Lazy Day proposal stirs Lovington Chamber debate
A Lovington chamber official suggests a “Lazy Day” as an easier follow up to “Crazy Days,” proposing citizens lie around with no store openings and a daily siesta. The idea could spread to state or national levels if successful, while praise for the community effort contrasts with a few critics who missed the first event. A 1957 Lovington High School class ring found in Denver City is returned via Guilford Moore.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lovington
Retail Merchants Planning Committee
Chamber
Leader
Guilford Moore
Denver City
Stevenson speech in Dallas amid UN peace hope
A Dallas crowd of about 50 000 heard Stevenson say the Cold War will never be the same due to Sino Soviet differences. Catcalls interrupted him and police later arrested an unidentified man. He hailed UN work for world peace and called the General Assembly atmosphere the best since 1946. Stevenson said the world may be moving into a new era.
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Stevenson
China
Russia
General Assembly
Dallas
Ft. Campbell
Fort Bragg
N.C
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Texas
Germany
MATS
Schleswig-Holestein
Ludwigslust
Mecklenburg
Cattle Die From Nitrate Poisoning Near Hobbs
About 100 head of cattle die at a feed lot south of Hobbs from nitrate poisoning after grazing on hay irrigated with nitrogen rich water from the Hobbs sewage plant. The 400 head herd belonged to the Henry Record Estate and losses began four hours after feeding.
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Hobbs
Henry Record
Bob Howard
Lea County
West
Texas
Howard
Texas Man Held Here on Multiple Charges
A 37 year old Quitman man Cleo Arlington Riley is held on charges including disorderly conduct disturbing the peace and abandoning dependents. Arrested Wednesday by Lovington City Police Captain Herb Cunningham he faces separate county and city complaints with a $500 bond on the city count.
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Quitman
Texas
Lovington
Herb Cunningham
Cleo Arlington Riley
Operation Big Lift Ends In Record Transatlantic Airlift
The U S Air Force completed the largest transatlantic troop airlift, landing 216 planes with over 14 662 troops and 459 6 tons of cargo at Sembach and other bases. The mission moved 16 000 troops in under 72 hours despite heavy fog and en route diversions.
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Werner Zwice
United Press International
Frankfurt
Germany
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Texas
Sembach Air Force Base
Rehin-Main
Fulda Gap
Soviet Union
West Germany
Azores
Air Force
Hugh Harris
Comi
U.S. 7Th Army
United States
Europe
Charles L. Siler
Williamsburg
Rhein-Main
101St Airborne
Ben W. Legare
U.S. Army European
Mecklenburg
Schleswig- Holstein
Rhein Main Air Base
Eugene Zuckert
Ramstein
Freighter J Louis Struck By Cuban Attack No Casualties
The captain and crew described 61 minutes of terror as planes, possibly Cuban jets, strafed the American freighter J Louis 16 miles off the Cuban coast. The ship burned, bullets lodged in the superstructure, and a blaze ignited 300 pounds of grease but no crewmen were killed. Chief Engineer W Fred Thompson sheltered behind a wire rope coil as tracer fire raked the deck.
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James T. Young
United Press International
Corpus Christi
Tex
Cuba
J. Louis
State Department
Krause
Hameburg
Germany
W. Fred Thompson
Portland
President pressures for stronger civil rights bill
President confronts a pivotal House judiciary panel vote as he pushes for a strengthened civil rights bill. He met 40 minutes with leaders and summoned Northern Democrats and top floor leaders including Speaker McCormack and Carl Albert to secure enough votes. The administration fears the committee bill could be weakened or blocked on the House floor.
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Arnold Sawislak
United Press International Washington
UPD
House Committee
Tito Leaves New York with Positive Feelings After Visit
Foreign Minister Popovic says Tito departs the United States with very positive feelings about his reception by President Kennedy and UN talks. He noted Yugoslavia remains grateful for U.S. earthquake aid to Skopje and hopes for warmer economic ties. Police security faced criticism but officials defend the measures as sufficient.
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Allan Demaree
United Press International
NEW York
UPD
Koca Popovic
New York City
Tito
Popovic
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Kennedy
United Nations
Yugoslavia
United States
Skopje
Russia
Red China
Washington
Tuna A Plenty At Santa Rosa
Tuna is hauled around Santa Rosa without nets or hooks. The deep purple fruit, Spanish for prickly pear, is a delicacy gathered each autumn in the Guadalupe County hills of east central New Mexico.
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Santa Rosa
Guadalupe County
New Mexico
Weather outlook for Lovington with mild Friday temps
The Lovington forecast calls for fair weather on Friday with little temperature change. The high is expected to reach 75 and the low Friday night around 55.
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Lovington
Hobbs Man in Custody on Fraud Charge
Freddie Lee Marshall 25 of 813 East Midwest Hobbs arrested by Lea County Deputies Sid Wood and Harvey Stanbrough at 1105 p.m. Wednesday charged with fraudulent conversion for using another person's credit card to buy tires and accessories from a Lovington service station. Bond set at 1000 dollars.
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Freddie Lee Marshall
Midwest
Hobbs
Lea County
Sid Wood
Harvey Stanbrough
Marshall
Lovington
New Mexico praised for bold state recreation program
Governor Campbell and Lt. Gov. Easley led a state conference praising New Mexico's aggressive park and recreation development plans. Edward C. Crafts of the U S Bureau of Outdoor Recreation highlighted state and national leaders, while leaders in Santa Fe and Washington push a proposed Land and Water Conservation Fund bill to fund outdoor recreation.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Jack M. Campbell
Edward C. Crafts
U. S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Crafts
Merce
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Thomas G. Morris
D-N. M
Campbell
Washington
Arizona
Colorado
Anderson
Morris
Wayne Ase Pinall
Highway Commission
Rio Grande
Robert L. Burgan
Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department
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Mel Celler
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Judiciary Committee
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