Lovington School District Seeks Bids for Yarbro Complex
The Lovington Municipal Board of Education invites sealed proposals for general construction and related trades for the Yarbro Elementary School Gymnasium and Physical Education Building in Lea County New Mexico. Bids due September 8 1955 at 3 00 PM Mountain Time with 5 percent bid bond. Plans available from Schaefer Merrell Associates Clovis NM deposit 50.00 refundable to actual bidders. The board may reject any or all bids and time to hold bids is 30 days.
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Lovington
Clovis
New Mexico
Lovington Municipal School Board
Lea County
Lovington Municipal Board of Education
John Easley
Water right amendment and protest notice for 50 acres irrigation
Public notice details a proposed amendment to water rights for 50 acres served by well L-289-A in New Mexico. It states total appropriation not to exceed 3 acre feet per acre annually, old well retained, and potential protests due within ten days after final publication, with a hearing around September 16, 1955. Also includes a separate civil sale notice in Lea County for a 1948 Dodge pickup truck to satisfy a $23.34 judgment, with sale on September 9, 1915 at Doran Chevrolet Co. in Hobbs.
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Pt. Niswi
State of New Mexico
United States of America
S. E. Reynolds
Lovington
V. F. Irvin
Justice of the Peace Court
Lea County
New Mexico
Agnes K. Head
Doran Chevrolet Company
Turner Street
Hobbs
A. L. Conner
Notice of Water Permit Change L-289 in New Mexico
State Engineer's Office records show W. O. Duclap Jr of Tatum in Lea county filed on August 9 1955 a permit change request under 1931 session laws Chapter 1531 to relocate a shallow well and alter the use of 150 acre feet per year by abandoning Well No L-289 located at a specified point in New Mexico.
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State Engineer
Santa Fe
N. M
W. O. Duclap, Jr
Tatum County
Lea
State of New Mexico
States Engineer of
New Mexico
Conoco to Modernize Artesia Refinery in 1955 Plan
Continental Oil Company announces a 500000 dollar modernization of its Artesia refinery to install a 1500 barrel per day catalytic reforming unit. Construction aims for January 1 1956 completion with bids invited from contractors.
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Artesia
N. M
Continental Oil Company
A. W. Tarkington
Southwestern Region
Conoco
New Mexico
Anderson Ranch
Mallamar
West Central
Lea County Continental
Jal
Lea County
Roswell
Albuquerque
Hobbs
Eunice
Eisenhower Paints And Fishes In Fraser Colorado Visit
President Eisenhower spent a second day in Fraser Colorado painting for two hours at an easel then went fishing in hopes of matching his two pound catch from the previous day.
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Eisenhower
Fraser
Colorado
Lea County wells report Wolfcamp tests in progress
Cities Service No 1 York near Eidson Pennsylvanian field shows Wolfcamp oil shows at 10 659 10 740 feet with five hour drillstem test and 2 000 foot water blanket plus 2 078 feet of heavy drilling mud. earlier test at 10 590 10 643 feet flowed oil and Dutch Elm.
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Cities Service Oil Co
York
Eidson
Lea County
Wolfcamp
Lovington
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
J. P. Dean
Caudill
A. J. State
New York
Kidson Lower Pennsylvanian
Earrier
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Ralph Estate
Lea
Eddy County
Eddy
R. P. Coats and
Foster
J. A. Foster
Monument
Atlantic Pipeline
Cities Service Oil Company No I York
Delhi Taylor Oil Corporation
Midland
Federal
Cline
Eunice
Teague
Gulf Oil Corporation
Gussie Carduff
Townsend-Wolfcamp
Sinclair Oil & Gas Company
Hulda Townsend
Anderson Ranch
West Lea County
Phillips Petroleum Co
East
Hudson
Clement Attlee Stroke Reported By Wife
The wife of Clement Attlee confirms the former British Prime Minister suffered a light stroke last week. Atlee, 72, is described as fully recovered after a week of medical treatment and is back on his feet.
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Clement Attee
Attlee
Fair To Speak To Oilmen At New Mexico Convention
Harry G Fair of Phillips Petroleum will discuss What is an Oil Man at the sixth annual New Mexico Petroleum Industry Committee convention in Ruidoso September 11 12 and 13. He is vice chairman of Phillips operating committee and chairs the suggestion committee. About 400 distributors and industry observers are expected to attend the three day meeting where speakers address petroleum problems.
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Albuquerque
WN. M
Harry G. Fair
Philips Petroleum Company
New Mexico Petroleum Industries Committee
Ruidoso
Fair
Phillips
Petroleum Industry Committee
Negotiating for Sale of Carlsbad Station
Washington reports rounds of talks nearing completion for 150000 dollar sale of Radio Station KAVE and proposed KAVE TV in Carlsbad New Mexico. A new corporation Voice of the Caverns Incorporated will own the facilities led by John Battison, ex CHCT TV Calgary manager, with Edwin Tomberg of Allen Kander Brokage firm guiding contracts.
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Washington
KAVE
Kave-Tv
Carlsbad
N. M
John Battison
Washington Radio and TV
Battison
Chct-Tv
Calgary
Canada
Edwin Tomberg
Allen Kander and Co
Voice of the Caverns, Incorporated
Carlsbad Broadcasting Corporation
Val Lawrence
KROD
Krod-Tv
el Paso
Texas
Simms Signals Planned Special Session Date
Governor John F. Simms said September 21 is his best educated guess to convene a special session of the New Mexico Legislature. The move aims to ease Welfare Department financial stress before winter, after the constitutional amendment election on September 20.
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John F. Simms
New Mexico
Six Killed In Crack Train Wreck At Marked Tree Arkansas
Six people are reported dead when four cars of the Kansas City Florida Special derailed near Marked Tree Arkansas on a Frisco Railroad express from Kansas City to Memphis and Florida. Doctors from Memphis arrived. one identified victim is William Richards a chef. A railroad spokesman cites many injuries in the rear chef car and the diner as officials assess the wreck. The Marked Tree schools chief notes one coach is about half demolished and the dining car crushed.
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Marked Tree
Arkansas
Kansas City
Curry Commissioners Revoke Three Licenses
The Curry County Board of Commissioners revoked the licenses of three private clubs in Clovis after an undercover investigator found alcohol on sale. The El Sombrero, the El Pueblo, and the Cobra had licenses canceled under county laws that created a dry area following last year’s local option vote.
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Curry County Board of Commissioners
Clovis
el Sombero
el Pueblo
Cobra
Curry County
FBI recovers funds from contractor robbed bank
The FBI recovered 40000 dollars linked to a robbery by contractor Dual King. A spokesman said the cash was hidden in a sack in the barn at King's home in his hometown.
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FBI
Dual King
King
Landslide Kills Couple and Child in Mud
Torrential rains cause a landslide burying a man, his wife, and their two year old child under five feet of mud near a cliff collapse. Both parents were killed along with the infant, while seven other children survived.
Radioactive Pills Promise New Medical Tracing Method
Dr William Libby told an atoms for peace conference that a radioactive pill could help doctors diagnose illnesses by tracing what ails the human body. The approach aims to reveal internal conditions by tracking the pill’s path and distribution.
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William Libby
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