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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1952
Page
3
Article notes during Lea County election many residents were denied voting because they lacked a tax receipt or taxable property shown on the rolls. It explains only property owners can vote bonds tied to property and urges rendering personal property for taxes to gain voting eligibility in 1952.
Heavy industry advanced with steel gains dominating the week as Churchill pursued steel and a White House pledge to supply one million long tons in 1952. Aluminum and tin imports from Canada and Malaya followed, while the aluminum industry expansion faced electricity needs and big power plant builds. Automobile output rose with Ford and Nash resuming, construction fell, lumber rose, and oil dipped slightly. The president sought a five billion tax increase. Congress balked in election year. The stock market climbed on high-velocity trading amid strong oil, metal, and special stocks. Anaconda’s uranium deal lifted the stock, including a new mill in New Mexico involving Santa Fe, Anaconda, and St. Louis-San Francisco railroads.
In Union Township New Jersey a warm spell awakens tulips sprouting. Alfred Cohen in Providence Rhode Island claims a record delivering one million eight hundred thousand telegrams in forty years. In Arkansas a proposed tagging plan spurs debate. A Fort Worth Texas housewife finds her car missing after an aspirin headache while a 14 year old newsboy borrowed it for his rounds and failed to refill gas.
Elmer McMahan was ambushed by three strangers while driving toward Chicago. They accused him of a flat tire, knocked him unconscious, and stole $60. Firemen in Bridgeport West Virginia demand action on the ice plant at Aetnaville which repeatedly catches fire due to sawdust storage.
The Osage Nation in Oklahoma benefits from a new method reviving long dormant wells on Burbank Field. US Indian Agency reports royalty checks totaling over one million dollars as oil production climbs. Detectives in Fond du Lac watch toy train tracks after a staged theft pattern. Education moves practical as Cornell studies kitchen sinks in housing projects. Mrs. Jennie Napoli receives 500 dollars after a horse causes damages. A Wichita man suffers a double foul when his hit shatters his own car window. An Arkansas college educator urges greater voter participation with a shaming idea from Harding College president George Bensing.
The 13th annual New Mexico Wool Show and School will run February 3 to 5 at the Hilton Hotel in Albuquerque along with the 49th annual NM Wool Growers Association meeting. Ivan Watson of New Mexico A&M College announces 18 open classes and three junior classes with about 150 open fleeces and 25 junior fleeces. Premiums total $850 plus $500 in silverware awards. The wool school, led by P. E. Neale, covers breeding, feeding, and production with live sheep demonstrations and educational displays at the Hilton mezzanine.
Senator Robert Taft launches a two day tour of eight Wisconsin cities to dispute Harold Stassen for the GOP presidential nomination. He forecasts beating any Democrat nominee if he secures the Republican nod and backs Eisenhower if he wins the nomination.
Legal notice outlines maintenance disbursements direct charge receipts and administrative totals for December 1951. County Superintendent Joella Robinson signs the statement dated January 25, 1952.
Floyd Huckebay of 1313 E Byers was injured in a car crash and moved from Lea County hospital to a Roswell hospital for eye treatment by Griffin ambulance. He is the son of Mrs. Bell Maxwell of the same address.
Notice to defendant Charlie Light and all unknown claimants of interest. If living or deceased, their unknown heirs are also named. This legal notice outlines a pending action and asserts interest in the described property or matter for legal resolution.
The board calls a bond election in Lea County New Mexico for 350000 dollars. Petitions requesting the election have been presented and found compliant with the law.
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