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Newspaper
Lovington Daily Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1962
Page
1
Nine firearms valued at 350 dollars were stolen Friday night from the Army Store on North Main Street Lovington. Items taken include six new pistols and three used guns plus a German Mauser holster. City police are investigating the burglary as details emerge.
U S Army Private Jack Dority son of Mr and Mrs P T Dority of Lovington is on leave from Fort Ord California en route to Fort Jackson South Carolina for advanced training. Dority who attended Lovington High School enlisted in December 1961. Range projects speed up as Wilbur F Currier joins Forest Service in the Southwest Region. Malcolm B Dean 33 of Lovington hospitalized after a 1960 Ford overturned hitting a street light pole on South Main Street near Avenue G. Dean woke as street police report he may have dozed driving north on Main around 2 am Sat. vehicle a total loss.
John C. Morrison of Albuquerque was disqualified from the May 8 Democratic primary for State Land Commissioner after his $375 filing fee check was returned for insufficient funds. Morrison previously ran for the corporation commission in 1960 and lost. E. S. Walker remains unchallenged as the incumbent.
In Algiers rightwing terrorists strike at former pharmacists heading the refugee government. Seven Arabs died and four were wounded in attacks on drugstores. other violence across Algeria raises the toll to 1,727 killed and 3,412 wounded this year.
A.C. Holder, chairman of the Lovington Boy Scout fund drive, reports 20 men and 25 women attended kick off events on Friday March 16. The drive aims to raise 5000 for Lovington scouts under the Conquistador Council with 1800 names to contact and envelopes issued to each caller.
Engineers from W F Turney and Associates of Santa Fe surveyed about 12 potential fallout shelter sites in Lovington as part of a two phase civil defense program with final reports to a civil defense board. The city has an approved plan with Mayor Pinky Jones heading the civil defense board and city officials named to oversee program phases.
U S naval search planes sighted five partially submerged objects in the sea near the Flying Tiger crash site where 107 aboard are missing. A Navy spokesman said the objects could not be identified immediately.
John Edwin Myers 33 was found guilty of murdering Iowa hitchhiker Arthur Lee DeKraai 33 last Sept. 1 in Howard County and sentenced to death in the electric chair. The defense argued insanity. the jury ruled sane. Sentencing to be formalized by the judge with possible appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Dorma Marie Stone 14, Myers’ accomplice, was not present for verdict and was housed in Big Spring. Donna Marie 14 may face trial in Illinois. extradition expected.
Senators Clinton Anderson and Dernis Chavez say they will vote for legislation that removes the disclaimer affidavit from federal scholarship programs. Chavez supports the National Defense Education Act bill now before the Senate. Anderson notes he previously voted for a 1960 bill that also omitted the affidavit. UNM faculty disapproved the affidavit while regents approved it. Rep. Tom Morris favors the oath. Foreign students at UNM criticize the affidavit as unconstitutional and useless against communism. Regents endorse a subversive interests oath for federal loan recipients. Lobo editor Mark Acuff notes limited local coverage of reactions from Kennedy Eisenhower and Nixon.
Fidel Castro announced a major reorganization of Cuba’s political apparatus from top to bottom to correct errors of supporters. In a 63 minute address broadcast by Radio Havana he condemned excesses of revolutionary vigilante groups and urged collective vigilance to fight errors.
Gov. Mechem’s 1.3 million reduction in the school appropriations bill harms smaller districts by constraining pay raises. The plan’s shift would have aided districts including Albuquerque, Roswell, Carlsbad, Hobbs and Las Cruces. officials warn deficits could widen if revenue isn’t found. The veto also trimmed a discretionary fund and emergency transportation money, leaving a leaner allocations mix for next year’s budgets.
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