Auto license changes hit Lovington amid sticker plan
New Mexico moves to issue a single reflectorized sticker instead of full plates for 1962. Fewer early buyers expected as motorists pay for the privilege with nothing tangible in return. Community drive for Lovington Goodfellows lags while 150 families and 600 children may need aid.
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Lovington Goodfellow
Goodfellows
Lovington
North Fourth St
Austin Cullen
Chief Goodfellow
Box
Levington
Chamber of Commerce
New York
UPI
St. Patrick
New York State
Atty
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
T. Lamar Caudle
Justice Department
Truman
Guard Opens Enlistment for Ages 17 to 22
Sgt. Lewis Shoemake of the Lovington National Guard announced that the guard can enlist non prior service personnel aged 17 to 22. Previously the limit was 19, he said.
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Lewis Shoemake
Lovington National Guard
National Guard
Shoemake
Lea County Farmers Approve Cotton Marketing Quotas
A small Lea County turnout approved marketing quotas for the 1962 upland cotton crop. Of 119 voters, 88 supported and 31 opposed, 74 percent in favor, with weather cited as the main reason for light turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County
Joe Peterson
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Peterson
U. S
Secretary of Agriculture
Winter Weather Strands San Juan County Schools Lead
Cold snap lingers in Northwestern New Mexico with record snow piles and power outages. Blanco and Bloomfield schools in San Juan County suspend opening until Monday while emergency workers and National Guard keep electricity flowing and roads hazardous.
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New Mexico
San Juan
U.S. Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Farmington
Weather Bureau
Plains
Blanco
Bloomfield
San Juan County
Car Licenses Go On Sale Friday in Lovington
Auto licenses for 1962 go on sale in Lovington Friday. Licenses will not be issued this year but a reflectorized New Mexico 1962 sticker with a serial number will be placed on the lower right of the current plates. Last year’s registration and a certificate of registration are required, with a March 2 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
New Mexico
T Ae
Caty Thompson
Auto License Bureau
South Main
Kennedy unveils $700 million civil defense program
The Kennedy administration announced a $700 million civil defense program to subsidize shelter construction in schools and hospitals, aiming to protect 20 million people. Federal funds would back non profit education health and welfare facilities with states covering the rest.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Gilpatric
Congress
Neigh
Weather outlook shifts across Farmington Gallup and nearby towns
Mixed skies prevail with mostly cloudy to partly cloudy conditions in Farmington Gallup and surrounding communities through Friday. Temperatures show little change with light showers or snow flurries possible Friday and a brief cooldown in some locales before weekend warmth returns.
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Las Vegas
Tucumcari
Clovis
Portales
New Mexico
Farmington
Gallup
Snow delays Sierra Blanca Ski area opening
UPI reports heavy snow at White Mountain Park prompts postponement of Sierra Blanca Ski area opening to December 23. Total snowfall reached seven and one half feet, later settling to about one and four fifths feet, signaling strong snowpack for the season.
Air Force Plans Second Titan Shot From Cape Canaveral
Air Force outlines plans to launch a rhesus monkey in a piggyback pod on a silvery Atlas ICBM from Cape Canaveral. The Titan I reached a 5000 mile Atlantic crossing in a recent R and B flight and is slated for combat readiness by late 1961 or early 1962 pending silo nuclear-tipped Titan installations at Lowry AFB.
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Cape Canaveral
Atlantic
America
Air Force
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Colo
U S Asks Allies To Match U S Military Buildup
The United States presses NATO allies to parallel its military buildup amid the Berlin crisis. A three day NATO session in Paris conducts a top secret review of Western strength versus the Communist bloc while talks with the Soviet Union are planned for later.
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Paris
API
United States
Berlin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
NATO Council
Soviet Union
Train Hits School Bus In Colorado Killing Dozens
A Union Pacific passenger train struck a county cross ing six miles southeast of Greeley Colorado colliding with a bus full of grade school students. State Patrol reports 18 dead and at least 30 injured with numbers varying as hospitals report dozens of child casualties. Ambulances rushed to the scene as National Guard units prepared to assist.
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Greeley. Colo
National Guard
Larry Cooper
KFKA
Greeley
Weld County
Rai
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Clay County
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Forrest
REA
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Olin Ainsworth
Milnesand
Bob Rankin
NMSU
Rankin
Lea County Fair Grounds
Goodfellow
Kiddoes
Lovington Businesses
Carlile
Steve Franklin
Debbie Buffington
Debra Jane Rice
Carlsbad
Artesia
Edward and
Charles Lesser
Oyster Bay, N.Y
Norman Rankow
Sam Avnet
Joseph Hertweck
Shelmire St
Philadelphia
George Futterman
Robert S. Newman
Carl Madonick
Irish Film Corporation of Dublin
National Provincial Bank, Ltd
London
Ruidoso Ski
U.S
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