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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1952
Page
6
The Lovington Leader will publish district basketball tournament programs at Eunice for the third straight year. The event runs February 21 to 23 with teams from Tatum Lorainington Hobbs Eunice and Jal. A small B team and junior tournament will be staged in Hobbs.
Negotiators resume truce talks in Korea as the 30 day cease fire deadline passes without a lasting settlement. Both sides return to the negotiating table seeking a durable armistice and renewed commitments.
Lovington and Lea County merchants praise a vibrant Christmas season with long hours and busy stores. B and B Jewelry, Yarbro’s, Arledge and Ta tum, The Specialty Shop, and other local shops report strong demand for gifts, toys, and home goods, boosted by cotton and oil boom.
Residents of Lea County viewed three B-29 bombers moved in daylight on trailers from Peyote Base to Colorado. Skeletons of the planes displayed mission symbols over Japan and Germany with aluminum bodies towering over the trucks. Wings and tail sections trailed on separate conveyances.
Mr and Mrs J A Woodard Sr thank the Church of Christ for Christmas gifts and ask for the Lord to bless each member posting their gratitude.
The Lovington Highway facility near Tatum opened last May attracting visitors nationwide. It showcases advanced design and construction for power plants and is regarded as one of the area’s finest, built at a cost of $115,000.
Commodities finished 1951 below the peak but above lows, with cotton leading gains in spring to 45 1/4 cents a pound before retreating. Tin prices spiked to 1.84 then eased to 1.03, wool futures tumbled from 4.15 to 2.17, while corn and wheat peaked in over three years. A separate item reports Huntington mayor fined for meter theft.
A gentle Quaker wakes to a strange noise, spots a burglar, retrieves a gun, and blocks the doorway saying he means no harm but the intruder stands where he plans to shoot. The tale centers on prudence and restraint in a tense moment.
Roy Bashaw, manager of Lea County Community Hospital, announced a Watson Obstetrical table valued at 1285 was shipped by Southwestern Surgical Supply of El Paso as a Christmas gift from the First National Bank of Hobbs. The donation will replace an antiquated table, giving the hospital two modern units. Bank President W H Bailey said the gift meets a need and was simply done to help the hospital.
New York Central System president Gustav Metzman says 1952 traffic should remain strong but profits depend on authority to set adequate rates to offset rising wages and costs. He also urges enough steel allocation to replace aging cars and locomotives and to add capacity as demand fluctuates.
The ordinary London printer of Elizabethan times was forbidden to take more than one apprentice in his shop, as noted in Graphic Arts Magazine.
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