Moris urges U S stop Egyptian cotton imports
Rep Tom Morris supports halting cotton imports from Egypt amid tensions with Col Nasser. The piece notes U S annual cotton imports around 80 000 bales of long staple variety and discusses impact on American growers and Lovington connections. It also mentions Tom Stevens of Artesia joining the Foundation for Economic Education and critiques government youth employment policy.
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Tom Morris
U. S
Egypt
Col
Nasser
Cotton Maid Entries Sought for State Contest
Deadline for Maid of Cotton entrants is July 3 announced by Rayburn Houchin of Lovington. The state contest will be at Ruidoso Downs, N M on July 14. Eligible contestants must be unmarried 19 to 23, born in a cotton growing state, have Dec 15 1967 birthday or earlier, be residents of the state, at least 5 ft 5 in tall, photogenic and healthy. Travel by air on commercial airlines is required. The program aims to stimulate interest in cotton.
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Rayburn Houchin
Lovington
Ruidoso Downs
N. M
Houchin
Robberies Hit Local Businesses Over Several Days
Dwane Swafford found most stolen checks from the Wednesday break-in at the Piggly Wiggly in a vacant lot near the store along with machinery. The store suffered $13,000 in cash and checks taken after entry through the roof. A second break-in at Smith-Good Chevrolet yielded a Borg-Warner stereo tape player worth 85 dollars. This followed a Thursday service station burglary for cash and a cigarette machine in three days of thefts.
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Dwane Swafford
Pigegly Wiggly
Smith - Good
Chevrolet
Southern Union Acquires Interest in Texas Firm
Southern Union Gas Company has acquired an interest in International Soil Conditioner Corporation, a minerals related company near Caldwell Texas. ISC makes a soil conditioner sold as Bactelife for use with commercial fertilizers, with soil testing and blending to correct deficiencies.
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Southern Union Gas Company
Inernational Soil Conditioner Corporation
Caldwell
Texas
Chester Gobert
Southern Union
ISC
Kosygin Opens UN Emergency Session Amid Middle East Clash
The UN General Assembly convened an emergency session with Soviet Premier Kosygin as the sole major world leader in attendance. The session, delayed 41 minutes, featured a brief U S Jordan exchange over agenda items and adjourned after a 41 minute start with no remarks from Kosygin.
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United Nations
UPD
General Assembly
Middle East
Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
Jordan
Kosygin
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Muhammad H. El-Farra
Mayfield and Cargo clash over Tijerina handling
At the New Mexico Press Association convention Gov. David Cargo and State Rep. Bobby Mayfield traded sharp accusations over the Tierra Amarilla land grant raid and Tijerina's faction. Cargo denied orders to shoot, blamed violence on Balthazar Martinez, and defended his approach while Mayfield pressed for accountability and police actions.
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LOS Alamos
UPD
Refes Tijerina
David Cargo
Bobby Mayfield
Dona Ana
New Mexico Press Association
Mayfield
Tijerina
Rio Arribe
Cargo
New Mexico
Tierra Amarilla
Balthazar Martinez
Land Grant Alliance
Governor requests grazing permit details from Freeman
Gov. David F. Cargo awaits a reply to a special delivery letter to Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman seeking information on grazing permits issued for national forests in northern New Mexico. Cargo said local officials had refused to supply facts about denial of permits to local residents in favor of out of state ranchers.
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Santa FE
UPI
David F. Cargo
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
New Mexico
Cargo
Forest Service
Agriculture Secretary
U. S. Forest Service
Carson
Welding Course Date Postponed At NMIC
Officials at New Mexico Junior College announced the Advanced Beginning Welding Short Course will start Tuesday evening June 20 1967. The program aims to build safety awareness, welding symbols knowledge, brazing soldering and metal identification by spark test. The course meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings and requires prior welding background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico Junior College
NMJC
Lovington Weather Outlook With Showers Possible
Partly cloudy in Lovington with a chance of showers or thundershowers Sunday afternoon or night. Slightly warmer Sunday with a 20 percent precipitation probability. High near 79 and low around 58 after 6:00 PM.
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Lovington
City Plans Bid Opening On City Lots In Regular Meeting
City Commissioners will open bids on various lots during their regular Tuesday night meeting. The agenda includes closing a half block street two resolutions payment of bills and other business. The session starts at 7 in the city hall meeting room on Love Street.
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Commission
City Hall
Love Street
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Reader’s Digest
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Artesia
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Foundation For Economic Education
America
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Leonard Read
Read
Leonard Reads
Edmund Burke
Chamber of Commerce
D. E. Atchley
Chamber
Bill Hawkins
Atchley
R. B. Moore
Moore
North Central 4-H Club
Thant
Assembly
Abdul Rahman Razhwak
Afghanistan
U.N
Goldberg
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Israel
Avenue D
First Street
Stanice Elliott
Norma Blackwell
Martha Williams
Robbie Ellis
Yvonne Elliot
Bert Ellis
Steve Flemmons
Freeman
Girls’ State
Debbie Wirt
Dixie Edwards
Sabra Noack
Becky Purcell
Albuquerque
Hokona Hall
University of New Mexico
American Legion Auxiliary
PEO
AAUW
Caprock Chapter
DAR
Xi Omicron
Beta Lambda
Beta Sigma Phi
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