Patterson Powell Wildman And Barnes Are Elected
Mrs. Ruth Patterson Marvin Powell Tip Barnes and J E Wildman elected directors of the Lea County Electric Co operative at the second annual meeting held Monday morning in the Lea Theatre Building. Patterson 135 votes Powell 150 Barnes 164 Wildman 142. Other nominees and remarks noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Patterson
Marvin Powell
Tip Barnes
J. E. Wildman
Lea County Electric Co-operative
Lea Theatre
Hobbs Officials Correct Nine Vote Error In Governor Race
Hobbs election officials from Southern Heights School box were summoned to Santa Fe after a ten vote miscount favored Evertt Grantham. They corrected the tally with no machines, aided by Secretary of State clerks, and later signed initials on a slip to return home. Officials noted similar errors statewide amid canvassing.
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Everett Grantham
Ern Heights
Hobbs
Santa Fe
Ben Rhymes
Paul S. Brown
Vaughn Reifel
Lyle Schlaefli
Joe Ramsdall
Hugh Smith
State
Secretary of State
Will Harrison
Lea County
Roy C. Anderson
Grantham
Frazier
Portales
Ts Santa Fe
Harris Jails Chaves Farmer in Water Case
G A Babcock a 65 year old Chaves county farmer was jailed for 30 days for violating a district court injunction against illegal water use on his 62 acre Roswell area farm. Judge George T Harris suspended 60 days of the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Babcock
Chaves County
Roswell
Babcock
George T. Harris
Charles Harris
Harris
Jimmy J Saunders
Pecos Valley Water Conservation District
Local Suits Include Compensation Claims and Note Collectors
Stipulated awards list Harold Heinz versus Cactus Drilling Co for 550 dollars. Other suits include Gladys Rudd versus W F Kizer seeking balance of 531.55 on promissory note with interest and fees. J P Papworth sues Ivs Gilmore to collect note plus attorney fees on a 2258 dollar note with 250.90 past due. Aywers & Sons press against D Bilbery for 2694.27 owed on cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Heinz
Cactus Drilling Co
W. W
Farm Labors Available Seek Cotton Choppers for June Work
The Lea County Farms and Live stock Bureau offers certification for 400 cotton choppers. Farmers needing extra labor should contact the bureau promptly. Contracting dates are June 10 17 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County Farms and Livestock Bureau
Farm Bureau
Final Rites In Portales For A. J. Scott
Funeral services will be held in Portales for A. J. Scott who died June 1 in Lea County Hospital. He was 49, born in Oklahoma, survived by his father J. H. Scott of Oklahoma and his mother Mary C. Long, with four children and a Lovington daughter. He entered the hospital the day before after a heart attack.
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Portales
A. J. Scott
Lea County
Scott
Oklahoma
J. H. Scott
Mary C. Long
George Cline
Lovington
Town Council To Meet Tonight
Lovington town council invites residents to attend a regu lar meeting in the hall Tuesday night to discuss the council agenda and hear public problems.
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Lovington
Carmichael Returns to Elida and Relocates Business
Bernus Carmichael, longtime bookkeeper for Rancher Supply, resigns and moves to Elida where he purchases the wholesale Conoco business. Joe Boltinghouse becomes bookkeeper, and Gen Wolfrum from Hill Lines joins Ranchers in the pump department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernus Carmichael
Elida
Conoco
Joe Boltinghouse
Gen Wolfrum
Hill Lines
Griffins On Tour Of The West
Mr and Mrs J C Griffin and family leave for a month long vacation with plans to visit relatives in San Diego and Los Angeles. The trip continues north through the redwood region and returns via Nevada Utah and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffins
the West
J. C. Griffin
Mr. Griffin
San Diego
Roy Davis in Serious Condition at Lea County Hospital
Roy S. Davis former Lea County Commissioner is seriously ill with a throat infection. He was flown from Albuquerque to Hobbs Hospital, where he has been a patient for several days. His family remains at his bedside.
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Roy S. Davis
Lea County
Lea County Community Hospital
Hobbs Hospital
Albuquerque
Mrs Clayton Loses Driver License Case Near Llano Hotel
Mrs. Jerry Clayton reports her black leather driver’s license case missing from her car on Saturday night near the Llano Hotel. The case was a gift from her mother and she asks for its return along with the license.
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Jerry Clayton
Llano Hotel
El Paso Man Bound Over in Hatch Killing Case
James Oliveer Morgan, 52, a Standard Oil refinery worker from El Paso, is bound over to district court in Las Cruces on murder charges stemming from the killing of Deputy Sheriff Ralph Higginbotham and the wounding of Hatch City Marshal Guy Doniphon. Morgan pleaded not guilty as the case proceeds. Higginbotham leaves three children.
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el Paso
Texas
Las Cruces
James Oliveer Morgan
Standard Oil
Hatch
Morgen
Morgan
Guy Doniphan
Ralph Higginbotham
High Court Rules Seizure Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that President Truman overstepped the Constitution by seizing the steel mills on April 8 to avert a strike. Justice Black led the majority upholding the return of properties to owners, while Justices Reed Minton and Vinson dissented. The ruling tests the president's inherent emergency powers and sets a future guidepost for constitutional limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Phillip Murray
Truman
Hugo Black
David Pine
Pine
Truck Route Plans Under Way For Lovington Bypass
Officials advance a truck route through Lovington to bypass business and residential districts. They are securing right of way and progressing with road construction plans for the bypass.
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Lovington
Poppy Pie Sale Raises Funds for Local Veterans
Mrs Edythe Clardy thanks volunteers for selling pop pies on Saturday May 24 raising 322 dollars and 50 cents. Ten percent goes to state HQs with the rest for local veteran families while hospital veterans who make the pies are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edythe Clardy
GOP Congressman Predicts Truman Nominated Despite Bid
New York Representative Daniel Reed says Truman will be nominated by a strategy he calls sinister and un American. A Republican delegate vows to nominate General Douglas MacArthur, while Eisenhower Taft factions battle over delegate support and trip payments.
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Truman Wii Su
Daniel Reed
New York
Truman
Douglas McArthur
McArthur
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Committees
Humble Oil Sues Over Excess Oil Payments
The Humble Oil Co. sues Paul S. Brown of Hobbs and others including M. M. Brown and W. J. Robertson in federal court at Albuquerque to recover more than $72,000 in excess oil payments. The case follows the Hot Oil episode and has been anticipated by local observers.
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Humble Oil Co
Paul S. Brown
Hobbs
M. M. Brown
W. J. Robertson
Albuquerque
Vatican Bans Gide Works for Morality Reasons
The Vatican Holy Office bans Andre Gide's writings by placing them on the index of forbidden books. The action targets the late French Nobel laureate for literature and cites morality concerns as the reason.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Andre Gide
The
Supreme Sacred Congregation of the
Vatican Holy Offices
Gide
Taft Favored By New Mexico Republicans At Convention
New Mexico Republicans cast strong support for Senator Robert A. Taft with a 10 to 4 majority. At Santa Fe, the state convention debated a 12 plank platform proposing a presidential preferential primary and an absentee ballot provision along with broader economic and social goals.
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New Mexico
Robert A. Taft
Santa FE
William V. Kastler
Truth or Consequences Family Visit for Checkup
Mr and Mrs Dave Erwin and their children travel from Truth or Consequences to Springs City via Roswell for a routine checkup for Jimmy.
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Dave Erwin
Jimmy
Roswell
Springs City
Vacation Bible School Parade Opens Lovington Event
The First Baptist Church Vacation Bible School began Saturday and runs through June 13 open to children aged 3 to 16 of all faiths. A parade featured decorated cars led by Chief of Police Joe Black as kids urged others to join the fun.
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The
First Baptist Church
Lovington
Joe Black
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