British visitors praise Lovington hospitality and westward travel
Mrs. Corley and her husband Ted Corley while visiting Ben Alexander in Lovington describe bring thing parties and outdoor meals, compare British and American hospitality, and recount their U S itinerary from New York to San Francisco to Jacksonville. They note friendly locals and traffic concerns, with past ties to World War II era.
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Ted Corley
Corley
Ben Alexander
Ave
Corleys
Mrs. Corley
U. S
London
John Deere
Middle East
New York
Peoria
Ill
Lovington
Alexander
Essex
Ted
Fair Booth Drawing Set for 1959 Lea County Fair
Concession booth drawing will be held on July 23 for the Lea County Fair. Entry submissions should go to the County Agents office or P O Box 4 Levington. Booth rates are 73 dollars inside the fair building and 50 outside. Allied groups under one civic organization count as one. Last year’s concession booths holders are not eligible.
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Lea County
P. O
Levington
Fair
Eisenhower to Press Congress on Gasoline Tax Boost
The White House says President Eisenhower will urge Congress to raise the federal gasoline tax from 3 to 42 cents for five years. A state-by-state impact report will be prepared to show effects on the interstate highway program if the tax is not increased.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
James C. Hagerty
Bertram J. Tallamy
Hagerty
General Treasury
Last Civil War veteran Williams battles pneumonia in Texas
In Houston Walter Washington Williams 116 the last Civil War veteran lies in an oxygen tent at his daughter's home after a pneumonia relapse. The Confederate veteran who turned 116 last November is blind and bedridden and mourns the death of fellow survivor John Salling.
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Houston
Tex
UPI
Walter Washington Williams
Williams
Willie Mae Bowles
John Salling
Slant
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Minn
Salling
Walt
Tennessee
John B. Hood
5Th Cavalry
Corinth
Miss
Lovington golf plans and local notices of interest
News item notes Allen Grisham and daughter Jean in Hawaii via photo. Jim Bridgforth to Lub bock for spinal fusion surgery. Lovington touted as New Mexico Golf capital in August if rumors hold. Invitational runs July 31 to August 2. Joe Alsup bids for New Mexico Open August 7 to 9. A dog Laddie story concludes with a children’s misread punchline.
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N—V
Lovington
New Mexico
Country Club
Joe Alsup
Burroughs Era Sparks Battle Over State Finance Board
In Santa Fe two New Mexico lawmakers clash over grants to the Civil Defense Agency and the finance board’s power. Campbell opposes extra funding and asserts board overreach. Lusk supports the $30,000 request and defends board authority amid a broader political fray surrounding Gov. Burroughs.
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New Mexico
John Burroughs
Jack Campbell
Roswell
House
State Finance Board
Civil Defense Agency
Gene Lusk
Carlsbad
Senate
Briff
Santa Fe
Anti Administration
Burroughs
Finance Board
Campbell
Lusk
GOP
Edwin L. Mechem
Youth Led Revival Planned at First Baptist Lovington
Rev Lonnie Kliever arrives August 9 to lead a youth led revival at First Baptist Lovington with singing by Britton Wood of Fort Worth. Kliever, a noted Texas youth evangelist, studied at Union Theological Seminary and has spoken at Louisiana College Howard Payne College UT Austin and the University of Richmond. He has served as summer pastor at El Paso First Baptist and directed Baptist Student work at Texas.
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Lonnie Kliever
Lovington
First Baptist Church
Kliever
Texas
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
Louisana College
Howard Payne College
University of Texas
University of Richmond
el Paso
Britton Wood
Fort Worth
Deadline Near for 1959 Winter Wheat Applications
ASC officer manager Joe Peterson warns producers to meet the July 1 closing date to apply for 1959 winter wheat. He urged all growers interested in wheat to file applications promptly.
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Joe Peterson
ASC
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Fair Booth
Moscow
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West Berlin
Europe
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Soviet Union
East Germany
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Walter Ullbright
Ulbright
Otto Grotewohl
Berlin
Italy
Greece
NATO
Baltic
By Jerry Stoltz
Allen Grisham
Jean
Hawaii
Jim Bridgforth
Lubbock
John Shearman
Caudie
Mary Payne
Laddie
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House Committee
Bob Lindley
Baptist Plan
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