Robinson in Race for Congress Opens Campaign in Albuquerque
Albuquerque January 19 Attorney General Richard H Robinson announced an all out bid for the Democratic nomination to Congress saying he has an excellent chance to win one of two seats. He opened campaign headquarters at the Franciscan Hotel and pledged a clean vigorous race with detailed policy plans to follow.
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Albuquerque
Richard H. Robinson
Congress
Robinso
Robinson
Franciscan
New Mexico
Hobbs To Host CofC Workshop For Eastern NM West TX
A Hobbs Chamber of Commerce board announcement says a workshop for leaders from 16 cities in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas will be held February 1 at Hobbs Country Club. Speakers include Jim Roberts of Dallas and Ledge Craig of Denver. Dinner will be offered after a 7 p.m. start.
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Chambers of Commerce
New Mexico
West Texas
Hobbs
Hobbs Country Club
Jim Roberts
Dallas
Ledge Craig
Denver
Colorado
Hobbs Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock
Parr Trial To Begin Monday In South Texas Case
SAN DIEGO Texas UP George Parr a South Texas political boss faces trial next Monday on charges of suborning perjury. Indictments against Parr and his attorney Luther Jones of Corpus Christi were returned last year and moved to George West on venue changes. They are accused of inducing Duval County Treasurer Victor Leal to perjure himself in an affidavit in a civil suit against Parr.
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San Diego
Texas
South Texas
George Parr
Duval County
Parr
Luther Jones
Corpus Christi
George West
Parrid Jones
Treasuerer
Victor Leal
Tomlinsons Resume Wyoming Roots for Houston Move
Mr and Mrs Tom Tomlinson of Casper Wyoming spent the weekend with his father L O Tomlinson en route to Houston to establish a new home.
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Tom Tomlinson
Casper, Wyoming
L. O. Tomlinson
Houston
Texas
Lea County Farm Bureau Seeks New Members
Lea County plans to participate in Farm Bureau Week January 15 21 in New Mexico. R E Willingham president says the aim is to highlight agriculture as the state's key industry and the Farm and Livestock Bureau’s role in development. Volunteer teams will canvass for new members with prizes for top enrollments and fastest quota attainment.
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Lea County
Farm Bureau
New Mexico
R. E. Willingham
Farm and Livestock Bureau
Mr. Willingham
Willingham
Dulles Warns Aggressors as US May Fight to Defend Interests
Secretary of State Dulles says the United States will defend vital interests if forced to war, clarifying remarks from a Life magazine piece. He stresses avoiding war while preparing to protect principles, and foreign aid long-term plans face congressional scrutiny. Max Clampitt announces candidacy for Lea County third legislature seat, detailing background from Marines service to Eunice business owner and civic roles.
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Hy Vsiurcousheds
Dulles
United States
Korea
Indo-China
Formosa
Britain
Eden
Washington
Max Clampitt
Lea County
Clampitt
Don Hallam
Mack Easley
Nine Criminal Cases Set For Three Day Docket
District Judge John R Brand schedules a February 6 three day criminal docket listing 36 cases including murder charges against Louise Gipson and three other murder suspects. Defendants include Billy Loyd grand larceny Charles Black false checks and Tina French assault with a deadly weapon. Jurors begin selection as cases proceed despite anticipated pleas and continuances.
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John R. Brand
Charles Frederick Black
Wm J. Heck
Hobbs
John Carl Rader
Jack Underwood
Tina French
Louise Gipson
Hobbs Negress
Naomi Robertson
Col
Mack Easley
Theodora R. Colemen
Wm Martin
Levington
Walter Wayne Hughston
Col Easley
Virginia Mary Lemon
Billy Charles Loyd
George Schubert
Gipson
Jom R. Brand
Louise Gipson Hobbs
Naomi Robison
Ray Wilson Young
Smith
Bill Holliday
Gene Chambers
Jewell Hilliard
Henry J. Hilliard
Lokce Denni Hilliard
J. Miller
J. D. Boggs
Richard J. Donaho
Billy Wayne
Jack J. Boye
Jad Jacobs
Elizabeth Peoples
Bobby Joe Richason
Theodore R. Coleman
Edwin Beene
Will Jackson
Edgar Carter
Ca Howard Johnnson
Loice D. Hilliard
Loice
Doris Johnson Hilliard
Winda Boulden
Justice of Justice of the Peace
Doris Johnson
Justice Apeal
Walter Wa. Hughston
Billy Ch Les Loyd
Justice Appeal
Mary Virginia Lemon
Roy Elizondo
William Leslie McDald
Matth James McDonald
Chavez Says Air Base May Come To City
A Defense Department survey on possible new USAF bases includes New Mexico sites. An aide for Senator Dennis Chavez says studies over six months target 10 bases nationwide with Hobbs near Hobbs as the favored New Mexico site.
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Chavez
Washington
New Mexico
Dennis Chavez
Defense Department
Ana
United States
Hobbs
Troy Fort Leads Calf Roping at National Western Rodeo
Troy Fort of Lovington surged ahead in calf roping at the National Western Rodeo in Denver. Doyle Cobler of Fort Worth led steer wrestling after a first go around, winning more than 1400 dollars. Winners in other events included Mrs Ruthenberg riding Sea Ballad in English Pleasure and Jay B. Utz in five gaited, with numerous placers across bareback, saddle bronc, and steer wrestling.
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Denver
Troy Fort
Lovington
Doyle Cobler
Fort Worth
Texas
Ruhtenberg
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Bill Johnson
Calgary
Canada
Mrs. Ruthenberg
Sea Ballad
Kirzam
Dorothy Barr
Indian Chief
Jay B. Utz
Ginger
Charles Juker
Burl
Idaho
Anna Lane Stonewall
Florence Roller
Ike Thomason
Silesia
Metana
Tater Decker
Clayton
Oklahmoa
Wayne Adams
Kaufman
Don McLaughlin
Smithfield
Lanham Riley
Action urged for safer air travel in new report
A Budget Bureau release cites an alarming rise in near misses with passenger airliners averaging four per day and similar risks for military and private planes. Eight officials studied conditions for seven months and recommend modernizing the aging federal air traffic control system run by the Civil Aeronautics Administration under a master plan by President Eisenhower.
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United Press
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Budget Bureau
Eisenhower
Worst grasshopper invasion warned for New Mexico fields
An agriculture expert from New Mexico A and M College told a Albuquerque gathering that the state faces its worst grasshopper infestation this year. Dallas Rierson, director of Regulatory Services at A M, warned of heavy crop damage and noted the campaign to control the insects is underway with state funding potentially less than last year’s one third share. He estimated up to 3,000,000 acres may be hit hard this summer.
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Fairis
McAlester
Oklahoma
Harbie Franklin Fairis Junior
Dallas
New York
Boonie Cravatt
Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Fairris
Paris
Texas
United Press
New Mexico A&m College
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Dallas Rierson
A&m
New Mexico Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Rierson
Ford Stock Sells At $64.50 Share
Ford shares priced at 64.50 by an investment syndicate will offer 10,200,000 shares currently held by the Ford Foundation. Brokers nationwide anticipate thin distribution in small lots to satisfy Ford family wishes. The move ends Ford’s status as the world’s largest family owned corporation.
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Ford
Ford Foundation
Tiny Houston case puts judge in for a surprise
In Houston Corporation Court Judge Abe Levy faces Floyd Mutrux a 14 year old boy who stands four feet nine and a half inches. The judge jokes about licensing youths and asks Floyd to return Thursday with his mother who is four feet nine inches tall.
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Houston
Texas
Corporation Court
Abe Levy
Floyd Mutrux
Floyd
Judge Levy
Ruidoso Visit By Local Families
Mr and Mrs Andy Wisdom Audre-lee and Mr and Mrs Jimmy Woodward spent Friday and Saturday in Ruidoso and returned home Sunday.
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Andy Wisdom
Audre-lee
Jimmy Woodward
Ruidoso
Batchelor Case Review Granted in Texas
Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas, once sentenced to life at Fort Sam Houston in 1954 and later commuted to 20 years, has been granted a review of his case by the Military Court of Appeals. His attorney announced the decision.
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San Antonio
Texas
Military Court of Appeals
Claude Batchelor
Kermit Texas
Fort Sam Houston
Dimes Dance at Llano Hotel Saturday Night
The Lovington March of Dimes Dance will be held in the Sea Room of the Llano Hotel on Saturday night. Betty Moore's trio will provide the music. Tickets are $3 per couple with Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority overseeing ticket sales.
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Sea Room
Llano Hotel
Betty Moore
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
MOD Coffee On Saturday at Lovington Benefit
Lovington’s Liberace and other celebrities perform in a March of Dimes Benefit Coffee show at the Community and Youth Center. The event, hosted by the Lovington Women’s Club, runs Saturday from 3 to 5 PM and features Jarmette Shirey singing With A Song In My Heart and a spring ensemble auction.
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Lovington
Liberace
Lovington Womans Club
Community and Youth Center
Jarmette Shirey
Jane Froman
Two Accidents Reported Here
Early Wednesday an accident between a 1954 Chevrolet truck owned by Permian Mud Co driven by Donald Ray Boss and a 1952 Chevrolet owned by Bovaird Supply driven by Bernard Berryhill caused $300 and $150 damage. Boss cited for failure to yield. A second crash Tuesday near Hobbs Highway involved Johnny Max Moss in a 1949 Ford Club Coupe. car totalled and passenger Glenda Chastney treated for cuts and bruises.
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Permian Mud Co
Donald Ray Boss
Chevrolet
Bovaird Supply
Bernard Berryhill
Boss
West
Monroe
2Nd Street
Berryhill
West Avenue G
Hobbs
Johnny Max Moss
P. L. Dickey
Houston
Bobbis
Joe Dickey
Frank D. Sifford
Glenda Chastney
Carol Mackovich
Chastney
Jury Panel Set To Report For February 6 Term
The jury will report on February 6 to begin a term with several criminal cases on the docket. A long list of jurors from Crossroads Caprock Oil Center Jal Hobbs and Eunice is named along with an emergency panel from Levington Spade and Hobbs area communities. Civic suits will follow the criminal dockets.
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A. D. Sawyer Crossroads
Thomas M. Bird
Robert Thomas King
Arthur Lee Tankersley
Billie D. Reece
Eunice
Walter A. Mitchell Oil Center
R. Edgar Pugh, Jr
Gladiola
Dennis Denton
Tatum
Ed Black
Caprock
Levington
James S. Lister
Tom W. Lee Spade
William Hessler
Jal
Fowler Hair
Hobbs
James W. Butler
James V. Short
Lynn Kincaid Boyd L. Balter
Loyd H. Foster
Percy D. Hardy
Andrew R. Haschetts
James C. McVey
Melvin Lee Wilkins
Ed Doyle Berryman
Oliver Lee Brown
Bryant Fort
F. H. Tutt
Five Arraigned Before Anderson
John Carl Rader pleaded not guilty to grand larceny before District Judge C Roy Anderson in Carlsbad on Tuesday. Too French also pleaded not guilty to assault with a deadly weapon. Mary Virginia Lemon pled not guilty to possessing marijuana. William Leslie McDonald pled guilty to grand larceny. Matthew James McDowell also pled guilty to grand larceny.
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John Carl Rader
C. Roy Anderson
Carlsbad
Too French
Mary Virginia Lemon
William Leslie McDonald
Matthew James McDowell
Robin, thermometer mark 10 below zero in Riverton
Mrs Carl Thompson reported a sharp cold snap in Riverton Connecticut as a robin in her yard contrasted with a thermometer showing ten below zero. Local residents noted frigid conditions across the region with freezing temperatures persisting through the morning.
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Riverton, Conn
Carl Thompson
Earl Long Re-Elected Governor in Louisiana Primary
Earl Long wins a second term as Louisiana governor after defeating Mayor Jesseps Morrison of New Orleans in the Democratic primary. With about four fifths of precincts reporting, Long had roughly 364000 votes to Morrison’s 172000, securing over 50 percent to avoid a runoff. Three other candidates trailed. The Republican party offered no candidate.
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Earl Lo
Huey Lo
Louisia
Jesseps Morrison
New Orl
Long
Morrison
Press
Press State Administration
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South Pacific Theatre of Operations
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Hesteria
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Jackson Jacop Miler
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Virgil E. Boyce
Larry Skelt
Wiliam
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D. C. Neal
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William J. Watson
James Dontingues
Pete G. Green
Jimmy Welch
John P. Wolfe
Erwin K. Scott
C. A
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