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Newspaper
Lovington Daily Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1963
Page
1
Reports from Miami indicate anti Castro Cuban sea raiders attacked and sank a Soviet freighter loading sugar in Caibarien on Cuba's north coast within the last 24 hours. The incident follows Moscow's protest over a previous March 18 attack and Kremlin warnings of dangerous aggravation.
TheLovington legislative delegation event expects 300 plus attendees with Advance ticket sales strong.Tickets avail at Lovington National Bank City Drug Smith Machinery KLEA Oliver's Service Center and Lovington Daily Leader or at the door for $1.50 per plate. Science displays from Lea County students John Shearman William Wood and Edwin Wright will be shown. guests include Senator Harold Runnels Rep Finis Heidel Rep George Blocker and Rep Hugh Smith. Dr Floyd Golden will speak on Government and Community Responsibility with musical interludes and master ceremonies by Carl Crutchfield.
Neil as chairman of the Lea County Board of Commissioners will oversee a tribute event. Charles Moore of the Church of Christ will deliver the invocation and Rev. G W Turner of Northside Baptist Church will deliver the benediction.
The photoengravers union voted Wednesday night to reject new contract terms prolonging the New York newspaper blackout. The vote stands as the last hurdle in a 110 day dispute with vast citywide losses in sales, advertising, and business.
Range specialist Jim Morgan says the Herb Smith ranch near Vaughn achieved a 100 percent production increase in three years through proper range use, better livestock distribution with cross fencing and water development, juniper control, and Great Plains Conservation program efforts. Juniper removal boosted forage from 50 to 75 percent, water projects and erosion controls improved soil cover, and head-cutting gullies began healing under the plan begun in 1959 with federal cost shares totaling $14,628 so far.
Eulogio Bermudez Jr. a 24 year old Lovington man was charged with failure to leave information after a Saturday night collision. Police traced him via his license plate after his 1953 Ford allegedly drag raced and sideswiped a 1955 Pontiac driven by 16 year old Dorothy Boteler. Damages were estimated at 200 dollars for the Pontiac and 150 for Bermudez's car.
The American Red Cross sponsors a disaster nursing conference at the Legion Hall Hobbs on Wednesday April 3 from 9 to 4. Nurses in the area are urged to attend and any interested person is welcome. Admission is free.
Commissioner George P. Larrick announced the FDA found no reason for concern about canned tuna output from packers other than Washington Packing Corporation of San Francisco. The source lists code WY3Y2 over 118x and says A and P Food stores will restock with tuna from other packers whose purity and wholesomeness have not been in question.
Helen Klaben, 21, and Ralph Flores, 42, survived 48 days after crashing near the British Columbia Yukon border. She reportedly faced the loss of half her toes due to sub-zero exposure while she and Flores were stranded in rugged northern terrain for seven weeks.
Governor Campbell signs a bill replacing the wide open primary with a pre primary nominating convention system after Senate approval by five votes and House backing by four. The measure requires a party convention before the primary and carries bipartisan debate.
The Estes mail fraud trial in El Paso failed to yield a verdict as the 12 jurors requested more time. Judge Thomason sent them back for further deliberation while signaling ongoing progress and ongoing questions about the complex case.
Ten persons faced district court pleas this week with six receiving sentences from Judge Kerm Nash. Defendants include Doyle Neagle on grand larceny with a deferred six month term, Carlos Buel Smith and Durwood Gartman each for forgery and uttering with concurrent sentences, and O L Kite jailed six months with 60 days suspended for driving with revoked license. William W Andrews got one to ten years with most suspended. One juvenile Richard Lee Thompson was sent to the Boys Industrial School for breaking and entering.
Georgia Attorney General Eugene Cook said Wallace Butts telephoned gamblers before the 1962 Georgia Alabama game but found no evidence of Butts profiting from gambling. The inquiry follows a Saturday Evening Post report about secret information flow between Butts and Alabama coach Bear Bryant.
Yesterday saw a low of 45 at 5 a.m. and a high of 83 at 2 30 p.m. The brief notes the temperature swing with no additional conditions or records.
Labor Secretary Wirtz asked a House subcommittee to limit Bracero farm labor extension to one year citing rising unemployment. He noted no current displacement of American workers but warned the administration fears a gap in labor if the program ends. A two-year extension proposal faced Kennedy administration opposition.
Orvil Lloyd Bradford 21 Lovington received a 30 day jail term after pleading guilty to a worthless check in a case before Justice of the Peace Reese Greaves. Bradford faced additional charges of resisting arrest, to which he pled not guilty, with a $50 bond set and a later hearing scheduled.
Dr. Walter J. Hopkins of Wellington was elected stlint of the Les County Society for the coming year. Dr. F. M. Brook of Hobbs becomes secretary officer. Delegates to the 50 organized by the Society For Palsy Center include Dr. Hal Penner and Dr. Charles Hargres with public relations by Dr. Jack Kernan.
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