State Police Tighten Traffic Crackdown In New Mexico
State police officers Jake Ramsey and Joe Aven in Lea County join a Santa Fe ordered crackdown on speeders and traffic violators after a 20 percent rise in 1951 road deaths. Chief Joe Roach plans expanded patrols on main routes, staggered shifts around Albuquerque, and adding 25 troopers July 1 to boost enforcement statewide. A Seminole youth faces district court manslaughter charges from a year’s traffic crash.
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Jake Ramsey
Joe Aven
Lea County
Joe Roach
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Roach
Albuquerque
Ramsey
Aven
Al Stryhn Faces Liquor To Minors Hearing
Al Stryhn of Hobbs operator of Al's State Line Bar on the Seminole Highway is ordered to appear before the state liquor director on charges of selling liquor to minors. He retained Melvin C. Neal to defend him and says he has long kept minors out of his saloon. The citing follows the death of Frank Nolan Wise, 21, of Seminole, Texas, in a March 12 Denver City highway accident.
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al Stryhn
Hobbs
Al’s State Line
Seminole Highway
Stryhn
Melvin C. Neal
Frank Nolan Wise
Seminole
Texas
Denver City
Holt backs Ranchman's Own Fire Department idea
Ed Holt mayor of Tatum and Lea county commissioner proposes a rancher based fire system to combat grass fires. He compares a cattle sprayer with water to a fireman's fog nozzle and says a two man sprayer on pickup or trailer can curb small fires before city departments respond.
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Ed Holt
Tatum
Lea County
Holt
Decorators Begin Ground Floor Work At Courthouse
Painters redecorating the courthouse finish the upper hall and move to rooms on the first floor including the county health office and the county superintendent of schools. The upstairs hall is painted light green with gold picture molding and refinish work on wood. Cracks found and filled before base coat, though thousands of tiny cracks remain hidden by the finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
County Health Office
County Superintendent of Schools
Funeral services for former New Mexico governor Hinkle
Funeral services were held on March 28 for James F. Hinkle a prominent banker and civic leader who died at his home Monday afternoon. He served as governor from 1923 to 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Hinkle
New Mexico
Mrs Ella Roberts Buried in Clovis
Word arrived in Lovington of the death of Mrs. Ella Roberts who died in Colorado this week. Funeral services were held in Clovis on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Alberts was the mother of Mrs. Dave Holloway.
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Lovington
Ella Roberts
Colorado
Clovis
Alberts
Dave Holloway
Easley and Quinn To Represent Johnson At Hearing
Easley and Quinn will represent Arthur Johnson at his preliminary hearing in Hobbs on April 3. The arrangement is with Johnson not by district court appointment. Johnson is charged with first degree murder in the death of William Cabrel whose body was found near Andrews Texas. Cabrel worked for Wylie Brothers Construction in Hobbs. If probable cause is shown, an information will be issued in district court charging Johnson with murder.
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Easley and Quinn
Arthur Johnson
Hobbs
Johnson
District Court
Mack Easley
William Cabrel
Andrews
Texas
Cabrel
Wylie Brothers Construction Company
Justice of the Peace
Easley
Marketing Specialist Visits in Lovington
Dan Kelly commodity specialist for the Production and Marketing Administration visited Lovington to wind up work on the past year's cotton crop and set cotton quotas. He now lives in Las Cruces and previously farmed in the Tucumcari area and served in World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Kelly
The
Production and Marketing Administration
Lovington
Kelly
Las Cruces
PMA
Tucumcari
Safe burglars puzzling Hobbs theft baffling sheriff
Hobbs safes were cracked with explosives, not by local knocker thieves. Sheriff Trimble says the job matched neither local methods nor known experts, implying either out of town pros or highly lucky amateurs, who likely planned to haul safes out of town for blasting.
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Trimble
Hobbs
Charlie Trimble
Charlie
Texas
Midland
J. D. Culp Fixes Lovington Water Switches From Carlsbad
J. D. Culp of Lovington and associated with Electric Supply and Service in Hobbs came from Carlsbad to overhaul the automatic switches controlling Lovington’s water pressure pumps. He rewired the circuit and installed a temporary relay to restore 60 psi pressure, explaining the delicate mercury-tube switches were unsuitable for higher pressures.
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Lovington
Culp
County Sanitarian Attends Districah Meet in Carlsbad
Lea County sanitarian Bob Houston of Hobbs attended a district meeting in Carlsbad last week and heard James Doughty state supervisor of milk sanitation. Doughty stressed civil defense duties for health officials and dairymen if a disaster strikes the area and noted private water supplies and milk can containers as valuable. About 30 people attended. Dr. O E Puckett led the session and outlined plans to raise milk sanitation ratings with the U S Public Health Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County
Sanitarian
Bob Houston
Hobbs
Carlsbad
James Doughty
Doughty
O. E. Puckett
Puckett
U. S. Public Health Service
Infant Sue Day Rites Held in Hobbs
Funeral services were held in Hobbs Thursday afternoon for Sue Evert Day infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ray Day. Born March 28 at Lea County Hospital, she died March 29 1951. Burial followed at Prairie Haven with Green Service in charge. Survivors include the Day grandparents and Mrs Halliburn from Wolf Point Mont.
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Hobbs
Ray Day
Sue Evert Day
Lea County Hospital
Raymond Hudson
Assembly of God
Prairie Haven
Green
E. R. Day
Eunice
L. A. Halliburn
Wolf Point Mont
Lea County to Send 23 for Draft Physicals in April
Twenty three registrants with the Lea County Draft board will travel to El Paso for medical examinations early in April. Some go April 3 and others April 9. Names will be released after returns from exams, per Selective Service rules. Also noted three to six transferred registrants were sent for examination. Lawrence Rice is constructing a lumber yard on the Hobbs highway and has started framing a shed after pouring foundation piers.
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Lea County
el Paso
Frances Pannell
Lovington
Lea County Board
Lawrence Rice
Electric Co-op
Hobbs Highway
Mechem Sparks Lea Countians with Plant Inauguration
Governor Edwin L. Mechem pressed the switch at 4 p.m. to start the Fairbanks Morse engine as about 500 people watched. The event, led by G. T. Hanners, celebrated Lea County Electric Co-operative’s growth from a 1946 meeting planning a cooperative to a major diesel generating plant serving Lovington, Tatum, Buckeye, and nearby Texas with expansion plans and a $4 million investment.
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Edwin L. Mechem
Fairbanks-Morse
Hobbs
Tatum
G. T. Hanners
W. A
Bill” Anderson
E. L. Harbison
W. E. Flint
Eli J. Jones
C. A. Fort
Roy R. Lee
A. C. Taylor
M. R. Bess
A. D. Sawyer
Pearl Dunlap
Clarkson & Beare Co
Alog
Buckeye
Lovington
Texas
Fred L. Jacobs Co
Artesia
Lea County Electric Co-operative
Lea County
West Texas
Southwest
Continental Engineers of
Lubbock
W. A. Anderson
All
W. O. Dunlap Jr
Kyle Taylor
Mallamar
C. A. Ford
U. D. Sawyer
Crossroads
R. B. Moore
Clyde R. Price
Luther Abel
Dale Ancel
Joe Pinson
Governor Mechem Cranks Two Big Diesel Engines With Small Valve
A meeting was called for May 5 in Lovington to outline National Production Authority regulations and DO orders affecting commercial building. Fred M. Zieke will explain work and function of the NPA rules. Attendees should include business leaders, ranchers, contractors, and purchasing agents. Local Chamber manager F G Stapp could not provide the meeting location.
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Lovington
Fred M. Zieke
National Production Authority
Chamber of Commerce
F. G. Stapp
Stapp
Mechem Starts Big Diesel Motors At Lovington
Governor Mechem started two 1 600 horsepower diesel motors at Lovington to supply about 2000 kilowatts to Lea County Electric Co operative. He turned the air valve as R B Moore explained. One motor was started after a manual spin and using long bars to position the flywheel. A third engine remained unstarted awaiting a permanent switchboard and foundation work continues for two 3 500 horsepower engines.
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Mechem
Lovington
Lea County Electric Co-Operative
R. B. Moore
Co-Op
FBI
Moore
Lovington Area Names Ardie Nowell Campaign Chair
Ardie Nowell of Lovington was appointed chairman for the American Cancer Society April Funds drive in the Lovington area by Ralph Jones of Albuquerque the state campaign chairman. The plan includes a benefit event and distribution of contribution containers to support the New Mexico ACS division’s treatment education and research programs.
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Ardie Nowell
Lovington
American Cancer Society
Ralph Jones
Albuquerque
New Mexico Acs
Pecos Valley Cold Snap Visible From Carlsbad Down to Red Bluff
Hobbs officer Jack Hunt reported a cold spell in Lea County last week with snow drifts noted from Carlsbad to Red Bluff along the Pecos Valley. The unusual chill drew attention as temperatures likely topped misery across the region.
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Lea County
Pecos Valley
Jack Hunt
Hobbs
Red Bluff
Carlsbad
Civil Defense Talk At Lovington Club Meeting
Bill Hessler spoke to the district meeting of Extensions Clubs at Lovington School Library on civil defense. He contrasted civilian morale in Britain and Germany and urged civic cooperation, with remarks on public health, the Red Cross, utilities, and training programs. About 175 people attended.
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Bill Hessler
Civil Defense
Lovington
North Lea County
Extensions
Hessler
Germany
Strategic
London
Coventry
Organization of Civil Defense
Red Cross
New Mexico Medical Association
House of Representatives
Santa Fe
Lea County
Harry Patton
International Relations Club
T &N. M. Railway
Far East
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Hinkle Fueral
Quinn
Stonebraker Insurance Company
Western Security Company
J. D. Culp
County Sanitarian
Ray
Lea Countians
Lea
Glady Crouse
C. O. Shirey
Elmer W. Wente
Lea County Electric Co-operative, Inc
Inland
Governor Mechem
NPA
Fense
Eunice Drinkard
Ira Cassell
Chaves County
Florence Anderson
Lovington High School
Anderson
John Waits
Ben Friz
de Baca County
T. W. Coleman
National Home Demonstration Council
W. B. Cox
T. B. Karsmo
Leola Garrison
Ralph Rogers
Tom Bell
Dallas Clark
Beverly
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