Eisenhower dominates Rocky Mountain year 1959 headlines
A year in Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico centers on President Eisenhower heart attack and recovery at Denver and Lowry Air Force Base. Other top stories include floods dust storms fires and a major convicts riot in Wyoming with guards held hostage. A Hobbs man died in Albuquerque after a quarrel linked to police troubles.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Wyo
Hobbs
Rocky Mountain West
Eisenhower
Wyoming
Laramie Hotel
Wyoming State Penitentiary
Rawlins
Lowry Air Force Denver
Nebraska
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company
Denver
TWA
Sandie Mountain
Alamogordo
Democatic Party
Ed Johnson
Western
Blue River
Lowry Airforce Base
Washington
John S. Doud
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Albuquerque
Booby Trap Gunshot Victim in Critical Condition
Jim Marshall with a Sparks Recreation Center burglary motive, shot by a rigged juke box trap using a 410 gauge shotgun. He was taken to Lea General Hospital in Hobbs in critical condition. He allegedly confessed to robbing the Shady Rest Cafe and the Sunshine Club and to taking money from a cigarette machine.
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Marshall
Sparks Recreation Center
Shady Rest
Midwest
Sunshine Club
East Main St
New Mexico Naval Special Enlistment Planned
Lieutenant L White announces an all New Mexico Naval company to be enlisted in January at Navy Recruiting Station Albuquerque. LCDR White aims to keep recruits together for training and competitive proficiency, with applications at Hobbs and other stations.
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L. White
Offi
Navy Recrui
Albuquerque
Jesse Kers
Ting
Lcdr White
Hobbs
New Mexico
Dashko
Slaughter On Texas Highways Continues Through Holidays
The Texas longest Christmas to New Year period sees rising violent deaths. The Department of Public Safety warned 204 deaths may occur during the 11 day holiday. So far at least 110 people have died violently in Texas with 62 killed in auto crashes. A Tuesday head on collision near Spring Branch west of Houston killed three and critically injured three others.
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Texas
Department of Public Safety
Spring Branch
Houston
Joe Palooka Creator Ham Fisher Dies in New York
New York cartoonist Hammond Edward Fisher known for Joe Palooka is found dead at 54 in a friend’s apartment. Notes suggest despondence over eye disease and diabetes. autopsy pending. Fisher’s career spanned Wilkes-Barre to New York Daily News with war service and Stars and Stripes credits.
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New York
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
New York City
Moe Leff
Fisher
Hammond Edward Fisher
Wilkes- Barre
Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre
New York Daily News
Army and Navy
Office of War Information
Stars and Stripes
Navy
War Departments
Bell Telephone warns hunters on line danger near Detroit
Michigan Bell Telephone Co urges hunters to be careful near lines. A hunter shot could break a line and remove the only means of summoning aid for himself or others in an emergency.
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Detroit
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
California Flood Victims See Clearing Skies After 13 Days
Sunny skies and lower temperatures bring cautious cheer to California flood victims. The forecast calls for fair weather where the floods struck and notes it is the first time in 13 days without rain. Forecasters predict continued cool temperatures in mountain areas and a coastal flood threat remains in the Delta above San Francisco.
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United Press
California
San Francisco
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Lewiston
Great Falls
Holidays Quiet in Lovington
Lovington over the holidays saw few incidents. FBI support helped stop Dean Dorland, wanted in Kansas, who waived extradition and faced burglary charges. Local arrests included Mr and Mrs Bobby Dale for disturbing and fighting. The town reported a shop break in, theft of a billfold, and vehicle damages from a two vehicle collision with no citations issued.
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Lovington
FBI
Bob Carnes
Hobbs
Dean Dorland
Kansas
Dorland
Bobby Dale
Horne
Joel A. Elliott
Mallamar
Sacra Bros
John T. Wilson
David T. Haggerton
Main
K. B. Roberts
South Love
Mrs Tatum Seeks Second Term As Lea County Assessor
Mrs Ravenelle Tatum announces her candidacy for Lea County assessor. Now completing her first elected term after appointment to finish her late husband Roy L. Tatum's term, she ran unopposed in 1954. She has three children and is pushing an in unit system for tax collection in Lea County.
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Ravenelle Tatum
Tatum
Roy L. Tatum
Lea County
Oil Output Was Higher Last Week
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a weekly crude oil production gain of 21 650 barrels versus the prior week. Daily output for the week ending last Saturday reached 6 968 000 barrels with gains in Illinois Kansas Louisiana Oklahoma and several other states and declines in Arkansas and other areas. Risk of unchanged output in Texas New Mexico Mississippi and Florida.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oil and Gas Journal
Illinois
Kansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Alabama
California
Colorado
Indiana
Kentucky
Utah
Arkansas
Michigan
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Wyoming
Texas
New Mexico
Mississippi
Florida
Business group seeks city manager electoral change in Truth or Consequences
A Truth or Consequences businessmen petitioned for a city election to replace the mayoralty with a city manager and commission. The petition includes 336 signatures, more than double the required amount, and backs a plan supporters say is nonpolitical. Mayor T B Williams criticized for striking a state trooper backs the change, says he will endorse it, and notes he will not run again.
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United Press
T Or C
T. B. Williams
a_ citizens
President Eisenhower Heads to Key West for Restful Two Week Vacation
President Eisenhower travels from Washington to Key West Florida to recuperate as doctors advise sun rest and light exercise. He will work on the state of the union and budget while in a special visitors house at the naval base. Mrs. Eisenhower remains in Washington after the birth of their grandchild and Key West angers with renewed attention as Eisenhower Drive is launched in town.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Key West
Florida
Hisenhower
JH Eisenhower
Key West Naval Base
Truman
Mr. Eisenhower
C. B. Harvey
White House
North Beach Drive
Eisenhower Drive
Naval Base
Truman Avenue
Roosevelt Boulevard
Eisethower
County 4H Council to Elect New Officers at Lovington
The County 4H Council election will be held in Lovington on January 7. The meeting starts at 10 with location to be announced. Assistant extension agents Bill Lewis and Mrs De Lois Buswell will lead. 4H leaders junior leaders and club officers from across the county will attend.
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Lovington
Bill Lewis
de Lois Buswell
Former Lovington Resident Visits. Updates Cowboy Hall News
Mrs. L. R. Williams of Seminole Texas, a former Lovington resident, visited Friday to shop and reconnect. She picked up papers about Jake McClure’s November Cowboy Hall of Fame appointment at the Leader office to mail to friends.
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L. R. Williams
Seminole
Texas
Lovington
Williams
Leader Office
Jake McClure
Cowboy Hall of Fame
Start Search For Swope Successor
New Mexico began searching for a warden to replace the late Edwin B. Swope who died. The prison board met in Santa Fe and may take up to six months to appoint a temporary successor with Deputy Warden Phillip Rinaldi directing the prison. Swope’s body was returned to Santa Fe by Air National Guard plane, and funeral services will be held there where he was born.
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New Mexico
Edwin B. Swope
San Francisco
Santa Fe
Swope
Howell Earnest
Phillip Rinaldi
Ing
West Coast
Air National Guard
John F. Simms
Lovington Hails First 1956 Baby With Merchant Gifts
A Lovington 1956 First Baby contest featured merchants offering numerous gifts to the newborn. A San Antonio fire claimed Armando Garcia, 2 1/2 months, after a grandmother rescued four children. cause cited as matches.
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Lovington
Three City Seats Open January 10 Elections
Hobbs voters will elect three city commissioners on January 10 with polls from 8 am to 7 pm. Seven candidates filed for three ward seats as manual voting remains due to Wet-Dry election aftermath. Bond issues total 900000 seek 600000 for storm sewer and 300000 for sewage system upgrades.
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Hobbs
Ward One
Griffin
Ward
Walter Linam
Ed Loughlin
Charles Mumford
Merle Ralls
Audra Kemmnitz
Earl Pennington
Welch Morgan
North Hobbs
South Hobbs
Anderson Plans Capitol Return January 3
Senator Clinton P. Anderson announced in Albuquerque that he will return to Washington on January 3 to prepare for the new session. He will, with New Mexico colleagues, push for the Upper Colorado River storage project and expects possible February hearings from the joint committee on atomic energy of which he is chairman.
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Clinton P. Anderson
Albuquerque
Washington
Congress
Anderson
New Mexico
Congressme
Colorado River
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Marshall clerks exceed Elna machines quota at store
Leo Jones, Hay Wilcox and Virgil Carrington faced $50 bonds for selling Elna and Neechi sewing machines during December. Each was assigned a Marshall Furniture Store quota, but the group sold eleven machines exceeding the limit.
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Leo Jones
Hay Wilcox
Virgil Carrington
Elna
Neechi
Marshall Furniture
Con An Doyle Joke Taxi Driver Trolls Sir Arthur
A French taxi driver entertained Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with a joke after driving him from the station to a hotel. The driver pretended to deduce his identity from clues in the papers, his appearance, and luggage, and thanked him in French. Sir Arthur proved skeptical and asked for more evidence.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur
Merci
M. Conan Doyle
France
Paris
Pannell Speaks at Rotary on White House Conference
Supt H C Pannell told Rotary lunch attendees about the White House Conference held November 28 in Washington. New Mexico sent 10 educators including Pannell who spoke for Gov John Sims about teacher recruitment and retention, school building needs, and educational goals. Visitors included C M Burke and Fin Watson of Hobbs.
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White House
Supt
H. C. Pannell
Rotary
Washington
New Mexico
Pannell
John Sims
C. M. Burke
Fin Watson
Hobbs
Mrs Malcolm Wright Recovering After Car Collision
Mrs Malcolm Wright is recuperating at her Lovington home from injuries suffered last Saturday when her car was struck by a vehicle driven by F A Hood of 308 West Avenue O. Wright was eastbound on West Avenue F. Hood struck to avoid a child. Her son Max was thrown from the car and required seven stitches for a head wound plus minor injuries. Mrs Wright’s sister H radin Ryan of Roswell visited over the holidays.
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Malcolm Wright
Lovington
F. A. Hood
West Avenue O
Dardens Host OES Holiday Party at Masonic Hall
Mrs Dottie onsee outgoing worthy matron led the Order of Eastern Star at the Christmas gathering in the Masonic Hall Thursday night. Officers presented Mrs Darden with silver pattern pieces titled First Love. Incoming matron Mrs Sally Tipps will be installed June 2 at 7 30 pm. Host Mr and Mrs C V Darden were assisted by daughter Marjie. The refreshment table featured poinsettias, a silver punch bowl and cups, fruit cake and spiced tea for 37 attendees.
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Marjie
Hardin Simmons University
Abilene
Texas
Miss Darden
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