Thanksgiving weather and community lights beat up by wind
Lovington in holiday mode with weather during the early winter kickoff. Winds reach 60 to 75 MPH causing damage to Christmas decorations and delaying repairs. Local figures like Bob Carter, John Benge, and Clyde Price are cited as assessing the losses while community efforts to keep Lovington festive continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mickey
Tropics
Silverton
Lubbock
Brownfield
Milton
Franklin
Jimmy
Mother Nature
Clyde Price
John Benge
John
Clyde
Lovington
Williams
Weather Bureau
Lovington Merchants
Santa Claus
Mao Hosts Ford For Lengthy Visit In Peking
Mao Tse-tung welcomed President Ford for talks described as significant and diplomatic. The meeting in the Forbidden City ran about one hour and fifty minutes, signaling a friendly atmosphere and a notable moment in Sino American relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mao
Ford
Peking
WPD
Mao Tse-tung
Mao meets Ford in unusually long China visit
A lengthy Mao Zedong meeting with President Ford followed their 1972 Nixon visit, signaling China’s desire for strong ties with Washington. Officials described the talks as wideranging and significant, with topics likely including detente Korea and U.S. policy on Taiwan amid a carefully staged visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mao
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Ford
China
Washington
Korea
Taiwan
William Greener
U.S
Lovington man wins annual Cotton Bowl contest
R L Cable of Lovington finished 13 weeks of predicting games with 132 correct picks to win the Lovington Merchants Football Contest. He edged Kendall Schrader and Lola Burleson for top prizes as the 1975 contest ended in a tight finish.
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R.L. Cable
Lovington
Dallas
Rex
Georgie
Texas A& M
Arkansas
Cable
Lovington Merchants
Kendall Schrader
Schrader
Lola Burleson
A.L
The
Leader
Attempted B E At Crescent Cleaners Lovington
Police report an attempted break in at Crescent Cleaners 120 N Love between Saturday 1 PM and Sunday 9 45 AM. Screws pried loose from back door latch but no entry. similar tampering found at 118 N Love adjacent building used for storage.
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Lovington
Crescent Cleaners
N. Love
Ron White
Recreation Hall
Lee worries over pending energy bill in conference committee
Sen. Bill Lee of Lovington voices strong concerns about the compromise energy bill before a Senate House conference committee. He warns the measure could damage New Mexico and southeastern oil regions, with potential state losses of about ten million dollars annually in taxes and possible price rollbacks harming producers and royalty owners. Lee urges broader congressional understanding of the bill's economic impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Lee
Lovington
Senate House
Ford
Lee
Ex-Girlfriend Testifies in Velten Killing Case Hearing
Janet McCord, Kerry Lee's girlfriend in 1974, testified about Lee's confession that he killed a man in a fight and showed her the body in the foothills near Four Hills Road. Lee refused to discuss taped testimony or the origin of a call from Feb 5, citing potential self incrimination.
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Denise Tessier
Albuquerque Journal
Janet McCord
Kerry Rodney Lee
William Velten
Lee
Four Hills Road
Velten
Funeral services for Raymond H Howell today in Lovington
Funeral services for pioneer resident Raymond H Howell are set for 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Lovington. He died Sunday morning after 15 days in Llano Estacado hospital. He was 93, born November 12, 1882 in Brown County Texas. He and wife Fula lived in Lovington 33 years and celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in 1973. He owned a school store across from Central Junior High and was active with the local Masons. Survived by wife and children Eula Copeland Martha Griffin and two others. 12 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.
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Raymond H. Howell
First United Methodist Church
Llano Estacado
Howell
Lovington
Brown County
Texas
Fula
Eula Copeland
Rifle, Cole
Martha Griffin
Buckeye, Ar
Early Tatum Settler Dies in New Mexico Region
Ashby G. Green 83 an early settler in the Tatum area died Monday at Methodist Memorial Hospital in Lubbock after months of failing health. Born July 27 1892 in Fayetteville Tex he homesteaded southwest of Tatum in 1915 later moving to Brownfield. Survived by widow Beatrice of Brownfield a niece Clarice Mellard of Albuquerque and three great nieces. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 p m in First United Methodist Church Tatum with Rev Louis Crenshaw officiating. Burial in Tatum Cemetery with Lovington Masons conducting graveside rites.
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Ashby G. Green
Tatum Area
Methodist Memorial Hospital
Lubbock
Green
Lubbock Hospital
Mortery
Fayetteville
Tex
William C
Elizabeth Garrett Green
Lea County
Tatum
Browsfield
First United Methodist Church
Lovington Lodge No
Alf. & A.M
Ballut Abyad
Albuquerque
Tatum Cemetery
Lovington Lodge of Masons
Weather by United Press International Eastern Plains Forecast
Fair and warm today and Wednesday in the eastern plains. Lovington expected to reach the mid 60s with nightly lows around the low 30s.
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United Press International
Eastern Plains
Lovington
Huey Restores Dual Assistant Directors In New Mexico Game and Fish
Santa Fe New Mexico UPI reports Director William S. Huey announces reinstituting two assistant directors to better oversee field and service operations. Bill Montoya will head field operations while Harold Olson leads service operations. Ruben Gonzales to replace Montoya in Roswell. Huey also notes minor structural changes and marks this as the first two-assistant era since 1973.
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Santa FE
UPI
New Game and Fish Department
William S. Huey
Huey
Ladd S. Gordon
Gordon
National Rifle Association
Bill Montoya
Harold Olson
Montoya
Roswell
Ruben Gonzales
Department
William Humphries
New Mexico State
Olson
Utah State University
Game and Fish Department
New Mexico
Woman Charged In Cafe Shooting At Blue Moon Cafe
Margie M. Sanders posted a $1,000 bond after being charged with aggravated battery for a Monday shooting at the Blue Moon Cafe on Chaves Street. She allegedly pulled a pistol from her purse and fired, striking her husband Jimmy in the right shoulder and Ruby Colbert in the back shoulder, later hitting Colbert over the head with the gun. Both victims were treated at Llano Estacado and released with superficial wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie M. Sanders
Blue Moon Cafe
Chaves Street
Apodaca Advances State Budget Drafting Process
Gov. Jerry Apodaca moves toward sending a General Appropriations Act to the 1976 New Mexico Legislature. Finance Director Vin cent Montoya says language is being drafted with figures not yet set. If enacted, he would be the first New Mexico governor to submit such a bill for state operations.
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Patrick Lamb
UPI
Santa Fef
UPD Department of Finance and Administration
Vincent Montoya
Jerry Apodaca
New Mexico
Montoya
Apodaca
Jack Campbell
House
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Hop
Graham
Jack Buggs
Bob Carter
Bob
Portales
John Ray Bishop
Caldwell
Woody
Susan
Hoyt
B.C. Forbes
B&e
Crescent
Christmas
Taft
Congress
New Legislative Energy Committee
Scott McCarty
Central Junior High School
Kenneth Ford
AM No. 46
Raymond H, Howell
Apodaca Appropriations Act
Lovington, New Mexico
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