Depletion Rights Sought for Irrigation Water in West Texas
West Texas farmer Marvin Shurbet claims groundwater in the Ogallala formation is a depletable mineral and seeks an income tax depletion allowance similar to oilmen. Hydrologist W L Broadhurst testifies water cannot be replenished locally, a case seen as landmark with potential $6 million annual savings for region. The suit, in U S District Court, tests water district rights amid drought signals and industry pump cuts.
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Lubbock
UPI
Marvin Shurbet
West Texas
Trict
Shurbet
W. L. Broadhurst
High Plains Underground Water Conservation District
Texas
New Mexico
Broadhurst
U. S. Dist
Joseph Dooley
Ogalalla
High Plains Water District
High Plains
J. D. Fox
Petersburg
Tex
Plans Complete For Annual C-C Banquet
Lovington Chamber of Commerce prepares a big red carpet event for hundreds of local and area people planned for 7 30 p m next Friday January 12 at the High School Cafeteria for the annual Cham-
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Lovington Chamber of Commerce
Lovington High School
Dick Rainwater
Jerry Stoltz
Jim Jameson
Hoyt Caldwell
Hobbs Man Extradited To Missouri Charges Loom
Charles William Garton of Hobbs extradited to Missouri to face bank robbery charges from September 1, 1961. He was arrested in Hobbs weeks ago and held as a fugitive. Garton’s habeas corpus challenge cited not being in Missouri Statehood year.
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Charles
William Garton
Hobbs
Misto
Garton
Don Hallam
Missouri
Jet Crash Kills Two near Muleshoe Texas
A T33 jet trainer from Reese Air Force Base exploded during a low pass 16 miles southeast of Muleshoe. Capt. Thomas P. Sexton of Glenn Allen, Va., and a West German student pilot were killed. The crash occurred on Pauls Ranch five miles south of a wildlife refuge.
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Muleshoe
Tex
UPI
Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock
Air Force
Thomas P. Sexton
Glenn Allena
West Germany
Charlie Crisp
Paul
Federal Wildlife Refuge
T. C. Seiber
Sexton
Reese
Texas
New Mexico
Roswell Man Die in County Jail
Funeral services were pending today for Willie Davenport 38 of Roswell who died in County Jail Thursday. Davenport a Black man was serving a 15 day sentence for drunkenness.
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Roswell
UPI
Willie Davenport
Davenport
Four Men Fined In City Court by Judge Reese Greaves
Four men were fined in city court by Judge Reese Greaves for distur bance. Each man paid a fine of one dollar.
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Frnay
Reese Greaves
Reds Demonstrate In Paris Streets
Communist demonstrators marched in Paris to protest the OAS terror campaign demanding French Algeria. About 4,000 to 5,000 participants dispersed under a police cordon after a half hour of shouting. Police kept the Communist HQ blocked while other groups sang on nearby boulevards. Violence in Algeria continued as riot police remained in reserve.
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Charles Ridley
United Press International Paris
UPI
Paris
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Algeria
Communist Party
Charles de Gaulle
Escape attempt and border tightening in Berlin
Two East German youths escaped into the U S sector of Berlin while a third was fired on and captured by Red Guards. Western observers note border security measures include demolition of houses on Klemke Street to deny cover to refugees. U S Army sends Berlin garrison troops back to West Berlin to reaffirm travel rights.
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Klemke
West Berlin
U. S. Army
West Germany
Berlin
New Investigator on Carlsbad Case
D A Brice former FBI agent from Mountain View Oklahoma arrived in Carlsbad to review the slayings of Patty Sue Pritz fourteen and Mattie Catherine Restine thirteen. District Judge Caswell S Neal said the file review would take at least a week and then Brice would confer with Sheriff Carl Hawkins Lt A J Smith and Asst Dist Atty C N Morris. The girls were found August 13 in a remote desolate area northwest of Carlsbad each shot in the head with Patty Sue nude. Brice may be retained for further work if findings warrant. A Denver lead ended Friday with New Mexico authorities clearing Alfred W Ratzloff as a suspect.
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Carlsbad
UPI
D. A. Brice
FBI
Mountain View
Okla
Dist
Caswell S. Neal
Patty Sue Pritz
Mattie Catherine Restine
Neal
Brice
Eddy County
Carl Hawkins
A.J. Smith
Asst. Dist. Atty
Indonesia vows to liberate West Irian by 1962
President Sukarno declared at a mass rally that only God could stop Indonesia from freeing West Irian by year end. Ambassadors from the United States Japan and Czechoslovakia attended as Titov with the Soviet Union joined the crowd. Military mobilization expanded with airspace closed to most traffic.
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R. E. Stannard JR
United Press International
Pare-Pare
Indonesia
UPI
Sukarno
God
West Irian
Dutch New Guinea
Gherman
Howard Jones
Japan
Czechoslovakia
N. A. Mikhailov
Irian Barat Merdeka
Algerian Judge Charlies Causse Shot Dead
Algerian violence rises as Moslem terrorists kill prominent judge Charlies Causse in Algiers. Two police inspectors witnessed the shooting at close range and fled with a lookout. Across Algeria, 95 killed and 217 wounded this year as French troops pull back to France to restore order.
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Algiers
UPI
Charlies Causse
Algeria
Constantine
Oran
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Pecos River
G. C. Hill
Cornerwood
H. C. Parnell
Stoltz
Chamber of Commerce
Finis Heidel
Lea County
Joe Walton
Walton
New Mexico Highway Commission
Bill Morris
Navy
Manila
de Gaulle
New Guinea
Alae
France
Republic
Raoul Salan
Salan
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