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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1951
Page
2
The article urges customers to mail Christmas cards and packages early to ease the heavy workload on postal workers. It notes higher incomes and more gifts, with peak mail before and after Christmas. It asks senders to tag gifts for arrival on December 25 and to delay opening, reducing delays and confusion.
A warning urges vigilance as cold nights raise fire and gas poisoning risks from open fires and gas heaters. The piece cites a county death from a shaver and cautions about crowded rooms, insufficient ventilation, and carbon monoxide from engines left running with heaters.
In Sacramento a thief stole nearly $1000 in cash and watches from Marquette University players during a football trip as the Hilltoppers lost to Santa Clara. Friends including the Sacramento Elks Club and Marquette Alumni raised funds to replace the loss and a Wisconsin billfold company pledged new wallets for the players.
Senator Dennis Chavez drew a mixed audience in Yucca Ballroom where locals noted his thinner frame greying hair and stomach surgery past year. He spoke firmly to 59 attendees with no targeted promises for Raton or Colfax County, while Lea County figures debated fundraising attendance.
J. T. Collier files in Carlsbad District Court seeking 50000 dollars in damages from Randall Robertson after his left arm was amputated in a deer hunting camp shooting. He claims 30000 for compensatory and 20000 for exemplary and hospital expenses and other damages.
A Clovis businessman testified in Santa Fe that he wrote a 3100 check to Lloyd Miles for expenses tied to obtaining three liquor licenses. Lloyd Miles and John E. Miles deny any payment to the governor or to liquor director Tom Montoya. Denton claims he was the real party of interest and that the funds financed licenses for Daylen Chaffin in Tucumcari and Sammy Goodman in Carlsbad and one in Roswell. The state seeks action against Goodman over a Carlsbad Canal Bar license while Denton says the Roswell license was blocked by a change in office before issuance.
A letter from David Black thanks Mrs Agnes Kastner and The Lovington Leader for free delivery to service personnel. The note asks readers in Lea County serving in the Army to supply correct addresses to receive the paper while in uniform.
Judge Carl A. Hatch in Santa Fe refused to release 16 state prison inmates on writs of habeas corpus. He dismissed the applications saying state remedies must be exhausted before federal action. Most petitioners argued their own cases and were advised to file appeals in the sentencing court.
On the Air Waves puzzle hints and clues appear for an audience. Items include Silkworm Measure Symbol fo glucinium Shouted and other entries with abstract themes and wordplay across a numbered list. Readers test vocabulary with answers like Paradise Harangue Harem to Fondle and more interwoven within the page.
Southern Union Gas Company says the Federal Power Commission granted temporary permission to construct a $137,000 loop line to supply gas to Clovis Portales and Tucumcari. Work has already started to prevent winter service interruptions, following a PSC request to approve the application.
14 year old Rudy Chapin of Central New Mexico will receive the Jewish People fraternal order Fighters for Freedom award December 29 in Los Angeles. He earned the honor for his role on a picket line at the Empire zinc mine last summer when about 60 women and children were arrested. he faced multiple court appearances and a suspended sentence to the state industrial school on the condition he abstains from the picket line.
In the matter of Tillie Lewis deceased, Probate Court of Lea County New Mexico appoints Billie Lewis Sibley Lewis and Charlie Lewis as executors of the last will and testament and invites all claimants to file within the legal time. Heidel Swarthout of Lovington, NM, are attorneys for the executors. Published in the Lovington Leader Dec 4 11 18 25 1951.
The Probate Court of Lea County New Mexico appointed an administratrix for the estate of Prentice N White deceased on November 29 1951 she qualified and all persons with claims must file them as prescribed by law. Attorneys for the administratrix are Heidel and Swarthout Lovington New Mexico.
A quiz style item lists six questions about art colors flags parties sports and word grouping with scoring details. It then presents a matching section assigning works to authors and a total score scale ranging from poor to very superior.
Smithsonian researchers report atmospheric temperatures around 520 degrees at 72 miles altitude based on balloon and rocket probes. They note rapid cooling in the first six and a half miles then a steady rise, while extreme thinness makes effects on pilots uncertain. The Army Medical Corps unveils a portable x ray unit enabling one minute film processing near front lines in Korea.
The New Mexico State Game and Fish Commission abolishes the Watrous game refuge and creates a small refuge 18 miles east of Carlsbad. Watrous was abandoned due to excessive deer numbers. Duval refuge near Carlsbad spans about two sections, created at a local company’s request to reduce hunter hazards.
Washington an FCC official says the commission will lift its three year freeze on new television stations by April. Chairman Wayne Coy expects final frequency assignment tables within 60 days covering over 2000 stations to prevent interference and allow construction permits to resume. He predicts 1200 to 1500 new stations within five years and up to 2500 in ten years.
Greenville authorities report a deaf and mute man was brought to court for drunken driving. Officers said he possessed 12 licenses from different states, complicating the case.
The list presents the solutions to a set of questions. It includes: 1 a water color 2 a ship’s covering over a stairway 3 blue 4 democratic 5 golf 6 ebony 7 options: A Dombey and Son B Anna Christie C Look Homeward Angel D Mrs Warren’s Profession.
A nostalgic look at autumn motoring crowds and the rough conditions of early cars. The piece contrasts open touring cars with modern fixes, dealer services, better roads, and the shift from mud holes to accessible roadside assistance.
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