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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1950
Page
2
Agnes Kastner Head Chad E Wiley publish the Lovington Leader twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays in Lea County. Rates shown include one year in Lea County for 104 issues at $3.00 and shorter terms for six or three months. outside Lea County options are also listed.
The article discusses the biblical dispute over the angels message in Luke and the two translations. It weighs whether peace is promised to all humanity or only to those pleasing God. It urges readers to remember the tidings of great joy for all people.
The piece urges individuals to nurture the spirit of Christmas in their hearts rather than rely on outward gifts or displays. It stresses humbleness, love for others, and a personal renewal leading to a benediction on life through Christ’s spirit.
Portales Daily News argues Ed Mechem was elected by protest against professional politicians. The paper urges him to use a free hand, resist party pressure, pursue new ideas, and restore decency in state government while avoiding partisan traps.
Washington sources report Thomas Dewey would rather run again for governor than accept the ambassadorial post to Great Britain. The offer was made by Dean Acheson in a private New York meeting at orders from President Truman. Dewey, who had said he would not seek a third NY governorship term, reportedly declined to speak freely on national issues and to chair the party by accepting the embassy.
In a lively discussion at Lindys, implausible stories captivate the crowd from a 1948 Renault cannibal tale to a Tacoma bridge insurance caper. The piece moves to local politics with bids for a clerk position, rulebook updates, and a push for a Hoover commission to consolidate state offices and cut expenditures.
About 375 attended a dinner at Alamogordo, Gov-elect Ed Mechem’s boyhood home, where he pledged to do his best as governor. The piece covers NM political shifts including McWhirter as state purchasing agent and Moxey to head the State Tax Commission, plus Mechem Simms jockeying, the Right to Work bill and senate dynamics.
Pickett who heads Ingram Pickett 7 foot of honesty is set to chair the Corporation Commission under the rules of rotation. The move will wait until after the legislative session ends. Dan Sedillo has indicated he will vote for Gene Allison for Chairman amid the Las Cruces grand jury fallout.
Hig cost of appealing convicted state police chief Hubert Beasley, Happy Apodaca and Roy Sandman for torturing a Negro includes printing evidence costing over 1400 dollars. Convicted men have 10 days to file briefs, government 20 to answer, with oral argument set around early April. The US circuit court of appeals will hear in Wichita or Oklahoma City. The trio must also pay other appeal costs. Also, Mr and Mrs Mark Owen, Mrs Hazel Turner and her son M T Turner of Eunice visited Hobbs for dinner at the Winslow Cafe on Monday en route to Lovington.
Legal notices list numerous deeds mortgages and oil leases filed in Lovington Hobbs and Eunice with parties including Horace Hooper W. M. Abbott C. D. Smith James Murray Jr H. L. Spencer Gulf Oil Sabine Royalty and Spars noting surface rights min eral reservations and loan amounts across blocks and sections in Lea Roosevelt and surrounding counties.
The Carlsbad Elks financed a trip to the Sun Bowl for the Carlsbad Cavemen team and all players. The gesture honors the Cavemen squad for their season efforts and ties the local organization to the athletic program.
D A D A D E Lusk son of Mrs Georgia Lusk former New Mexico congresswoman and War Claims Commission member resigns his Carlsbad post at a 10000 year salary. Rand olph Reese appoints R O Sage to the post. Sage arrived in Carlsbad in 1949 his first term kept quiet while Johnny Simms argued bills and co sponsored the World Federalist Bill before voting against it.
Informal hearings on new rye standards will start February 6 in Minneapolis with subsequent sessions February 7 at Omaha and February 8 at Chicago. USDA proposals seek to cut allowable thin rye and material in grades one and two from 20 percent to 10 percent.
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