Local Leader previews bigger Lea County fair and rodeo week
The Lea County Leader notes a busier more ambitious fair and rodeo schedule this year with complete results planned for Sunday. The paper highlights a football contest with a Cotton Bowl trip prize, sponsored by local merchants, and lists entry details and deadlines.
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Lea County
Fair and Rodeo
Leader
Lovington
Hobbs
Dallas
Staub’s Texaco
Corner Grocery and Market
Furr Lanes
New Mexico Bank and Trust
Johnnie’s Floral
Office Supply Company
Holiday Lounge
Lovington National Bank
Lovington Rental and Supplies
City Drug
Lea County Electric Cooperative
Pee Wee Packing
Runyan Pleads Not Guilty in Cattle Embezzlement Case
Duane Runyan, a Tucumcari banker and farmer, pleads innocent in district court to embezzlement charges involving cattle allegedly taken from a Texan. Trial set for Oct. 28 before Dist. Judge J. V. Gallegoes, bond kept at 1500 dollars.
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UPI
Duane
Runyan
Dist
J. V. Gallegoes
T. C. Harvey Jr
Grover
Tex
Harvey
Tucumcari
E. M. Duke
Me, Nee
Virgil Bass
T. C. Bass
Federal Land Bank
China accuses USSR of forcing thousands into Soviet territory
Radio Peking broadcast charged that the Soviet Union compelled tens of thousands of Chinese people to migrate into Soviet lands against their will. The report, monitored in Tokyo, framed the move as part of an ongoing ideological battle in the Cold War.
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Robert Crabbe
United Press International
Tokyo
UPI
Communist
China
Soviet Union
Russia
Radio
Peking
Lovington Weather Outlook With Scattered Thunder Showers
Partly cloudy through Friday night with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. No significant temperature change. High Friday near 92, low around 65.
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Lovington
Goldwater proposal sparks cross party debate on Cuba and test ban
UPI In Washington Senator Barry Goldwater proposed deferring the nuclear test ban treaty until Soviet troops and weapons leave Cuba. Democratic Leader Mansfield and Senators Humphrey Javits Keating Allott criticized the move, warning reservations could kill or derail the pact and force renegotiation.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Russia
Cuba
Goldwater
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Kenneth B. Keating
Gordon Allott
R-Colp
Moscow
Mansfield
Humphrey
Javits
Keating
Allott
Sales Tax Receipts Show Huge Increase in August
Santa Fe officials report August tax receipts total $1.5 million, part of a $3.1 million rise from August 1962 and a 36.96 percent jump. Under the CROP system, sales, income, compensating and municipal taxes rose 59.52 percent year over year, with total crops up to $7.73 million for August. Gasoline, severance and other taxes also increased while succession, liquor and luxury taxes declined.
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Santa FE
UPD
Charles Brunacini
The
Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Brimacini
U S Shifts Viet Nam Policy Amid Nhus Dilemma
U S policy pivots from pressuring Ngo Dinh Nhu to dismiss him to seeking shared ground with President Diem. Washington curtails non essential travel, warns of Viet Nam’s unsettled conditions, while Hue reports say 61 monks and nuns and 294 students have been released from detentions tied to Buddhist protests.
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Neil Sheehan
United Press International
Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPD
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu
Diem
Washington
U.S
State Department
Viet Nam
Tokyo
Hue
Dow Jones hits all time high as market surges
Wall Street closed at a fresh Dow record of 737.98 up 5.06 as S&P 500 touched 73.00. Gains led by Chrysler, Du Pont and U.S. Steel, with broad advance across utilities and major components despite mixed finish in some Dow stocks. trading volume was strong though lighter than the prior day.
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New York
Wall Street
Standard & Poor
Chrysler, du Pont
U.S. Steel
Dow - Jones
Consolidated Natural Gas
Houston Lighting
Commonwealth Edison
Chrysler
du Pont
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
Alcoa
Union Carbide
Settlement Reached In False Claim Suit By Ranchers
The U S government and five New Mexico ranchers settled a false claim suit over 1956 emergency feed program payments. The five suits totaled 11730 dollars. The government alleged that buyers from Vaughn and Yeso obtained surplus feed grain under cattle feeding conditions for El Rancho Milling Co. of Clovis.
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Albuquerque
UPS
New Mexico
Bob H, Byrd
Vaughn
Hise T
E. Overgon
Clyde Reynolds
Joe Asbi
Yeso
el Rancho Milling Co
Clovis
Lea Fair and Rodeo Opens With Record Entries and Large Crowds
Lea Fair and Rodeo drew thousands as 65 unit parade opened Thursday afternoon with a 40 minute procession. A barbecue drew over a thousand diners while the rodeo opening performance attracted a solid crowd.
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Lea County Fair and Rodeo
Parade Winners Named at Lovington Fair and Rodeo
Winners across commercial organizations and 4 H groups are announced as Lovington hosts a large parade. A record fair turnout includes a 926 pound Black Angus grand champion shown by Richard Schenck. WNMU expects over 1,000 students to register for fall classes.
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Lea County Electric Cooperative
Lovington National Bank
General Telephone Co
Lions Club
Republican Party
B & PW Club
Lovington Lucca
North Central
Western
Lovington High
Hobbs High
Eunice High
Hobbs Varsity
Lovington Kiwanas Club
Richard Schenck
Lovington
WNMU
Silver City
UPD
Western New Mexico University
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Lovington Last Rd
MR. Rawhide
Apaloosa
Allen Church of Tatum
W. C
Pete) Smith
Tatum
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Lea Fair & Rodeo
H. L. Matthews
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