Auto Workers pick GM as strike target tonight
UAW plans to name General Motors as its strike target after meetings with executive councils at Ford and Chrysler and a 24 member board vote. GM 310000 workers cited as focus. union alleges GM blocks profits and demanded books. Immediate strike relief plans and picket line setup already in motion.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
UAW
American Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Detroit Free Press
United Press
Anderson Undergoes Surgery for Gall Bladder
U S Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico underwent gall bladder removal surgery. The 66 year old remained in good condition at Bataan Memorial Methodist Hospital and was expected to stay seven or eight days then recover at home in Albuquerque. Anderson chairs the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and first showed gall bladder issues last December, with a prior two day hospital stay in Albuquerque.
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Albuquerque
UPI
U. S
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
Bataan Memorial Methodist Hospital
Bataan
Anderson
Senate
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Lie detector test ordered in Carlsbad slayings case
In Charleston West Virginia authorities awaited lie detector results to decide whether to charge Billy Nichols 24 of Charleston Heights after questioning him in the Carlsbad New Mexico double slaying of Mattie Restine 13 and Patty Pritz 14. Nichols faced an unrelated pistol theft charge and waived extradition.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPID
Carlsbad
N.M
Dean Smith
Eddy County
L. C. Burkham
Billy Nichols
Charleston Heights
Fayette County
Nichols
New Mexico
Smith
Mattie C. Restine
Patty Sue Pritz
Hobbs Man Hospitalized After Sunday Auto Wreck
A. L. Heard of Hobbs was injured in a Sunday accident on route 380 eight miles west of Tatum. The Dow Chemical employee, asleep at the wheel, rolled an acidising truck. He was treated at Lea General Hospital Lovington then moved to Hobbs. Damages about 25000. State trooper Russell Mayer investigated.
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Lovington
George Reese
Roswell
Springer
Lea County
Forrest Atchinson
John Raymond Wheeler
Hobbs
Billy Howard Savage
Pecos
Tex
Joaquin Rodriguez
A. V. Smith
A. L. Heard
Lea General
Pital
Tatum
Sarff
Castro Urges Brazilians To Rebel
Fidel Castro urged Brazil to take up arms and guerrilla warfare against the military to prevent Joao Goulart from becoming president. He called for 1,000 fronts and warned a coup would fail in a land as vast as Brazil. The broadcast tied Cuba's crisis to Cuba’s own shortages congress.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Joao Goulart
Radio
Havana
Castro
Goulart
Cuba
Brazil
Man Released From Jail Here For An Hour
Jasper Jap Snodgrass, 56, was freed at 8 50 a m Monday then quickly jailed again after being charged with drunkenness. He went to Judge Reese Greaves office within the hour and asked to be taken to Las Vegas. The judge noted the repeated requests. Snodgrass was arrested in the judge’s office and returned to jail.
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Jasper
Jap) Snodgrass
Reese Greaves
Las Vegas
Greaves
Snodgrass
Army In Berlin Carries Out First Maneuvers
UPI reports U.S. Army reinforcements in Berlin conducted initial readiness tests today. The 1st Battle Group, 18th Infantry, arrived Aug 20 and practiced rapid alerting and assembly at Templehof airfield. Brig. Gen. Hartel planned more drills in coming weeks.
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Berlin
UPI
Kennedy
1St Battle Group
Frederick C. Hartel
East
West Berlin
Four Levington Guardsmen jailed for AWOL
Four Levington men Howard Hatcher Alfred Mantis Areninas Melvin Lewis Dobbs and Samuel Clemans were jailed five days and fined five dollars each after a National Guard summary court ruled them Absent Without Leave from Lovington drills twice. Lt DeLos Santos led the case with 1st Sgt Ernest Dew pressing charges. National Guard rules require 85 percent drill attendance set by the Adjutant General of New Mexico.
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Levington
National Guard
Howard Hatcher
Alfred Mantis Areninas
Melvin Lewis Dobbs
Samuel Clemans
Lovington National Guard
DeLos Santos
Ernest Dew
Adjutant General of the
New Mexico National Guard
Hospital Visit Hours and Admissions Report
Hospital bulletin lists visiting hours for Medical and Surgical wards 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. Admitted: Thomas Willard Caskey 107 N 4th, Martin Mungia 506 N 3rd, H E Browning Jr 1114 W Tver. Discharged: Michael McCrory, Ester Edward Tyra and infant Jean Pannell and infant, Dale Wilger 60n.
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Thomas Willard Caskey
Martin Mungia
H. E. Browning Jr
W. Tver
Michael McCrory
Ester Edward Tyra
Jean Pannell
Dale Wilger
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Williams
CUB
White Sands
Edward C. Belot
Harold D. Weathington
Gasden
Alabama
Raymond Perry
Paul Tackett
Gallup
Buddy LaRue Jr
Rutherford Ports
United Press International
Sheriff’s Department
Poley
White City
Border Patrol
State Police
Sheriff's Officers
Robert Irvin
Automotive Editor
Russell Mayer
Joseph B. Fleming
United Press Internatinal
U.S
Templehof Airfield
Sea General Lovington Hospital
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