Supreme Court to Rule on Prince Edward County Shutdown Case
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if Prince Edward County Virginia may shut down public schools to avoid integration. Oral arguments begin March 30 with a decision expected later. The county has run private schooling since 1959 after refusing to fund integrated public schools.
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Charlotte G. Moulton
United Press International Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Prince Edward County
Prince Edward
Virginia
Tobacco Belt
County Board of Supervisors
Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Virginia Supreme Court Appeals
Solons Seek Ways To Speed Up Work In 1964 Session
Democratic leaders in Washington review a hectic 1964 Congress session and plan a legislative speedup aimed at enacting civil rights and tax relief bills by early July. They acknowledge the second session may not finish all business by then and anticipate potential returns after adjournment.
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Frank Eleazer
United Press International
Washington
UPD
Lovington to Convene First 1964 Meeting Tonight
Lovington City Commission plans its first 1964 meeting at City Hall with action on Youth Center reconstruction after fire, courtesy parking stickers, a 160 acre well site plan, Little League concession stand, street markers bids, and bill payments. Also noted are Republican convention schedules and remarks on civil rights and a tax cut.
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Lovington
Little League
Cyprus agrees to UN observer inspection amid island crisis
In Nicosia Archbishop Makarios, Cyprus president, accepts UN observer review amid Greek Turkish violence and a looming London conference. British troops guard a fragile truce while incidents at post offices and embassies prompt protests. Greece Britain and Turkey seek to restore order and preserve Cyprus independence.
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Cyprus
UPI
Makarios
Republic
United Nations
U.N
London
U. N
Patrick Dean
Thant
New York
Dean
British Broadcasting Corporation
Partition
Fazil Kuchauk
Kuchuk
Turkey
Greece
Britain
Mediterranean
Services Held For Hall Infant Stillborn at Hobbs Lea General
Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. Monday in Lovington Cemetery for Richard Shannon Hall infant son of Otha and Gwen Hall. Rev. G W Turner officiated. Burial followed at Smith Yarbro Funeral Home. The infant was stillborn Sunday at Hobbs Lea General Hospital. Survived by parents and grandparents Comner Hudgens Lovington and A W Hall DeKalb Texas.
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Lovington
Richard Shannon Hall
Otha
Gwendolyn Hall
G. W. Turner
Northside
Mrs Glazner Rites Held in Anson Texas
Services for 72 year old Mrs Ed Glazner of Anson Texas were held Sunday at 2 pm in Anson. She was fatally injured in an automobile accident north of Abilene Friday. Attending were Buck Dean of Lovington and family, and Buck Dean’s relatives from Prairie View and Delbert Clayton’s family from Lovington.
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Ed Glazner
Anson
Texas
Glazner
Abilene
Buck Dean
Lovington
Bert Dean
Praieview
Carol Dean
Tatum
Delbert Clayton
W. Ave. G In
Eva Woodward dies in Lovington aged 88
Eva Leona Woodward 88 a Lovington resident since 1914 died at Lovington Lea General Hospital at 4 a.m. Monday Funeral services were held at 2 p.m at the Church of the Nazarene with Rev Bob Lindley officiating Burial followed at Lovington Cemetery beside her husband James Alphard Woodward who died in 1952 Surviving are son Don W Woodward three daughters Gladys Ozle Agnes Hibbets and Laura Mae Batton 15 grandchildren 40 great grandchildren and 11 great great grandchildren
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Eva Leona Woodward
Lovington
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Church of the Nazarene
Bob Lindley
Smith Yarbro
James Alphard Woodward
Woodward
Oakville
Texas
Theft at Clarke’s Oil Well Service Hub Hits 2730
Lea County Sheriff's Office probes a 2730 theft at Clarke's Oil Well Service 15 miles south of Lovington on Hobbs Highway. Items stolen include BJ spiders with slips and hoses, Guiberson oil favors, a weight indicator, red sliper, a Simplex jack, and various hand tools. This is the second recent theft against the firm after burglars were caught in a prior check protector heist.
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Lea County Sheriff’s Office
Clarke’s Oil Well Service Company
Lovington
Hobbs Highway
Blast Set To Snuff Out Oil Well Blaze
Firefighter Red Adair directs efforts near Carlsbad to extinguish a 7000 foot gas well fire burning at 60 million cubic feet per day. Explosives may be used after removing equipment. $280000 of gear destroyed and flames reach 150 feet.
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Carlsbad
Red Adair
Adair
New Mexico City
Slick Shafer Ranch
Robert C. Hanagan
Marlo Drilling Co
New Mexico
Rules Chairman Holds Key To Rights Bill
Rep. Howard W. Smith of Virginia controls the next move on civil rights legislation as Johnson seeks swift action. Smith, chair of the Rules Committee, plans to begin hearings Thursday the day after Johnson’s State of the Union address. He predicts hearings will end in January, but Southern objections could delay passage for weeks or months.
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Washington
UPD
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Congress
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Smith
House Rules Committee
Rules
Lovington Youth Among Five Hurt In Dual Crashes
A 16 year old Lovington girl Melba June Wills was flown to Methodist Memorial Hospital in Lubbock after a Saturday night crash on State Road 18. The car, a 1963 Pontiac, carried Leonard Woodward and Mary Jane Hill who suffered multiple injuries. A second Sunday crash on State Road 83 near Lovington involved Conrad Chavarria Jr and Cararino Morlas with serious injuries to Chavarria and lighter injuries to Morlas.
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Lovington
Melba June Wills
J. V. (Veach) Payne
Methodist Memorial Hospital
Lubbock
Texas
Miss Wills
N. Jefferson
Hobbs
U.S. 82
Conrad Chavarria, Jr
S. del Paso
Chavarria
Cararino Morlas
N. Fowler
Lovington Sea General Hospital
Morlas
Artesia
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Atlantic City
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McCormack
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Pioneer Citizen
Eva Woodward
Clarke Well Service
Rights Bill
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Lovington Sea General
Doug Willams
San Mateo
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