Beasley and Apadaca Indicted Over School Activity Funds
indictment centers on the Lovington School Activity Fund with many subfunds and a single treasurer Miss Edith Search. audits by O A Remme cover the activity account and county schools. annual reports are filed monthly to the Board of Education. Whole fund totaled about 50 000 last year with cafeteria and F F A rodeo receipts forming major portions. Senior and Junior Class funds show year end balances and expenditures for rings invitations and events. annual fund netted 2009 65 with costs for annuals and publishing, leaving a 218 55 balance for next year.
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Lovington
Edith Search
O. A. Remme
Board of Education
F.F.A
F.A
Gulf Coast
Draft Board To Open Office At Lovington
Col. R. C. Charlton orders Lovington draft office reopening along with six other offices in the state to serve 32 county boards. There are 47,501 registered. 4,145 are 18 and not draft eligible. 10,772 are Class 1-A with a noted 25 percent unlikely to pass physical.
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R. C. Charlton
State Selective Service
Lovington
Epanola
Farmington
Raton
Tucumcari
Socorro
Selective Service Boards
New Mexico
Col
Charlton
Selective Service
Lovington High School Athletic Fund Ends Year With Balance
The Lovington High School athletic fund closed the year with a $202.67 balance. Football receipts were down, but basketball revenue covered expenses for the first time. Total receipts from all sources were $9,660.73 including guarantees, meals, insurance, and audits. Edith Search serves as bonded treasurer with payments issued on authorized requisitions.
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Lovington High School
Atletic
Qqgeare Athletic Fund
Car Fire Near Humble City Report
Lovington firefighters responded Wednesday at 7 am to a highway blaze one mile north of Humble City. A Hobbs resident owned the car, a vehicle described as owned by a Black man.
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Lovington
Utilities Revenue Increase Ties to City Utilities Growth
The Municipal Water and Sewer systems show rising connections from 567 to 683 water connections and 425 to 491 sewer connections between January 1 and July 7, marking 20 percent and 16 percent growth respectively. Gross revenue doubles from $2,200 to $4,500.
First Three Giant Generators Install at Lea County Plant
Installation crews have begun placing the first three large generators at Lea County Electric Co operative plant. R B Moore says the first unit could be finished in 3 to 40 days with other units to follow. Completion promises ample electricity for the area.
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Lea County Electric Co-operative
R. B. Moore
Draft to Take 150 in State
The 20,000 man draft call is issued today by the Defense Department and will take about 150 New Mexico one A s. Colonel R C Charlton State Selective Service Director says he is ready to start the induction machinery as soon as official word from Washington arrives but at least six to eight weeks before any inductees leave the state.
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Defense Department
New Mexico
A’s
R. C. Charlton
Selective Service
Ayington
Navy Reserve enlistment drive offers year’s service
Albuquerque Navy recruiting chief Lt. Cmdr Lee Lelworth says reserves volunteering for active duty will be offered at least six months with a Department guarantee of one year. Most will serve afloat or overseas, with no current limit on applicants as long as authorized strength holds. Send applications to Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington DC marked attention pers. 11. Unrestricted line officers in aviation and non aviation, supply and dental corps are sought.
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Lee J. Lelworth
Navy
Navy Department
Grin
Lelworth
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Washington DC
Landon Urges GOP Back Truman in Korean Crisis
Alf Landon, GOP figure and 1936 presidential candidate, calls on Republicans to support President Truman during the Korean crisis. He praises Truman's courage in aiding South Korea and urges the United States to show the world it seeks no gold or land in defending the Republic against Communism. He spoke at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.
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Truman
Alf Landon
Landon
United States
Colgate University
Hamilton
New York
Truman To Name Chairman For Atomic Energy
Washington expects President Truman to nominate a permanent chairman for the Atomic Energy Commission soon. The White House reportedly has Sumner Pike returning to the commission and an immediate nomination to the Senate is anticipated. A separate single package appropriations bill moves to the Senate floor, with cuts in foreign aid sparking a major fight. The House Un American Activities Committee accuses the Hawaii Civil Liberties Committee of misleading Hawaiians into supporting Communist causes. The government releases its first 1950 corn crop estimate and a wheat production forecast today.
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Washington
Truman
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hawaii Civil Liberties Committee
Mrs. Brown Visits Here From San Saba Texas
Mrs. Jack Brown of San Saba Texas visited relatives here recently and spent several days with them.
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Mrs. Brown
Jack Brown
San Saba
Texas
Townsend Family Weekend Visit Noted in Portales
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Townsend and their children bill and Sally spent last weekend with Mrs. W. A. Turner and Mrs. Henry Townsend in Portales, sharing time with local relatives.
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Dudley Townsend
Bill
Sally
W. A. Turner
Henry Townsend
Portales
Local visits move through Texas and New Mexico
Mrs W T Meyers and sons and Mrs Meyers sister Mrs C A Parker of Stanton Texas spent several days this week at the Meyers cabin in Ruidoso. Mrs Charley Nole visited Roswell with her son and family, Mr and Mrs Jack Nole. Mrs Jack Miller returns from Big Springs after visiting relatives.
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W. T. Meyers
Charley Nole
Roswell
Jack Nole
Big Springs
Jack Miller
Fort Worth Griffins Visit With Turnipseeds
Mrs R W Griffin and children are guests of Mr and Mrs E H Turnipseed. The Griffins hail from Fort Worth Texas.
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R. W. Griffin
E. H. Turnipseed
Griffins
Fort Worth, Texas
Joan Jackson Away in Artesia for Weeklong Visit
Miss Joan Jackson visits Artesia this week with friends. Born at Lovington General Hospital July 10 a debut girl weighing 6 pounds 15 ounces to Mr and Mrs Woodeon Lee Inman.
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Joan Jackson
Artesia
Lovington General Hospital
Woodeon Lee Inman
Five Die as Nebraska Flash Flood Sweeps Family
Torrential weekend rains trigger flash floods across Nebraska South Dakota and Kansas. A single family perishes when their car is overwhelmed in a dry creek bed with mother and infant among those found in a tree. Crete evacuates fifty blocks as Blue River floods sandbag dikes with guardsmen aiding.
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Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
Pierre
Crete
15-Year-Old Boy to Stay With Grandfather in New Mexico
The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld a Santa Fe District Court ruling awarding custody of 15-year-old Fletch Cook Jr. to his grandfather Jesfe E. Brownlee Sr. The unanimous decision notes the parents’ 1938 divorce, the mother’s 1946 death, and that the boy and his father are largely arrangers.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
New Mexico Supreme Court
Santa
Water Loan Stalls Over Legal Hurdles in New Mexico
New Mexico seeks a 60 000 acre foot water loan from Colorado but legal technicalities stall the plan. Colorado Attorney General John W Metzger says a 45000 acre foot loan may be arranged. State Engineer M C Hinderlicher approved the loan last week, but the attorney general s office rules it illegal. John Bliss New Mexico s State Engineer is unavailable for comment.
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New Mexico
Colorado
John W. Metzger
M. C. Hinderlicher
John Bliss
Santa Fe
Niccums Return From Effingham Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Fred Niccum and sons Berton and Harold will return this weekend from Effingham Illinois after a two week visit with relatives.
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Fred Niccum
Berton
Harold
Effingham, Ill
Mrs Miller Home Returns To Meme ie Postures
Mrs J R Miller returns to Meme ie Postures after an extended absence with her husband and family Mr and Mrs Sint.
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J. R. Miller
Sint
Lovington City Council Approves Bid and Bond Sale
The Lovington City Council approved a $50,000 general obligation bond sale to the State at 2 percent interest to fund water system expansion. A new police car purchase and city employee pay raises were approved, along with an insecticide sprayer bid from Ranchers Supply. Plans to retire bonds at $5,000 annually and tentative budget discussions for the coming year were noted.
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Lovington
Two American War Correspondents Killed in Battlefront Fight
Two reporters died in yesterday's frontline fighting. Ray Richards of International News Service and Corporal Ernie Peeler of Stars and Stripes were identified. United Press correspondent Robert Miller says soldiers saw their bodies.
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Battlefront
Ray Richards
International News Service
Ernie Peeler
Pacific
Stars and Stripes
United Press
Robert Miller
Court Rules On Taft Hartley Under Labor Act
A federal appeals court ruled that officers of the A F of L need not file non Communist papers under the Taft Hartley Act. The DC Circuit held the A F of L is not a labor organization as defined for filing non communist declarations. The ruling preserves that local and national unions must still file such papers when authorized to call strikes.
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Federal Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
National Labor Relations Board
Federal Commission Probes El Paso Natural Gas Rates
The Federal Power Commission has begun an inquiry into El Paso Natural Gas Company and its subsidiary El Paso Gas Transportation Corp over transportation and sale rates on their pipeline system crossing New Mexico and Arizona. The investigation cites potential unjust or undue discriminatory rates and also notes a rate schedule filing with Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
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Federal Power Commission
el Paso Natural Gas Company
el Paso Gas Transportation Corporation
FPC
New Mexico
Arizona
F-P-C
Paso Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
New Mexico Records Four Gairy Herd Improvements
January reports list four Gairy herd improvement actions in New Mexico with details including 49 Derda ana he and related sirations.
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New Mexico
State Police Chief Beasley and deputies charged in Byrd torture case
Federal Grand Jury indicted New Mexico State Police Chief Hubert Beasley and three others in a case tied to the Ovida Coogler murder investigation. The four are accused of torturing 28 year old Wesley Eugene Byrd to force a confession. Coogler’s murder remains unsolved. Governor Ma Chief Beasley says no plans to change the department.
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Santa FH
N. M
Hubert Seasley
Dona Ana
A. L
Happy) Apodaca
Ovida
Coogler Murde
Cace
I. E. Salazar
Roy L. Sandman
Apodaca
Salazar
Lag Cruces
Cooger
Chama
Wesley Eugene Byrd
Sandman
Santa FE
New Mexico
Hubert Beasley
Carl A. Hatch
Roy l L. Sandman
Las Cruces
Big Game Season Cut at Vermejo
The 42 day big game season at Vermejo Fark is abolished by the State Game Commission. The property, located mainly in Colfax County and operated by William Gorley, will now operate on a regular two week session.
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Vermejo Fark
State Game Commission
Colfax County
William Gorley
Watson Resigns From Hobbs School Board
Hobbs Board of Education accepted the resignation of Mr. Finn Watson at its July 10 meeting. George Mansur, adviser to the board, will finish Watsons unexpired term. Watson cites ill health and his inability to attend meetings as the reason for stepping down after seven years on the board and as president since 1946. He expresses gratitude for his service and willingness to assist in the future.
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Hobbs Board of Education
Finn Watson
George Mansur
Board of Education
Watson
Are
Hobbs
Hobbs Board of Educa
Potato Bugs In News Again Across Europe
Czechoslovakia charges American planes scattered potato bugs over Czech farmland to ruin the potato crop. Moscow radio and East German communist outlets have aired similar claims about beetles in recent weeks. U S officials deem the charges too silly for a reply.
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Czechoslovakia
Czech
Moscow Radio
East Germany
United States
Forest Fires Rise in 1949 but Burned Acres Drop
In 1949 the United States saw about 11 percent more fires at 193,774, yet the total burned area reached 15,397,419 acres, a decline from 1948. Earlier years reported 174,189 fires burning 16,556,780 acres.
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United States
Duke City bids for Ace in the Hole world premiere
Albuquerque officials press to host the world premiere of Ace in the Hole filmed in Duke City and Gallup. Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling star. Bob Bumpas from K-O-A-T cast in a key role. veteran director Billy Wilder signed the part.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Duke City
Gallup
Kirk Douglas
Jan Sterling
Bob Bumpas
K-O-A-T
Bumpas
Hollywood
Billy Wilder
Paramount
Conservancy District Seeks New Water Loan Hope
Officials along the middle Rio Grande seek a fresh loan of water after failing to win a 60,000 acre foot loan from Colorado and Texas. Conservancy Engineer Hubert Ball warns the drought is severe while Attorney General John W. Metzger of Colorado helped craft a plan to lend New Mexico 45,000 acre feet.
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Conservancy District
Rio Grande Valley
Colorado
Texas
Conservancy
Hubert Ball
John W. Metzger
New Mexico
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Keen
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Tion
Elmer Elliot
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