Long range beef airlift eyed as future economic driver
Southeastern New Mexico business leaders watch the potential shift to airfreight beef as a major future industry. K E R Shaw’s Lovington operation loaded calves for a test flight to Korea, while Roswell hosts seminars on exporting beef by air.
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New Mexico
Kereshaw
K-Bar
Lovington Font
Roswell
Korea
Kershaw
Oklahoma City
California
Southeast Asia
Argentina
Australia
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas Panehandle
South Plains
Midwest
Lovington
Buseness
Intercontinental
Dusty Miller
Mports
US Phantom Downed MIG in North Vietnam Clash
A U.S. Navy F4 Phantom shot down a MIG21 during a North Vietnam engagement, the third face‑off in five days. Eight Soviet missiles and antiaircraft fire hit a Navy RAS recon jet and escort near Quan Lang air field, with one A7 damaged but all crews returning to carrier safety in the Gulf of Tonkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorge Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
North Vietnam
US. Command
U.S
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Gulf of Tonkin
Robert O’brien
Navy
RAS
Quan Lang
North
South Vietnam
Hanoi
O’brien
Air Mise Siles
Demilitarized Zone
Entersprise
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Nixon
Indian Ocean
Pakistan
India-Pakistan
Tonkin Gulf
Lea County Rotary Rigs Hold Steady in 30s
Rotary rigs operating in Lea County total 33 this week, down from 36 last week. Lea County remains the leading area in thePermian Basin for drilling activity according to Murphy Industries data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County
Murphy Industries
Peremian Basin
Former Resident Improves After Hospital Treatment
Joe Johnson, a former Lovington resident, is released from John Sealy Hospital Galveston after treatment and skin grafts for burns from a December 7 flash fire south of Colorado City Texas. He is expected to regain full use of his hands. En route to Midland, Johnson family was summoned to Anson Texas for the funeral of Mrs. Johnsons brother W A Burton who died January 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Johnson
Lovington
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Johnson
Colorado City
Texas
Midland
Johnsons
Anson
Smith Funeral Set In Arkansas
Funeral services are planned Friday in Magnolia Arkansas for Rossie Frances Smith who died at Good Samaritan Center in Lovington. She was 90, lived in Lovington eight years and was a Methodist. Services set for 2 PM at Lewis Funeral Home in Arkansas City. Survivors include three day.
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Magnolia
Ark
Rossie Frances Smith
Good Samaritan Center
Lovington
Methodist Church
Lewis Funeral Home
Arkansas City
Runnels Seeks 5 Percent Deficit Cap Amendment
Rep Harold Runnels a conservative New Mexico Democrat says the federal government must not spend more than it earns and proposes a constitutional amendment to limit deficit spending to five percent of the prior year's federal revenues. He cites Nixon era deficits projected to reach eighty six billion dollars by the end of Nixon's term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Simpson
Associated Press
Washington
New Mexico
Harold Runnels
Congress
Runnels
Nixon
Frankelin D. Roosevelt
New Mexico House Debates Trucking and Power Tax Bills
Lawmakers in Santa Fe tussle with bills to tax big trucks by weight and miles driven, and to tax power generated in the state, aiming to fund highways and curb utility costs. Gov King advocates no general tax increase while pushing equity in local school funding reform.
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Larry Calloway
Associated Press
Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico
Bruce King
King
House
Legislative Finance Committee FC
New Mexico Legislators Debate Per Diem Raise Tax Impact
The House Appropriations and Finance Committee weighs raising lawmakers per diem from $20 to $40. Federal guidance says per diem over $36 requires itemized income tax reporting, prompting some members to prefer $36 to avoid extra filing.
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Santa FE
N.M
House Appropriations and Finance Committee
New Mexico
Clay Buchanan
Legislative Council Service
Federal
Buchanan
Internal Revenue Service
Ube
Mesquite Control Hailed By Stockmen
LUBBOCK Texas April AP report credits Tordon 225 as a breakthrough brush killer for Texas rangeland. C E Fisher of Texas A&M brush program calls it the best trash killer yet. The herbicide, under test since 1963, will be available this season after EPA registration and aims at six and a half million acres.
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Lubbock
Tex
Texas
C. E. Fisher
Lub Pon
Texas A&m
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Fisher
Weather Eastern Plains Breezy Afternoons Through Thursday
The eastern plains expect breezy afternoons and high cloudiness with little temperature change through Thursday. A warmer spell arrives Thursday with Lovington forecast from 38 to 72 degrees. New Mexico overall shows variable high clouds and minimal temperature variation through Thursday.
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Eastern Plains
Lovington
New Mexico
Lea Auction Sells 646 Head Tuesday
A total of 646 head of cattle and hogs sold at the Lea auction this week with a steady to strong market. Receipts were mostly feeder calves and yearlings, about 20 percent cows. Representative sales include Loyd Morgan, J.F. Wheeler, Jal Enterprises, Eidson Ranch, Albert McQuire, J.W. Meador, Williams Cattle Co, George Klein, Troy Fort, and Dudley Thorp with various cattle types and prices.
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Loyd Morgan
Andrews
Elk Wfs
J.F. Wheeler
Lovington
Jal Enterprises
Jal
Eidson Ranch
Loveington
Alebert McQuire
Seminole
Feed Bill Highlights Patronage Issues in New Mexico Legislature
The House Appropriations and Finance Committee discussed political patronage as it reviewed the Feed Bill funding the New Mexico Legislature. The panel approved the bill but cut $8,490 from the total to 513,060, citing excess legislative staff, especially custodians, and questioning hiring practices in both chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Feather
Associated Press
Santa FE
N.M
House Appropriations and Finance Committee
New Mexico
Legislative Council Service
Legislative School Study Committee
Appropriations and Finance Committee
Senate
House
James Caudell
R-Berenalillo
Measles Clinic Set Sunday in Lea County
Lea County physicians urge all families to attend a free measles immunization clinic at the Health Center on North Fifth Street Sunday January 23 from 1 to 4 p.m. Vaccines for German measles and ten day measles are available for children aged one to five, with older children up to 12 if they missed the prior clinic.
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Lea County
North Fifth Street
Joe Trujillo
Lovington
Lea County Physicians, Junior Service League
March of Dimes
Paul A. Diekelmann
Nine Apply For Airport Managership
Nine applications arrived with Lea County Commission for the Loving ton Lea County Airport manager post. The number delays decision. commissioners will review each candidate before the next meeting. The role pays 200 dollars a month plus housing and oil, gas, service and rental receipts. Applicants include Bates Lawson, H P Harris, Homer Youngblood, James Browning, Calvin D Williams, Louis Terrill, Jimmy Franklin, Zip Franklin, and Vincent Hines.
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Lea County Commission
Lovington Lea County
Bates Lawson
H.P. Harris
Homer Youngblood
James Browning
Calvin D. Williams
Louis Terrill
Jimmy and
Zip Franklin
Vincent Hines
Graveside Rites Scheduled for Infant Sonya Gay Rice
Graveside rites are set for infant Sonya Gay Rice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Bryan Rice, who died last night at Lovington Lea General Hospital. Rev. Louis Crenshaw will officiate. Survivors include the parents, two brothers Jimmie Leon Rice and Ronald Keith Rice, two sisters Debra Gale Rice and Tenya Gale, twin sister of the infant, paternal grandmother Jane Rice Smith, and maternal grandmother Mrs. Homer Youngblood.
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Sonya Gay Rice
Jimmie Bryan Rice
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Cass
Louis Crenshaw
Serice
Jimmie Rice
Jimmie Leon Rice
Ronald Keith Rice
Debra Gale Rice
Toneya Gale
Jane Rice Smith
Homer Younge Blood
Funeral services pending for Mrs George Irene Gunn
Mrs George Irene Gunn died this morning at Lovington Lea General Hospital where she had been admitted Friday. Born January 10 1887 she lived at 403 West Avenue in Lovington. Survived by son J A Gunn of Hobbs daughter Jewel Pennington of Lubbock and sister Lena Moffett Williams of Lovington.
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George Irene Gunn
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Gunn
W. Ave
Lovington
J. A. Gunn
Hobbs
Jewel Pennington
Lubbock
Lena Moffett Weliams
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Dawson Dickens Ector Eddy
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Geria Bockley
Howard Inion
Kent Lea
Loving Martin
Menard Midland Mitchell Nolan Pecos Presidio Regan
John Radosevich
D-Bernalillo
Four Corners
West Coast
Arizona
Radosevich
Tronn
Frank Parsons
Jack Smith
Floyd Cross
State Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
al Romero
Romero
Pend
Mrs. Gunn
David Rodriguez
W. Avenue I
Love Street
Madison
Jerry
Scott Harris
Odessa
Rodriguez
Smith- Rogers
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