Spring fruit blossoms spark local debate and plans
The town buzzes over heavy frost risks to fruit yields as residents cite horticultural expert Paul Kemp and Farmer’s Almanac forecasts. Dessie Sawyer promotes March of Dimes events with a charity walk and a Saturday visit, while concerns about shortages and rising food costs prompt commentary on grocers and policy. The Heart Association warns about teenagers’ diet and heart risks, and commentary praises minimal legislative missteps by the 1973 session while urging humility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Kemp
Ray Worrell
Plains
Dessie Sawyer
Tatum
Dessie
Dess
Bill DeMore
Domenici urges Congress to craft own economic game plan
Senator Domenici in his maiden Senate speech urged Congress to develop a positive budget plan to curb programs and cut spending rather than confront President Nixon over impoundment. He warned of overspending and inflation and said the people demand performance and reform. He welcomed Mexican dignitaries to the Senate floor, offering his office as a headquarters for Spanish speakers and NM ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Pee V. Domenici
R- N.me
Senate
Domenici
Robert Griffin
Jesse Helms
Soverign
New Mexico
U.S. Senate
Department of Ae
Dallas
Tex
Foreman
Harold Runnels
D-N.m
Department
Interior Department
32 American POWs Freed in Hanoi in Release During Vietnam War
The last 32 US prisoners of war are freed in Hanoi as part of Operation Homecoming. Army Col. Benjamin Purcell leads the welcome, praising freedom as the top human possession. Four Air Force hospital jets will pick up 116 more POWs in Hanoi and Laos, with troop withdrawal resuming and planned for completion by Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Air Base
Philippines
OPI
Peration
Indochina
Air Force
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Laos
United States
South Vietnam
Army
Benjamin Harrison Purcell
Purcell
West Point
Jose J. Anzaldua Jr
Refugio
Tex
William J. Henderson
Milwaukee
Wis
Anne Ritzman
Clark
Henderson
Hawaii
Aloha
Charles Edward Willis
Tom Y. Kabashigawa
Thomas T. Horio
Nixon
Tut
Runnels to Testify at House Hearing on Data Claims
UPI reports U S Representative Harold Runnels of New Mexico will testify today at a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing about claims he purchased confidential information. Detroit reporter Seth Kantor and Detroit News editor Paul Poorman are also slated to testify amid questions over the nature of the material and who supplied it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U. S
Harold Runnels
D- N.M
House Armed Services’ Subcommittee
New Mexico
Seth Kantor
Detroit
Runnels
Pentagon
Kantor
Detroit News
Paul Poorman
Edward Hebert
Dla
Pub boy strikes for more allowance in TV inspired move
Walsall England Pub manager Peter Butler wrestled with a TV influenced family dispute as his 9 year old son Colin demanded higher pay for odd jobs. After watching strike reports he secured a 37 cent weekly increase from 49 to 49 and a half pennies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsall
England
Upis
Peter Butler
Colin
Former Lovington Resident Laura Gregg Dies in Texas
Laura Lizzie Gregg 87, longtime Lovington resident, died in Plainview Texas after moving there two years ago. Services were planned for 3 p.m. today. She is survived by brother Lee Gregg of Lovington and two additional brothers and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Laura
Lizzie) Gregg
Plainview
Texas
Lee Gregg
County Airport Certification Set for Thursday
County officials led by County Manager Leon Faris and Commission Chairman M C Gandy will attend a Thursday morning FAA certification at Hobbs Lea County airport. Jal commissioners Bob Bensing and Robert Madera also plan to be present as the county upgrades its airports including Hobbs which now has commercial airline service and is slated for major capital improvements.
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Hobbs Lea County
FFA
Leon Faris
Commission
M. C. Gandy
Tatum
Bob Bensing
Robert Madera
Jal
Hobbs
Young People Lead Revival At Local Church
A group of students from Texas Bible College in Houston will lead daily revival services at United Pentecostal Church. Each evening at 7 30 p m the congregation will gather at 600 S. Se to hear messages and songs from the visiting young leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Bible College
Houston
Texas
United Pentecostal Church
S. Se
Weather forecast lists scattered showers and cool next days
Eastern Plains expect possible showers this afternoon and evening with winds diminishing tonight. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies, breezy and cooler conditions. Clovis and Artesia range from the high thirties to the upper sixties. Central Mountains see snow diminishing tonight and a Wednesday of partly cloudy, moderately windy, cool weather. Santa Fe ranges from the mid twenties to fifty. South Central Valleys clear partially with diminishing winds and a Wednesday of partly cloudy skies becoming moderately windy and cooler toward Las Cruces with temperatures 37 to 67.
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Eastern Plains
Central Mountains
Santa Fe
Las Cruces
New Business Opens by Local Electrical Contractor
Stan Dimsha son of Mr and Mrs Al Dimsha opens Star Electrics a home based electrical contracting division of Al Dimsha Construction Co He wires houses and handles general contracting and is from Lovington having lived in California for about four years before returning home to start the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Dimsha
al Dimsha
Star Electrics
Young Dimsha
Welfare Cutbacks Justified Says Coffman
A visiting Labor Department official in Albuquerque defended federal welfare cutbacks as justified citing 7 percent ineligible recipients and 4 percent receiving more aid than allowed. Ed Foreman, regional director, said budget increases exceed prior years and emphasize shifts in funding rather than overall cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
R. L. Coffman
The
Donnas of Labor
Nixon
Coffman
Freeze Damage Undetermined in Lovington Area
J Paul Kemp assistant county agent reports Lovington area fruit blossoms largely survived the latest freeze though further cold could cause significant damage. Apples remain healthy while apricot peach and plum trees face the greatest risk. Farmers should inspect alfalfa and small grains for cutworms and note presence of green bugs and aphids with some spraying already under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
J. Paul Kemp
Levelling Off Seen Best For Ranchers And Consumers
ALBUQUERQUE UPI The leveling off of beef prices would benefit ranchers and consumers says New Mexico Governor Bruce King. At the 5th annual New Mexico Cattle Growers Association meeting King warned prices may peak if they continue rising and then fall sharply. Cattleman Alvin Stockton echoed that a strong year for stockmen came from higher beef demand amid a more prosperous public. He noted per person beef consumption was 117 pounds in 1972, up from earlier decades, and doubted a boycott would have lasting price effects once prices adjust.
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Albuquerque
UPI
New Mexico
Bruce King
New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association
King
Raton
Alvin Stockton
Cattle Growers Group
Stockton
United States
Lovington Faces Tight Budget Amid Flat State Support
Lovington and other New Mexico districts brace for budget constraints as state funding rises only about 1.9 percent. Superintendent Larry Crouse reports a 13.1 percent teacher-pay rise over four years and forecasts 2,725 average daily membership next year, amid uncertain Title 1 funding and looming federal cuts. Public hearings on LEA budgets are scheduled across Lea County in late May.
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Lovington
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Department of Finance and Administration
State Board of Education
Larry Crouse
Jimmy Henry
Pat Lawson
Crouse
Levington
Bob Moran
Hobbs
Nixon
Harry Wagaker
Lea County
Eunice
Hobbs High School
Tatum
Jal
Housewives Pressure Capitol Hill Over Meat Prices
Housewives and shoppers protest rising meat costs outside Seattle area grocers. Spokane participants from Ladies At Meat Prices push for action during the April meat boycott, citing price jumps from 69 cents to 1.19 a pound. Local organizers and Rep. Cotter voice support as Agriculture Secretary Butz notes limited impact and hints at a return to past prices is unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Capitol Hill
Spokane
Wash
Alice Olgan
Ladies At Meat Prices
LAMP
Olson
Vernon. Com
Eileen Heats
New York Consumer Assembly
Rep
R. Cotter
D-Com
Cotter
Earl Butz
Pho
Ariz
Butz
Mrs. Redin's Father Dies in Texas Rest Home
J. A. Carpenter father of Mrs. Inverness Redin of Lovington died Tuesday March 20 at the Hamilton Texas Rest Home. Funeral services were conducted March 22 with Mrs. Redin and her husband Bill in attendance. Burial followed in Hamilton Cemetery. He would have been 93 in July and had been ill about a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Carpenter
Inverness Redin
Lovington
Hamilton, Texas
Draft Board Announces Status Questionnaires for 1954 Births
Selective service officials announce mailing next week of current status questionnaires to men born in 1954 who drew lottery numbers 001 through 020 in the March 8 1973 drawing. Questionnaires precede reclassification from 1H to available manpower pool on January 1 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Lovington
Norman Booker
Virgil Welch
Hobbs
Harriet Reed
Eunice
Carl Martin
Jal
Ferrell Caster
Tatum
Lea County 4-H Carnival Opens March 28 at Fair Grounds
Lea County 4-H Council sponsors a carnival from March 28 to 31 at Lea County Fair Grounds. Moore's Greater Shows provides at least 18 rides with eats like cotton candy and popcorn. Beginning March 29 at 6:00 p.m. county 4-H clubs host 13 game booths. All are invited to support 4-H youth fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County 4-H Council
Lea County Fair
Moore's
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Lacs
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Florida
Path
Lao
Viet Cong
Capt. Phuong Nam
Joint Military Commission
Clovis
Artesia
New Business
Ed Foreman
Draft Board
4-H Council
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