Workmen's compensation laws under scrutiny in industrialized society
The piece critiques how workman's and unemployment compensation laws have strayed from their original aims. It cites New Mexico abuses, confusing benefits, and a $4,800 payout for a golf course injury as illustrating misapplication. The column also lampoons city condemnation missteps and a misnumbered street sign incident.
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United States
State of
New Mexico
Demona
Red Cross Urges Poison Prevention To Protect Children
American Red Cross leaders warn parents to keep poisonous substances away from kids. National Poison Prevention Week backs education on prevention and first aid, with steps to lock up medicines, label containers, store separately, and discard outdated drugs. Nine practical safeguards are outlined for households.
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American Red Cross
John B. Hawes
North Sea County
Red Cross
Hawes
The
Aca
Lea International Blouses Near Local Commercial Release
Lea International of Lovington prepares a local commercial release for Lola Gen try designed blouses produced for two lines. Samples shipped to C R Anthony Company in Oklahoma City while previews in Lovington Anthony store test market interest. Production plans include two lines, sizes 8 to 20, with potential contract pending retailer approval.
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Lola Gentry
Lea Inernational
Lovington
Pat Blackburn
Lea International
C.R. Anthony Comepany
Oklahoma City
Anthony’s
Lovington Anthony
Lea Intern«national
Anthony
Blackburn
U.S. Department of Labor
Bandit Raids Ranch Flees Into Mexico
Deming New Mexico authorities hunt a gunman who held ranch hand Buck Irwin at gunpoint for about eight hours before escaping on a stolen horse after forcing a ride. The attacker cut a fence near Columbus and crossed into Mexico, taking a shotgun and leaving the captive unharmed. Sheriff Claude Irwin described the bandit as simulating a Western outlaw.
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Deming Ranch
Claude Irwin
Columbus
N.M
Mexico
Irwin
Buck Irwin
Phillips Named Manager at Lovington Phillips 66 Station
Leo Phillips formerly of Hobbs takes over management of the Lovington Phillips 66 station at 424 South Main. He has 12 years in station supervision with major and independent oil firms and plans to move his family from Hobbs to Lovington after the school year ends.
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Leo Phillips
Hobbs
Lovington
Phillips 66
South Main
Phillips
Gunbattle in Chihuahua City Claims Policeman Life
In Chihuahua City a gunfight left Patrolman Salvador Perez Baylon dead and guerrilla suspect Juan Mendoza Torres critically wounded after police arrested two men. Mendoza Torres was shot, Oscar Gonzales Egarte captured. both men admitted to a prior attack on Madera garrison.
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Chihuahua City
UPID
Oscar Gonzales Egarte
Juan Mendoza Torres
Chihuahua
Mendoza Torres
Salvador Perez Baylon
Gonzalez Egarte
University of
Madera
Mendez Torres
Lovington Forecast and Temperatures
Partly cloudy with little temperature change tonight and Friday. Low around 50, high near 82. Yesterday’s high was 76 at 2 PM and low 46 at 6 AM. Nationwide highs reached 86 in Yuma, Arizona with a low of 1 at Greenville, Maine.
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Lovington
Alaska
Hawaii
Yuma
Ariz
Greenville
Maine
Precipitation in Lovington Totals 0.41 Inches in 1966
The Lovington rainfall amount for 1966 through the date reported stands at 0.41 inches. The tally reflects precipitation measured up to the current reporting period.
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Lovington
Lovington Jaycees to Install New Officers Tonight
Lovington Jaycees hold a dinner meeting at Western Grill starting at 7 30 with speaker J F McAdams Hobbs oil servicing contractor as they install new officers for the year.
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Lovington Jaycees
Western Grill
J.F. McAdams
Hobbs Oil
Exploding Agena Rocket Fragments Rain Down
The Air Force Agena rocket launched Feb. 15 from the West Coast disintegrated into at least 40 fragments that fell from orbit over seven days. The event was disclosed in the Satellite Situation Report. Boosted by an Atlas rocket, the secret payload’s destruction was confirmed with no indication of further details.
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Washington
City manager fined for sidewalk driving in Las Vegas incident
City manager Harry Houck was fined $5 after a sidewalk driving charge in Las Vegas. The case was filed by John Wester, owner of a bus depot, who said Houck was delivering election supplies to the armory next to the depot when the incident occurred. The rest of the text references a damaged object no longer in orbit, described as possibly a U.S. reconnaissance satellite recovered after grounding, but the details are unclear.
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Las Vegas
UPN
Harry Houck
John Wester
Houck
U.S
Ground Command
Lovington Man Guilty of DWI
A District Court jury found William M. Bigham of Lovington guilty of driving while intoxicated. Judge Caswell Neal sentenced him to five months in the county jail plus costs after the arrest on his 17th birthday following a collision with a parked car. This marked his third offense.
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William M. Bigham
Lovington
Caswell Neal
Carlsbad
Kermit Nash
Bigham
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American Petroleum Institute
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Boy Scouts of America
Girl Scouts of the U.S.A
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