Dorothy Pruit Seeks Lea County Treasurer Candidacy
Mrs. Dorothy A. Pruit of Lovington New Mexico announces her candidacy for Lea County treasurer ahead of the May 5 1964 Democratic primary. She is 41 with four children including Annette Greathouse a NMSU senior and sons Gene John and Curry. Pruit, an agent for Business Men's Assurance, resides in Lea County since 1935 and is active in the Heart Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy A. Pruit
West
Tyler
Lovington
New Mexico
Lea County
Pruit
J. C
Connie) Pruit
Annette Greathouse
New Mexico State University
Gene
John
Curry
Business Men's Assurance Company
Lea County Heart Association
Rev Elkins To Speak At Revival Here At First Methodist
The Rev Dr Elkins, native of Mangum Oklahoma, will guest preach at the First Methodist Church revival March 8 to 13 with services nightly at 7. He holds degrees from Oklahoma University Chicago and Oklahoma City University and has served churches in Cheyenne Carnegie Hollis Bartlesville and Tulsa. He is pastor of Trinity Methodist in El Paso Texas. He and wife Winona have three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
Dr Elkins
First Methodist Church
Rev. Elkins
Mangum
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
University of Chicago
Oklahoma City University
Cheyenne
Carnegie
Hollis
Bartlesville
Tulsa
Trinity Methodist Church
el Pasvo
Texas
Woman Sues District Attorney for 100000 After Detention
Hobbs resident Mary Ann Bradshaw filed a district court suit in Lovington seeking 100000 in damages from Roswell District Attorney Pat Hanagan. She alleges she was detained as a material witness in a Roswell robbery case for five days without charges or a bond hearing. Each count seeks 50000 with damages for physical discomfort time away from family mental suffering humiliation and publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
Lovington
Pat
Twen
Charles McGill
Do Gillmore
Bradshaw
Bradsha
New Mexico
Hanagan
Campbell Lashes Out At Opponents At Democratic Luncheon
In Clovis Governor Jack Campbell denounced the Republican Party as fearful of the future addressing about 225 Democrats at a 10 per plate luncheon. He pledged no new tax increases during his term and challenged the 1964 budget. A second item describes Mrs Bradshaw alleging unlawful arrest by Deputy Sheriff Bill Wood in Hobbs and Lea County jails between October 17 and 22, 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis
UPD
Jack Campbell
Republican Party
Campbell
New Mexico
Bill Wood
Hobbs
Lea County
Douglas County
Nev
Gardnerville
George Byers
Air Force
Minden
Carson City
Nevada
Civil Aeronautics Board
Jack Carroll
Norris
Don Watson
San Francisco
Jack Worthley
Fremont
Ruby Case Sparks Contempt Fines Amid Trial Chaos
In Dallas defense lawyers clashed with Judge Joe Brown during Jack Ruby’s trial. Assistant attorney Joe Townhill was fined for contempt and Chief counsel Melvin Belli faced threats of further sanctions as motions for mistrial and venue change dominated proceedings. Ruby remained quiet as final jurors were selected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston McGraw
United Press International
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Joe H. Tonnhill
Melvin Belli
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ruby
Townhill
Gub
Belli
Henry Wade
Maurice A. Melford
Chicago
Mickie Sullivan
Charles W. Armstrong
Melford
Wade
Joe A. Townhill
B. Brown
Airliner Crash Kills 85 In Sierra Nevada Snowstorm
Wreckage of a Paradise Airlines Constellation carrying 85 people was found on a Sierra Nevada ridge after a snowstorm near Tahoe Valley California. Aerial search teams confirmed all aboard were dead as investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Board prepared to probe the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahoe Valley
Calif
Lake Tehoe
Nevada
California, Nevada
Air Force
Patton Funeral Held In Tatum
Funeral services for Joh Calvin Patton 73 of Tatum were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Tatum Church of Christ with Leroy Alexander officiating. Burial followed in Tatum Cemetery under Smit Yarbro Funeral Home. Patton, retired and former service station owner who also drove a school bus, died in Alamogordo Saturday. Survived by his wife and two daughters Mrs. R. Roper Alamogordo and Mrs. Gene Peterson Libs block Tex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tatum Church of Christ
Joh Calvin Patton
Tatum
Leroy Alexander
Buri
Tatum Cemete
Smit Yarbro
Gene Peterson
Libsbock, Tex
Mercy Deaths Nazi Nurses Bonus Pay for Murdering Children
Dr. Hans Hefelmann testified at the Auschwitz war crimes trial that Nazi nurses received overtime pay and Christmas bonuses for working in children wards on Hitler's mercy killing program. He said doctors in the Rhineland ward balked only once when shown Hitler's decree. A co defendant was captured in Buenos Aires as West Germany seeks Bohne's extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hefelmann
Hitler
Recktenwald
Rhineland
Buenos Aires
West Germany
Argentina
Gerhard Bohne
French Rebuke Viet Charges Deepens Diplomatic Rift
Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh accused French agents of plotting to assassinate him and of colluding with Communists to terrorize South Vietnam. The French embassy denied the charges as childish and absurd. American and South Vietnamese sources said Viet Cong losses reached 77 in a separate clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPC
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Quant Tin Province
Viet Nam
Georges Perruche
Phan Huy Quat
American Legion Post 68 Plans Evening Meeting
American Legion Without Battalion Post No 68 will hold a 7 30 p m meeting tonight with officers to be elected. Members are urged to attend as key organizational leadership changes take place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jelton McGehee
National Safety
National Extension Homemakers Council
Extension Club
American Legion
Bataan
Prosecution Sums Up Hoffa Charges in Jury Tampering Case
Federal prosecutors tell jurors Hoffa was the Quarterback of a 1962 jury-tampering plot linked to a Nashville mistrial. James Neal calls Hoffa the man in charge and says a bribe plan of 15 000 to 20 000 underpinned the effort. Five codefendants stand with Hoffa as closing arguments begin in the seventh week of the fifth trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Green
United Press International
Chattanooga
Tenn
UPD
James R
James Neal
Hoffa
Nashville, Tenn
Neal
Justice Department
James Haggerty
Edward Grady Partin
Lea Pioneer Expires Here
H A Arthur Taylor 79 Lea County pioneer died at Hobbs Lea General Hospital Sunday. Funeral at 2 p.m. today at Taylor Street Church of Christ Hobbs with Pastor Mardell Lynch officiating. Burial in Lovington Cemetery under Griffin Funeral Home. Survived by widow Myrtie, son Henry M Taylor of Tucson, sister Lena Diviney of Riverside, Calif., two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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H. A
Arthur) Taylor
Lea County
Hobbs Lea General Hospital
Lovington
Taylor Street Church of Christ, Hobbs
Mardell Lynch
Griffin Funeral Home
Myrtie Taylor
Henry M. Taylor
Tucson
Lena Diviney
Riverside, Calif
Osborn Fisher Tatum Rancher Taken By Death
Osborn Victor Fisher 78, a Tatum rancher, died Monday at Lovington Sea General Hospital after ten days of illness. Funeral services 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Tatum. burial in Tatum Cemetery. Born November 4, 1885 in White County, Tennessee. Survived by brother Oscar E. Fisher Lovington and sister Miss Ruby Fisher Tatum, among nieces and nephews.
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Osborn Victor Fisher
Lovington Sea General Hospital
First Baptist Church
Tatum
F. B. Frasier
Calvary Baptist Church
Lovington
Tatum Cemetery
Smith Yarbro Funeral Home
Mr. Fisher
White County
Tennessee
Oscar E. Fisher
Ruby Fisher
Supreme Court Keeps Ban on Racial Hospital Segregation
The Supreme Court upheld a ruling barring racial segregation in federally funded hospitals. The Hill Burton Act of 1946 underpins hospital construction with federal aid. In Greensboro North Carolina 1962 eleven Black doctors dentists and patients sued Wesley Long and Moses H Cone seeking antsegregation orders and removal of separate but equal facilities.
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United Press International Washington
UPD
Supreme Court
South
Greensboro
N. C
Wesley Long Community
Moses H. Cone
General MacArthur Enters Hospital for Checkup
General Douglas MacArthur, 84, flew to Washington from New York with wife Jean and Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney for observation and evaluation of abdominal complaints at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. President Johnson arranged admission after a White House call, noting his robust health at a January birthday event.
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Washington
UPD
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Johnson
New York
Air Force
Jean
Courtney Whitney
MacArthur
Walter Reed
First Army
White House
Pierre Salinger
Leonard Heaton
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Dorothy Pruit
Broadace Elkins
Rev Elkins
Winona
Howard
Nanette
Nancy
By CY Ryan
Lake Tahoe
Henry Norris
Alameda
Patton
Lea
Osborn Fisher Tatum
Federal District Court
4Th Circuit Court
Circuit
General MacArthur
West Point Military Academy
Harry S Truman
U.S
Korea
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