Racial tensions rise as Maryland town breaks off talks
Negotiations over the East Chesapeake Bay racial dispute fractured as Negro leaders call a mass meeting. Edmund Mester, mediator and aide to Gov. Tawes, withdrew after no apparent progress. Negro leaders accuse white officials of bad faith and reject a referendum on desegregation plans. Public housing for the Negro district is also opposed by the council.
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Washington
UPI
Chesa Peake Bay
Edmund Mester
Millard E. Tawes
Mester
Cambridge
Annapolis
Camb
Allies Denounce East Berlin Wall Restrictions
Western Allies denounce East German measures around the Berlin wall as illegal and aimed at turning East and West Berlin into a large concentration camp. An order by Gen. Heinz Hoffmann bars East Germans from near the wall and the border, four days before President Kennedy's planned visit.
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Berlin
UPD
Berlin Wall
East Germany
Wall
U.S
Greater
Lovington Musicians Move to Lea County Concert Group
Lovington’s Community Concert Association disbands for the year due to low participation. Lea County Concert Association of Hobbs opens membership to Lovington residents during the week of June 23. Adult dues are 8 and student dues 4, with sales commissions offered. Memberships available at local banks. organizers list contact persons and spectators can attend three concerts next year at Hobbs High School Auditorium.
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Lovington
Lea County Concert Association of
Hobbs
Lea County Association
Lovington National Bank
New Mexico Bank and Trust Company
Lea County Concert Association
Golden Curtain
Kurt Adler
Metropolitan Opera Association
Clebanoff
Robert Casadesus
Kennedy Leaves on 12 Day European Diplomatic Tour
President Kennedy departs for a 12 day trip to four European nations and Vatican City to bolster U S policy amid domestic civil rights turmoil. In Bonn, Berlin, Dublin, and London he will meet Erhard, tour the Berlin Wall, speak at five major events, and hold private talks with Prime Minister Macmillan and Pope Paul VI.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
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Washington
Kennedy
Germany
Vatican City
Paul VI
Andrews Air Force Base
U.S
Europe
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Berlin
Wall
Soviet Union
East Berlin
Ireland
Lovington Post Office Adopts Five Digit ZIP Code
Postmaster Mary E. Love announces Lovington will use ZIP Code 88260 starting July 1. The system speeds mail, reduces misrouting, and cuts delivery time by up to 24 hours. Citizens should place the ZIP after the city and state in return addresses.
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Lovington
Mary E. Love
Miss Love
John Doe
Sheridan St. Lovington
N.M
Post Office Department
Greater Lovington Group Plans Pro Rodeo and Entertainment
Lovington residents form the Greater Lovington Corporation to sponsor a September rodeo and develop other professional entertainment. Committee members include Winford Carlile and Bill Hawkins with plans to sell stock to fund future projects aligning with civic clubs.
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Greater Lovington Corporation
Lovington
Winford Carlile
Bill Hawkins
Otto Dean
Troy Fort
John Easley
Hobby Gann
Raymond F
Buddy) Fort
Lea County Sheriff's Posse
Beckers
BPR Cuts New Mexico Interstate Funds Over Bypass Law
The U S Bureau of Public Roads will sharply curtail federal funds for New Mexico interstate projects due to the state's anti bypass law. Highway officials say the decision halts contracts and bids, jeopardizing about 15 to 20 million dollars in planned work this year.
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International Silver City
UPD
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
New Mexico
Frank Tatsch
Tatsch
Harold Adkison
Santa Fe
Bureau of Public Roads
BPR
Silver City
Highway Commission
Washington
James C. Allen
Wash
Allen
Sen
Clinton P. Anderson
N.M
Adki Son
Sudderth
John Sudderth
Roswell
State Highway Commission
R’s
BPA
White
Adkison
T. B. White
Jack Campbell
Campbell
Ldeath
The
U.S. 66
Cuervo
Santa Rosa
Partic
Lovington Woman Admits Stabbing Husband
Law officers await the return of Lea County's assistant district attorney before filing charges against a Lovington woman who admitted stabbing her husband Friday night. The man was treated for a three inch stab wound above the left eye with two cut arteries. She said she stabbed him after he grabbed her during an argument, and that she warned she would stab him. Charges are expected once the DAs return from a Santa Fe meeting.
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Lovington
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Lea County
Santa Fe
Old Folks Day Celebration at Prairieview School
The 23rd annual Old Folks Day will be held today at Prairieview School. More than 100 people are expected to attend from miles around for renewing acquaintances and a basket lunch. Coffee and tea will be served. Special recognition will go to all persons over 60, with red ribbons for 60 to 70 and white ribbons for over 80.
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Prairieview School
Temperatures Yesterday Reported Across City
Temperatures yesterday ranged from a low of 64 degrees at dawn to a high of 93 degrees by 2:30 p.m. The day saw warm afternoon conditions with clear skies.
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Sa.m
Jesse Combs Leaves Lovington for Odessa Bank Post
Jesse I. Combs, longtime Lovington branch vice-president and manager of New Mexico Bank and Trust Company, resigns to become vice-president at the American Bank of Commerce in Odessa. The Hobbs native departs June 26 after a 1944 start with the bank and earlier Eunice tenure. He and his wife Paula have been active in Rotary, Kiwanis, chamber of commerce, Girl Scout work, and United Fund leadership.
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Jesse I. Combs
Lovington
New Mexico Bank and Trust Company
Odessa
Combs
American Bank of Commerce
Hobbs
Eunice Bank
Rotary Club
Lovington Chamber of Commerce
Lovington Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
Zia Guild
Girl Scout Council
New Mexico United Fund, Inc
Paula
Four Killed In Stunt Plane Crash Near Las Cruces
A Cessna 310 stalled and spun into the Rio Grande south of Las Cruces killing four aboard: pilot Rupert Holm 50, his son Keith 20, Thomas Brooks 30, and an unnamed teenage girl. Witness Ken Melendres described the looping stunt before the crash.
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Las Cruces
UPD
Rio
Rupert Cholm
Thomas Brooks
Chisholm
Grande Construction Co
Prom
Ken Melendres
Stahmann
Rio Grande
Melendres
Fice
Graham
Bob Crawford
No Honorable Solution Urged by Birch Society Leader
At a Mexico Press Association summer meeting in Silver City about 100 editors heard former Rep. John Rousselot Calif urge withdrawal from the United Nations and a U.S. blockade of Cuba. He warned the UN is a Soviet Communist conspiracy and opposed arming the UN. Another speaker William Ben urged improving newspapers and reader engagement.
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United Press
Silver City
UPD
John B. Society
Mexico Press Association
John Rousselot
Calif
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The
Birch Society
Cuba
United States
United Nations
William En
el Paso
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