House kills billion dollar school construction bill
The House defeated a 1 billion 600 million school construction measure by a 224 to 194 vote, wiping out any chance for general federal aid this year. The bill linked funds to Southern states' compliance with the Supreme Court anti segregation ruling, backed by Eisenhower and Democratic leaders but blocked by Republicans and Southern Democrats.
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House
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Congress
Grants Man Dies In One Car Wreck On Route 66
A 20 year old Grants man Tony Sarracino died when his car, with faulty brakes, ran off U S Highway 66 near Grants and plunged 30 feet. Three others injured including two sisters. The incident raised New Mexico traffic deaths to 182 for the year. Also, F G Savage of Clovis died in a two car crash yesterday. In Westbury New York police pursue a ransom case for one month old Peter Weinberger. A note demanded two thousand dollars left at his home. The father claims he is ready to pay any demand and the kidnaper is watching today’s papers.
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Santa FE
Grants
Tony Sarracino
Savage
Sarracino
New Mexico
Clovis
F. G. Savage
United Press
Westbury
New York
Peter Weinberger
Morris Weinberger
Weinberger
Beene
Tom Finn
Hobbs
Ederbright
Georgia Hughn
Eder.ight
Nixons Visit Corregidor Battleground Amid Far East Tour
Vice President and Mrs. Nixon visit Corregidor in Manila Bay to honor U S and Philippine service members. They tour the Malina tunnel once used by MacArthur and Wainwright as headquarters before the island fell to Japan as Nixon plans onward travel to South Vietnam. An unrelated drunk driving incident in Hobbs left one injury and several fines.
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Hallowed Corregidor
Nixon
Phillippine
Magsaysay
Corregidor Islands
Manila Bay
United States
Malina Tunnel
Douglas MacArthur
Jonathan Wainwright
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
South Viet Nam
Far East
Grande Project Water Situation Termed Critical
The Rio Grande Project in New Mexico faces a critical water situation says Project Manager John Thompson in Albuquerque. Storage on July 2 stands at 125,110 acre-feet versus a normal 1,093,600 acre-feet, with inflow at Elephant Butte for six months at 119 percent of normal. Heavy showers in the watershed are the only hope for increased inflow or total storage.
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United Press
US Bureau of Reclamation
Rio Grande
New Mexico
John Thompson
Albuquerque
Elephant Butte
Thompson
Fire Causes Slight Damage On Tank Truck In Hobbs
A tank transport truck from Prater Oil Company sustained slight damage in Hobbs on Thursday morning after the driver drove with the emergency brake engaged in the 100 block of East Main Street. The fire was quickly extinguished.
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Prater Oil Company
Hobbs
East Main St
Morgan Dealer Introduces Sunplay Backyard Pools
Jim Morgan, local business man, now offers Sunplay swimming pools with a demonstration pool on South Main at 817. The vinyl pool features a water filter and automatic skimmer. Morgan promises pool sizes for every yard and invites residents to visit the demonstration pool. He also offers the pool for kids parties and allows free afternoon reservations.
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Jim Morgan
Back Yard
Sunplay
South Main
Morgan
AWOL Soldier Turner Reappears in Berlin
An American private Gayter Turner from Montgomery Alabama turned himself in to Berlin authorities after 17 months missing behind the Iron Curtain. The U S Army lists him absent without leave from the Fifth Infantry Division in West Germany and he is in hospital for a checkup as investigators review his case. Specialist First Class Peter Diaz of New York City also surrendered last Sunday after a year in the Soviet zone.
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Berlin
United States Army
Gayter Turner
Fifth Infantry
West Germany
Army
Turner
Montgomery
Alabama
East Germany
Peter Diaz
New York City
4-H Club Council Set for Saturday Meetings
The 4-H Club Council meets Saturday July 7 at the Lea County Electric Building to discuss activities and ensure club representation. Additional Caprock and McDonald 4-H gatherings are planned for July 10 through July 12 at various community houses.
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Lea County Electric
Caprock
Mallamar
Pitchfork
McDonald
Claims Courts Face Heaviest Rush In History
US Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark told the Annual Judicial Conference in Santa Fe that state and federal courts face the heaviest dockets in history. He cited administrative tribunals as a factor delaying justice and urged judges to push old cases to trial. A notable six‑state gathering in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nevada attended. Governor John Simms welcomed 200 delegates.
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US Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Santa Fe
Clark
10Th Judicial Circuit
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nevada
John Simms
Western State College summer commencement honors 19 MA and 16 BA graduates
Summer commencement at Western State College of Colorado set for August 2 at 10 15 a m. President Peter P Mickelson announced 19 graduates will receive Master of Arts degrees and 16 will get Bachelor of Arts. Miss Rosa lie Wilhoit of Lovington is among degree recipients.
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Western State College of Colorado
Peter P. Mickelson
Rosalie Wilhoit
Lovington
Thieves Steal From Coca Cola Machine in Hobbs
Unidentified thieves took about 15 dollars from a Coca Cola machine outside Patton Service Station on East Broadway Hobbs. Detectives say the money box was torn from the machine during Wednesday night hours.
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Patton
East Broadway
Hobbs
General Motors Charged With Bus Monopolizing Action
Congress faces action on a bill for federal aid to distressed areas as House and Senate committees report similar measures. The government charges General Motors with monopolizing bus manufacture and Attorney General Brownell plans an anti trust suit to restore competition. He denies political motives.
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Washington
John J. Dempsey
New Mexico
Congress
House
Senate
Dempsey
Economic Development Commission
The
Economic Conference
General Motors
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
Eisenhower
Study Needs For Junior Colleges In New Mexico Tour
S. V. Marterana of the US Health, Education and Welfare Department is in Las Cruces today, surveying junior college needs in the state. He will confer with Gallup officials tonight, visit Farming ton tomorrow, and end his trip in Santa Fe tomorrow night. The survey follows a Carlsbad community junior college success and is conducted at the request of the Board of Educational Finance, which opposes new junior colleges until formal needs are studied.
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S. V. Marterana
US Health, Education and Welfare Department
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Martarana
Board of Educational Finance
Agricultural Employment Declines in New Mexico 1950 to 1955
New Mexico's agricultural employment fell from 38 377 in 1950 to 34 290 in 1955 as the state adds workers in other sectors. Dona Ana led counties with 3 400 agricultural workers, with Roosevelt and Rio Arriba next. The state’s population rose 18.1 percent, San Juan County showing the largest gain. The labor force grew from 218 276 to 266 480 while employment rose to 247 790 and unemployment climbed to 18 690.
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New Mexico
Bureau of Business Research
Commission
San Juan County
Night Time Glow Secrets Probed By Navy Rocket
The Navy launched an Aerobee rocket 101 miles up from White Sands Proving Ground to study night time glow. A spokesman called the flight successful and said data will aid understanding of the glow that affects time exposed star photographs. digesting information could take a year.
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United Press
Navy
White Sands Proving Ground
Many Spot Fires Burn On Costilla
The U S Forest Service estimates about 10 000 small spot fires burn in Costilla Land Grant Area northern New Mexico Fire Control Chief C K Collins says control is unlikely until substantial rain falls About 250 men are on scene to battle the fires Air operations and hundreds of firefighters including about 200 New Mexico Indians are deployed to the Coronado National Forest near Saford Arizona where a new fire is out of control two miles from a previous 5 600 acre blaze last week Officials say terrain is utterly inaccessible and two fires may not merge.
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U. S. Forest Service
Costilla Land Grant
New Mexico
C. K. Collins
Collins
Coronado National Forest
Saford
Arizona
Laramie Newspaper Names New Managing Editor
R R Allbaugh announces Fred Smith as managing editor of the Laramie Republican-Boomerang replacing Horace Campbell who resigned to join the Montrose Colorado Press. Smith joined the staff last January as a reporter from the Laramie bulletin and holds a Northwestern Medill masters degree.
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Laramie
Wyoming
R. R. Allbaugh
Laramie Newspapers, Incorporated
Fred Smith
Laramie Republican-Boomerang
Smith
Horace
Hod) Campbell
Montrose Colorado Press
Laramie Bulletin
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
Sigma Delta Chi
Airlines vow to limit liquor on flights
The Air Transport Association and major airlines pledge to cap alcohol service on planes. No drink will exceed 1.6 ounces and a maximum of two drinks per passenger will be allowed, with beer and wine excluded. The pact aims to avert a proposed aerial prohibition by Congress.
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Air Transport Association
Congress
House
Benny Doran Wins Lea County 4H Talent Contest
The Leader corrects an error from last Friday's Lea County 4H talent contest. Benny Doran, piano accordionist of McDonald, was declared the winner, replacing Saphon Street who was previously announced as the winner. The correction expresses the newspaper's apology for the mistake.
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Benny Doran
McDonald
Lea County
Saphon Street
Hub Cap Theft Reported in Hobbs Park Incident
Tommy Williams of 303 N Linam Hobbs told police that four hub caps valued at 30 dollars were stolen from his car at Bender Park on Wednesday. He reported the incident on Thursday.
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Tommy Williams
N. Linam
Hobbs
Bender Park
Disorderly Pair Disrupt Lovington Roadway Incident
An elderly man John R. Dean of Hobbs and Clara Cave of Lovington caused a traffic disturbance on the Artesia highway. Police pursued the Plymouth station wagon, stopped it after a chase, and arrested both occupants. The woman faced multiple charges and was fined 110 dollars plus license suspension. the man admitted to disorderly conduct and fined 15 dollars.
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Lloyd Smith
John R. Dean
Hobbs
Clara Cave
Lovington
Artesia
Plymouth
Payne
John W. Green
Green
Huge Damage Suit Over Custody Wrangle Filed in Denver
A Denver couple filed a $2,275,000 damage suit in District Court against five defendants including George Pomainville Joseph Dolan William McCarthy Ronald McDonald and Anna Tucker. The action links conspiracy to defame and harass to a five year custody dispute with former wife over three children. The suit seeks $1 million from each defendant and additional specific judgements for slander breach of contract and libel.
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Geraldine
George C. Pomainville
Longmont
Joseph J. Dolan
Boulder
D A
William EB. McCarthy
Tucker
Ronald J. McDonald
Denver
Anna K. Tucker
Tuckers
Boulder District Court
Pomainville
Dolan
McCarthy
McDonald
Government freezes steel stocks for defense use
The Commerce Department ordered a halt to shipments of critical steels after Friday to unauthorized companies to ensure defense and atomic production during the steel strike. Federal mediators met separately with United Steelworkers Union officials and Pittsburgh’s Big Three, with Joseph Finnegan aiming for joint sessions next week and both sides open to resuming negotiations after the breakdown Saturday night.
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United Press
Commerce Department
United Steelworkers Union
Pittsburgh
Joseph Finnegan
Woman Shot in Leg While Cleaning Closet
Mrs. Prudy McGuire 34 of 1108 W Marland Hobbs was accidentally shot in the right leg below the knee when a .22 caliber pistol she dropped while cleaning a closet discharged. A neighbor took her to Lea General Hospital for treatment.
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Prudy McGuire
W. Marland
Hobbs
Weather forecast notes warmer than normal conditions
Temperatures will average about five degrees above normal with limited daily changes. Precipitation limited to a few scattered thunder showers mainly in the east. Highs 85 to 100 while lows range from 55 to 65 in the north and 60 to 70 in the south.
Jerry Dean Wins Saddle At Lamesa Rodeo
Lovington New Mexico rider Jerry Dean won a saddle for best four ties in roping at the eighth annual Lamesa Amateur Rodeo. He led double mugging with two steers in 35.3 seconds and placed fifth in calf roping. About 183 cowboys competed for 3000 dollars in prizes as 2500 fans attended Sunday night, part of a 9700 spectator three night total.
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Jerry Dean
Lovington
N. M
Dean
Work Starts On City Water Well
A new city water well began work Monday in the Denco addition. Quarles Drilling Company of Lovington conducts drilling and aims for completion by July 10. The bid was the lowest at the city commission meeting the previous Wednesday night by one dollar.
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Denco
Quarles Drilling Company
Lovington
Quarles
Name Chairmen To Head Youth Week
Hobbs Youth Activities Week August 5 to 10 names committee chairs. Jimmy Tingle banquet chair man Barbara Marr food chair man James Franklin recreation Carol Bertram worship Pat Young Friendship Circle Sharon publicity and Paul Drexel discussion group chairman.
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Hobbs
Jimmy Tingle
Barbara Marr
James Franklin
Carol Bertram
Pat Young
Sharon
Paul Drexel
Hobbson Held For Unlawful Flight From California
Jack Lee Hammond was arrested by FBI agents and deputy in Hobbs yesterday on a California fugitive warrant for assault with a deadly weapon. He waived extradition and will be returned to the state seeking him.
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Jack Lee Hammond
Jake Fort
Hobbs
Hammond
California
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