Tim Tam Favored to Win On Kentucky Derby Mud
Albuquerque New Mexico April 28 1958 N M PIC sets dates for convention Fred Linn executive secretary of the New Mexico Petroleum Industries Committee says the group will hold its annual convention in Albuquerque on September 14 15 and 16 1958 about 700 are expected to register for the 1958 convention.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Fred Linn
New Mexico Petroleum Industries Committee
NMPIC
Silky Sullivan among favorites in muddy Derby day
Churchill Downs hosted Derby day amid a sloppy, rain-washed track as Tim Tam Jewels Reward and Silky Sullivan vied for the prize. Silky Sullivan trained by Reggie Cornell was fit and breezed and betting listed Tim Tam 8 to 5, Silky Sullivan 2 to 1, Jewels Reward 5 to 2 with purses set for top finishers.
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Ray Ayres
United Press
Louisville Ky
Churchill Downs
Tim Tam
Silky Sullivan
America
Citation
Reggie Cornell
Hasty House Farm
Can Trust
Maine Chance Farmset
Dragon Killer
Benedicto
Walter Coleman
Ito
Trimble to Fight Libel Suit Over Campaign Cards
Eunice Police Chief Alex Trimble says he will contest a $50,000 libel suit filed by Lea County Sheriff J. G. McAdoo. The case targets Trimble and former jailer L. N. Yantis over campaign cards with allegedly libelous statements. Yantis received notice Friday. Trimble declined to name his counsel. The Hobbs Cardinals are set to play Midland at Bender Park on Monday at 2 p.m.
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Alex Trimble
Eunice
J. G. McAdoo
Trimble
L. N. Yantis
Yantis
Lovington
Grimble
McAdoo
Lea County
Jail Escapee Perkins Killed in Waco Shootout
Texas rangers and local officers killed Franklin C. Perkins after a gun battle at a frame house in Waco following a jail escape. Perkins and partner fled McLellan County jail with a knife, club and pistol. partner captured. Perkins had been sentenced to die in the electric chair, known as old sparkie.
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Waco Tex
Texas Rangers
Oklahoma
Franklin C. Perkins
Perkins
McLellan County
C. C. Maxey
Waco
New Orleans
Sparkie
Maxey
Clint Peoples
Buddy Kaykendall
William Howard King
Lovington Chamber Sets Monday Agenda on Labor and Junior Chamber
Lovington Chamber of Commerce directors plan a busy Monday meeting to tackle the Lea County labor status and the Chamber stance on supporting the Junior Chamber. Debate centers on Mexican bracero versus domestic labor amid discrimination and unemployment concerns, with some members opposing or supporting Junior Chamber aid. The future of the Junior organization in Lovington may hinge on this decision. Also on Tuesday the Christmas Activities committee meets in Chamber offices.
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Lovington Chamber of Commerce
Lea County
Lovington
Surveying Underway on Rui Joso Sewer Bonds
Preliminary surveying is underway for Rui Joso's proposed $650,000 sewer system after bonds were approved overwhelmingly by voters in the April 1 municipal elections.
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Ruidoso
Rui Joso
Key Club Delegates Meet at Taos Convention
About 125 delegates from 35 Key Clubs of the Southwest District gather at Taos for their annual convention.
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Taos
Southwest District
Nothing Taken in 2 Break-Ins in Lovington
Two auto dealers in Lovington, Dotson Motor Company and Witherspoon Motors, were broken into Friday night but nothing was missing. Police suspect the same individuals. both sites share a block and rear-window access. A night-watchman reportedly chased off intruders at the southern site.
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Lovington
Dotson Motor Company
Witherspoon Motors
James Robinson
Dotson
Main
Witherspoon
Robinson
Burlington Dedicates 1957 Report to Longtime City Engineer
Barre officials honor Thurman Dix after 33 years as city engineer and head of waters and streets departments. The Barre city council unanimously votes to dedicate the 1957 annual report to his service.
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Barre
Thurman Dix
Hatch files suit to test village gas system bonds
(UP) The Village of Hatch has filed a suit to test the authority of the community to issue revenue bonds for the installation of a gas system at Hatch and in a five mile area adjacent.
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Hatch
Connecticut's first certified non U S born teacher
New Haven Connecticut Miss Elizabeth Ink a native of Kwangtung China becomes the first CT certified teacher who was not a U S citizen, marking a historic milestone in state education.
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New Haven Conn
Elizabeth Lnk
Kwangtung
China
Connecticut
U. S
Plans for civilian space agency back Mars missions
Space plans disclosed by the House Space Committee include manned ships to reach Mars and return, space stations, hundreds of satellites, and a goal of heavy rockets. Budget estimates place initial costs around 100 million dollars the first year and rising to 300 million yearly by 1963, with scientists urging 300 million to one billion. The program lacks a timetable and faces concerns of underfunding amid U S Soviet space rivalry.
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James Barr
Washington
Mars
House Space Committee
Budget Bureau
Moon
Earth
Space Committee
George J. Feldman
Feldman
United States
Russia
Eisenhower
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NACA
Air Force
Imminent U S Nuclear Test in Pacific Region
The first shot in the new U S nuclear test series in the Pacific is imminent and overdue. Weather winds threaten fallout spread. the AEC cautions some communities may face radioactivity levels many times normal but not a large increase in overall exposure. Safety personnel will be stationed near inhabited atolls to respond to any accident.
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Washington
U. S
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Bookkeeper Bound Over In Embezzlement Case
Hiram Frederick Hobbs, bookkeeper, charged on two counts of embezzlement of more than 50 dollars, waived preliminary hearing in JP court and was bound over to District Court. Bond set at 1000 dollars by Peace Justice Robert Bensing. He will be arraigned in District Court on May 6. The case concerns misappropriations of receivership funds for the Hobbs Townsite Company, dissolved. Hobbs was appointed receiver in 1947 and about 10000 dollars is reportedly unaccounted for.
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Hiram Frederick Hobbs
Frederick
Robert Bensing
Jack Love
Hobbs
Peanuts Acreage in New Mexico Increased for 1958
The Agriculture Department announced Valencia type peanut allotment in New Mexico rose from 4 933 to 6 703 acres for 1958. The report lists the revised figures and confirms government acreage allocations for the crop this year.
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Washington
New Mexico
Department of Agriculture
Polio Season Warning Issued Northward
United Press Science Editor Delos Smith reports polio spread north with spring but vaccines inch toward wipeout. The goal is 172 million Americans vaccinated with three Salk shots to curb epidemics, with targets including infants under one and adults up to 90.
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Delos Smith
United Press
New York
United States
National Foundation For
Farmers' Income To Jump in 1958 Prediction
Chicago report from The Agricultural Situation forecasts farm income nationwide rising 5 to 10 percent in 1958 over 1957. First quarter net income at an annual rate around 11.7 billion dollars. higher cash receipts seen for beef cattle hogs eggs and crops as the upturn broadens across the sector.
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Chicago
Corn Belt Farm Dairies
Department of Agriculture
Oil Group Convenes in Albuquerque September Convention
The New Mexico Petroleum Industry Committee will hold its annual convention in Albuquerque from September 14 to 16. Fred Linn, executive secretary, announced the dates today.
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OIL Group
Albuquerque
New Mexico Petroleum Industries Committee
Fred Linn
Car Market May Prove to Be Big Hurdle for Unionmen
Detroit dispatch notes General Motors and United Auto Workers begin weekend talks amid bleak market signals. Wards Automotive Reports cites production cuts and low April output as factors pressuring wage demands. A UAW blackout limits public discussion while talks hinge on contract terms and pension costs.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Wards Automotive Reports
Wards
UAW
Reed
Ford
Chrysler
Sarees Shrysler
Sheriff Reports Viowth Action in April Radio Calls
Sheriff reports April activity shows 6,828 radio calls 165 call sheets and 406 items across Lovington city and county. Call sheets record officer services and complaints while items cover calls from other counties and states informing local officers.
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Sheriff's Department
Lovington
Predict Warm Fair Weekend
United Press reports a fair and warmer weekend expected for New Mexico with light showers in the northeast and northern mountains. Friday brought light rain statewide, with Socorro just over a half inch and Clayton a quarter inch, while temps fell six to ten degrees in the western half.
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United Press
New Mexico
Socorro
Clayton
Carlsbad
Zuni
Telephone contract reached for 2800 workers in Five-State area
A new contract between General Telephone Company of the Southwest and Communication Workers of America was reached April 25. Wages rise about 2650 annually with no across the board increase. max hourly rise 16 cents, average about 4.5 cents. Terms take effect April 27 for 12 months. Negotiations started March 17 with Walter White, a Dallas federal mediator, brought in April 14 after a stalemate.
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General Telephone Company of
Southwest
Communication Workers of America
Mark F. Cooper
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Walter White
Dallas
Proving Ground Expands Workforce to Meet Load
The Proving Ground increases recruitment as workload grows, with about 9,000 workers now employed at the test site.
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White Lands Proving Ground
Proving Ground
Former Sheriff Cleared of Auto Death Charges
Former Dona Ana County New Mexico sheriff A L Happy Apodaca is cleared of negligence in a fatal automobile crash. Judge Peace Justice Texas S Ward returned a verdict of accidental death after an inquest noting Apodaca was blinded by oncoming headlights and lost control. Police had cleared him of negligence.
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EL Paso
Dona Ana
N. M
A. L. Happy Apodaca
Peace Justice
Texas
S. Ward
Fata
Avelino Pet
Apodaca
Ward
Traffic claims another victim in New Mexico
In RATON an apparent one car crash killed 59 year old Earl Kennedy of Dumas Texas who was driving a pickup with J F Brown also of Dumas as passenger. The truck with a boat trailer overturned after a right rear tire blowout. Brown survived with head and back injuries in Springer. The fatality raised New Mexico's year total to 104, ten fewer than the count on this date last year.
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Avenue J
Fifth Street
Weldon Howard Hughes
Larry W. Awalt
W. Taylor
Young Hughes
Hughes
Bridge Weakens Under Flood Waters Near Hernandez
State police report a bridge on US 285 near Hernandez has been closed after sagging eight inches from high floods. Traffic is detoured through San Jon and Taos via US 64 while officials assess the Chama River’s flood surge. A closure may last days as water threatens full collapse.
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Santa FE
Hernandez
US 285
Highway Department
San Jon
Colorado Line
Taos
US 64
Chama
Seek Two Men In LA Robbery
A union station mail handler reported being robbed in a Statler Hilton Hotel room by a couple described as two fleeing murder suspects from Texas. Police identified the suspects as David McKnight and Georgia Bryan, both 22, wanted by Amarillo authorities on murder and unlawful flight charges related to a pawn broker slaying last month.
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Los Angeles
Union Station
Texas
David McKnight
Georgia Bryan
Amarilo
Tex
Walker Seeks Senate Seat Visits Lea County
Johnny Walker, candidate for the U. S. Senate, toured Lea County calling Lea "The promise Land" during a Lovington Lions visit. He pledged to work in the job if elected and said he would not promise Lea County an airport while staking his unlikely bid to replace incumbent Dennis Chavez.
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U. Senate
Johnny Walker
Lea County
Promise Land
Lovington Lions
Walker
O Walker
Dennis Chavez
Lea
Lonnie G Brodie Graduates From Recruit Training
Lonnie G Brodie apprentice chief petty officer USN and son of Mr and Mrs Virgil D Brodie of Sovington graduated April 25 from Recruit Training at the Naval Training Center San Diego California The selection bases on aptitude and leadership for company commanders assistants
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Lonnie G. Brodie
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