Benson unveils new version of conservation reserve program
Agriculture secretary Benson announced a trial version of a revised conservation reserve at a Washington news conference. The bid based plan, to run in Maine, Illinois, Nebraska and Tennessee, would pay farmers to place entire farms into the reserve for five years with USDA selecting bids. The program aims to cut production, with estimates suggesting 30 million acres may be removed nationwide. cost unknown as testing begins.
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Benson
Washington
Congress
USDA
Committee For Economic Development
Congressional
Bensons
Nough
Former Pastor Nazarene Church Here To Speak
Rev. R. C. Lewis, former Lovington Church of the Nazarene pastor, visits Lovington this week and speaks Sunday at 7 pm in the local church at South Ast and Avenue B. He and his wife have served in Texas Idaho and California and recently pastored in Encinitas California where they organized a church and oversaw sanctuary construction. The public is invited.
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R. C. Lewis
Lovington
Idaho
California
Encenitas
Mr. Lewis
First Atom Powered Ship Contract Signed
The government signs a contract to build the world’s first atom powered merchant ship named The Savannah. The nuclear vessel is slated for launch in 1959.
Stricter Driving Licenses Urged by Traffic Safety Group
Washington reports a unanimous call from a public officials Traffic Safety Conference to tighten license requirements to curb highway deaths. The group backs adopting the uniform vehicle code, school safety education, and stronger driver testing, plus research and state coordinating committees. Pedestrian fatalities fell 38 percent since 1940 amid safety programs.
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Washington
The
Association
Labor Wil Onnose Ikes Program
AFL-CIO leaders vow to oppose key features of President Eisenhower's labor bill while supporting worker fund disclosures and protection laws. They back anti corruption measures but warn against undue regulation. George Meany blasts secret ballot elections as a step toward licensing.
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United Press
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Eisenhowers
General Board
Federation
Counci
George Meany
Philippines Moves to Strengthen Dollar Reserves
The Philippines announces sweeping economic measures to curb imports and restrict dollar outflows to bolster dwindling American dollar reserves. Banks suspend nonessential credits and profits, aiming to stabilize finances before seeking a large stabilization loan from the United States in 1958.
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United Press
Phillippines Islands
Manila
Phillippines
Unite States
New Mexico Congressman Montoya Seeks Federal Pay Hike
Congressman Joe Montoya argues for raises for federal employees while criticizing inter service rivalry and coordination delays. He claims Congress allocated sufficient funds for missile work and will travel to Washington for the next session.
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New Mexico
Joe M. Monte
Natio Federation of Federal
Albuoneraue
Congress
Montoya
Washington
Sanks Urges Peaceful Co existence Amid Tensions
Marion Eccles former head of the Federal Reserve Board in Chicago urged peaceful co existence with Russia to prevent war. Eccles called for leadership toward peace and supported recognition of leading nations to ease global tensions.
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Russia
Marion Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Sai
Chicago
Eccles
Texas Officials Cite Need Of O1 Pipelines
Veteran Texas oil official Ern est O Thompson, member of the Texas Railroad Commission, urges building two large capacity pipelines to move oil from Texas Louisiana to the East Coast and from West Texas New Mexico to the West Coast. He claims ample shut in oil can supply both lines at efficient production rates.
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United Press
Texas Oil
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Tompson
Texas Louisana
West Texas New Mexico
Thompson
Texas
Farms Decreasing in New Mexico Amid Growth in Size
A report from the agriculture department at Las Cruces shows New Mexico has about 22 000 farms, down from roughly 39 000 in 1938. Farm size is up 40 percent since 1938 and output rose 74 percent over twenty years.
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United Press
U.S
New Mexico
Agriculture Department
Las Cruces
Netherlands Indonesia dispute looms over NATO summit
Moscow Radio reports Dutch Indonesia tensions may affect the Paris NATO summit. The Netherlands seeks allied support against Indonesia’s bid for Dutch New Guinea, urging U S backing. UN debate on colonial status sparks abstentions and shifting policy debates.
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Netherlands
Indonesia
Letters Mailed To West Leader Threaten NATO Summit
Moscow radio aired a round of Bulganin letters to Western leaders including Eisenhower Britain France and West Germany. The messages accused NATO of war planning urged a three year halt to nuclear tests and proposed an East West summit. Western diplomats see the letters as an attempt to torpedo the Paris NATO summit before it starts.
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NATO
Kremlin
West
Paris
Red Radio
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Washington
Britain
France
West Germany
Radio Moscow
United States
Nehru
India
Russia
Bulgaria
Bonn
Germany
Refugee Plane Arrives With Extra Passenger Birth in Shannon Dispensary
Seventy five Hungarian refugees reached New York last night on a plane from Belgrade to the United States. A Hungarian woman, Erzebert Ries, 22, gave birth to a seven pound boy in Shannon Ireland airport thirty minutes after landing. A physician and flight crew assisted as the plane waited, and mother and child then continued to the United States.
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United Press
New York
Freedom
Erzebert Ries
Shannon
Ireland
C-s
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
Ted Clark
Castan
Voter tallies by district in Lea County election
Lea County totals show 132 votes in favor and 21 against on cotton acreage controls. North Community reports 22 for and 7 against. South records 18 for and none against. Central community 92 for and 14 against.
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Lea County
Sanity Hearing Set for James Clark in Alamogordo
A sanity hearing is scheduled for December 30 in Alamogordo for 32 year old James Clark charged with slaying his estranged wife in an attorney's office. District Judge Paul Tackett will hear the case after area judges were disqualified and Clark was moved to Albuquerque for psychiatric exams.
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United Press
Alamogordo
James Clark
Paul Tackett
Albuquerque
Clark
Tackett
Albuquerue
Industrial Wages Rise in New Mexico Manufacturing
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports state manufacturing average weekly earnings at 94.34 dollars based on 40.5 hours. The average hourly wage is 12.28 dollars, up 2 cents from last year.
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New Mexico
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hospitalized ex jailor Ed Halcomb rushed to Lea General
Ed Halcomb former Lea County jailor now with the City of Lovington was taken to Lea General Hospital in Hobbs around 11 p.m. Tuesday after an urgent medical incident. He was reported in stable condition and receiving treatment.
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Ed Halcomb
Lea County
City of
Lovington
Lea General Hospital
Hobbs
Mrs Pat Murphy Taken To Lubbock Hospital
Mrs Pat Murphy was transported to Lubbock Memorial Hospital Tuesday morning. She is reported to be doing as well as could be expected.
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Pat Murphy
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Johnson Says 40 Hour Week May Be Over
Senate leader Lyndon Johnson argues the 40 hour work week could end to mobilize for a missile and satellite race with the Soviet Union. He warns that a 49 hour week would not produce the intercontinental ballistic missile and calls for sacrifice to defend the nation.
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Johnson
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
Russia
Texas
Mahoney Plans hearings On Fish Service Leasing
Wyoming Senator Joseph O Mahoney says it would be nonsense to grant the fish and wildlife service authority to halt oil and gas leasing on wildlife refuge lands. He will hold hearings when Congress reconvenes. The regulation would ban leasing without permission, with possible exceptions where nearby wells drain the lands.
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Wyoming
Joseph O’ Mahoney
Fish and Wildlife Service
O’mahoney
Senate Public Lands
Congress
Cold Blast Hits South and North Across Regions
A frigid air mass swept the nation as teens reached into northern Alabama and Georgia with 20s along the Gulf Coast. Freezing temperatures endanger Florida crops, while subzero readings continued from Minnesota through the Great Lakes. Snow and light banking accompanied the cold from the South to the Atlantic coast.
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South
Alabama
Georgia
Gulf Coast
Florda
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Midwest
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
North Atlantic States
Seaton Silent on Curbing Interior Funds
Secretary Fred A. Seaton declined to comment on reports that Interior Department programs would be sharply cut as part of the drive to trim non defense spending. He said he was not in a position to comment until the budget bureau sets department allocations for the next fiscal year and noted plans to meet Gov. Millard Simpson of Wyoming to discuss possible lack of funds for new reclamation projects including Flaming Gorge dam.
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Washington
Fred A. Seaton
Interior Department
Seaton
Budget Bureau
Flaming George
Upper
Colorado
Millard Simpson
Wyoming
FFA Style Show Set for December 12 Evening
A Future Homemakers of America style show is planned for Thursday December 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the Choral Building. The Junior Chapter oversees the program decorations and props while Homemaking II and III students model about fifty fall garments. Friends, parents, teachers and guests are invited.
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The
Future Homemakers of America
Anderson Releases Chief To President
New Mexico senator Clinton Anderson has released a letter to President Eisenhower questioning a decision to discontinue the Thermonuclear rocket program and advocating continued nuclear propelled rocket research. The letter, signed with Rep. Carl Durham, urges full use of funding and facilities at Los Alamos and Livermore for future satellite and rocket advances.
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United Press
New Mexico
Clinton Anderson
Atomic Energy Chages
United States
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Anderson
United
Los Alamos
Livermore
Lovington Telephone Office to Close on Saturdays
General Telephone Company of the Southwest announces Lovington office hours change effective December 14. The district manager states the office will operate 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with a new near entrance depository for after hours payments and mail payments continuing as usual.
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Lovington
General Telephone Company of the Southwest
G. D. Shelley
Carlsbad Man Charged in One Car Crash Fatality
Assistant District Attorney Jack Love filed manslaughter charges against 43 year old Max Wise of Carlsbad after a Tuesday night single vehicle wreck in which Ira Connaway of Brooksmith Texas died.
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Jack Love
Max Wise
Carlsbad
Ira Connaway
Brooksmith
Texas
Fire damages 1955 Ford stored at Horns Body Shop
A 1955 Ford owned by Jim mie Wofford of 802 West Monroe caught fire Tuesday morning at Horns Body Shop. Fire was quickly extinguished and no injuries were reported.
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Jimmie Wofford
West Monroe
Horn
Nelson starts claim after minor crash on Route One
Charlie I. Nelson driving a 1958 Chevrolet received 150 dollars in damages to his right front fender when he collided with Oscar C. Fisher's 1950 Chevrolet at 514 West F Street. Nelson was cited for an improper left turn and his vehicle sustained 40 dollars in additional damages to the right fender.
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Charlie I. Nelson
Route Oone
Oscar C. Fisher
West F. Street
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Moscow Radio
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Western
New Guinea
NATO Permanent Council
United Nations
Dutch New Guinea
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Africa
East Asia
Ing
China
West Leader
Lubbock Hospital
Pendleton
Pendleton Mills
Oregon
Dorothy Ansley
Jo Ann Skiles
Wyona Tucker
Mahoney
Nderson
Menhower
the -Ermore Laboratory
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