Denver Police Nab Thug In Shot-Studded Chase
A 23 year old Port Chester woman and her gunman ended a three month crime spree with a five state chase that left a Colorado town marshal hurt and the duo captured. McKnight admitted killing an Amarillo pawnbroker and the pair had abducted a Nellis Air Force Base airman before fleeing toward Denver.
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Denver
Amarillo
Texas
McKnight
Georgia Bryan
Coover
Idaho Springs
Colo
Charles Hull
Hull
Colorado Mountain
Oscar Barkhurst
Nells Air Force Base
Nev
Raymond B. Reed
Los Angeles
Wichita
Kan
Kansas City
Anniversary Celebration Planned Here
Levingeton marks fifty years of township with celebrations October 10 and 11 led by H. C. Pannell and the Chamber of Commerce. Lea County Historical Society plans a pageant about Levington life likely at Wildcat Stadium during the event.
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Levingeton
Levinston
H. C. Pannell
Chamber of Commerce
Lea County Historical Society
Levington
Wildcat Stadium
Lac
Four-Lane Highway From Lovington to Hobbs Assured
The Lovington Hobbs four lane project is assured with federal funds expected after July 1. Contracts will be let once money is available. Chamber of Commerce opposes building a Loving on bypass before extending the four lanes to the city. Discussions considered one way street changes and parking restrictions on Main Street.
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Hobbs
Lovington
Winford Carlile
Chamber of Commerce
Carlile
Con
U. S
Lovingon
Love Street
First Street
Main Street
County Budget Delays Funding For Water Basin Research
County Commissioners released tentative budgets with no funds allocated next year for the Lea water basin underground recharge project. Hydrologist E G Minton says about two thirds finished after roughly $50 000 spent. Budget hearings are set for the 23rd. Plans for a Lea Soil Conservation District water shed project are shelved for now.
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Lea
E. G. Minton
Lea Soil Conservation District
Commission
Ira Blackmon
Arkansas Junction Road
John W. Knorr Dies In Plane Crash
John William Knorr builder of Artesia and head of Lovington construction died in a four passenger plane crash near a Farm to Market road in Hico County Texas. He perished with L. A. Martin of Odessa and P. J. Tyson as the craft went down Thursday night en route from Hobbs to Shreveport Louisiana. The wreck was found Saturday by farmer Ernest McCoy after hearing the plane in trouble. The three men were badly mangled and rain soaked from the crash.
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Lovington
Chamber of Commerce
Hico
Texas
John William Knorr
Artesia
Ernest McCoy
L. A. Martin
Odessa
P. J. Tyson
Hobbs
Shreveport
Easton Audacious Claim Critics Snooping Network
New York AP report quotes Cyrus S. Easton, a multimillionaire industrialist, accusing Americans of widespread spying a larger network than the Gestapo. He asserts there are few real Communists in the U S and says those labeled are on FBI payrolls.
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New York
Cyrus S. Easton
Gestapo
America
FBI
Lovington Daily Leader Begins 50th Publication Year
The Lovington Daily Leader marks its 50th year of continuous publication as Lea County’s oldest newspaper and business. An anniversary edition will feature early New Mexico history, with photos and stories sought from locals. submissions will be returned in good condition.
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Leader
Lovington
Lea County
Goss Cox
New Mexico
Farmers Must Request Local Labor First
New Mexico labor policy requires farmers to prove efforts to hire locally before Mexican Nationals can be certified. Don Queen of the state employment office told Chamber of Commerce directors that blanket postings won’t suffice and urban areas must recruit domestically. They noted limited domestic requests recently, with several counties reporting local hires and ongoing recruiting trips to Kansas City.
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New Mexico
Chamber of Commerce
Don Queen
Queen
U. S
Labor Department
Chamber
Kansas City
Chaves County
Oklahoma
Roswell
Lea County
Secretary of Labor
Cabinet united against income tax cut to discuss excise tax changes
President Eisenhower and his top advisers oppose an immediate income tax cut and will consider excise tax reductions and depreciation delays. They plan an economic conference with congressional leaders later this month at the White House to align on spending and tax policy amid a slowing economy and potential deficits.
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Lke
Merriman Smith
United Press
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Federal Reserve System
Nebraskans Refuse to Judge Young Slayer Starkweather
Charles Starkweather 19, confessed killer of 11, went on trial with 34 jurors approved as neighbors avoided verdicts. In Lincoln a crowd gathered outside the 70 year old courthouse as defense attorney Gaughan prepared to question opinions on guilt and capital punishment.
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Young
Jack V
Starkweather
Lancaster County
Elmer Scheele
Clement Gaughan
Gaughan
Sandstone Court House
Albert Stanberg
State Penitentiary
Merle Karnopp
Weather Update New Mexico Partly Cloudy Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy conditions prevail this afternoon through Wednesday with a few showers or thunderstorms likely in the eastern plains tonight and again late Wednesday. Moderate winds after noon, warm temperatures persist. Tonight's lows range 35 to 50 in the north and 45 to 55 in the south. Wednesday highs are 75 to 85 in the north and 85 to 95 in the south.
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New Mexico
Plains
Case about murder inquiry in 1956 Hobbs Carlsbad area
The piece recounts Ralph Campbell's 1956 death near Hobbs and Carlsbad, the coroner’s verdict of exposure, and ongoing questions of foul play. It notes Sheriff J G McAdoo’s alleged involvement, district attorney guidance, investigative work by Eunice Chief Alex Trimble, and a mother's letter urging autopsy and accountability.
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New Mexico
J. G. McAdoo
Ralph Campbell
Justice of the Peace
Pat Hanagan
Hobbs
Carlsbad
James Rawls
Earl R. Sabo
D. L. Griffith
Kenneth D. Follis
Kenneth Caddell
Gene Evans
Jfouis Bryan
Jo Roach
H. Wimberly
Nolan Utz
Jake Fort
Eunice
Alex Trimble
Campbell
Trimble
McAdoo
Sible
Mr. Trimble
Austin
Texas
Hatch Rules Against Hobbs Firms
U S Judge Carl A Hatch ruled that three Hobbs oil field service firms must pay drivers for time spent driving to and from work sites. The ruling on Bateman & Whitsett Inc D A S Oil Well Servicing Co and X pert Well Service enforces Fair Labor Standards Act coverage and declares truck operation essential labor.
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U. S
Carl A. Hatch
Hobbs Oil
Hatch
James P. Mitchell
Secretary of Labor
Bateman & Whitsett Inc
D.A. & S. Oil Well Servicing Co
X-pert Well Service
Hooch Dealers Back Standley On New Age Proof Law
Frank Padilla Jr. leads New Mexico Retail Licensed Beverage Assn in backing Attorney General Fred Standley urging prosecutions of minors using false proof of age to buy liquor. Standley asks district attorneys to charge minors misusing documents and warns penalties for minors and adults who assist.
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New Mexico
Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Frank Padilla Jr
New Mexico Retail Licensed Beverage Assn
Fred M. Standley
Statu- Standley
Padilla
Oce
No Releases Delayed By Job Shortage At Santa Fe Prison
Director Manuel N Brown of the New Mexico parole board said job scarcity keeps 29 inmates in the state prison who should have been released on parole. Since January 1957 three hundred sixty five men found work but the remainder must stay until they secure employment.
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Santa FE
State Parole Board
Manuel N. Brown
Conquistador Council To Meet Today
Police raid on a local cafe operated by Casarez Policarpio on Adams street leads to confiscation of 151 beer cans eight fifths of rum five gallon bottles and various partially filled pint bottles. Policarpio faces illegal sale of intoxicants charges and Patsy Esquivel is held for investigation of illegal sales and vagrancy. Chief James Robinson indicates alcohol found mostly in a storage room and taxes unpaid on containers.
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Casarez Policarpio
Adams Street
Eddy
East
Policarpio
Patsy Esquivel
James Robinson
State Supreme Court Upholds Schrader Embezzlement Conviction
The State Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Glen Schrader, former city clerk of Eumice, for embezzling city funds. The court ruled a certified public accountant could testify about the city’s books using photostatic copies without producing the original records in court, finding safeguards for the defendant’s rights.
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State Supreme Court
Eumice
Glenn D. Schrader
Supreme Court
CPA
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Jolly
Finch
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Truinc
Frank F. Jones
Las Cruces
L. S. Fletcher
Scotland
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Iona
Maurice Eby
Southwest
Case
Ivan Reed
Wimberly
Stanley
Conquistador Council
Glen Schrader
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