A.A.V.W. Art Fair Winners Named by Mrs Howell Spear
Winners of the A A U W Art Fair announced by judge Mrs Howell Spear. High school divisions include Three Dimensional Models Leatherwork Woodwork and Metalwork with top placers such as Tyree Minton John Simpson Conway Roye and Bill Grandon. Junior high and lower grades list winners in leather work belts gun cases ceramics paper mache painting and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell Spear
Tyree Minton
Jackie Pope
Sandra Martin
James Young
John Simpson
Donald Tatum
Bill Dye
Barbara Willis
Charles Croley
Freddie Reed
Sidney Corbett
Barbara Wills
Geo. Wallace
Bobby Bradshaw
Roy Caudill
Jimmy Owens
Ben Powell
John Carrel
Wally Moeller
Kathleen Mayfield
Ricardo Bustamenta
Sydney Knight
John Norris
George Luna
Harold Delgado
Jeannie Magers
Cravera
Michael Day
Diana Pollard
Rickie Bresler
Joaqulin de Leon
Perry Goff
Becky Ivey
Rod Flemmons
Jerry Yates
Margretta Margaret
Thomas Stroh
Josefa Acosta
Betty Holker
Beck defies questions before Senate rackets committee
Oilfield and Teamsters figure Dave Beck faced sharp scrutiny on Capitol Hill as he invoked the fifth amendment 65 times. Senator Pat McNamara and CIO AFL leaders urged action while Kennedy and McClellan pressed for specifics amid questions about alleged union funds misuse and Duff's influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tatum Beck
Senate
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Pat McNamar
Senate Committee
Beck
Organized Labor
United Press
McNamara
Cio-Afl High Command
Cio-Afl Executive Council
Friay
Washington
Capitol Hill
McCarthy
John McClellan
Arkansas
Robert Kennedy
John Kennedy
Masachusetts
Sen
James Duff
Pennsylvania
Arthur Condon
Duff
Big Jim
Senator Duff
Pat McNamara
Michigan
March District Court filings may set new record at Lovington
District Court records show 103 civil suits filed by five PM Monday for March in Lovington, outpacing February's 107 cases. The docket includes suits for damages, child support, divorces, custody, and paving assessments against Eunice property owners amid broader local litigation.
District Court Grants Multiple Judgments in Hobbs Filing
District Judge John R. Brand issued numerous judgments and orders in Hobbs last week as Clerk Wm Beauchamp and assistant Lucille Lister processed new cases. Victories included a $1,350.00 award for Roy C. Moore Jr. et al. for a February 24, 1957 car crash and a $11,000 plus medical costs for J. C. Williams of Hobbs from the New Mexico Big Co. site incident. Divorces granted for Gladys Irwin vs W F Orwin and Donald L. Garrett vs Dorothy W. Garrett. other cases saw dismissals or settlements, with real estate sale approval in Olga Mae Hilliard Baze et al. v John Quinn. The docket also lists injured workers, injunctions against potash mine picketing, and a fatal oilfield accident involving James Washer of Hobbs. He died from a 2-inch pipe impact at the rig near the Texas line. burial arrangements were pending.
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District Court
Wheeling
Wm Beauchamp
Lucille Lister
John R. Brand
Jack E. Mertaugh
Alce Mertaugh
Douglas
Belle Teague
Madras
Witherspoon
Jack E. Witherspoon
Gates Rubber Co
James R. Terrell Motor Co
Eunice
Lewis Richardson
T. J. Williamson
Olga Mae Hilliard Baze
Grady M. Hilliard Jr
John Quinn
Gardian
Ada Irene
Bette Sue
Mozelle Hilliard
Gladys Irwin
W. F. Orwin
Jake H. Mendenhall
Hobbs Country Club
Roy C. Moore Jr
Martha Moore
Duane Moore
June Lasley
O. C. Lasley
Third mistrial in Bay St Louis murder case
A Mon tama cowboy, Morris, faces a third mistrial in the 1955 Bay St Louis killing of Charles Fink. The 12 jurors deadlocked after a week of deliberations ending with seven voting not guilty and five for guilty, prompting Judge Leslie B. Bryant to declare a mistrial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay S. Louis
Morris
Sheep Shearing Time in Lea County Thief Hits Tools
In Lea County an assailant stole M Mata’s sheep shearing gear from his Hill Lovington home Friday night. Mata reported 40 clip conte 10 cogs 2 hand clippers and a tool bar missing with total value $150.
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Lea County
M. Mata
Lovington
Mata
Airman charged with 14B&E details burglary spree
A former airman, 22 year old James Leslie Hurd, was charged with 14 burglaries in Amarillo Texas after being arrested in Tucumcari last week. He claimed to have committed about 400 break ins across the eastern U.S. in six months by studying criminology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumcari
Amarillo
Texas
James Leslie Hurd
United States
Robbery at Dog House Near Lovington on Plains Cutoff
Robbers struck a dog house near Lovington on the Plains Cutoff Tuesday night stealing $150.50 in cash and a watch along with clothing from an oil field crew. Listed losses include Rueben Collins seven fifty, Sid Maines three dollars, a fifteen dollar watch, Morris Hataway two dollars, James Crabtree a sport jacket valued at one hundred thirty eight dollars. The crime occurred between 8 and 10 PM Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clase
Lovington
Plains
Rueben Collins
Sid Maines
Morris Hataway
James Crabtree
Mitchell Heads N M Military Institute Regents
Ervin W. Mitchell was elected president of the board of regents of New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. Truman A. Spencer Jr. was re elected vice president and Robert V. Ely was elected secretary treasurer. Continuing members include Clifford G. Smith and Mr. Prestidge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin W. Mitchell
Board of Regents of
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
Truman A. Spencer, Jr
Carrizozo
Robert V. Ely
Clifford G. Smith
Mr. Prestridge
Alamogordo
Portales Man Joins Lea Co op At Tatum
Lyle Donovan a system engineer from Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative Portales will become local manager of Lea County Co op and Lea County Telephone Co op in Tatum starting April 1. He will oversee operations from the Tatum office, branch to Lovington headquarters. The family, active in Portales and Portales First Baptist Church, will move once housing is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Donovan
Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative
Portales
Tatum
Lea County Co- Op
Lea County Telephone Co-Op
Lovington
Donovan
Artesia
Lyle, Jr
Dennis
L. L. Brown School
Debora
New Camden Bishop McCarthy In Hospital After Illness
Bishop Justin McCarthy of Camden Diocese is listed in satisfactory condition at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. Installed only last Tuesday, he fell ill at home Thursday and the diocese gave no comment on reports of a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
New Jersey
Justin McCarthy
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
McCarthy
Senate panel backs 51 million acre corn soil bank allotment
The Senate agriculture committee approved a bill boosting the 1957 corn soil bank allotment to 51 million acres, seeking a compromise after House battles. Ellender denounces the plan as scandalous and unlikely to pass, while administration support weakens as concerns grow over expanding the soil bank beyond corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Agriculture
Benson
Ellender
Louisiana
Congress
Soil Bank
Allotment for Corn in Soil Bank Prompts Upgrade Consideration
Reports indicate about four and a half million acres of commercial area corn land already signed into the soil bank with pending applications that could push totals beyond USDA's five and a half million acre goal. An increase now would grant a bonus allotment to growers already in the soil bank, adding to their existing holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Employment Up in State in 1956 Report Says
United Press notes the Employment Security Commission reports New Mexico’s non agricultural jobs rose to about 200 400 in late 1956 an eight percent increase from 1955. Mining hit a record high with roughly 16 000 workers in 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Security Commission
Mexico
New Mexico
Bolack Montoya Court Cattle Growers Swing
Congressional candidates Tom Bolack and Joseph Montoya woo cattlemen in Albuquerque and tour communities across New Mexico. Montoya plans Roswell parade Artesia Carlsbad Lovington Clovis Portales Tucumcari and a Friday fundraiser. Bolack schedules Raton Clayton and a return to Albuquerque with a campaign push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Bolack
Joseph Montoya
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Cattle Growers Association
Montoya
Roswell
Artesia
Carlsbad
Lovington
Clovis
Portales
Tucumcari
Bolack
Raton
Clayton
Local Boys Bitten By Dogs In Separate Incidents
Two boys were bitten by dogs in different parts of town yesterday afternoon. One boy, son of Mrs. Bill Haas of 126 Monroe, was bitten around six and required medical care with a badly chewed leg. Garland King, nine, son of Mrs. Chester King of Pioneer Courts at 107 West E Street, was bitten about four p.m. while returning home. injuries not yet known. City attorney Hammel Carrell said owners are responsible for dog damage even if unlicensed and dogs wandering are in violation. Both dogs were ordered impounded for ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammel Carrell
15 year old shot in Magdalena. husband held for investigation
An Albuquerque hospital reports Tina Gatlin, 15, remains critical after a Saturday night shooting at her Magdalena home. The abdomen was struck by a .22 caliber bullet. surgery occurred but the bullet remains. Police hold her husband Lawrence Gatlin, 28, in Socorro jail for investigation. he operates a Magdalena service station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Magdalena
Tina Gatlin
Lawrence Gatlin
Socorro
Gatlin
Baby Manning Bites Pending In Hobbs
Donald Gene Manning, 14 month old son of Mr and Mrs Co L Manning of Hobbs, died early Wednesday in a Hobbs hospital. He is survived by his parents two sisters Carolyn Ann age 9 Marsha Kay age three and three brothers Edward Lee 8 Michael Ray 6 and Ricky Dean 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Calvin Washer
Texas
Makin Drilling Co
Hobbs
Buckshot
Mr. Washer
West White
Karene
Jimmy
J. A. Washer
T. B. Washer
J. W. Washer
San Diego
California
W. J. Clifford
North Hollywood
Donald Gene Manning
Co. L. Manning
Carolyn Ann
Marsha Kay
Edward Lee
Michael Ray
Ricky Dean
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Sue Hand
Pam Wallace
Jane Ray
Virginia Palomo
Micheal Cocks
Dennis Sanderson
Sharon Wesley
Ruth Ann Fulkerson
Eloise Patmen
Aline Aguirre
Teresa Allen
Jeff Stoltz
Curtis Moroney
de Ann Autrey
Judith Evans
Ian Goff
Lynda Simms
Brenda Wilson
Jane Timmons
Halley Patman
Jerry Allman
Carolyn Dixon
Shirley Widner
Sandra Snipes
Kenneth Smith
Pablo Gonzales
Paula Fisher
Eusavia Gomez
Carillo Valasquez
Louise Westerman
Terry Howard
Nancy Wagner
Billy Benge
Marvin Witcher
Linda Mitchell
Singer
Bobby Greenlee
Philip Sanford
Martha Morgan
Orflinda San Miguel
Phlip Sanford
Ivia Arrial
Will Henry
Pam Erwin
Gonnie Chambers
Barbara Lehman
Mike Gilbert
Joyce Gooch
Wilma Waldrop
Serena Buckner
D‘ann Yyon
Irene Palmer
Gary Ashlock
Jose Rodriguez Jr
Ray Payton
Susan Cromeens
Gordon Garlington
Becky Byrum
Dianne Ledbetter
Serena Rucker
Paula Sue Waite
Wanda Ellis
Judy Thompson
Hilda Harrod
Ruth Ann Marlar
Kay Kaiser
Celia Ann Stephens
Jeannie Ashley
Gary Heidel
Ray Carrel
Carl Sumruld
Eealy
Frile Fe
Sam J. Ervin, Jr
North Carolina
Adam
Wm. Beauchamp
Ed White Jr
Shoe Co
D. Klosky
Willie Isabelle Foust
James Wilson Foust
Col Tex Refining Co
O. J. Boyd
Raynor L. Curry
R. C. Curry
W. R. Goldman
J. C. Head
Roy Hines
Oleane Hines
Harrel Hipps
Ira Townsend
C. B. Loyd
Laura McCann
F. C. Martin
Sam Montgomery
Grady Roberts
J. A. Sullivan
Walter Yearout
Joseph Weidman
Arthur Drexel
Lois Mathews
Eunice and
Marion Edward Murphey
Merle Simmons Murphy
W. F. Irwin
E. J. Moore
Moses Frank
Johnny Twyman
Tommie Farmer
Lee R. Farmer
Frances H.allen
Joe T. Lisenbee Jr
Oscar E. Ernst
James Edward Ernst
Ray Jetton and
Continental Oil Co
Ernst
J. C. Williams
Hobbs Rigbuilder
New Mexico Big Co
Brownfield
Tex
Donald L. Garrett
Dorothy W. Garrett
Hayden Miles
W. D. Girand
C. M. Neal
Granville D. Lassiter
Chris Lassiter
Dewie B. Leach
E. T. Howell
Fred L. Wa
Drum
R. E. Thompson
Evelynompson
J.M. Dentonn
Lea Expwration
Lea
McKenzie Construction Co
Ralph Whittle
Richard Whittle
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Eddy County
Joe Thornton
Jennings Drilling Co
Tom Brown
Gardner Truck Co
Gerald W. Doyle
Lee Brown Drilling Co
Nolan H. Bristow
Logan Inc
Nellie R. Lawson
James Lawson
S. L. Horn
Lasley Con. Co
Faye C. Yoder
Elden G. Yoder
E. W. Mitchell Haeds
N.m.mli. Regents
Manning
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