Lovington Rodeo Draws 22 000 Fans in Week
The Lovington rodeo week closed with an estimated 22 000 spectators. Jim Shoulders topped the event money list with 258 dollars and 70 cents, followed by Jimmy Cooper at 239 dollars and 20 cents. Proctor and Hennigh split multiple top places across bareback, saddle bronc, and bull riding events. Other winners include Pat Wiley Hobbs and Buck Boyce in their respective events.
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Lovington
Jim Shoulders
Jimmy Cooper
Shoulders
Choulders
Cotton Proctor
Duanne Hennigh
Pat Wiley Hobbs
Wanda Harper
Pat Dunigan
Jane Mayo
Buck Boyce
C. C. Evans
Jim Apadeca
Nolan Fincher
Ed Barr
C. P. Watson
May City Expenses Exceed Receipts in Lovington
Lovington reports May expenses of 16507.17 against receipts of 13886.40, leaving a deficit of 2620.77. Revenue sources include license fees, taxes, permits, fines, and miscellaneous items, while expenditures cover salaries, utilities, repairs, insurance, and equipment.
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Lovington
Rites Today For Seigel Walton
Final rites were held for Seigei A. Walton 43 of Hobbs at First Methodist Church Hobbs. He shot himself at his home on Yucca Drive after summoning an employee. Survivors include widow Toni Lynn and three children. Burial followed at Prairie Haven Cemetery with active and honorary pallbearers named.
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Seigei A. Walton
Hobbson
Yucca Drive
Hobbs
First Methodist Church
Hwbbs
Hamilton
Lovington Methodist Church
Leroy Sewell
Hobbs Church
Rairie Haven
Walton
Walton Trucking Co
von Walton
Toni Lynn
Darryl
Ray
Ranely
Colo
W. Munn
Mid. Tex
George Finger
Borger
Tex
Buddy
Monoply Allegations Hit Meat Packing Industry
Edwin Forbes of San Francisco told a Senate monopoly sub committee that 10 large national packers controlled 77 percent of U S meat processing. He said four firms Armour Swift Wilson and Cudahy slaughter half of all cattle. Senator Joseph O Mahoney leads the hearings and has issued subpoenas as witnesses fear testifying.
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Congress
Edwin Forbes
San Francisco
Western States Meat Packers Association
Senate
Forbes
Armour
Swift
WidSon
Cudahy
Senato Joseph Co. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
May Garbage Truck Report for Loving ton
The Loving ton garbage department shows Truck No 1 771 miles Truck No 2 736 miles and Truck No 3 750 miles totaling 2596 cubic yards hauled to the dump. Two dead cats and nine dogs were collected and disposed of along with 20 gas inspections 22 final inspections and 23 sanitary inspections. Insecticide spray covered all business areas and cafes and grocery stores were sprayed twice.
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Lovington
Robber Takes $25 000 in Minneapolis Bank Heist
A heavyset gunman robbed Park Plaza State Bank in a busy Minneapolis suburb. Wearing a blue handkerchief and armed with a 45 caliber pistol, he took about $25,000 after forcing tellers to place cash on the counters and vanished into a blue 1949 or 1950 car. Police set roadblocks on exits from the city.
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Minneapolis
Park Plaza State Bank
Phyllis Kakach
Lovington Quiet Weekend Sees Few Local Violations
City records show a calm weekend with three traffic violation trials and one petty theft case. Several fines were issued including 15 for an accident, 10 for failing to yield, 10 for careless driving, and 30 days for taking flavoring extract without payment plus vagrancy charges.
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Lovington
John W. Green
Julia Soto
Robert Martin
Hubert Shaney
Albert Lee Arnold
Arnold
Fielding Forth
Green
W. C. Bran‘ton
Wallace Bro. Drilling Company
Water Piped to Lovington Cemetery
Water lines were extended to Lovington Cemetery in May funded by donations. An irrigation pump replaces the old windmill, providing a more reliable water supply.
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Lovington
Nazarene Pastor Attended Assembly in Kansas City
Rev and Mrs B W Culbertson returned from the 14th Quadrennial General Assembly held in Kansas City Mo June 17 22. The meeting reported 700 plus churches added in four years and set goals of 1000 new churches 14 000 900 for the next quadrennium. An outreach budget of 10 500 000 for foreign missions was reported with a goal of 14 000 900. Men and women attended preassembly auxiliaries and the first service drew over 11 000 at Municipal Auditorium with many turned away by seating limits.
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B. W. Culbertson
Lowington Church of the Nazarene
Kansas City
Nazarene
General Assembly
Henderson Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Dave N. Henderson linotype operator at the Leader plant Lovington returns home from Lea County Hospital after leg surgery on Saturday. He will remain at home for about two more weeks.
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Dave N. Henderson
Lovington
Lea County Hospital
Two Charged With Fixing Onion Prices
The Agriculture Department charged Vincent W. Kosuga of Pine Island NY and Sam S. Siegel of Franklin Park IL with manipulating onion futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. A July 24 Chicago hearing is set.
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Agriculture Department
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Vincent W. Kosuga
Pine Island
New York
Sam S. Siegel
Franklin Park
Illinois
Chicago
USDA
Kosuga
Siegel
Commission To Meet Wednesday In Lovington
Lovington's city council schedules a Wednesday 7:30 meeting replacing the usual Tuesday session. The session will include a final reading of ordinance 130, a contentious bill on platting and subdivision paving. attorney Jack Underwood labeled it vicious, opposing a bond requirement to shield residents from paving costs if development stalls. The board will also open bids for a new grading machine.
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Lovington
Atty
Jack Underwood
W. Coe
Underwood
Fleet Admiral Ernest King Dies at 77
Fleet Admiral Ernest King, who led the U S Navy after Pearl Harbor to victory in World War II, died Monday at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Maine at age 77. He had suffered a heart attack and sarcoma and had been in poor health since a brain hemorrhage in August 1947. His son Lieutenant Commander Ernest King Jr. was at his side.
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United Press
Ernest King
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Kittery
Maine
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Atlantic
King
Mercy Mission Backfires On Hobbs Resident
Frey Clay of 1308 East Humble Hobbs went to the city Police Department to bond his wife out of jail after her arrest for disturbing the peace and a $25 bond was set. Police instead arrested Clay for being under the influence.
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Frey Clay
E. Humble
Hobbs
Clay
May Police Dept Report Summary
The Lovington police department reports May activity including 58 arrests 479 parking tickets 75 driver examinations 8 assists to state and county officers 34 disturbance calls and 14 emergency messages. Patrols covered 8 704 miles and the fire department made 13 runs with the A and A Feed Store mill and building destroyed.
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Lovington
A & A Feed Store
Pact Averts Bus Strike in New Mexico and Texas
A tentative agreement between the New Mexico Transportation Company and union officials in Amarillo and Roswell averts a bus strike. The plan authorizes supervisors and mechanics on charter trips when regular drivers are unavailable and pays drivers base wages for weather or mechanical delays. Overtime at time and a half applies to all work except charter or special runs.
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New Mexico
West Texas
New Mexico Transportation Company
Amarillo
Roswell
Four Lea County Youths Inducted In Armed Forces
Four Lea County youths were inducted into the Army and left by bus for El Paso. Larry Wooton Lester Ale George Wilson Lov Eunice and two Hobbs youths joined the Air Force Glen Ray Bible and Jackie Lee Harrington Del acr Ray Moore of Hobbs and Fredrick Levi Eskew of Lovington enlisted in the Navy.
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Lea County
Army
el Paso
Larry Wooton
Lester Ale
George Wilson
Lov
Eunice
Hobbs
Air Force
Glen Ray Bible
Jackie Lee Harrington
Delacar Ray Moore
Fredrick Levi Eskew
Lovington
Navy
Five Men Arrested For DWI Near Hobbs This Weekend
Five men were arrested in Hobbs area over the weekend for operating motor vehicles while intoxicated. Suspects include Martin Lee Reeves 40 Air Base City Harry Lee Gram mer 20 Hobbs H B Baze 32 308 W Humble Hobbs Frank Blanco 49 208 S First Hobbs and Lige R Brown 416 S Love Lovington. Blanco and Brown were involved in minor accidents leading to arrest. Blanco struck a Studebaker owned by Jerome Harmon causing $50 damage. Brown struck a 1954 Chevrolet driven by Charles Yonkers causing $25 damage. Yonkers living at 620 N Grimes Hobbs.
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Hobbs
Martin Lee Reeves
Air Base City
Harry Lee Grammer
H. B. Baze
W. Humble
Frank Blanco
S. First
Lige R. Brown
S. Love
Lovington
Blanco
Bianco
Studebaker
Jerome H. Harmon
E. White
Harmon
Brown
Charles E. Yonkers
N. Grimes
Snyder
Dal Paso
Yonkers
No-stick baking trick for easy roll and cake removal
New York based report suggests sprinkling corn meal on baking sheets to prevent sticking. Rolls or coffee cake lift cleanly, leaving a crunchy base and improved texture.
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New York
Wool payments set by USDA as prices dip toward 1947 lows
USDA reports the average shorn wool price ending March 31 near 43c per lb, about 19c below support. Payments use a 44.9 percent formula on the gap, boosting farmer receipts. Example: a $1,000 sale nets $449. $700 sale nets $314. Lamb payments are 77c per hundredweight live. Mohair receives no payments as prices exceed 82c.
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USDA
Crop Reporting Board
Miss Minnie Gets 20 Years for Embezzlement
Minnie Mangum a 52 year old Sunday school teacher was sentenced in Richmond Virginia to 20 years in Virginia State Prison for embezzling nearly three million dollars from a Norfolk building and loan association over 23 years. An examiner flagged the crime after Mangum quarreled with another accountant exposing irregular books.
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Minnie Mangum
Miss Mangum
Norfolk
Virginia
Richmond
Lea County youths receive discharges from military service
Lea County youths Barbus Wayne Stephens of Jal Kenneth Carl Scoggins of Lovington and Wilbur Thomas Anderson of Hooks were discharged from the Air Force. Lt Scoggins served two years four months as supply officer and attended Warren AFB Supply School in 1954. Wilbur Anderson received discharge to re enlist for six years. Bobby Eugene Cochran of Hobbs was discharged from the Navy after four years of duty.
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Barbus Wayne Stephens
Jal
Kenneth Carl Scoggins
Lovington
Wilbur Thomas Anderson
Hooks
Air Force
Lt Scoggins
F. W. Warren Afb
Wyoming
Wilbur Anderson
Bobby Eugene Cochran
Hobbs
Navy
American Dead in British Airliner Crash Near Kano
An American was among the dead in a British airliner crash in the French jungle near Kano Nigeria on Sunday night. The latest tally lists 30 dead with 15 survivors. Aviation experts cite a severe storm as a possible cause and credit the pilot for saving 15 survivors by diverting the plane into tree tops.
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United Press
Kano
Nigeria
Weather outlook with cooler northwest to southeast warmth
The forecast shows temperatures 2 to 6 degrees below normal in the northwest and 1 to 15 degrees above in the southeast with small daily shifts until a cooler spell Friday. Precipitation is not expected widely. east may see scattered extremes. Afternoon highs mainly in the 80s in the northwest and 90s to 100 elsewhere. nights fall to 45-55 in the northwest and 60-75 in the east and south.
No Steel Strike Expected This Year Says Industry Spokesman
Industry negotiators hold talks as a steel strike deadline nears with only five days left. A spokesman predicts no strike this year while union leaders in Pittsburgh push for a three year settlement and renewed talks continue. Mrs. Mary Payne returns to Lovington Chamber post as advertising work resumes.
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Stee
Mary Payne
Lovington Chamber of Commerce
Payne
Dave Worley
Lovington Daily Press
United Press
Pittsburgh
John Stephens
US Steel Corporation
United Steeworkers
Evan Jones
David McDonald
Bombs Make Youths Smarter Says Scientist
A British scientist Dr Ford Thompson claims atomic radiation is raising British children's reasoning ability compared with prewar youths. He links higher IQ to radiation exposure and notes tests show stronger thinking skills in today’s generation. A World Health Organization report notes rising cancer deaths since 1900 across 26 nations, attributing part to longer lifespans and better medical care.
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United Press
Ford Thompson
Thomson
World Health Organization
Coffee Prices Rising at A P and Safeway Brands
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and Safeway Stores increased private label coffee prices. A and P raises four cents per pound while Safeway moves up three cents.
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United Press
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Safeway
Frances Short Returns to Leader Staff
Frances Short returns to the Leader as a local news reporter. She will handle club church and other local items and resumes studies at Baylor University in Waco Texas in September.
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Frances Short
The
Leader
Miss Short
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Wil
Truck Thief Eludes Cops After Hobbs Escape
Authorities pursue a Hobbs youth who escaped custody after being arrested in Seminole for stealing a pickup from Tower Furniture. He fled from the state police office window at Hobbs city hall. federal agents join the case to assess possible Dyer Act violations and seek further questioning.
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Hobbs
Seminole
Tower Furniture and Appliance Co
City Hall
Director Says No Sales Tax On Items Under 25c
Santa Fe New Mexico State School Tax Division director Joe Calloway says merchants violate the law by charging sales tax on purchases under 25 cents and that no tax should be levied on sub 25 cent items while 1 percent applies on 25 to 75 cent sales. He notes some retailers penny-tax 11 5dc and warns enforcement is limited to spot checks. Calloway adds the tax can be passed to consumers or absorbed by merchants and that firms with average sales under 25 cents may be hurt. The tax originated as an emergency measure in 1935, became permanent the next year, spurring funds for schools and higher teachers salaries. He recalls aluminum mill coins known as clackers briefly, which proved troublesome.
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Santa FE
N. M
Joe Calloway
New Mexico
Calloway
United Press
Mrs Ed Love Sustains Broken Leg After Fall
Mrs Ed Love is at home with a broken leg after a fall in her sister in laws yard Saturday night. She fractured a large bone above the ankle and broke a small bone in the leg. She rests comfortably and welcomes visitors from friends.
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Ed Love
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