Fire Marshal Urges NM Schools Improve Fire Safety
State deputy fire marshal warns New Mexico schools lack adequate fire escapes and fire prevention, citing Chicago parochial school disaster. He notes laws are patchy and enforcement limited to drills. proposes studying national findings before seeking state action.
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New Mexico
Hoyt Gimlin
Woodall
Chicago
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Illinois
Georgia Lusk
Tom Wiley
Wiley
Salt Lake City
Msgr
William T. Bradley
Santa Fe
St. Francis Cathedral
Building permits fall below 50 thousand in November totals
November marks third 50k or less month this year with 40 500 issued by City Manager Wes Allen. June and October posted 37 450 and 43 795 respectively, helping annual permits reach 2 029 428. Sales from Oct 31 to Nov 25 include Millsap 519 W Ave G 1500. Colonial Homes 827 West Tyler 8000. Rice Construction 829 W Tyler 12000. Maier Covington moves 5000. Parks moves Adams to Morningside. Moore 420 W Van Buren 5000.
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Wes Allen
Santa Claus Arrives Saturday for Lovington Christmas Start
Santa will arrive at 2 p m Saturday on the west side of the square to greet children with candy. The event opens Lovington Christmas season sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce with music by the high school A Cappella choir and band. Lions Kiwanis and Rotary assist.
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Santa Claus
Lovington
Santa
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Levington
Lions, Kiwanis
Rotary
Owens Funeral Services Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucile Abshier Owens of Imperial California were held at 2 PM in the Smith-Yarbro Funeral Home chapel. She died last Friday after a lengthy illness. O H Tabor and W M Beauchamp officiated. Burial followed in Lovington cemetery. Survivors include her husband Charles Owens and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Belton Abshier of Lovington.
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Lucile Abshier Owens
Imperial
Calif
Smith - Yarbro Funeral Home
Former Lovington Student Attending Mexico City College
Billy Gray Douglas, grandson of J. W. Gray, studies anthropology at Mexico City College for the fall quarter. The liberal arts college near Nevado de Toluca teaches in English with many courses in Spanish immersion, attracting Americans to fields in anthropology Latin American studies art and international relations.
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Mexico City
Billy Gray Douglas
J. W. Gray
Mexico City College
Rio Grande
Paul V. Murray
Henry L. Cain
MCC
Diplomatic Corps
Lovington
Douglas
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
United States Army
Nevado de Toluca
Mexico
Ixtaccihuatl
Popocatepetl
Western Hemisphere
Institute of International Education
Bugging scandal surrounds Rep. Knutson and husband
Rep. Coya Knutson of Minnesota voiced unhappiness over an attorney admitting he was buying her apartment. The probe involves alleged wiretapping and surveillance on Knutson’s rooms and car, tied to her estranged husband’s legal fights. Fitzgerald denies being fired and cites his client’s divorce-related claims.
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Washington
UPI
Coya Knutson
D-Minn
Benedict F. Fitzgerald Jr
Coya
Andy
Supreme Court Hears Portales School Bond Suit
The New Mexico Supreme Court heard a Portales taxpayer challenge to $42 million in school bonds. If upheld, the bonds could be invalid. the case centers on a $350000 land and high school bond approved Feb 19 1957 and the voting legality including voter registration issues.
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Santa FE Upi
New Mexico Supreme Court
Portales
George E. Johnson
Fred C. Tharp
Clovis
High Court
Fred Standley
Teenagers Held in Auto Theft Near Willard
State Police man Joe Holland nabbed three Albuquerque youths after a stolen car was abandoned out of gas on State Road 42 about 20 miles south of Willard. The trio Charles Jones 14 Don Gibson 14 and Kenneth Farley about the same age were turned over to Torrance county sheriff at Estancia. They were walking toward Willard when found two miles away. The car had been reported stolen from a person named Gibson.
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Willard
UPI
Joe Holland
Albuquerque
Holland
Torrance County Sheriff's Office
Estancia
Charles Jones
Don Gibson
Kenneth Farley
Gibson
Lions Christmas Party Scheduled
All Lions and their wives are asked to bring a toy for needy children to the annual Christmas banquet next Saturday night. Donations may be made by contacting P. R. Griffith, Cotton Owen or any Lions member.
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P. R. Griffith
Cotton Owen
Lions Club
Jewel Thief Awaits Return to El Paso
Cleveland based jewel thief Harry Sitner, 64, awaits return to El Paso to answer illegal transportation charges. FBI says he is sought for moving jewelry valued at 5000 stolen a year ago in Albuquerque. Sitner’s career spans back to 1915 and includes a 1933 Florida theft from Grace Moore.
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Cleveland
Ohio
UPI
Harry Sitner
el Paso
Tex
FBI
Albuquerque
N. M
U. S
H. A. Horn
Sitner
Florida
Grace Moore
Weather Brief for Lovington and New Mexico
Fair conditions persist with minimal temperature changes through tonight and Wednesday. Lovington expects a low around 30 and a high near 66, while northeast New Mexico remains partly cloudy with gusty afternoon winds and highs near 50 to 60, lows ranging from 15 to 30 north and 25 to 35 south.
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Lovington
New Mexico
Deputy LeDeau Assigned to Hobbs for Fort Term
Adrian LeDeau Lovington deputy is sent to Hobbs to serve the unfinished term of J C Fort who resigned to start a private business. The December assignment may extend until Sheriff McAdoo leaves. Fort started a check protection system for Lea county with a new firm opening offices in Hobbs.
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Adrian LaDeau
Lovington
Hobbs
J. C
Jake) Fort
Jewell McAdoo
Fort
Lea County
Sixteen Couples Seek to Wed In Lea County
Sixteen couples obtained marriage licenses in the Lea County clerk’s office this past week. Names include Lora Kay Manping and Garland Ziezenborn both of Hobbs. Dolores May Shipley of Goldsmith Texas and Robert H. Wright Jr. of Eunice. Ida Maye Gray and George L. McDuff of Lubbock. Gloria Dawn Wallach and James Robert Hendrickson of Oil Center. Barbara Faye Turner and Oliver Shawn of Portales. Ruth LaNell Woody and D. C. Venable Jr. of Hobbs. Erdice Beavers and H R Beavers of Lovington. Gaylene Ann Robertson of Kermit Texas and Bill LaFayette Widner. Ruby Nell Wilkins and Arzell M. Warren of Abilene Texas. Clara Sue Dorsett and L. C. Crews of Lubbock. Mary Moore and Douglas Miller of Oklahoma City. Shirley Ann Youngblood and Jerry D. Cunningham of Lovington. Joan Jordan and Samuel G. Ross of Eunice. Fay Elizabeth Anderson and Paul Wilson Pittman, both of Hobbs.
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Lea County Clerk’s
Lora Kay Manping
Hobbs
Garland Ziezenborn
Dolores May Shipley
Goldsmith
Tex
Robert H. Wrigth Jr
Eunice
Janice G. Wilsey
San Diego
Calif
James E. Fitch
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Ida Maye Gray
Lubbock
George L. McDuff
Parliament Protests Over Sailor’s Child Bride Legal Review
British and American legal experts met at the U S embassy to determine if 14 year old Barbara Scruggs of Virginia is legally wed to Navy sailor Norman Scruggs. If invalid, she may have to return to the United States as Britain debates age of marriage and threats of annulment.
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London
UPI
U. S
U. S. Navy
Barbara Scruggs
White Plains
Norman Bill Scruggs
St. Mary's
Britain
Jerry Lee Lewis
Barbara
Carolina
Halifax County
N. C
Naval
Norman
Arson Suspected in Parochial School Fire Tragedy
Police questioned pupils and examined wastepaper disposal as Chicago investigators probe whether a student’s cigarette may have started the Our Lady of Angels fire. The blaze killed 87 students and 3 nuns, with 100 injured and 82 hospitalized as coroner sets a blue ribbon inquest for next week.
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Robert T. Louchran
United Press International
Chicago
UPI
West Side
Austin
Our Lady of Angels Parochial School
Seventh Grader Recalls 20 Minute Trapping at School
Tommy Raymond, 12, a seventh grader at Our Lady of the Angels School, was trapped for about 20 minutes in his second floor classroom. He describes his experience and the moment rescuers arrived.
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Tommy Raymond
Our Lady of the Angels School
I Remember the Day the School Fire Began
Chicago pupil recalls a deadly school blaze, last to evacuate, breaking a window with books, clinging to the sill as smoke filled the hall. Firemen urged him to wait, then rescued him as flames roared behind the doorway. others were trapped and screams filled the building.
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Chicago
UPI
Lovington 4-H Members Elect Officers
Lovington 4-H members met at the Youth Center for the coming year’s officer election. Wyona Tucker presided. Benny Rushing was elected president with Barbara Wills as vice president and Jan Hardin as secretary treasurer. New council delegate Wrona Tucker and several new members joined.
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Lovington 4-H
Wyona Tucker
Benny Rushing
Barbara Wills
Jan Hardin
June Wills
Ben Graham
Jeannie Stoneham
J. B. Nichols
W. L. Tucker
Royce Burns
Wrona Tucker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ed Bell
Lovington Chamber of Commerce
Harold Denton
Mary Payne
G. C. Hill
Harold Runnels
Woody Allen
Walter Hopkins
Jerry Stoltz
Louis J. Millsap, Jr
W. Ave. G
Colonial Homes
West Tyler
Mattie Mitchell
Adams Street
Chavez and
Jefferson
Rice Construction
W. Tyler
Alverlie Frison
E. E. Maier
South First
E. F. Covington
S. 5Th
Lula Parks
Adams
Morningside
Paul Moore
W. van Buren
Owens
Mexico College
Supreme Court
Lions
LeDeau
Victor Silvio
Walter McCarron
Pope
Barbara Glowerski
Barbie
By Tommy Raymond
4-H
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