Hobbs Schools Host Educators Zone Meeting
Hobbs hosts a two day Association of Public School Lyst- Sag meeting at Hobbs High School Little Theater with district leaders, National Education officials, and area superintendents. Speakers include Charles Mills, John W. Polley, Tom Hansen, Irvin Murphy, and Dr. Roger Corbett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
The
Association of Public School Lyst- Sag
Little Theater
Charles Mills
Hobbay Schools
John W. Poliey
National Organization
Columbia University
New York City
Jom E. Brown
Alta Vista Junior High School
Carlsbad
Tom Hansen
I. V. Payne
Carlsbad School
State Department of Education
Irvin P. Murphy
New Mexico Department of Education
Polley
Ellen Digneo
New Village
Irby Garruth
Austin
Texas
T. C. Bird
Santa Fe
Wallace W. Strowell
Bob Holman
Tom Wiley
Clay Wade
Carlsbad High School
Murphy
Lindthicum
Roger Corbett
New Mexico A & M College
Mills
R. N. Tydings
State Department
Bird
Wade
Darrell Wiley
New Mexico A&m
City Commission Set To Review Growth and Utilities Plans
The City Commission meets at City Hall at 7 30 p m to discuss an ordinance for future growth with many sub divisions, approve contracts for a year supply of sewer and water materials, hear a CPAC Library board appointment, consider annexing 20 acres south of the new high school, and hear a fire department request for a new fire truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Lovington
Commission
Fire Department
Hobbs Sports signs to 1956 Southwestern League entry
Pat Stasey manager of Hobbs Sports secures partial working agreement with the Washington Nationals and joins the new 10 team Southwestern League formed from remnants of the West Texas New Mexico and Longhorn leagues. Hobbs to play Class B. rookie Pete Sierra from Havana signs for 1956. Emilio Hernandez and others expected back. Schedules set for Midland league meeting January 8 with home opener vs Midland in late April. Box seats and season tickets on sale through Stasey.
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Pat Stasey
Hobbs Sports
Washington Nationals
Stasey
Hobbs
Pete Sierra
Havana
Cuba
Jim Hubbard
Ting
Stevensville
Tex
Billy Suggs
Emilio Hernandez
Seaone
Midland
Death Row Convict to Appear in San Francisco Hearing
Convict author Daryl Chessman leaves San Quentin for the first time in seven years to appear before Federal District Judge Louis E. Goodman in San Francisco on December 8. A rehearing date is to be set for his case as ordered by the U S Supreme Court.
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Daryl Chessman
San Quentin
Federal
Louis E. Goodman
San Francisco
U. S. Supreme Court
Judge Brand Calls Grand Jury Carrol Ledet Paralyzed After Breaking Back
Carrol Ledet, son of Mr and Mrs A C Ledet, remains paralyzed from the chest down after a Parker Drilling rig accident near Lovington New Mexico. Ledet underwent surgery in Hobbs at Lea County Hospital where Dr Leroy Miller performed the operation. He suffered a broken back when a pipe hit the tongs and crushed him during drilling work on Humble Lease 7 miles east of Lovington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrol Ledet
Lea County
Hobbs
Young Ledet
A. C. Ledet
Parker Drilling Co
Lovington
Leroy Miller
Albuquerque
Carrol
J. R. Griffith
C. J. Staceling
W. R. Barrow
E. J. McHenry
Grand Jury Ordered in Lea County to Probe Law Violations
Judge John R. Brand calls a Lea County grand jury for December 14 to investigate law violations tied to registrations for the Wet-Dry referendum and general county jail and courthouse operations. Ninety eight signatures backed the petitions by the Lea County Civic Loyalty League. Names of jurors from Hobbs Jal Lovington Eunice and Roswell area towns listed.
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John R. Brand
Lea County
Brand
Civic Loyalty League
League
Joe P. Stamnes
New Hobbs
Edward B. Grier
Hobbs
Philip T. Clark
Blanche Calley
Jal
Herman J. Ford
Ashley C. Green
Tatum
Charles L. Mills
Robert C. D. Tievel
Harry J. Nelson
Charles E. Mumford
Ernest L. Stephens
Terrell E. Gibbons
Calvin P. Stark
Bennie L. Hoyle
K. A. Jeter
Lovington
Wilmer Leevan
Noy
Harry L. Bedell
Robert E. Piggott
Eunice
Albert S. DeBusk
Collin C. Champster
C. C. Yearwood
Albert Lee Ewing
John Pauline
Ray K. Shellon
Grand Jury
Pat Hanagan
Roswell
Kermit Nash
New State Policeman Stationed In Hobbs
Raymond New a Roswell native has been stationed with the State Police in Hobbs replacing William Woods who resigned December 1 Woods the Hobbs native who recently joined the force returns to carpentry New is a former Roswell police officer who recently completed training at the State Police Training School in Santa Fe.
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Raymond New
Roswell
Hobbs
William Woods
Nolan Utz
New
Santa Fe
Woods
Two-Car Sideswipe Causes $650 Loss In Hobbs
A Sunday afternoon sideswipe on the Seminole by-pass of Hobbs damaged two cars totaling $650. Vera Hutsell 46 of Lovington drove a 1953 Buick struck by Carl Edward Cleesson // Offense: 1951 Pontiac driven by Cleesson. Buick damage $250 Pontiac $400. No injuries reported.
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Seminole
Hobbs
Vera Hutsell
Lovington
Carl Edward Cleesson
Marland Hobbs
Local Driller to Work in Venezuela as Tool Pusher
Local driller with Magno lia Oil Co. will serve as tool pusher in Venezuela. His family plans to stay in Lovington for about six months before joining him.
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Magnolia Oil Co
Lovington
Nixon Eyes Stricter NATO Amid Russian Toughness
Vice President Nixon calls for a stronger North Atlantic Treaty Organization as the reply to Moscow’s stance after the Geneva conference. A Washington official says his stance mirrors administration policy for beefed up Western European defenses.
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Nixon
Russia
United Press
Washington
Benson Says Defense Dept Buys Beef To Bolster Prices
Secretary Benson says the defense department has begun buying heavy cattle to lift livestock prices after a market slump in October and November. He notes prices rose by as much as one dollar per hundred pounds following the shift in buying.
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Benson
United Press
Washington
Defense Department
Agriculture Secretary
Labor wages urged to aid farmers by Mitchell
United Press reports Labor Secretary Mitchell argues higher wages boost farmer income as workers spend more on farm products. He notes farmer and industrial worker interests align. Benson recently criticized some wage hikes for raising prices of farm machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Agriculture Committee
Sid Simpson
Illinois
Eisenhower
House
Leslie Arends
North Dakota
Asher Burdick
Burdick
Mitchell
Benson
Feed Conditions in New Mexico Improve Despite Moisture Gaps
The Santa Fe Railroad reports feed conditions in New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma as the best in five years. September and October rains aided winter wheat but dry cold weather since then slowed growth and dormancy set in. Most crops have finished harvest in New Mexico.
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Amarillo
Santa Fe Railroad
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Pilkerton Kitchen Reported Ransacked After Church Visit
Mrs Juanita Pilkerton returned home at Sil West Washington Sunday to find the kitchen disturbed. The refrigerator stood in the center of the room and cabinets were open but nothing appeared missing.
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Juanita Pilkerton
Sil West Washington
Polluted Porkers The happiest pigs stagger in Denmark
In Korinth Denmark a Danish agricultural station houses pigs fed an alcoholic diet as scientists test turning sugar beets into fodder. Station director Thomas Rosenstand notes the pigs receive a fermented mash equivalent to eight shots of liquor and seek it eagerly, then sleep it off after getting their fill.
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Thomas Rosenstand
Rosenstand
Damages Sought in Fatal Laundry Yard Crash Case
Hoyt Welch as administrator for Dorothy Rapp estate seeks 150000 from William A Stearn and Witt and Ross of Carlsbad and Gulf Oil Corp. for a fatal Jan 25 1955 crash in Eunice. Stearns truck collided after Orvil K Taylor turned, injuring Rapp as she did laundry. she leaves three children.
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Hoyt Welch
Dorothy Rapp
William A. Stearn
Witt and Ross
Carlsbad
Gulf Oil Corp
Rapp
Eunice
Sterns
Witt
Stearns
Mrs. Rapp
Hall Says GOP Can Wait For Eisenhower Decision
Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall says the GOP can wait until March for President Eisenhower to decide if he will run again. Hall told reporters in Chicago that the timing is not important and that late February or early March would not be too late.
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United Press
Republican National
Leonard Hall
GOP
Eisenhower
Hall
Chicago
Gene Ashmore Lost Car On Hunting Trip Near Buckeye Mallamar
Mrs. Gene Ashmore reported her husband missing at 12 02 A M after he had not returned from a hunting trip between Buckeye and Mallamar. Deputies traced his car and found he had wandered away, waiting until daylight to relocate it. Ashmore had returned about 9 26 A M. He and his wife have ties to county offices and ASC work.
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Gene
Dennis) Ashmore
Buckeye
Mallamar
Sheriff's Department
Ashmore
County Clerk’s Office
ASC
Mrs Paul Moore Back From Reserve NM Visit
Mrs Paul Moore returned Sunday December 4 from Reserve New Mexico where she visited her parents since Thanksgiving notices.
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Paul Moore
Reserve
New Mexico
Polio Vaccine Clinic Set for Tatum and Village Hall
Dr. Puckett, district health officer, will hold a polio vaccine clinic in Tatum on December 13 for children aged one to ten and pregnant women who cannot afford the vaccine. An immunization clinic for infants and preschool children will be at the Village Hall at 1:30 p.m. County officials urge interested residents to contact the health office for notification and note nurse Miss Beryl Kaigler is on leave.
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Puckett
Tatum
Beryl Kaigler
Lea County
Kissin Jim Folsom Faces Air Force Probe Over Guard Planes
Alabama Governor James Folsom faces an Air Force probe over alleged misuse of National Guard planes during football season. An Air Force spokesman cited ownership and non business use limits while Folsom announced a Weather Survey flight over Jacksonville for the Gator Bowl on December 31, with officials aboard planes to land and spectate.
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James “Kissin
Jim” Folsom
Alabama
Air Force
National Guard
Washington
Air Force Inspector General
Folsom
Air National Guard
Folson
Fires Damaged Homes in Saturday Incidents
Two fires were reported on Saturday with minimal damage at 303 East Avenue A where only an electric skillet burned. A second blaze at 710 North Love destroyed a small house owned by Mrs. Myrtle Lyon, caused by a cigarette, with furniture and interior a total loss.
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East Avenue A
North Love
Myrtle Lyon
Nikita Visits Burmese Shrine in Harsh Propaganda Display
Burma serves as a propaganda platform for Khrushchev who omits praise for most and savages architects in Russia and Western advisers. He admires the shrine but blasts rivals while sparking a clash with a French correspondent over color and shame.
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Burma
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Alexander Vlasov
Hub Cap Theft Reported During Church Service
Harold Runnels reported two deluxe hub caps stolen from his 1954 Oldsmobile while he attended Sunday services at First Baptist Church. The incident occurred Sunday morning, with authorities noting no suspects at this time.
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Harold Runnels
First Baptist Church
Teachers Pay Urged To Compare With Ranking Profession
The White House Conference on Education urged that teaching pay scales be set high enough to compete with other fields for quality manpower. It also called for teaching prestige and status to be placed on par with other professions.
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Washington
White House
Southwestern Starts Nine New Residences
Southwestern Builders filed permits for nine houses on West Tyler. Three homes priced at 7 800 dollars each and six at 6 800 dollars each. Clayton Milby designed the homes, with speedy completion planned.
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Southwestern
Southwestern Builders
West Tyler
Clayton Milby
Henry Record Escapes Injury in Pickup Crash
Henry Record of Monument escaped injury when brakes failed on his GMC pickup on Saturday at 2 30 PM. He collided with Bill Trebly’s eastbound pickup on Avenue A causing about 75 dollars damage to Trebly’s vehicle and 150 dollars to Record’s. No citations were issued.
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Henry Record
Monument
Bill Trebly
Avenue A
Trebly
Threatening Call Ties Kidnapping Case to Hobbs Incident
In Hobbs Texas officers pursue a Dallas area surgeon Dr Frank Sainburg accused of kidnapping his son from Ithaca New York. He allegedly told the grandfather You will never see her again if charges are dropped and directed his wife to travel to Longview. Police traced him to a Hobbs motel where he checked in with a boy and a girl matching the children. The case involves custody rulings and ongoing efforts to locate the four year old Phillip Sainburg II and his sister Mary Jéan Nance.
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Longview
Texas
Big Spring
Frank Sainburg
Phillip Saimburg
Mary Jéan Nance
Sainburg
Neal Smith
Hobb
Smith
Connie Smith
Gordon Grooms
Ithaca
New York
Doris Blanchard
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CPAC
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Benson
Adlai Stevenson
Harriman
National Committee
Chiago
Marilyn Kay Garner
James Garner
John Seeley Hospital
Galveston
Lubbock Hospital
Marilyn
Lubbock
Phil Smith
New State
Venezuela
Pilkerton
Korinth
Denmark
Gene Ashmore
Poli
Kissin
Jim
Phooey
Nikita
Shelton
Sheriff’s Office
Shelton Addition
Henry
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