Three Unidentified Jets Over New York Spook City
Unidentified jets rattled windows and triggered TV interference in New York City. Over three hours the jets circled Manhattan from the Battery to the George Washington Bridge at five to ten minute intervals. The Air Force and Navy issued reports of radar blips and a twin-jet Cutlass over the area, with no low flights below 3000 feet.
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United Press
New York City
Manhattan Island
The
Battery
George Washington Bridge
Air Force
Navy
Dallas Scout Leader to Attend Conquistador Council Meeting
Harold W. Lewman Dallas Scout Executive Region 9 will attend the Conquistador Council meeting at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. The event includes a dinner at the Roswell County Club with main speaker Johnston Murray of Fort Worth and ticket sales led by George Geyer of Hobbs.
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Harold W. Lewman
Dallas
Texas Scout
Conquistador Council
Roswell
New Mexico Military Institute
Jack Danglade
Levington
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arkansas
Arizona
Conquistador
Roswell County
Jack C. Vowell
el Paso
Southwest
George Geyer
Hobbs
Lea County
Johnston Murray
Ft. Worth Texas
City Finances Show April Gain Amid Tax Revenues
The General Fund reports April income of 22 844.10 with disbursements 14 834.57 an overall gain of 8 008.53 Occupation licenses and taxes including gasoline franchise and parking meter receipts contributed to April totals while expenses covered salaries utilities insurance and maintenance For Water and Sewer departments April income exceeded expenditures with receipts 16 546.55 and expenditures including salaries and distribution costs The report lists tapping fees penalties miscellaneous and various service and equipment costs with a note on city garbage collections and related transfers.
Dog Gone News Scorches Through April Dog Roundup
Twenty dogs are reported killed of the 45 picked up during April. There were 38 calls made to areas to see about dogs.
Fire department handles seven calls in April adds three volunteers
The April call log shows seven incidents including a box car fire on railway tracks a grass-fire a trailer house fire at 1106 West Gore a car fire at Dye Apartments and one false alarm New volunteers join the department Dick Gressler Otis Kitchens and Joe Collier.
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South Love
West Gore
Dick Gressler
Otis Kitchens
Joe Collier
Parks Department Maintains Cemeteries and Grounds
The cemetery, parks and ball grounds have been watered and weeds cut regularly since the first of April. Wire and cables around the league parks were repaired.
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League
April Garbage Dept Activity Report
The April report shows garbage trucks covering 2 100 miles and hauling 2 046 yards of trash with seven service complaints. Truck 29 bumped a building and a claim was filed with the insurer. The department issued 16 residence permits and 8 repair permits, plus one moving permit and two commercial repair permits totaling 148 000 dollars. Water taps collected 16 and sewer/plumbing permits totaled 12. A temporary construction location permit was granted in the Fire Zone. Dump trucks logged 1 612 miles and moved 1 060 yards of caliche for city streets, mainly North Second.
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North Second
Library Adds 96 New Books and Readers Boom
The City Library reports 600 adult readers and 825 teen and junior readers in April, plus 107 reference room readers. Ninety-nine books joined the shelves including 35 gifts. Nine student classes visited, totaling 249 visitors, with new shelves and a drop slot for after hours returns. Blobs were placed on the grounds.
Suspect Held In Robbery Involving Elderly Hospital Worker
Albuquerque police report a 23 year old man held in connection with Monday afternoon robbery of Mae Tilman 67 at Presbyterian Hospital Center. Tilman beaten robbed of cash and checks but listed in good condition with head injuries.
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United Press
Albuquerque
Mae Tilman
Presbyterian Hospital Center
Curiosity? Burglar Leads Police To Call
A New York burglar, midbreak in, answered a party line phone as police prepared to depart. They rushed in, arrested him before he could learn who phoned. He laments that his curiosity got the best of him.
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New York
City Water Consumption Up in April
The April report shows City Water and Sewer Department pumpage at 48,887,500 gallons, with 109 meters connected, 85 disconnects, 228 repaired, 201 changed out, 76 leaks fixed, 82 meters checked, four sewer mains unstopped, 29 new sewer taps and 26 new water taps. Crews traveled 2,350 miles reading meters and flushing lines. A four inch meter was set for Kimbells Canning Co. Halliburton sewer completed and in service. Two blocks of sewer extension planned for Apaula Addition.
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City Water and Sewer Department
Kimbells Canning Co
Halliburton
Apaula
Major Harold Hudgins Bails Out Near Kirtland Air Base
An Air Force Major from Luke Air Force Base Arizona bailed out of an F-84 almost over Kirtland AFB Albuquerque after cockpit trouble. The craft crashed 3 miles south of the base with the pilot landing 500 feet from the base. Hudgins parachuted to safety with no injuries.
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Arizona
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
Harold Hudgins
Luke Air Force Base
Kirtland
Hudgins
Washington Club Gets New Boss
The Washington Senators fired Chuck Dressen on Tuesday and named Cookie Lavagetto as manager. Lavagetto, 42, signed for the season with an option for next year, while Dressen was offered a coordinator of player personnel role.
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Washington Senators
Cal Griffith
Chuck Dressen
Cookie Lavagetto
Lavagetto
Griffith
Dressen
Oil Commission Meets Today in New Mexico
The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission holds an examiner hearing today in Santa Fe. Skelly Oil Co. seeks permission to drill up to 16 wells in the Graysburg Jackson pool in Eddy County into a common tank battery, a step requiring a hearing as it exceeds regulations. Amerada Petroleum Corp. seeks a 320 acre non standard gas proration unit in the Eumont gas pool in Lea County.
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New Mexico Oil Conservation
Santa Fe
Skelly Oil Co
Grayburg-Jackson
Eddy County
Amerada Petroleum Corp
Eumont
Lea County
Motorist Ignore 287 Overpark Tickets In April
Lovington Police reported total income in April of 3500.80 dollars. Parking meter fines were 278.00 and 567 tickets were issued, with more unpaid than paid. Arrest fines 1469.50 dollars, traffic citations 116.00, drivers licenses 647.00, parking meter collections 990.00.
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Lovington
Soviet Navy accuses US of aggression in Middle East
The Soviet Navy denounces the US Sixth Fleet deployment as masked aggression threatening Middle East peace. The fleet nears Naples for Atlantic pact maneuvers while Israel marks independence with displays of strength and border tensions flare with Syria. McGovern urges US refugee resettlement to aid peacemaking.
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Middle East
United States
Naples
Israel
Élash
Sea of Galilee
Damascus
Jordan
Hussien
George McGovern
South Dakota
Mideast
Local Police Blotter Highlights Thefts And Sentences
John W. Simpson of Mineral Wells was jailed 30 days in Lea County after pleading guilty to larceny and ordered to repay $75 taken from a local country club. Lovington residents Joe Bingham and Edgar Carter faced jail time for simple assault and petty larceny respectively. The Lea County Sheriff's Office logged two thefts including tires from a cotton trailer valued at $60 and two batteries worth $30 from an irrigation motor near the Lovington REA plant.
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John W. Simpson
Mineral Wells
Texas
Lea County
Theounty
Simpson
Joe Bingham
Lovington
Reese Greaves
Edgar Carter
C. E. Alexander
Lovington Rea
House committee trims school construction funds
Washington bulletin says the House Education and Labor committee voted 23 to 3 to cut half a billion dollars from the school construction program.
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Washington
House Education and Labor Committee
Carlsbad Bond Plan Fails by Narrow Margin
School administrators protest as a $1 million bond issue to fund a second high school is defeated by a slim margin, prompting concerns over future district growth and facilities.
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Carlsbad
Luna County Treasurer C. W. Gray Resigns After Audit
Santa Fe reports State Comptroller's office confirms Luna County Treasurer C. W. Gray resigned late yesterday following an audit requested by Luna County commissioners. The audit showed a cash fund shortage of 1381 dollars.
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Santa FE
State Comptroller's Office
Luna County
C. W. Gray
Ed Hartman
Whch
Inmates Bound Over on Sodomy Charges at Lea County Jail
Two Lea County jail inmates George Williams 43 of Lovington and Floyd Mann 33 were bound over to district court on multiple counts of sodomy. The acts allegedly occurred between April 25 and May 5 against two confined youths aged 18 and 19. Williams and Mann acted as their own defense counsel and discussed a jail break plot during preliminary hearings. Bonds set at 500 dollars per count.
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Lea County
Pat Hanagan
George Williams
Lovington
Floyd G. Mann
Mann
Williams
District Attorney’s Office
George
Joe Alvarez
Alcatraz
Hanagan
Justice of the Peace
Reese Greaves
Two TV Speeches Planned By President
President Eisenhower said he may make two television appearances soon to explain the record peace time budget. He argued big spending cuts depend on improving the foreign situation and noted hopeful moves on atomic disarmament. He also awaited Treasury Secretary term resignation and faced questions on the USIA budget and school construction bill.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury
Senate
United States Information Agency
Arthur Larson
House
Larsson
House Education and Labor Committee
Prisoner Van Zant Escapes While Transferred
Howard Lee Van Zant 37 slipped past guards during a transfer from a Lovington jail. Arraigned in Justice of the Peace court with a $1000 bond, he pleaded not guilty to attempting to obtain money by passing a worthless check to Harry Porter of Hobbs.
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Howard Lee van Zant
van Zant
Lovington
Court of Justice of Peace
Robert L. Beasing
Justice Court
Harry Porter
Hobbs
Penney’s
First Class Mail Price Hike Approved by Committee
The House Post Office Committee approved raising the price one cent for first class and air mail letters and postcards. Chairman Tom Murray announced the action after a secret meeting in Washington. The panel will consider boosting second and third class rates totaling over 96 million dollars for the next fiscal year.
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United Press
House Post Office Committee
Tom Murray
Washington
Lovington Post Office Moves to West Central
The Lovington post office relocates Saturday May 11 to West Central. Due to shipment delays, current equipment moves and the office closes at noon Saturday. mailboxes patrons should retrieve mail by noon. New site opens Sunday at noon with lobby hours 5:30 am to 6:00 pm and window service 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Regular street delivery continues. Dedication date to be announced.
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Lovington
West Central
Pilgrim Ship Replica Advances Across Atlantic
Captain Alan Villiers reports his replica Mayflower is 320 miles southwest of the Canary Islands sailing at 63 knots. The vessel covered 110 miles in the 24 hours ending noon Tuesday on the voyage to Plymouth.
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Alan Villiers
Canary Islands
Villiers
Plymouth
Retail Trades Committee Breakfast Meeting Notice
A breakfast meeting of the Retail Trades Committee is set for Friday May 10 at 6 30 am at the Western Grill. All are invited and the chamber should be called by Thursday noon to estimate attendance. Plans related to the Cotton Festival and other important items will be discussed.
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Retail Trades Committee
Western Grill
Chamber
Boy Bandit Confesses in Robbery Killing Case
A 13 year old boy, identified as Mike, and three other youths, ages 12 and 13, stole a car, killed a service attendant during a robbery, and wrecked fleeing from police in San Angelo Texas. Mike later indicated he fired once in the leg and five more times, then pointed to his stomach. authorities plan court action as his name remains private.
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United Press
Mike
San Angelo
Tex
Oil Union Sees Wage Talks Amid Oil Leasing Surge
In Tucumcari area negotiations for leasing a vast tract drive optimism for concentrated oil exploration. Oil company scouts contact landowners in Quay and Harding counties as resident Mrs. T. B. Hoover contemplates leasing her 200,000 acre ranch for development.
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Tucumcari
Tucumcare
Oil Company
Quay
Harding
T. B. Hoover
Midland tops Hobbs in high-scoring 13 6 game
Midland unleashed an 18 hit attack including two two run homers by Horatio Valdestino to defeat Hobbs 13 6. Clovis fell 10 7 to Ballinger as Plainview gains a slim lead in the SWL standings while Hobbs prepares to face Carlsbad at Bender Park.
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Midland
Horatio Valdestino
Hobbs
Carlsbad
Bender Park
Plainview
Clovis
Ballinger
Ron Kaiser
Chico Alvarez
Bill Leach
al Diez
el Paso
Pampa
Jim Basso
Texans
Oshkosh man reports using moth crystals to drive squirrels
Melvin Cain of Oshkosh told the Wisconsin conservation department that he loaded a vacuum cleaner with moth crystals, released the powder into an attic, and drove out squirrels with the vaporizers.
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Madison, Wis
Melvin Cain
Oshkosh
State’s Conservation Department
Hobbs Civic Club Tax Exemption Opinion Granted
The Woman's Civic Club of Hobbs receives tax exemption on property used for educational and charitable purposes. State Attorney General opinion, requested by Assistant District Attorney Jack Love in Lovington, clarifies exemption applies only to educational and charitable use of club property.
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United Press
Woman’s Civic Club of
Hobbs
Asst. Dist
Jack Love
Lovington
Supreme Court Bolsters Free Speech for Lawyers
The Supreme Court rules a lawyer with Communist ties or beliefs cannot be barred from practicing law. It overturns New Mexico and California rulings that had denied admission. The court says societies benefit when lawyers are free to think speak and act as independent professionals.
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United Press
Supreme Court
High Court
New Mexico
California
Seminole Indians Predict Hurricanes by Moon Signs
The Smithsonian confirmed Florida Seminole tribespeople can forecast hurricanes up to a month ahead. A Smithsonian scientist questioned how, and the Seminole replied the moon told them, prompting the investigator to return to Washington.
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United Press
Smithsonian Institute
Florida
Washington
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