Dixon Case Still Fought Though Nuns Are Out
The Dixon separation of church and state case returns for a June hearing in superior court amid national attention. Protests over Catholic teaching in New Mexico public schools and use of church property have led to shifting rulings and battles over textbook grants bus transportation and nonsectarian policy.
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Dixon
New Mexico
E. Turner Hensley
Joe L. Martinez
Board of Education
State Board of Education
Edwin V. Byrne
Santa Fe
Dixon Group
Harry L. Bigbee
Bigbee
Civil Liberties Union
G. Philip Dunleavey
Martinez
New Mexico County Price Support Rates Set by USDA
The U S Department of Agriculture announces 1951 county price support rates for New Mexico based on U S Grade No 2 or better or Grade No 3 by test weight. Lea County listed at 1 19 per bushel reflecting transportation costs. notes on disease-spread by insects are included.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
New Mexico
U. S
Lea County
Refrigerators Bring Modern Cool to Farm Kitchens
Rural electrification boosts farm refrigerators as standard in homes. Modern units keep 50 degrees or colder, use about 22 kilowatt hours monthly, and resume after power returns. Features include auto defrost and compartments for butter fruits vegetables and meats with a peach coconut cream recipe.
New Mexico 4-H Leaders Elect Officers at A&M Campus
More than 225 4-H club leaders attended the sixth annual short course at New Mexico A&M College where officers were chosen for the New Mexico 4-H Club Leaders Association. Elected were Mrs. R. J. Wombach president, Mrs. Louis Nelson vice president, L. S. Kutrz secretary, Mrs. Gladys Denton treasurer, and district chairs Miss Margaret Montgomery, Mrs. Pope Doss et, Mrs. Faye Shaddy, and Mrs. Virgil Blakely.
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New Mexico
New Mexico A&m College
R. J. Wombach
Dona Ana
Louis Nelson
Chaves County
L. S. Kutrz
Gladys Denton
Bernalillo
Labor Board Widens Farm Wage Rules and Horse Population Dip
The Wage Stabilization Board preserves a ten percent cap on agricultural wages and shifts the base date to the crop season 1950. NM A&M economist J E Rowe notes seasonal labor needs drive the change. New Mexico farms report 74 000 horses on Jan 1 a 4 percent drop from last year and 32 percent below 1940-49 averages with an average value per head of 28 dollars. United States figures show a 9 percent drop in farm horses and a 44 percent decline from 1940-49, with a per head value of 4340 dollars on Jan 1 this year.
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Wage Stabilization Board
J. E. Rowe
New Mexico A&m College
Stabilization Board
Rowe
New Mexico
C. R. Keaton
United States
U. S
Births at Lea County Hospital May 23 and 24
Babies born to Davis Horns at 823 East Roxana Ruben weight 7 pounds 3 ounces. Shirley Evans Jr. at 1503 East Midwest Cynthia Ann. J O Donahue at 432 East Alston a son seven pounds fourteen ounces. The drive in movie industry is approaching 20 years with about two thousand theaters.
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Babie
Lea County Hospital
Davis Hornsby
East Roxana
Ruben
Shirley Evans Jr
E. Midwest
Cynthia Ann
J. O. Donahue
E. Alston
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USDA
Farm Electrification Bureau
Washington’s
Grand Coulee Dam
Chevrolet
Fisher
Chevro Heanna
America
Lovington, New Mexico
Lester Alston
Acciden
Civil Aeronautics Administration
U.S
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Lovington
Shebs
MR. Advertiser
MR. Reader
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