Lighting Contest Winners Revealed by Kiwanis Club
The Kiwanis Club announced winners of the annual Home Lighting Contest with 28 entries. First prize for Best Lighted Home went to Willis R. Hall at SOS West Ave. N for $50 from Lea County Electric. other top placements awarded gift certificates and savings accounts from local sponsors.
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Harry Arledge
Arledge’s
South Main
Jim Jameson
Lovington Kiwanis Club
Arnedges
Tipp’s
Kiwanis Club
Carrol Martin
Willis R. Hall
Sos West Ave. N
Lea County Electric Cooperative
William Zahn
North Polk St
Garrett’s Furniture
Welshman home after 14 years reveals large extended family
Jack Gleeson, a former Cardiff resident, returns from the United States to find his wife remarried and discovers he has 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. After seven years apart his wife had him legally declared dead, while their daughter Mary grew up and married. Now in a New York hospital he learns his family numbers from letters and reunites with relatives.
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Cardiff
Wales
UPI
Beery
Gleeson
United States
Mary
Gleason
New York
The
Red Cross
Sewards
Massive Midwestern storm snarls traffic and dumps snow
A massive storm struck the Midwest today, dropping up to 10 inches of snow and disrupting holiday travel. The system caused widespread slick roads and winter driving hazards across multiple states, with authorities urging caution.
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United Press International
Midwest
Castro Roars On Rally Ties Illiteracy Victory to World Admiration
In Havana Revolution Square Fidel Castro proclaimed resistance to imperialism as Cuba marked near total illiteracy elimination with Education Minister Armando Hart reporting 707000 of 979207 illiterate adults taught this year. The piece blends political triumph with weather and storm details from the United States.
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Havana
Revolution Square
Cuba
Giron Beach
Castro
Armando Hart
Tipton Posts Big Bond in Hobbs Dentist Slaying Case
Talton B. Tipton, 19, of Hobbs, posted a $20,000 bond and was released after a preliminary hearing led by Justice of Peace Robert L. Bensing. Fellow defendants Philip R. Dyer and Steven P. Schwartz remained in custody on charges of murder armed robbery and conspiracy in the death of Dr. C. V. Cook. All three were bound over to district court with trial time to be announced.
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Talton B. Tipton
Hobbs
Tipton
Justice of Peace
Robert L. Bensing
Bensing
Philip R. Dyer
Steven P. Schwartz
Hurleyville
N. Y
Dr. C. V. Cook
Tshombe Pressured To Keep Agreement
Katanga President Moise Tshombe faces pressure to honor his pledge to return Katanga to central Congo authority or risk renewed fighting. The Adoula-Tshombe accord sparks optimism or renewed chaos depending on Katanga's cabinet stance, with UN forces maintaining order amid rising tensions and reports of violence in Elisabethville.
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Neil Smith
United Press International
Elisabethville
Katanga, the Congo
UPI
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
Brazzaville
French Congo Republic
Gullion
Kitona
Adoula
Kennedy
United Nations
Leopoldville
Kenya
U.N. Command
Eugene Claeys
Geonines Company
Gnome Research Off for Holidays
Carlsbad New Mexico UPI technicians wrapped up nearly two weeks of underground nuclear test research at the Project Gnome site 25 miles southeast of Carlsbad. They found no steam or pressure from the 5 kiloton blast 1 200 feet underground as salt in the cavity was likely powdered and insulated instruments.
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Carlsbad
UPI
Project Gnome
Here
New Mexico
Ernest Wynkoop
Atomic Energy Commission
Oldest unrestored Taos church questioned by new studies
UPI reports St. Francis of Assisi Church at Ranchos de Taos may date to 1710, earlier than the 1776 founding date previously accepted. The finding suggests the church is the oldest unrestored church in the country and has operated continuously since its founding.
Further Freedom Rides Prohibited In McComb
UPI report from Jackson Mississippi says a federal judge issued a permanent injunction banning CORE from sponsoring further freedom rides in McComb after violence surfaced during an earlier attempt. The order targets participants and supporters while upholding ICC terminal integration.
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Cliffsessions
United Press International
Jackson, Miss
UPI
Congress of Racial Equality
McComb
South Mississippi
Harold Cox
CORE
Sidney Mize
Greyhound
Cox
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
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O. G. Blackard
West Ave
First Federal Savings and Loan
Kay Kaiser
West Ave M
Turner’s
Lovington Appliance
L. F. Isaacs
North Gore
Oscar Fisher
South Second
B. Williams & Son
C. H. Sanford
North Ave M
City Drug
Martha Schenck
Ave. H
Marvin Burnett
North Ave. L
Corner Crocery
J. W. Allen
North Seventh St
Scout Troop No. 10
Jimmie Williams
Stell’s
Bob Small
West Harrison
Anthony
Midwestern
Castro Roars
Jean
Iowa
Illinois
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Appalachians
U.N
Gnome
Wynkoop
New Cera
Lovington
James Taylor
Carl Henderson
Chamber of Commerce Retail Trades Committee
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