Sunday Reflections and Local News From The Hopper
W H Hop Graham writes on windowed days tax deadlines and grape fruit routines. Bob Ward challenges workman's comp opinions while mail readers debate editor last words and fact corrections. Wham Dept Keith Green reports Taos politics and new city commission moves as Lovington views head rolls.
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WHAM
Keith Green
ENMU
Portales
Taos
Keith
New Taos City Commission
Space Agency Pinpoints Short Circuit in Gemini 8
NASA report pins a yaw thruster short circuit as the cause of Gemini 8’s tumbling during docking with Agena. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott maintained calm control, saved fuel, and executed a safe re-entry after the thruster fired intermittently. The finding rules out pilot error and anticipates no delay to Gemini 9.
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Manned Spacecraft
Robert Gilruth
Gilruth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Roseknot Victor
Agena
Armstrong
Scott
Lovington Area Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy and mild through today and Monday with a few showers possible tonight and Monday. High around 85 today and a low near 55 Monday morning.
Weather notes from Lovington forecast highs and lows
Lovington records show Friday high 65 and low 32. Saturday brought a high of 80 and a low of 45. Cumulative 1966 precipitation stands at .41 inches.
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Lovington
Tatum's Banquet Tuesday
Tatum's annual Chamber of Commerce awards banquet will be held at 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria with Joe Ramey of Hobbs as featured speaker. The event includes the citizen of the year award, emcee Ferrell Caster, and dinner by the school cafeteria ladies.
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Tatum
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Ramey
Hobbs
Oil Conservation Commission
Ferrell Caster
Louie Crenshaw
Eunice
Crenshaw
Chamber
Homer Shelton
Mildred Jones
Ruth Murphree
Cliff Davis
Gene Milford
Gilbert Pfeiffer
Bill Cummins
Smith Goad Chevy Plans New Lovington Building After Fire
Smith & Goad Chevrolet plans a 14 000 square foot modern steel facility at Love Street and the Tatum Highway in northern Lovington after a fire gutted the previous Jackson Chevrolet site. The move follows temporary quarters and a name change to Smith & Goad on March first with ownership adjustments pending. Listings show 20 new units, with three more mechanics expected after relocation.
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Smith & Goad Chevrolet, Inc
Jackson Chevrolet, Inc
Love Street
Tatum Highway
Lovington
John Goad
Smith & Goad
South Main
Smith & Goad March
Goad
South Main Automotive
Global Highlights takeaways on Vietnam protests and NATO pullout
The report covers U S Marines taking casualties near Da Nang in a ten hour engagement with Viet Cong forces. Buddhist leaders urge patience for a civilian government amid the junta crisis. A U S Navy salvage ship is due to surface a missing hydrogen bomb off Palomares Spain. Jakarta protests support Suharto while Indonesia tightens travel. Pravda recalls the Voskhod two spacewalks and Soviet cosmonauts’ rough return. De Gaulle moves toward NATO withdrawal within weeks.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Palomares
Spain
U.S. Navy
Mediterranean
Guns and ammo stolen from Lovington home
The Lovington police investigate a Friday night break in at 818 West Madison, listing multiple firearms including a Winchester shotgun, Mossberg rifle, a .38 pistol, a Model 94 rifle, and ammunition. Detectives seek leads as the Lea County Sheriff’s Office logs the report from Bob Houck.
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Lovington
J.E. Polson
Bob Houck
West
Madison
Lea County Sheriff’s Office
Houck
Lea County Commissioners Meet Monday Agenda
Lea County Board of County Commissioners will convene in a regular semi monthly session Monday morning at the courthouse. Items on the agenda include claims minutes road report pipeline permit Cowley Subdivision plat liquor license and airport business.
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Lea County Board of County Commissioners
Cowley Subdivision
Senator Condemns Petnapping In Congress Hearing
Senator Warren G Magnuson of Washington condemns petnapping and announces a Friday hearing on legislation to curb dognaping. Author Cleve Amory will testify as Magnuson notes public anger and media coverage shaping opinions on the sale of kidnapped pets.
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Washington
UPI
Warren G. Magnuson
D Wash
Senate
Commere Committee
Viet Nam
Lovington Band Earns First Division Sight Reading and Second in Concert
Lovington High School's Big Blue Band returned from a Portales band festival at Eastern New Mexico University with a first division sight reading and a second division concert rating. The event included 18 high schools and two orchestras from eastern New Mexico. Under director J D Fry the band performed at 1 55 p.m for concert and 2 00 p.m for sight reading.
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Lovington
Turday
Portales
Eastern New Mexico University
New Mexico
LHS
J.D. Fry
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