Hospital Notes Hobbs New Mexico LEA General Hospital
Patients admitted Monday list names and addresses across Hobbs Lovington Seminole Penwell Eunice and nearby towns with discharge names Sunday includes Zolene Kay Willis Lupe Rodriguez Lara Mae Russell Oleta Maxine Cummings and other patients. Vernon Albert Clark appears on Monument.
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Hobbs
New Me
Lea General Hospital
Billy Bob Carpenter
East Scharbauer
J. C. Moore
Floria Bandebeth Neria
North McKinley
Frances Ellen Saunders
Robert David Lowry
Walker Drive
Jimmy Dale Arnold
West Clinton
Dorothy Viola McKinney
Ute Place
Stephen Harvey Bush
East
Marland
Louisa Maria Welch
West Silver
Joseph Marion Foster
Hannah Road
Zolene Kay Willis
East Park
Markis Berry
East Midwest
Carl Wayne Wisely
Yucca
Kenneth James Blacek
South Houston
Henry Marcy Turner
Gila Drive
Monument
Vernon Albert Clark
Lovington
Mabee Davis Harrison
W. Ave
Donald Ray Putnam
Betty Jo McCrory
Buckeye
Frances
Elaine Carter
Final Rites For Lida Williams
Final services for Mrs. Lida Williams 71 will be at 10 am Friday at First Methodist Church with Dr. L B Trone officiating. Her body will move to Fort Worth Texas for burial. Survivors include six daughters and three sisters with 14 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Lida Williams
First Methodist Church
L. B. Trone
J. W. Thornton
Hobbs
Jack Jones
Baytown
Tex
C. M. Richardson
Fort Worth
Texas
M. B. Richie
Memphis
Tennessee
Tom Amos
Plymouth
Pennsylvania
Herbert Hobbs
John Lloyd
Kingston
Sam Fuerman
Moscow
W. M. Ligod
Schenectady
New York
Record March Rainfall Likely Statewide Wettest
March 1958 may become the wettest on record with several areas reporting new rainfall highs. The weather bureau expects readings next month and predicts precipitation will exceed normal levels for the month.
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Weather Bureau
Khrushchev Succeeds Bulganin in Soviet Leadership
The text notes Bulganin's ouster and Nikita Khrushchev taking over as Soviet leader. It mentions U.S. politics with Democrats predicting sales tax cuts and automatic levy reductions unless Congress acts, while Eisenhower and Treasury officials push for price cuts to aid recovery. The president says the recession has hit bottom. economists forecast continuation through mid-year.
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Bulganin
Khrushchev
SS Ee
United Press
Congress
Pres. Eisenhower
Treasury
Anderson
Oscars Crown The Bridge On The River Kwai At 1957 Awards
Hollywood awarded The Bridge on the River Kwai best picture and Alec Guinness best actor. Joanne Woodward won best actress for Three Faces of Eve, with Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki honored for Sayonara. The two films led with 11 Oscars, while a screenplay dispute emerged between Pierre Boulle and Carl Foreman. All The Way from Joker is Wild won best song. In Moscow, Bulganin ousted as premier, Krushchev named to premiere and first secretary roles.
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United Press
Hollywood
Alec Guinness
Joanne Woodward
Red Buttons
Miyoshi Umeki
Easter Cantata At First Baptist Sunday Evening
The First Baptist Church chancel choir will present The Story of Easter according to St Matthew as a cantata during the 7 15 p m worship service Sunday March 30 The work features Ellen Jane Lorenz music with familiar hymns interspersed Rev J Samuel Phillips will read Organist Mrs Ray Short W G Shadle educational director directs Soloists include W A Anderson Jr William H Chandler Jr Frances Short Mrs A O Denmon and Mrs Bob Thomas
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First Baptist Church Chancel Choir
Ellen Jane Lorenz
J. Samuel Phillips
Ray Short
W. G. Shadle
W. A. Anderson, Jr
William H. Chandler, Jr
Frances Short
A. O. Denmon
Bob Thomas
Santa Rosian Elected Head Of Cattle Growers
W. I. Buster Driggers was elected head of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association at the 44th convention in Albuquerque. Las Vegas will host the next quarterly meeting, with 1959 set for the 45th annual convention in Albuquerque. Readiness was shown for tax repeal on beef and cattle, praise to the Highway Department, and a crossovers underpass plan on interstates.
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United Press
Santa Rosa
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
W. I.buster
Driggers
Albuquerque
Las Vegas
Duke City
State Highway Department
Highway Department
U.S Bureau of Public Roads
Senate eyes 5.5B highway bill on billboard rules
Washington senators aim to approve a 5.5 billion dollar highway measure today, setting billboard regulations for a new interstate road system.
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Senate
Commerce chief says 4.5 million jobs hinge on foreign trade
Washington reports Secretary Sinclair Weeks warns that foreign trade supports about four million five hundred thousand American jobs. He links job security to export and import activity amid ongoing economic discussion.
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Washington
Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Townsend Visits With Margaret Princess’s former flame returns to England
Peter Townsend, the former RAF officer and former lover of Princess Margaret, arrived in London from Brussels after a seven month world tour. He told reporters he planned to see only his mother and his son, but clerks and newsmen converged on Clarence House for tea. The visit is not expected to trigger a reprise of the 1955 affair controversy.
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United Press
Britain
Margaret
England
Peter Townsend
London
Brussels
Belgium
Clarence House
Townsend
Capitol Hill Ahead of Sales Tax Cuts Democratic Leaders Forecast Vote
Democratic leaders say Congress will almost certainly vote this year on some sales tax cuts. The statement signals likely action on tax relief measures amid budget talks.
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Capitol Hill
Congress
Detroit Auto Dealers Unite to Boost State Car Sales
Auto dealers and manufacturers in Detroit have launched a statewide campaign to spur new car sales across Michigan. The effort targets increased consumer spending and market growth amid evolving auto industry conditions.
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Detroit
Farm Belt Unrest Fails To Budge Price Freeze Stand
Senate Republicans vote 17 to 14 to urge Eisenhower to sign the farm price and acreage freeze approved by Congress. Administration farm leaders say the veto is likely, while skeptics warn of higher dairy prices and consumer impact.
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United Press
Administration
Washington
Senate
Pres. Eisenhower
Congress
GOP
Schoeppel
Kansas
Senator Aiken
Vermont
Aiken
House
Wisconsin
Hiestand
California
Judge Kiker Dies After Long Illness In Santa Fe
Supreme Court Justice H A Kiker Sr, age 70, died at his Santa Fe home after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2:00 P M at Memorial Chapel, with cremation to follow. Kiker was elected to the state’s high bench in 1955 and did not seek re election this year. Democratic rivals Waldo Spiess of Albuquerque and District Judge David W Carmody of Santa Fe are running.
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United Press
Santa Fe
Supreme Court
H. A. Kiker
Memorial Chapel
Justice Riker
Waldo Spiess
Albuquerque
David W. Carmody
New Books At Local Library
The Lovington library announces new books for children youth and adults. Titles include Wynken Blynken and Nod The Gingham Dog and The Calico Cat by Eugene Fields The Runaway Lamb at the County Fair by Walt Disney The Boy on Lincoln's Lap Jerrold Beim The Contented Pussy Cat Keller He Was a Child Norman Vincent Peale You and The Constitution of The United States Witty and Kohler Chucho The Boy With the Good Name Phillips Benjamin Franklin Clara Ingram Judson A Childs Book of Stones and Minerals Valane Swenson Fun With Science First Book of Mammals Williamson A Cult of Destiny Alicia Malkus Story of Albert Schweitzer Anita Daniel All About Strange Beasts of The Present Robert Lemmon We Were There at The Normandy Invasion Clayton Knight Big Cypress Buck Johnson Lost In the Barren Farley Mowat Master of Deceit J Edgar Hoover Angel Elizabeth Taylor Death In The Family James Agee By Love Possessed James Gould Her Name Was Mercy Sister Marie Del Rey Sandy Was a Soldier Boy Walker Visit Your Lovington Library See your card and read the newest.
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United States
Albert Schwetzer
Anita Daniel
Robert Lemmon
Clayton Knight
Big Cypress Buck
Johnson
Farley Mowat
Talkative Bandit Strikes Ince Station Again
A 19 year old white male, 5 8, 135 to 140 pounds, wearing blue jeans and a dark jacket, entered Ince Service Station Number 4 at 501 North Dal Paso and spoke with the attendant for 30 minutes before producing a .22 pistol and taking about 81 dollars. Police warn of a second similar holdup in a week.
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Ince
North Dal Paso
Carlsbad
Alvin Carl Apple
Hobbs
Two Escapees Still At Large From Valencia County Jail
Two inmates escaped from Valencia County Jail in Los Lunas after overpowering the jailer with a feigned illness. One fugitive, 32 year old Harry Hubert of Portland Oregon, is an ex wrestler and Marine deserter wanted for eight thousand dollars in bad checks. The other is 23 year old Bobby O Smith of Los Lunas. Authorities describe Robert as extremely dangerous with a prior record including an attempted killing of a police officer in Oregon. The men are at large in the Rio Grande bottomlands near Isleta today.
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United Press
Rio Grande
Isleta
Valencia County
Los Lunas
Alcatrraz
Harry Hubert
Portland Oregon
Oregon
Bobby O Smith
Robert
Chavez Slips On Ice In Washington Bruised Cheek
New Mexico Democratic Senator Dennis Chavez slipped on ice in Washington during a record snow storm. He spent several days at home with a bruised cheek after striking his face on a car door while leaving the Capitol. His staff faced access issues and roll calls were recorded during his absence.
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United Press
New Mexico
Dennis Chavez
Washington
Capitol
Chavez
Mitchell seeks law to expose labor crooks and racketeers
Secretary of Labor Mitchell urged Congress to pass laws to expose what he described as labor racketeers. Appearing as the first witness before a Senate labor subcommittee, he argued the measures would aid the legitimate trade union movement in cleaning its own house during hearings on rackets committee proposals.
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Mitchell
Congress
Senate
Moon rocket race escalation announced by superpowers
A bulletin from the Soviet embassy in Ottawa claims Red scientists will soon launch a moon rocket. U S Army missile chief Medaris says America also has the hardware to reach the moon. The rival statements underscore the growing space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Cape Canaveral
Ottawa
Medaris
America
Scientists to Launch Satellite Clock for Relativity Test
Washington report says scientists will place a clock on a satellite and launch it soon to test Einstein's theory of relativity. The experiment aims to observe time differences caused by high speed and gravity.
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Washington
Leinstein
Lea County Disease Report for Week Ending March 15
The New Mexico Department of Public Health lists Lea County totals: chickenpox 9, measles 15, mumps 1, streptococcal sore throat and scarlet fever 38, gonorrhea 3, syphilis 7, influenza 3, bacterial pneumonia all forms 1, infectious hepatitis 6, tuberculosis all forms 1.
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New Mexico
President to Seek 50 Percent Unemployment Benefits Boost
Senate GOP leader William Knowland says President Eisenhower will ask Congress for federal funds to extend unemployment payments by 50 percent. The loss would be repaid via higher employer unemployment taxes or by drawing on benefit reserve funds, with a proposal expected today or tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
William Knowland
Pres
Eisenhower
Congress
The Vigil Opens At Airbase Theatre
Hobbs Community Players present The Vigil by Ladislas Forder directed by Layne Hangford. Notable cast includes Bill Riddle Bert Wayt Tom Embry Max Leach Gladys Allen Mike Olds Jean Marie DeSalle R. B. Hamblen and John Hall. Set as a courtroom drama with a jury of spectators, the piece centers on a gardener on trial for stealing Christ’s body, challenging the Resurrection. Performances March 28 29 at 8 00 pm and March 30 at 2 30 pm.
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Hobbs Community
Ladislas Forder
Layne Hangford
Hobbs Community Players
Bill Riddle
Lovington
Bert Wayt
Tom Embry
Max Leach
Joseph
Arimathea
Gladys Allen
Lady Procula
Pontius Pilate
Saul of
Tarsus
Paul
Mike Olds
Charley
Simon Peter
R. B. Hamblen
Mary Magdalen
Jesus Christ
Jean Marie DeSalle
Layne Hungerford
Lord
John Hall
Christ
Jesus
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