Mama's Bean Salad Delights and Dreads
A humorous column notes a surplus of a sharp flavored bean salad likened to a spicy risk. The writer jokes about a gallon on the table, in-laws, and a family feast at Mackenzie Park near Lubbock, with superstition and local characters Zip Franklin and Jack Underwood cited in playful asides.
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USDA
Graham
Los Alamos
Lovington
Lubbock
Mackenzie Park
Edith
Jeanne
Daddy
Jack Underwood
Lovington Student Wins Special Award at International Science Fair
Bill Benge of Lovington High School was named one of ten winners from 57 entrants at the International Science Fair in Dallas. He earned a special Atomic Energy Commission award for a nuclear exhibit and will receive an expense paid trip to Argonne Laboratories near Chicago in August. He graduates May 23 and the event focuses on nuclear research orientation.
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Lovington High School
Bill Benge
Atomic Eagery Commission
Dallas
Benge
Atomic Energy Commission
Argonne Laboratories
Chicago
Barbara Ann Houston
Highland High School
Albuquerque
American Society For Micobiology
Aerospace Biological Sciences
United States Air Force
New Mexico
Congress Hearing Ends Amid Debate Over Regulation and Safety
The House Commerce Committee wrapped up a traffic safety hearing after Chairman Staggers rebuked witness Tom Triplett for arguing that free enterprise alone ensures safe driving. Triplett warned of a 30 year snooze under government sanctions. The session also noted President Johnson signing a rent subsidy bill after a long House struggle. The report includes a Dallas International Fair update with New Mexico students winning awards for biology related projects.
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Washington
UPI
House Commerce Committee
Harley 0. Staggers
D-W
Tom Triplett
Staggers
Congress
Triplett
Chester
S.C
Johnson
House
Lovington Forecast Cools Then Warms This Weekend
Partly cloudy tonight. Saturday mostly fair with slowly rising temperatures. Lows near 47 degrees tonight and highs around 84 on Saturday.
Weather snapshot from Lovington and national highs
Lovington reached 72 degrees Thursday afternoon with a 46 degree low earlier. Nationwide excluding Alaska and Hawaii reported a high of 95 in Presidio Texas and a low of 20 in Pellston Michigan. Year to date Lovington totals 2.60 inches of precipitation.
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Lovington
Alaska
Hawaii
Presidio
Texas
Pellston
Mich
Lovington School Board OKs Bond Issuance and Budget
Lovington National Bank and Associates won the 1,000,000 bond bid at 3.7711 percent. The board approved the 1966-67 budget, awaiting state finance approval. Summer recreation at Central Junior High gym is set for June 13 to August 5 with Bill Speegle in charge. Five resignations, six new hires, and 160 LHS seniors slated for May 23 graduation were announced along with new textbooks for the coming year.
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Lovington
Lovington National Bank and Associates
LNB
New Mexico Bank & Trust Company
First National Bank of
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Lea County
Central Junior High
Bill Speegle
Carolyn Skaggs
Llano
Marieta Edwards
Yarbro
Mark Fairman
Lovington High School
Jean Fairman
Jeannie Caruthers
Lea Elementary
Geraldine Williamson
Carmen Masters
Joe D. Lynn
Portales
Taylor Junior High
Kay Winning
Jackie Houston
Miss Winning
Miss Houston
Eastern New Mexico University
Mary Browning
Jefferson Elementary
Larry Crouse
LHS
Lovington School Board
Howard Howell
New Pastor Named for Jackson Avenue Baptist Church
Jackson Avenue Baptist Church has called a new pastor who accepted the post and will deliver his first sermon at the church.
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Jackson Avenue
Burroughs Sells Portales Station in New Mexico
Former Gov. John Burroughs of Portales has sold radio station KENM to Portales Broadcasting Co. Wyeth Patterson of Plainview, Texas, as FCC approval is awaited. Burroughs, who lost the May 3 Democratic primary for governor, owns several NM stations and one in Muleshoe. The Rev. Stan Blevins of Lueders, Texas is named as pastor and husband of Betty Blevins.
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Portales, N.M
UPI
John Burroughs
Portales
KENM
Burroughs
Leola Randolph
Federal Communications Commission
Portales Broadcasting Co
Wyeth Patterson
Plainview
Tex
New Mexico
Muleshoe
Stan Blevins
First 1Ist
Leeders
Texas
Bro
Blevins
Eastland High School
Hardi Simmons University
Southestern Baptist Theological Minary
Fort Worth
Asperm
Putnam
Lueders
Ronald Stanley
Betty
Hardi Simmons
Southwestern Seminary
Break-In Nets Booze At Border Bar
Thieves broke into the Border Bar east of Lovington on the Plains Highway after midnight. Lea County Sheriff reports entry via a forced rear door and loot includes 1414 cases of whiskey and 27 cases of beer valued at over $700. Investigation ongoing.
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Lovington
Plains Highway
Lea County Sheriff's Office
Wasted Ad Criticism Hits New Mexico Advertising
Albuquerque advertising man Fred McCaffrey attacks the state Department of Development over a Time Magazine full page ad. He claims 20 percent of space was wasted and the copy illegible. He alleges the contract favored Robert Stevens’ agency and calls for a competitive process.
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Albuquerque
UPN
Fred McCaffrey
New Mexico Department of Development
Time Magazine
McCaffrey
Department of Development
Robert Hoffman
Industrial Research Magazine
Robert Stevens
McCafeffey
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
Stevens
State Tax Collections Rise Nearly Ten Percent in April
New Mexico Revenue Bureau reports April tax receipts of 15.141 million, up about 10 percent from a year earlier. Income tax led gains at 23 percent while succession tax fell 54 percent. April 1966 figures for categories include School tax 4.798 million, Municipal 0.692 million, Compensating 0.397 million, Withholding 0.887 million, Gasoline 2.434 million, Luxury 0.559 million, Liquor 0.340 million, Income 4.935 million, Severance 0.089 million.
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Santa FE
UPI
New Mexico Revenue Bureau
Betty Angie Jones 84 Lovington obituary
Betty Angie Jones 84 of Lovington died this morning. Funeral services are at Smithe Rogers Funeral Home. She was born January 19, 1882 in Gonzales County Texas and was the widow of Zack W. Jones. Survivors include two daughters Lillie May Green Carlsbad and Valerie Franklin Lovington. two sons Neal Jones and Z E Jones of Tatum. eight grandchildren.
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Smithe Rogers Funeral
Betty Angie Jones
Plains
Tex
Jones
Zack W. Jones
Lovington
McDonald
Gonzales County
Texas
Lillie May Green
Carlsbad
Valerie Franklin
Neal Jones
Z. E
Zeke) Jones
Tatum
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Development Office
Henry Luce
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