Lovington Christmas Quiet and Light Displays Noted
Christmas in Lovington was quiet with families indoors and mild weather. The article highlights local decorations, notable displays, and a festive mood, mentioning homes at 104 S. Commercial 600 Adams Drive 1013 South First and 1101 South First as standout lights.
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Lovington
Grahams
Stevie
Mama
Coun
Antonio Acoseta
S. Commercial
Sylvester Vaugehan
Adams Drive
Ped
Istmas
Weather Update Southeast Plains and New Mexico Forecast
Increasing cloudiness and windy night with showers late. Colder Saturday with occasional rain or snow. high 48 and low 36. In New Mexico travelers warned late tonight north. snow increases moving into Saturday with rain and snow developing east.
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Southeast Plains
New Mexico
Services Set For J. W. Brown
John William Brown dairy farmer died December 24 in Lovington Lea General Hospital at age 62. Survived by wife Gladys four daughters Shirley Allen Eileen Ross Barbarou Murphy Linda Parum and three sons Charles Melvin Roy and Wayne officiate funeral Saturday December 27 at 2:00 in Smith Rogers Chapel with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. Wayne Mahoney pastor of Northside Baptist Church will lead services.
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John William Brown
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Brown
Gladys
Shirley Allen
Los Angeles
Calif
Eileen Ross
Houston
Texas
Barbarourphy
Salinas
Linda Parum
Lovington
Charles
Melvin
Caly
Roy
Freeport
Tex
Smith Rogers
Defense budget slashed deeper under Nixon plan
Pentagon officials forecast about 1 million fewer Americans in defense roles over the first 30 months of the Nixon administration as budgets shrink from $77 billion to $73–$75 billion. Cuts affect military and civilian staff, defense contractors, and possible base closures, with Vietnam war costs dropping to roughly $17–18 billion next year.
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Freds. Hoffman
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Pentagon
Nixon
Armed Services
Congress
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Vietnam
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lea County Livestock Joins National Market Group
Lea County Livestock Auction, Inc. joins the Certified Livestock Markets Association based in Kansas City. The group includes about 850 competitive markets nationwide and reports last year’s trade totaling 109.7 million head valued near $9 billion.
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Lea County Livestock Auction, Inc
Certified Livestock Markets Association
Kansas City
Association
Nixon pushes budget offset to cover tax bill loss
President Nixon, tackling the fiscal 1971 budget, addresses a $2.5 billion revenue loss from Congress tax reform. He signals no veto while planning defense budget shifts and sets January 22 for the State of the Union. The president will travel to California after further budget talks.
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Robert A. Walker
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
California
Tme
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Congress
Wives Return Home From Southeast Asia Probing POW Fate
Wives of two American pilots shot down in Vietnam arrived from Southeast Asia with partial success in their quest for information. In Vientiane Laos they were told their husbands were alive or prisoners but officials released no specifics. The trip, funded in part by Dallas United We Stand, included talks with embassy officials across a political spectrum.
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Los Angeles
Southeast Asia
James L. Hughes
Santa Fe
N.M
Vientiane
Laos
Hanoi
North Vienna
Louis Jones
Apple Valley
Calif
Pathet Lao
Jones
Viertiane
Hughes
Dallas
United We Stand
Paris
Rome
Stockholm
Prisoners Relatives Meet UN Officials Over Captives
In New York a group of 152 American wives and children sought word on loved ones missing or captured in North Vietnam. After a 21 hour trip to Paris, Hanoi rebuffed them, and officials urged mothers to tell children their fathers were murderers. The trip was funded by H Ross Perot.
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New York
North Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
Margaret Fisher
Sebring
Fla
Orly
Notre Dame Cathedral
Perot
Cargo To Present Plaques For Public Service Awards
Gov David Cargo will present 12 distinguished public service awards January 16 in Santa Fe. The 1969 winners include four from federal, state, and city government, chosen by a 10 member panel from over 100 nominations. Names include George Babcock and Charles C Campbell among others.
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Santa FE
David Cargo
George Babcock
State Corporation Commission
Charles C. Campbell
U.S
CARGO
W J York Dies Suddenly At Lovington Hospital
Lovington resident William Joe York died suddenly yesterday after illness at home and was pronounced at Lovington Lea General Hospital. Survived by wife Laura, three sons Joe Wayne Raymond Glen Tommy Forest, two daughters Linda Jane Donna Jean, sister Mrs. Howard Tillman, brother F J, mother Mrs. Margaret York and three grandchildren. Services at Northside Baptist Church at 4 00 p.m. with Rev Wayne Mahoney officiating. Burial in Lovington Cemetery. Casketbearers listed.
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Lovington
William Joe York
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Laura
Joe Wayne
Raymond Glen
Tommy Forest
Linda Jane
Donna Jean
Howard Tillman
F. J
Artesia
Margaret York
Northside Baptist Church
Wayne Mahoney
Lovington Cemetery
Doyle Hoover
Bear Gleason
Kenneth Chambers
Dan Washburn
Elmo Young
Cue Stemple
Floyd Green
Arlen Floyd
NMSU Plans Four Part Program For Black Students
NMSU president Dr. Roger B. Corbett announced a four part plan addressing black student needs after a student group demanded changes last spring. The package includes a black history course next fall, funds for a visiting black lecturer during Negro History Week, an on campus Black Arts Festival, and Friday Saturday black activities space in the student center.
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Don Roush
Philip Ambrose
NMSU
Obituary: Charley H. Houck 86 Lovington farmer dies
Charley Leonard Houck age 86 longtime Lovington resident and area farmer died Thursday in Lovington Lea General Hospital. He is survived by two daughters Mrs. Lawrence Rice and Mrs. Madeline Tracy three sons Howard Vernon and Lee twelve grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Smith Rogers Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wayne Mahoney officiating burial in Lovington Cemetery.
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Charley Leonard Houck
Lovington
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Houck
Lawrence Rice
Madeline Tracy
Garden Grove
Calif
Howard
Mesa
Arizona
Vernon
Anchorage
Alaska
Lee
Ft. Stockton
Texas
Smith Rogers Funeral Home
Wayne Mahoney
Northside Baptist Church
Lovington Cemetery
Former Lovington Resident Dudley Townsend Dies in Arkansas
Dudley Townsend, 59, a former Lovington resident who built and operated the T Motel in Lovington, died December 25 in Booneville Arkansas. Funeral services are set for December 27 at 10 30 a.m. at the First Methodist Church Booneville. Townsend leaves daughter Lucille Sally Parker and son Bill Townsend, plus brothers Dick Albuquerque NM and Ted Lovington. Niece Gene Rodgers Lovington.
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Lovington
Dudley Townsend
Booneville
Arkansas
Townsend
First Methodist Church
Lucille
Sally Parker
Bill Townsend
Albuquerque
N.M
Ted
Gene Rodgers
Two Men Die Christmas Day Crash Reports
State Police identified victims as Budville Farmington 27 year old Coolidge Hogue and 22 year old Phillip Suarkie of Albuque. Hogue died when his pickup overturned on Farmington street. Two other passengers Gilbert Hogue 22 Shiprock and Ernest ae 21 Newcomb NM were hospitalized. Suarkie died in a collision on old U S 66 east of Grants near ville. Gerald Jones Laguna was hospitalized in critical condition after the crash.
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Farton
Old U.S
Budville
Coolidge Hogue
Farmington
Phillip
Suarkie
Albuque
Grants Nearville
Gerald Jones
Laguna
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Bill Evans
Margaret and
Walton
Milton Friedman
J. W. Brown
Lea County Livestock
Tricia
San Celemente
Chaparral Park
Haywood Heidel
Marvin Watson
H. Ross Perot
W. J. York
Eee Houck
Lois Newell
Claude Porter
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