Four Injured In State Road 18 Collision Near Lovington
Four people were taken to Lea General Hospital after two cars collided on state road 18 just north of McDonald. Injured are Dowell Rackley 26 Lovington Chester King 40 Lovington Polo Rivera and Leonardo Magallan Corpus Christi Texas. Rivera driver of a 50 model Plymouth and a 53 Hudson operated by A H Logan rural Lovington area. None serious. police investigate details of the 10 p m crash.
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Lea General Hospital
McDonald
Dowell Rackley
Lovington
Chester King
Polo Rivera
Leonardo Magallan
Corpus Christi
Texas
Rackley
King
Rivera
Magallan
A. H. Logan
Too Many Hudsons Plague Attleboro Streets
In Attleboro Massachusetts a local report notes four different Hudson Street entries in the South Attleboro area, highlighting confusion over street names.
Mrs Ruby Neighbors Heads To Alaska To Visit Kin
Mrs Ruby Neighbors of 1007 North Dalmon Hobbs is flying this afternoon to Anchorage to visit her son Milton Neighbors and his family. He has two boys Barry and David. She plans a two to three week trip. Mrs Neighbors is secretary for First Baptist Church Hobbs.
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Ruby Neighbors
North
Dalmon
Zrobbs
Anchorage
Alaska
Milton Neighbors
Barry
David
Mechem's Dad Critical After Heart Attack
Governor Edwin L. Mechem keeps vigil at his father Judge Edwin Mechem’s bedside. The elder Mechem is in an oxygen tent after a heart attack and remains in very serious condition in Las Cruces where officials say they do not know the governor’s exact location.
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Edwin L. Mechem
Edwin Mechem
Mechem
Las Cruces
Two Accidents Here Friday
Two traffic accidents occurred Friday in the town. A National Regal trailer detached from a Ft Worth pickup and struck a DeSoto driven by R A Blair at the 7th and Avenue intersection causing about 350 dollars in damage. Loyd Long of Tatum was hospitalized after his trailer overturned on the Warren Rig road when the fifth wheel pulled loose.
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C. E. Privitt
Ft. Worth
DeSota
Ave. 1
National Renal
Loyd Long
Tatum
Lea County Hospital
Long
Warren Rig
Aresia Road
Malenkov Denounced as Worst among Deposed Russian Leaders
Carlsbad's American Legion junior baseball team won 14 to 4 over Lovington in seven innings with pitcher Carroll allowing seven hits and two walks. Buddy Antwine and Curt Roberts homered for Carlsbad as Stell took the loss for Lovington amid multiple errors by both teams and a 10-run rule ending the game early.
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Carlsbad
American Legion
Scanding
Levington
Iikie Carroll
Carroll
Fie
Lovington
Joe Stell
Sinc
Buddy Antwine
Curt Roverts
Stell
Antwine
Roberts
Stel
Antone
Caroll
Sicers
Lovington Club
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Ballinger Gains One More In Southwestern Standings
Ballinger stretched its league lead by defeating El Paso 4 to 2 as Will Ernst limited El Paso to five hits. Ballinger also beat Hobbs 7 to 2 with Stenger and Greer homering. Hobbs beat Carlsbad 8 to 1 as Dick Hogan cleared the bases in the first. Carlsbad’s John Coddington took his fourth loss. Ernst earned the win. Hobbs hosts Carlsbad in a three game homestand starting Saturday.
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United Press
Ballinger
el Paso
Will Ernst
Carisbaq
Hobbs
Carl Dukowski
Bill Stenger
Stubby Greer
Ballinggr
Dick Hogan
Alamogordo Officials Say Water Reserves Adequate
City manager Rosa Buck reports the Alamogordo water pumping system is strained by heat but reserves remain ample. Daily usage is estimated at six and a half million gallons for Alamogordo and Holloman Air Development Center.
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Alamogordo
Rosa Buck
Holloman Air Develoment Center
W D Moore Rites In Hobbs Monday
W Dudley Moore died in Dallas and will be buried at Memorial Gardens after funeral services at First Baptist Church Hobbs officiated by Rev Clyde Campbell. He lived in Hobbs since 1936 worked as Parkersburg Big & Reel branch manager for 35 years and is survived by his wife Connie four daughters one son and two brothers. Burial by Griffin Funeral Home.
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First Baptist Church
Clyde Campbell
W. Dudley Moore
Dallas
Texas
Moore
Hobbs
Parkersburg Big & Reel
Connie G. Moore
Charles Mumford
Earl Roberts
Linda Kay
Carl Wicks
Kimebell
Neb
Billy L
Car. Moore
Roy Moore
Louisiana
Memorial Gardens
Griffin Funeral Home
Sheriff Interference Cuts Off Local TV Signals
W J Freeman of Avenue Q reported to Lea County Sheriff's office that sheriff radio transmissions interrupted his TV service around 7 pm. He said each time the transmitter activated at the sheriff's office, the TV stopped, messages arrived in code with numbers, and no picture appeared on screen.
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W. J. Freeman
Avenue Q
Freeman
Lea County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff’s Office
Two Prostitutes Receive Sixty Day Jail Term
Cathy Williams of Corpus Christi and Joan Johnson of Mineola Texas were convicted of prostitution and sentenced to sixty days in the County Jail. Deputies arrested them Friday morning and they entered a not guilty plea. Justice of Peace Reese Greaves imposed the sentence as FBI officers investigate the case.
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Cathy Williams
Corpu Christ
Tex
Joan Johnson
Mineola
Texas
Justice of Peace
Reese Greaves
FBI
Crash Sends One To Hospital
Mrs. Etta Williams of Clovis was rushed to Lea County Hospital Hobbs after a crash at Broadway and Marland early Saturday. She rode in a 1950 Ford driven by William E Bilderback of Littlefield Texas. Bilderback suffered minor injuries. The Ford sustained $150 damage. Mrs Williams had severe cuts and bruises to her head. Calvin C Brice of 801 North Turner drove a 1950 International truck with no injuries and no damage to the vehicle.
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Etta Williams
Weatherford Street
Clovis
Lea County Hospital
Hobbs
Broadway
Marland
Williams
William E. Bilderback
Littlefield
Texas
Bilderback
Hobbs Woman Attempts Death by Gas at Hobbs Hotel
An unidentified woman alerted police after Wilma Beasley, 31, allegedly attempted suicide at the Walker Hotel on Fowler Street. Beasley was found unconscious in her room with gas flowing directly under the bed. she was rushed to a hospital. A note signed Carlsbad 53221 was left with a dress.
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Wilma Beasley
Walker Hotel
North Fowler
Hobbs
Khrushchev Attacks Malenkov in Leningrad Address
In a Leningrad speech Khrushchev named Georgi Malenkov the worst of the ousted Soviet leaders and accused Molotov and Kaganovich of forming an anti party group. He said Malenkov shunned the public while Molotov opposed peace policy. The trio’s status remains unclear as reports differ on arrests and whereabouts.
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Leningrad
Georgi Malenkov
Malenkov
Molotov
Kaganovich
Russia
United States
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Communist Party
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Moscow
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London
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