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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1955
Page
2
An English investigator explains the bee’s labor behind honey production. A pound of honey comes from 62 000 clover blooms and 2 700 000 flower visits, with the bee performing 3 720 000 proboscis insertions. The piece ends with a collection of maxims on work and virtue.
The piece surveys early disarmament efforts from 1899 to postwar debates, noting repeated failures to curb armaments. It highlights Washington naval accords, League of Nations attempts, and shifts under leaders like Nicholas II, Harding, and postwar powers, ending with U S actions.
James C Ingebretsen argues that modern science ignores divine laws in moral affairs. He claims legalized strikes, vice driven industries, blasphemy, and rising crime and divorce show society's spiritual disobedience. He likens moral ignorance to science falsely so called.
Longtime plate umpire Big Jim Tongate known as Blind Tom will retire from officiating this September 1 after 40 years in baseball. He began as a pitcher, then umpired across multiple leagues including the Dixie and Western associations. Tongate served in World War I, commanding Company L, 361st infantry, and worked the second longest game in baseball history at 21 innings.
A World War II veteran from Brownwood Texas, first lieutenant with the 91st Infantry, survived severe injuries including a leg plate. He became a long time baseball umpire in Texas, later working as a cotton classing specialist. He lives in Waco with wife and two daughters who call him Blind Tom. The piece also notes Nixon’s vice presidential candidacy dynamics and Eisenhower’s evolving influence on choosing a running mate.
A defense of free enterprise argues against Guaranteed Annual Wage proposing social planning and government handouts would erode investment, reduce production, and threaten economic security. It asserts true security lies in productive work, consumer roles, and private initiative within a robust American system.
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph sues Owen and Helen Skaggs of Marin County for an injunction alleging plagiarism after inserting 12 bogus names in its directory which later appeared in the Skaggs published private directory. A prison paper also reports a confession misattributed as a lie detector test.
A farm expert from Arizona, John M. Jacobs, toured Russian rural regions with a critic’s eye on social events. He notes a lack of consistent attire and jokes that the hemline fashion he saw did not meet his expectations.
President Eisenhower again shows confidence in Vice President Nixon by sending him on a goodwill tour to the Near East and Africa before the 1956 elections. Possible Russia visit discussed. focus remains on addressing specific problems at the Geneva Big Four Foreign Ministers meeting starting October 27.
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