Demonstrators Block Traffic In Savannah
About 250 demonstrators marched through downtown Savannah to protest segregation. Fifteen were arrested at a busy intersection after lying in the street. Hosea Williams was sought for a $2,500 bond at the jail but bonding was delayed. In New York City a sit‑in at Mayor Wagner’s office began as protests for integrated building trades. Nationwide, clashes and demonstrations extended from Baltimore to Chattanooga with desegregation moves advancing in several cities.
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Savannah
Savannnah
Segrega
Hosea Williams
Williams
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Bill Green Found Dead At Home Lovington Farmer Dies
Bill Green 46 of 406 West Ave N was found dead at his Lovington home Wednesday afternoon likely from a heart attack. He owned a farm east of Lovington and had lived there since 1948. Funeral services are pending at Smith Yarbro Funeral Home. He had been receiving treatment for a heart condition for a year and was found at 4 30 p m by a friend, dead for seven or eight hours.
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Bill Green
West Ave
Smith- Yarbro Funeral Home
Green
Lovington
Rights Bill Aims At Burger Stands
Washington reports outline the Public accommodations bill to end segregation in private businesses that serve the public. Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall and Sen. Jacob Javits testified to the Senate Commerce Committee about using the 14th Amendment versus interstate commerce powers as the basis for action. Other developments include a House education subcommittee moving toward action on a bill barring segregation in federally funded schools and Welfare Undersecretary Nestingen urging expansion of training programs to aid unemployed illiterates, many of whom are Black.
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Bronx
Cambridge
Washington
Maryland
Baltimore
Gwynn Oak Amusement Park
Couery
Chattanooga
Kennedy
House
Greensboro
N.C
UPD
Burke Marshall
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Marshall
Javits
Senate Commerce Committee
John H. Dent
Ivan A. Nestingen
House Labor
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Sen
Strom Thur
Federal Designation Sought For Highway 18
Representatives from Kermit Monahans Jal Eunice and Lovington met in Kermit Texas to discuss redesignating Highway 18 as a federal route linking the Rockies to the Big Bend Country. A second meeting was set for Jal in mid August with officials invited to assess road condition feasibility and potential travel increases.
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Lovington
New Mexico
West Texas
Kermit
Texas
Kermit, Mon
Ahans
Jal
Eunice
Archie Sherrod
John Sudderth
Jim Jackson
Jackson
Colorado
Benjamin McDaniel Dies Here Monday
Joseph Benjamin McDaniel, 62, died at his home Monday night after a two year illness. He managed the Motel Del Sol on the Artesia Highway and was born November 5, 1900 in Haskell County, Texas. He had lived here two years. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Lemon's Funeral Home in Plainview, with Smith and Yarbro Funeral Home transporting the body to Plainview. Survivors include three brothers H N McDaniel of Lovington New Mexico, W F McDaniel of Salinas California, RK McDaniel of Downey California, and three sisters Mrs Nan Smith of Bayfield Colorado, Mrs Eunice Winningham of Santa Ana California, and Mrs Edna Williarson of Plainview Texas.
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Joseph Benjamin McDaniel
del Sol
Artesia Highway
Haskell County
Texas
Smith and Yarbro Funeral Home
Lemon's
Plainview
H.N. McDaniel
W. Ave
D. Lovington
W.F. McDaniel
Salinas
Calif
McDaniel
Downey
Nan Smith
Bayfield
Cole
Eunice Winningham
Santa Ana
Edna Williarson
Lovington Weather Forecast Partial Cloudiness With Showers
Partly cloudy through Wednesday night with scattered thundershowers in the vicinity. Temperatures little changed with a high near 95 and a low around 68 Wednesday night.
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Lovington
Weather snapshot reports mild morning to hot afternoon
A brief weather note records temperatures yesterday with a low in the 70s at 5 am and a high around 90 at 2 pm, indicating a hot day with a clear temperature swing.
Red China Halts Moscow Showdown Talks
China accuses the Soviet Union of jeopardizing ideological talks in Moscow and of poisoning relations as a break appears likely. The two sides exchange sharp attacks amid continued negotiations with Albania and other Communist states watching closely.
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RED China
Moscow
China
Ussr
Tokyo
Chinese Communist Party Central Committee
Soviet Union
Radio Peking
Red Chinese
Peking
Albania
Russia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Pravda
Elami Hada
North Korea
International Women’s Congress
North Viet Nam
Pek
Communist Bloc
Dipa Nusantara Aidit
Italy
Communist Party
Europe
Moscow Radio
Janos Kadar
Kremlins
Kadar
Paul-Henry Spaak
Brussels
Khrushchev
Spaak
Boy Survives River Trek After Rough Taos Canyon
Charles Harrington, 17, who ventured down the Rio Grande near Taos with a canoe, was found after a long trek from the gorge’s 600 foot drop. He drifted into rescue view by air patrol and walked out with relatives after a 20 mile return, tired but safe.
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Tommy Holder
Charles
Taos
Son
Harrington
Brownfield Man Arrested on Triple Charge After Highway Incident
Sidney Earl Harwill, 40, was booked on driving while intoxicated, failure to leave information at an accident, and destruction of state property after a pursuit on South Main Street. He denied involvement, spent the night in jail, and pleaded guilty the next morning, receiving a $200 fine, 30 days in jail, and a one year license revocation.
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Texas
Sidney Earl Harwill
Bill White
South Main St
Main
Brownfield
Seagraves
White
Justice of Peace
Reese Greaves
Harwill
South Main
Patricia Allen Howell
W. Ave
Land Ave
Lice
Two Clovis Men Charged In Shooting
Two Clovis men face murder charges after the June 23 fatal shooting of Roland Garcia 22 on Clovis main street. Ernest Edmonston and Robert Wilmeth both 20 signed statements indicating Edmonston fired the high velocity shot from a car.
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Clovis
UPD
Roland Garcia
Ernest Roy Edmonston
Robert D. Wilmeth
Edmonston
Garcia
Parade Float Entries Sought for Lea County Rodeo
Lovington businesses invited to enter floats in Lea County Junior Rodeo starting July 18 at 3 30 pm. Entry deadline is July 17 at 5 pm. Send entries to P O Box 1001 or contact Bill Wells at 6 2430. Prizes include first and second for floats, most novel float, best dressed cowhand and cowgirl, and top riding groups. Parade marshaled at vacant lot south of the National Guard Armory, with assembly at Food Time Shopping Center on North Main.
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Lovington
Lea County
P.O. Box
Bill Wells
Negional Guard Armory
Food Time
North Main
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Burger Stands
New Highway Association
West T Kemit
Bill Brininstool
Max Harris
Marion Goodson
Kermit Chamber of Commerce Highways and Transportation Committee
Colo
Benjamin McDaniel
Indonesia
Kremlin
C. Ss. Harrington
Fort Worth
Rio Grande
Triple Charge
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