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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
3
The Lovington Leader 1909 official land office publication enters second class matter at the post in Toveington New Mexico. Published three times weekly Sunday Tuesday and Thursday by Lea County Publishing Co with Agnes Kastner Heel as editor and publisher.
The AFL and CIO unionize into one body on December 5, forming a single federation with about 16 million members. The merged group faces risks and opportunities, weighing democratic control, leadership ethics, and the political route to Utopia as workers hold final responsibility for the union’s future direction.
In Waldenburg Colorado Santa Claus faced a delayed pickup by the Chamber of Commerce forcing him to hitchhike to a children’s party as forty cars passed before a ride arrived. At Andrews Air Force Base Maryland airmen unveiled a rocket Santa display while California’s Watsonville ice shop tried a blizzard of ice but rain turned it to slush.
In Ladonia Texas 81-year-old widow Aunt Judy Stoddard canned hundreds of jars of fruit and vegetables for orphans and old folks homes over 20 years. She sent 200 jars to Boles Orphans' Home Quinlan and later to homes in Gunter as the home grew self sufficient. Orphaned at four she and her husband raised three adopted children and she continues garden work church duties and canning at 81.
Alan Villiers, 52, selected to helm the Mayflower II from Plymouth to America, worries about hurricanes off the New England coast. The voyage starts July Fourth, aims for late August arrival, and will demand 21 seamen from a pool of over 300 applicants.
A group of young people including Oxford residents and Pequod ship crew members train in archery using Plyflex fiber glass bows praised for durability and moisture resistance. The effort ties to Project Mayflower and Plymouth Plantation, aiming to build a new Mayflower for Americans.
The piece notes that ancient Romans used pumice stone as a soap substitute. It claims a 75 percent figure of American homemakers washing for the first time and suggests a modern breakthrough making washing possible.
A Hickory Encyclopedia note reports private lumber groups funded reforestation, reversing a 25 year trend where growth now exceeds annual removal. The piece praises private enterprise for boosting timber supply and US standing, ending with a cordial sign off from JO SERRA.
Angry Kentuckians back Daniel Boone amid plans in Hendersonville North Carolina to tear down his statue. Kentucky Historical Society head Bayliss Hardin pledges to fund relocation to Kentucky. Curator and Col Lucian Beckner praise Boone as a true national leader over Crockett.
Governor Lausche declares for the presidential sweepstakes challenging Kefauver and boosting the Ohio primary as the test ground. The move pits the Ohio governor against Kefauver in a high stakes contest likely to reshape the Democratic race against Stevenson. Labor sentiment in Ohio remains tentative, offering Kefauver a potential path to rally unions in a Lausche Kefauver clash.
In 1936 at Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium Man Mountain Dean, weighing 317 pounds, and Vince Lopez staged a wild match ending when Dean wedged in a row of seats. A crowd storm and police with tear gas followed as Dean saved the finish with a brawl ending.
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