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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1952
Page
1
General Eisenhower addresses the presidential race in Abilene Kansas denouncing excessive taxation waste and centralization. He accuses the Democratic Party of long power fostering graft and incompetence and outlines four internal evils including inflation and economic disunity.
A Lea County jury of ten men and two women found Virgil Baker guilty of stealing one neat cattle. District attorney Randolph Reese said co-defendant Mrs. Virginia Dunaway will not be tried and the case will be dismissed. Baker faces sentencing on June 17 before Judge C. Roy Anderson in Lovington.
Kevin McCann, president of Defiance College, announces a new series titled Eisenhower's Political Creed. The articles, largely drawn from Eisenhower's words and private notes, will appear in the paper starting next week.
The jury was dismissed after the defense and state's attorneys stipulated the facts for Judge Queevie T. Harris. Glen Spears faced a charge of selling real estate without a license, later obtaining a license after examination, with a civil appeal pending. If found guilty, Spears will appeal to the Supreme Court.
Judge George Harris is due to pronounce sentences on those convicted this term of court and on others who entered guilty pleas. He will sentence them at 1 30 Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Selmons vacation in Santa Anna California then head to Oregon with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hahn. The group plans two weeks of fishing and sightseeing.
The appeal of Smokey Montsenbacker from Justice of Peace Court to District Court is postponed until the December term. Randolph Reese, district attorney, cited three absent eye witnesses two in Texas and one fishing. Montsenbacker challenged a 45 day jail sentence for assault on C. T. Sparkman on Hobbs highway ranch land.
Discussion centers on a local option liquor law in New Mexico as the W L Box case progresses. The trial, reset after missing witnesses, probes Sunday sale hours and gubernatorial veto implications amid industry opposition and potential court test.
The Lovington Chamber of Commerce reports 178 members with incorporation papers filed and a noon luncheon meeting scheduled later this month.
Lovington youths ages 6 to 12 may join a summer program announced by Youth Center director Mrs. Larry Crouse. The program runs Monday to Friday 9 to 11 30 a m from June 11 to August 15 at the Lovington grade school playground with registration June 9 and 10 from 9 to 11 a m and 2 to 4 p m at the Community and Youth Center.
The American Employers Insurance Company will insure the state police workmen’s compensation policy after Mountain States Mutual Casualty Co. canceled its contract due to an expected $32,000 in claims. District Judge Waldo H. Rogers denied Mountain States a new trial in Captain A. H. Hathaway’s compensation suit, where a $30 weekly award was previously set.
Lea County commissioners met in a very quiet session on Monday. Bills were paid and routine business handled. the session ended by noon. Ed Holt left for Santa Fe on business, Denson had Hobbs appointment, and Alex Woodell remained at the courthouse until four to take calls, but none came.
Police report shows 15 criminals killed by officers in Chicago in 1951 and citizens killed another 10 hoodlums, detailing a harsh year in the city’s crime battle.
Hershell M. Faulkner son of Mrs. Mary Faulkner Payner of Lovington will receive a medical degree Monday June 9 from Baylor University College of Medicine in Houston Texas. He belongs to Alpha Kappa Kappa, has served on the board of directors and as social chairman, edited Baylor Medical Annual, chaired the Inter fraternity board, and earned top national honor society status. Mrs. Payne left Wednesday to attend the graduation.
The Lovington town council held an all night session approving a six month trial of 100 parking meters from the First National Bank along three blocks of Main Street with a 60 percent payments cut until paid. The council also fired Police Officer Bill Privitts and approved $60 monthly for a youth program assistant and $104 vacation pay for Gladys Crouse.
Robert Trimble owner of the Blue Water Inn in Port Sanilac Michigan wonders how a book of matches bearing his restaurant name ended up in Korea. The matches were discovered on the body of a Chinese soldier on a Korean battlefield.
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