New Mexico and West Texas Conferred Unite Under New Bishop
The New Mexico and Northwest Texas Methodist conferences unite, creating one regional area with a new bishop Dr. Alfie Carleton to reside in Albuquerque. Carleton, raised near Malaga, has served West Texas cities and is on the SMU Perkins faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Oklahoma
West Texas
Alfie Carleton
Malaga
Carlsbad
T. J. Carleton
Carleton
Perkins School of Theology
SMU
Lubbock
Wallace Plans Navajo Reservation Visit En Route to Albuquerque
George Wallace will visit the Navajo Reservation at Window Rock Arizona on Monday for the first time during his presidential campaign. He will meet tribal chairman Raymond Nakai and deliver speeches in Albuquerque at a state party convention and a fundraising dinner before addressing a city rally at Wilson Stadium. Delegates from most New Mexico counties are expected, with Las Cruces and Farmington sending large contingents.
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Albuquerque
George Wallace
Window Rock
Ariz
Wallace
New Mexico American Independent Party
Wilson Stadium
Raymond E. Sitta
Farmington
New Mexico
Sitta
Las Cruces
Harding
DeBaca
AIP
Raymond Nakai
Allace
Uerque
Lovington Delegation Satisfied After Home Tour
The facility hosts 70 residents after seven months of operation. Anton Zeps, the administrator, served visitors coffee in the colorful dining room as Lovington delegates toured the home and expressed favorable impressions.
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Anton Zeps
Lovington
Development Program Candidates View Tourism Tactics
Eight candidates from two parties discussed tourism in Albuquerque before the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce Tourist Committee. They urged changes to the state program, with Gov. Cargo defending expansion of the Department of Development, and proposals covering Sunday alcohol sales and more horse racing tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Feather
Associated Press
Albuquerque
Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
David Cargo
Department of Development
New Mexico
Clifford Hawley
Cargo
Car Crash Tears Up Trees and Fences in Lovington
A 1960 Chevrolet driven by William Lee Hurley, 18, of Lovington lost control while turning from Monroe onto Eleventh Street, damaging eight trees and two fences at 1101 West Monroe. Hurley was cited for careless driving driving without a license and failure to report the accident. He was located later in the 300 block of Avenue F.
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William Lee Hurley
Lovington
Hurley
Monroe
Eleventh Street
West Monroe
Valerie Humphries
Avenue F
District Court Arraignments Include Manslaughter Charge
Judge Nash presided as David W. Hildebrand 18 of Big Spring Texas faced involuntary manslaughter charges in the July 2 1968 death of Lovington youth Johnny Glascock. Hildebrand pled guilty and awaits sentence in Lea County Jail. Franz Darryl Walton Hobbs pled guilty to burglary and had a charge of receiving and concealing stolen goods dismissed. he received a sentence of 1 to 5 years in the state pen. Ralph Edward Abbott 24 Hobbs pled guilty to larceny and receiving stolen property and is held on 3000 bond. Freddy Gonzales 16 Lovington pled guilty to auto theft and was sent to New Mexico Boys School at Springer.
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Nash
David W. Hildebrand
Big Spring
Texas
Johnny Glascock
Lovington
Hildebrand
Lea County
Franz Darryl Walton
X. Hobbs
Ralph Edward Abbott
Hobbs
Freddy Gonzales
Monroe
New Mexico
Springer
Steel Industry Sets Prices After Union Pact
Pittsburgh AP reports Bethlehem Steel raises about 5 percent across the board the first since 1962. U S Steel increases many tin mill products with some cuts. Union wins a new billion dollar labor contract boosting wages 90 cents to a dollar an hour for 450000 steelworkers, totaling about 6.5 percent yearly for three years. Washington silent.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Bethlehem Steel
John F. Kennedy
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Washington
Services Set For Mrs Small In Lovington
A funeral service for Mrs. Small will be held at the Methodist Church in Lovington with Rev. Joe Emanuel officiating. Burial follows in Lovington Cemetery, with the body in state until 8:30 p.m. Thursday when the casket is closed for the funeral.
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Methodist Church
Lovington
Joe Emanuel
Loveington
Four Killed in Auto Train Collision Near Albuquerque
Four members of a family died when their small car was struck by a Santa Fe Railway train at the Alameda Road crossing four miles north of Albuquerque. Two others perished on Interstate 40 30 miles west of the city, and one person died on NM 90 near Silver City after swerving to avoid a cow. The Alameda Road victims were Epitacio Duran 57 Edwina Sanchez 22 and her children Alex 4 Trina 6.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
Silver City
Alameda Road
Epitacio Duran
Edwina Sanchez
Weather outlook for Lovington and New Mexico
Occasional thundershowers tonight through Thursday with a chance of heavy showers. Increasing winds tonight and cooler Thursday. Lows tonight 50 to 60 north and 50 to 68 south. Highs Thursday 75 to 88, cooler Thursday with scattered thundershowers. Winds increasing across all portions tonight.
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Lovington
New Mexico
San Antonio Group Files Federal Suit Over School Discrimination
A San Antonio group sues in federal court alleging discrimination against Spanish American students in Edgewood Independent School District and seven San Antonio districts. Plaintiffs include seven residents, 15 Edgewood students, and a couple who moved children to private schools due to educational conditions. The suit names seven districts and state Attorney General Crawford Martin among defendants.
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San Antonio
Tex
Edgewood Independent
Edgewood
Crawford Martin
New Mexico
Reies Lopez Tijerina
U.S. District Court
Albuquerque
State Board of Education
Albuquerque School Board
Senate approves 4.6 billion public works bill
The Senate sent to the White House a 4.6 billion public works appropriation including 9.544 million for the San Juan-Chama water project in Colorado and New Mexico. New Mexico projects listed include Galisteo Reservoir 2.646 million Cochid Reservoir 4.85 million Albuquerque diversion channels 2.522 million Los Esteros Reservoir and Alamogordo modification 291 thousand and 276 thousand Pecos River Basin 620 thousand Tucumcari 171 thousand.
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Washington
Senate
White House
San Juan-Chama
Colorado
New Mexico
Galisteo Reservoir
Albuquerque
Los Esteros
Alamogordo
Pecos River
Tucumcari
NM Personnel Board To Review Salaries
Gov. David F. Cargo directs the New Mexico state personnel board to review state employee salaries and act quickly to ensure parity with private industry and federal pay. He asks special attention to lower level positions and cites the Personnel Act’s emphasis on merit-based administration.
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NM Personnel Board
Santa FE
David F. Cargo
State Personnel Board
Harold Bibo
Cargo
Snyder will appeal over two million dollar estate
Warren M Snyder died July 17 last year and his will dated July 11 1957 and a codicil March 9 1963 are challenged in district court on appeal by Frances Macatee of Lovington who seeks to uphold the 1957 will with a life interest to Macatee and her husband and a remainder to their son while Snyder's wife Reba receives most other assets valued at over two million dollars with inventories showing substantial separate and community property in Lea Eddy and San Miguel counties including real estate cattle vehicles stocks oil leases and government bonds.
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Warren M. Snyder
Opal Harrison
Frances Macatee
Lovington
Snyder
Reba
Lea
Eddy
San Miguel
A.L. Hahn
Don Yarbro
Lea County
Francis B. Macatee
Masry
Lovington Ford Sales
Warren John
Lovington Auto Company
Ed Love
Macatees
Four Lovington men tour Good Samaritan nursing centers in Nebraska
Mayor Ed Bell John Benge Reese Greaves and W H Graham toured Good Samaritan nursing homes in Auburn and Millard Nebraska. They observed Auburns 78 bed center opened 1967 with 80 000 raised and 365 000 cost and noted debt around 275 000 while monthly payments run about 3 500 and income about 15 000.
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Lovington
Nebraska
The
Good Samaritan Society
Auburn
Neb
W. H. Graham
John Benge
Reese Greaves
Ed Bell
Good Samaritan
W.H. Graham
Aubourn
Millard
Good Samaritans
Neberaska
Ter
Good Samaritan Center
United States
Zeps
Jobs Open At Employment Service Office In Lovington
New Mexico State Employment Service in Lovington announces openings for Salesman Insurance Driver Oilfield Maintenance Man Auto Service Station Attendant Farm Equipment Mechanic. Applicants may apply at the employment office located at 201 W Jefferson.
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New Mexico
Lovington
Jefferson
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Theodore Parker
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Fabrian Chavez
Chavez
Calvin Horn
Shiprock
Confegeria Governing Board
Albuequerque
Bobby Mayfield
D-Dona Ana
Mayfield
Civil Aeronautics Board
Mack Easley
D. Lea
Jack M. Campbell
Easley
Small
Sear Police
San Antonio Group
Cochid Reservoir
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