Readers bring clippings spread from Florida to Lovington
Letters from Mrs. Clyde Williams and Jane Rice share clippings about walking catfish in Florida and entertainer Ron Rice rising at KBUY Fort Worth. The Lovington senior home drive aims to raise 90000 with a kickoff August 5, while voter registration reminders urge August dates.
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Clyde Williams
West van Buren
Perry
Viet Nam
Florida
West Palm Beach
American
Jane Rice
Mid-Cities
Lovington
Portales
Ron
KBUY
Fort Worth
Jerri Jordan
Soviet Nuclear Arms Near Parity Warn of Diminished Deterrence
Washington AP reports Pen ytagon leaders say the United States and Soviet Union may have reached an even balance of terror, making nuclear threats less credible against conventional wars. Secretary of the Air Force remarks highlight growing parity and strategic uncertainty.
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Washington
Peny
Lovington Appaloosa Show Saturday
The annual Lovington Appaloosa horse show is set for Saturday July 20 at 10 00 a m in Jake McClure Arena Lovington. Sponsored by Lea County Appaloosa Breeders and approved by the Eastern New Mexico Appaloosa Horse Club and the National Appaloosa Horse Club Moscow Idaho. A youth activity section offers a high point youth award with non Appaloosa horses eligible. Special awards go to high point performance horses in this show and the Tatum event, per secretary Mrs P G Murph. For more information contact Mrs Murph.
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Lovington
Jake McClure
Loveington
Lea County Appaloosa Breeders
Eastern
New Mexico
Tatum
P. G. Murph
4 H Awards and Talent Show Tonight at Lovington Youth Center
The 4 H awards program is held with the Farm Bureau Talent Fund Contest at 8 00 p m tonight in the Lovington Youth Center. 4 H members who participated in any 4 H contests this year are urged to attend along with the general public.
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Farm Bureau Talent Fund
Lovington
Ray Returns to U.S. for MLK Murder Trial
James Earl Ray, in a bullet-proof vest, was transported to Shelby County jail to await trial for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He arrived from London aboard a U.S. Air Force jet and was moved under heavy security. Judge W. Preston Battle will oversee the case with arraignment timing undecided.
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Memphis
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Shelby County
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Memphis Naval Air Station
U.S. Air Force
London
William Morris
Millington
Criminal Court
W. Preston Battle
Battle
Morris
John Coulton
Coulton
Lorain U S Steel Local Votes Early on Strike
United Steel workers in Lorain Ohio Local No 1104 of U S Steel Corp vote to strike the basic steel industry on Aug 1. The local expected an overwhelming yes and most of the 388000 workers at 11 major companies are scheduled to vote next Tuesday.
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Pittsburgh
United Steele
Lorain
Ohio
George A. Pashkevich
U.S. Steel Corp
House Appropriations Approves Austere Military Construction Budget
The House Appropriations Committee backed a 1.76 billion dollar military construction bill, 266 million below the administration request and 328 million under last year. It funds base construction and modernization in the United States and abroad, with Army 554.6 million, Navy 289.2 million, Air Force 221.6 million, reserves and others 106.7 million, plus 586.7 million for servicewide family housing. The panel pushes troop housing improvements, notably in South Korea.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
Reserve
South Korea
Case Workers May Get Raise in New State Plan
Santa Fe AP Director John Jasper of the Health Social Services Department announced plans to implement August 1 new work specifications and higher salaries for 425 state case workers. The State Personnel Board approved two grade increases, yielding a 10 percent raise or about $40 monthly.
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Santa FE
John Jasper
Health Social Services Department
State Personnel Board
Gun Bill Gains GOP Backing but Faces Amendments
A bill banning mail order rifles shotguns and ammunition gains support from House Republican leadership but faces more than 100 amendments that could alter weaken or derail passage. Amendments include exemptions for hunters and collectors and potential firearm registration and owner licensing. A proposed mandate prison sentence for felons carrying a gun remains under debate.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Tijerina Trial Move Motion Heads to Court Monday
Rio Arriba County grand jury indicted Reies Lopez Tijerina and 10 others on second degree kidnapping in the Tierra Amarilla courthouse raid. Defense motions seek dismissal of indictments, a site change, separate trials, mental exams, and postponement of arraignment as Judge Paul Larrazolo prepares to rule.
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Santa FE
Rio Arriba
Tierra Amarilla
Paul Larrazolo
State Supreme Court
Larrazolo
Reies Lopez Tijerina
Weather outlook Lovington New Mexico through Saturday
Lovington scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms likely. New Mexico partly cloudy tonight and Saturday in the north and west with occasional thunderstorms. Considerable cloudiness in the east, becoming warmer Saturday. Scattered nighttime storms with significant rainfall likely in the south. Lows 50s to 65 north and 48 to 68 south. Highs 82 to 95 statewide.
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Lovington
New Mexico
AF Secretary Declines To Suspend Activation Orders
Secretary Harold Brown said orders pulling 5,900 air guardsmen and reservists from local units to duty in Korea and elsewhere would not be suspended. He noted many have had months to adjust personal affairs and that 15,751 called up since January 26 and May 13 included 2,200 reassigned to replace regulars sent to Korea. Brown said 175 complaints will be reviewed but emphasized each man has a military obligation. The Navajo Tribal Council backs a Navajo community college in Many Farms, with Nearly 2,700 reassigned personnel aiding U.S. manpower needs.
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Harold Brown
Senate
John P. McConnell
Air Force
Soviet Union
United States
McConnell
U.S.S.R
U.S
Brown
Europe
Washington
Korea
North Korea
U.S.S. Pueblo
Vietnam
New Mexico Air National Guard
Pueblo
Many Farms, Ariz
Navajo Tribal Council
Navajo Community College
Many Farms
Community College
Robert Roessel
Rough Rock
Farms
Board weighs new NM airline routes panel considers expansion
Aminer William J Madden will review a proposal by the Civil Aeronautics Board's Bureau of Operating Rights for new routes in New Mexico. Continental Air Lines would gain eastward and westward links from Albuquerque to Chicago and San Francisco, Frontier Air Lines would serve Albuquerque to Las Vegas and Dallas Fort Worth, and Trans Texas Airways would fly Albuquerque to Los Angeles Long Beach.
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Aminer William J. Madden
Bureau
New Mexico
Continental Air Lines
Albuquerque
Chicago
San
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J. Edgar Hoover
Arethur J. Hanes
Birmingham
Ala
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Acc
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Pissadi
NEW Funeral Home
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al Ro
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State Board of Embalmers
Tijerina
Azores
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Mediterranean
Westinghouse Broadcasting
William Hines
Atlantic
Pentagon
Cristobal Tijerina
Reies
Felix Martinez
Reies Tijerina
Los Alamos
Bernalillo
Colfax
Taos
Uneion
Dist
Alfonso
McCarthy Jr
City Drug and International Harvester
Bess Yearwood
Tad Ayeno
Yearwood
Woman's Club
AAUW
PEO
Uyeno
Denver City Highway
Navajo Council
NM Airlines
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