New Mexico County Reports September Gross Income Over 200 Million
The New Mexico State Bureau of Revenue released September gross income figures totaling 247,795,349.62 statewide. Lea County breakdown shows diverse sectors, with notable totals in other retail, metals and minerals, manufacturing, and wholesale sectors, plus taxes and penalties bringing Lea County collections to 356,720.49.
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New Mexico
Amusement
Automotive
Lea County
Judge To Draw Jury January 6
District Judge John R. Brand will open court in Lovington on January 6. Defaults will be heard a jury ventre puled and dockets set for both jury and non jury trials. The jury will report for duty on January 20.
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John R. Brand
Lovington
Granddaughter of Hardiway Killed in Auto Crash Near Lamesa
Lovington man H Hardiway received an emergency message on Christmas night announcing his granddaughter had been killed in an auto crash near Lamesa. His grandson was in critical condition at Lamesa Hospital while his daughter was not seriously injured. No names were available on the police report.
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Hardiway
H. Hardiway
Lovington
Lamesa
Hospital Notes Hobbs NM Admits and Discharges Listed
Hospital notes from Hobbs and surrounding towns list admitted patients on Wednesday including Dorothy Sims Eunice Tallant Bobby Tallant Patricia Tallant Orel Mabney Bobby Marley and others. Discharged Wednesday include Juanita Shanks Larry Pursley Rodney Jeffreys Ray Wright Madelene Youngblood Martha Kizer Edna Baldwin and Daniel Quick.
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Bobby Ray Tallant
East Marland
Hobbs
Patricia Ann Tallant
E. W Marland
Orel Hayes Mabney
Green Acres
Bobby Neal Marley
Seminole
Texas
Bill Dunwoody
E. Cain
John Edward Johnson
Lovington
Dora Joann Wells
Shipp Drive
Salas Barrera
Juanita Lea Shanks
Eunice
Larry Dean Pursley
Rodney Steven Jeffreys
Air Base City
Ray Ann Wright
South Second
Madelene Youngblood
Martha Mae Kizer
South
Dal Paso
Edna Anna Baldwin
E. C.inton
Daniel Carson Quick
Unidentified Man Killed in Christmas Night Car Pedestrian Crash
An unidentified man, about 60 to 65, was killed Christmas night when struck by a 1957 Chevrolet driven by James R. Shoemate of Loving, New Mexico. Police could not confirm the victim’s identity, with relatives denying being Gruell. coroner's jury ruled death from automobile pedestrian injuries.
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Nolan Utz
Bob Gruell
Gruell
Utz
Yale
Oklahoma
Bob Gruel
Hobbs
Dravn
James R. Shoemate
S. Love
Lovington
Louis Bryan
Green Chapel
Gruel
New Mexico
Juesuay Uiui
Nign
Alamogordo
Frank E. Ivogais 4U
Dae Bryan
Christmas Traffic Toll Stacks Up Quick Tragedy Across City
Chicago reports grim holiday toll with 213 traffic deaths in a 30 hour period plus 27 fire fatalities and 27 other accident deaths. The UP tally highlights a concentrated fog of losses across the metro during the observance.
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Chicago
United Press
Aunt Ada Holder Dies in De Leon on Christmas Day
Mrs. Terrell Crowder of Cisco Texas telephoned the sheriff's office on Christmas Day to notify Jack Spegall, who lives four miles south of Bronco, that Ada Holder had died in De Leon Texas at 5 A. M. on Christmas Day.
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Terrell Crowder
Cisco Texas
Sheriff’s Office
Jack Spegall
Bronco
Ada Holder
de Leon
Texas
Parkview Elementary ready for January term
New Parkview Elementary will open January 6 with 16 classrooms a music room and 44 500 square feet of space. Principal James T now reports the school at 1400 South Sixth will seat 500 pupils with furniture equipment and supplies moved in over the holidays.
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Parkview
South Sixth
South Sixth Street
James T. Now
National Christmas Tree Seen As Symbol Of World Peace
The national Christmas tree in Washington is a Minnesota white spruce with artificial snowflakes and 9000 bulbs. At 60 feet to the star, it is smaller than recent tall trees but praised for grace and festive decorations. Five men spent six days to set it up, sometimes working amid blizzards and cold.
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United Press
Washington
White House
Washington Monument
United States
Minnesota
Mother Nature
Star of Peace
Hobbs Schools Receive Donated Oil Well Gift
The Hobbs Schools were awarded a producing oil well from W. R. Weaver and his wife Shirley located four and a half miles north of Hobbs in Lea County. Last year the well grossed 20000 dollars and the district expects about 10000 dollars net this year. Funds will go into the direct charge fund.
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Hobbs
SEC
Lea County
W. R. Weaver
Shirley
Weaver
West Texas
New Mexico
Hubbs
Melvin Neal
Neal
Weavers
West
Texas
Abandoned 1950 Chrysler Towed After Reported Hazard Near Lovington
A 1950 Chrysler registered to O. D. Madison at 317 E. Skelly was found abandoned five miles east of Lovington on the Denver City highway. The car was in a dangerous position and towed to the Wrecking Co.
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Chrysler
O. D. Madison
E. Skelly
Lovington
Denver City
Wrecking Co
Year 1957 changed space view with Sputnik and delays
A survey of 1957 highlights include the Soviet Sputnik launches on October 4 and November 3 and the U S response with Vanguard's failure at Cape Canaveral. NATO met in Paris to refresh alliances as disarmament talks and Atlas tests followed, amid the Little Rock school crisis and Faubus’s national guard stance.
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United States
Vanguard
Cape Canaveral
Florida
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
NATO
Russia
Charles E. Wilson
Neil McElroy
James Killian
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Central High School
Little Rock
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
National Guard
Faubus
Newport
Rhode Island
Christmas Gains Ground as Major Korean Holiday
In Korea Christmas grows from a small Christian observance to a major holiday with 1.5 million Christians and 22 million total population. Government under President Syngman Rhee supports celebrations as Buddhists and non Christians join in. Rural areas see limited observance, while cities enjoy festive spirit and gift exchanges.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Duke City Christmas Day Visit of Bishop and Etcheverry
Arland Bishop and Johnnie Etcheverry spent Christmas Day in Albuquerque, sharing the holiday in the city.
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Duke City
Arland Bishop
Johnnie Etcheverry
Albuquerque
World observes Christmas across nations in 1957
The world marks Christmas with varied observances from the Holy Land to Moscow. Francis Cardinal Spellman visits American troops, Lag Hammarskjold visits Egypt, and Pope Pius XII blesses pilgrims in Vatican City as Bethlehem crowds endure festive worship. President Eisenhower's Christmas is quiet at the White House.
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United Press
Holy Land
Moscow
Communist
Peiping
Lativia
Francis Cardinal Spelman
New York
Lag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Egypt
E.sennower
White House
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
Lve
Pius the XII
Vatican City
West Germany
Bethlehem
Tokyo
United States
Japan News
Jakarta
Indonesia
Indonesa
Army
Missiles May Be Fired Over Cities in Training
Washington says military rocket men may expand firing areas to populated regions for training. Officials stress no weapons under development will be used. Tests will still be limited to places like Cape Canaveral.
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Washington
United States
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Oldest Councilman in Portland Wins Fourth Term
William H. O'Brien is 90 and secured a fourth council term in Munjoy Hill Portland Me. He says he always expected victory over younger rivals and plans to run again as long as his health holds. He previously served 11 years before his 1948 election and held three successive three year terms. A former U S Bureau of Marine and Navigation Inspection clerk for 43 years he remains fond of horses and boxing.
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Portland
William H. O’brien
Munjoy Hill
O’brien
U. S. Bureau of Marine and Navigation Inspection
Wright announces birth of son
Mrs. Jerry Wright announces the birth of a son on December 23 at 11 10 a m. The newborn weighed five pounds thirteen ounces.
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Jerry Wright
Ard
Eisenhower to Push Largest Peacetime Budget in History
President Eisenhower prepares a State of the Union address for January 9 signaling a defense push toward a about 40 billion dollar budget next year. The overall budget could exceed 733 billion, with defense costs rising to fund the missile program and tax cuts likely to be delayed.
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United Press
Eisenhower
Congress
Gettysburg
Defense Department
Defense
Wisconsin farmer Ed Gein to be examined for insanity
Psychiatric experts say Ed Gein 51 is not mentally competent to stand trial for his crimes. Judge Herbert Bunde in Wisconsin Rapids orders a summary court inquiry in about a week or 10 days.
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United Press
Wisconsin
Ed Gein
Wisconsi Hospital
Herbert Bunde
Wisconsin Rapids
Apple Break for Scientists at Geneva New York
The New York state experiment station in Geneva offers a daily apple break with a rotating apple variety for scientists and workers. Each day features standard varieties new fruits from the breeding program and older varieties no longer grown commercially. The station has over 700 distinct varieties in stock.
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Geneva
N. Y
New York State Experiment Station
New York
Woman Hurt As Car Rolls Near Lovington On Christmas Night
Mrs. Ethelw Rovers Lipham of Monahans Texas sustained minor injuries when her 1957 Chevrolet station wagon rolled over north and east of Lovington on Christmas night. A police report cites a tin obstacle on the highway and a tire blowout causing loss of control.
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Ethelw Rovers Lipham
S. Calvin Street
Monahans
Texas
Lovington
Southern Union to Hold April Gas Convention in Dallas
Scott Hughes announces the Southern Union Gas Association convention in Dallas from April 28 to 30. The event expects over 2,200 attendees to review progress in the gas industry across 14 states from Virginia to New Mexico since its 1908 Atlanta founding.
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Southern Gas Associaon
Dallas
Scott Hughes
Hughes
Southern Unon Gas Company
Soin
Associaton
Virgnia
New Mexico
Atlanta
Georgia
Weather Bureau Chief Notes Russian Interest in Weather Control
The United States weather bureau chief warns Russia shows growing interest in weather control, seen by experts as a potential path to world supremacy. Meteorologist Francis Reich elderfer notes Russia accelerates research and trains more weather specialists than the U.S. but says no actual experiments exist to drastically modify weather.
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United Press
United States Weather Bureau
Russia
Francis Reichelderfer
United States
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