Rotary program night features Puzant Torigian and lettuce tax talk
Lovington viewers hear from Puzant Torigian of Hereford, Bravo Smokes president, promising international interest and a successful, tongue in cheek case against lettuce taxed as tobacco. The feature notes tax hurdles and planned international guests while a Methodist preacher recalls notes from his wife.
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Lovington
Rotary
Puzant Torigian
Hereford
Bravo Smokes
Puzant
Pazant
Bravo
New Mexico
New Mexico Faces Serious Teacher Shortage Says Official
Santa Fe reports from Lamar Lamb of the New Mexico State Education Department warn a statewide teacher shortage is imminent. Elementary positions are hardest. math science and reading teachers are in demand. librarians also scarce. Industry competition and rising salaries elsewhere drive the gap.
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Santa FE
UPD
New Mexico
Lamar Lamb
State Education Department
Lamb
Robert Karlin
Central Consolidated
San Juan County
Marshall Clark
Roswell
Clark
Lea County Fair Catalogues Go To Press For August Event
Lea County announces fair activities from August 23 to 27 with junior rodeo and horse shows added. A 1200 slick stock catalogues feature a working together theme and will be distributed at Chamber offices and banks with plans to mail to 4-H families and last year’s exhibitors.
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Lea County
Jim Gilstrap
Gilstrap
Chamber of Commerce
Lea County Fair
Cone Junction
Henry Griffin
Lovington Receives Second Petition On One-Cent Tax Vote
A Lovington residents group named Citizens Right to Vote Committee submitted a second petition with 786 signatures to city leaders seeking a vote on the new one-cent sales tax. The first petition was rejected. officials pledged to verify signatures and proceed per state law as the group retains counsel Merrill Norton.
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Lovington
City Commission
Citizens Right To Vote
Merrill Norton
A. L. Hahn
Hahn
Osborne Fisher
Fisher
Norton
Commission
Supreme Court
Hammel Carrell
Letter
General
Joel Carson
Carrell
Minor Accident Reported In Private Parking Lot
A minor two vehicle accident occurred around 3 10 p m Tuesday on a private parking lot. Sandra Jean Cammack 19 backed a 1965 Pontiac into Raymond Spears parked car causing about 20 damage to the Pontiac and 35 to the Spears vehicle.
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Sandra Jean Cammack
West Birch
Raymond Spears
North 7Th
Miss Cammack
Spears
U.S.D.A
Tatum Church To Host Rev Brough
Rev Norlyn E Brough will be special guest at Nazaren e Church in Tatum on Friday July 29 at 7 p m according to pastor Rev L H Perot Brough has been appointed missionary to Nicaragua and lives in El Paso He will be accompanied by his wife and two children
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Norlyn E. Brough
Nazarene Church
Tatum
L.H. Perot
Brough
Nicaragua
el Paso
Weather Outlook and Temperatures for Lovington Area
Partly cloudy today tonight and Thursday with a brief late thunder. Showers possible with little temperature change. Lovington high near 96 today low around 76 with 96 at 1:00 pm. Overnight Las Vegas low 57. Lovington 1966 precipitation total 5.63 inches.
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Lovington
Las Vegas
Civil Rights Bill Draws Sharp Views On Riots
In Washington the House debate on President Johnsons civil rights bill reveals split opinions on riot causes. Rep John Dowdy links unrest to successive civil rights measures while Rep Peter Rodino Jr says discrimination fuels the violence in northern city ghettos including Chicago Cleveland and Brooklyn.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
Chicago
Cleveland
Brooklyn
John Dowdy
D-Tex
Congress
Peter W. Rodino Jr
Dn.j
New Mexico Supreme Court Grants Permanent Writ in Contempt Case
The court approved a petition filed for Lovington lawyers Merrill Norton and Barton Ingraham disqualifying District Judge George Reese from presiding over a criminal contempt case. The ruling, issued Monday, keeps the suit alive and unsettled, with a new judge to be named possibly from the Fifth Judicial District’s appeals court.
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New Mexico
Supreme Court
Lovington
George Reese
Merrill Norton
Barton Ingraham
Otero County
Kermit Nash
Lea County
Caswell Neal
Carlsbad
Fifth Judicial District
Albuquerque
Modrall, Seymour, Sperling, Roehl & Harris
Appeals Court
A Skinned Knee and a Banter About Band Aids
A boy suffers a minor knee scrape after a tumble with neighborhood kids at Utterfender's. A older girl administers care using an improvised stopgap, joking that band aids are obsolete in a fast changing world.
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Utterfender
Las Cruces Gets New Hospital After Referendum
Las Cruces wins a $5 million Cruces Dona Ana County Hospital built on New Mexico State University land near I 25 and University Road. Voters approve 3401 to 1274. temporary power outage and police crack down on campaign literature marked the election. The facility replaces Memorial General Hospital.
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Las Cruces
UPI
Cruces-Dona Ana County Hospital
Mexi State University
Interstate 25
University Road
el Paso Electric Co
Speck Is Indicted by Illinois Grand Jury
Chicago dispatch reports prosecutors secured eight murder indictments against Richard Speck after a sealed grand jury process. A 23-person panel heard seven witnesses and found sufficient evidence to try the 24-year-old drifter for the townhouse dormitory killings of July 14, including potential eyewitness testimony from Corazon Amarao. Speck's public defender declined comment on the indictment and Speck showed no visible reaction.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard Speck
Illinois
Corazon Amarao
Philippines
Speck
Gerald Getty
Getty
William Ruddell
New Mexico State Policemen Train in Roswell Underwater Rescue
In Roswell this week 11 New Mexico officers and a Texas Highway Patrolman train at the YMCA for underwater search and rescue. Chief instructor J E Syling of Hobbs says the class proceeds to Bottomless Lakes State Park for deep water work focusing on rescuing drowning victims.
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Roswell
UPI
New Mexico
J. E. Syling
Hobbs
Texas Highway
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Fort and Wright Gas Co Safe Stolen On Tatum Highway
Thieves broke into Safe Stolen Fort and Wright Gas Company on the Tatum highway last night. Entry was gained by breaking a small front window. A 900 pound Mosler safe containing company records and $70 to $100 in cash was moved to the shop area and loaded into a pickup. The owner offers a $100 reward for return of the records.
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Fort and Wright Gas Company
Tatum Highway
Mosler
Fort and Wright
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