Lea County Assessments Up To Par Says Governor
Governor John Simms tells Ton Lovington Chamber that Lea County assessments meet state law requiring renditions at one third sound value. New Senate bill No 304 gives State Tax Commission power to suspend county assessors with 10 days notice and a hearing, possibly unpaid during suspension.
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Lea County
John Simms
Lovington
Chamber Commerce
State Tax Commission
Senate
M. E. Morgan
Horace de Vargas
Boy in Hobbs Remains Comatose After Scooter Accident
Sammy McCallum of 216 West Midwest Hobbs lies in hospital after being struck by a car while on a motor scooter. Doctors await healing of a broken leg and his condition remains critical though his mother notes slight improvement. He faces a two month hospitalization with feeding through intravenous lines.
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Sammy McCallum
Midwest
Hobbs
Sammy
Cotton farmers prepare to spray aphids with deadly pesticide
Local cotton growers rig up spray rigs to fight aphids using a special parathion insecticide. Recommended for use with strict care to protect operators, it has shown success in parts of Texas. Applied behind tractors, it kills aphids thrips and hoppers. Farmers are urged to monitor fields for three weeks, the critical period.
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Texas
Man Jailed for Unpaid Fine After DUI Parking Charge
Grady Walton was fined 100 dollars and 5 dollars costs by Justice of the Peace John W. Green for parking a motor vehicle on the highway while intoxicated. Walton failed to pay the fine and was sent to jail.
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Grady Walton
Justice of the Peace
John W. Green
Walton
Midland Couple Held For . Investigation
A Midland man Earl W. Jordan and Mary Ellen Jordan were arrested in Hobbs after allegedly stealing steel thread protectors from a Shell Oil field rig. They faced larceny and traveling with fictitious license plates, with Shell to identify them. A rifle, pipe, toy gun and knife were found in their car. no gun was recovered.
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Midland
Hobbs
Shell Oil Company
Earl W. Jordan
Mary Ellen Jordan
James Robinson
Shell
R. B. Flourney
Shell Oil
Lovington
June 22 Deadline for Emergency Feed Applications
Carriers and ranchers are reminded that June 22 is the deadline. The ASC Office Manager and the FHA Committee are authorized to approve enough feed to cover needs until sixty days after June 30. Application blanks are available in ASC or FHA offices.
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ASC
FHA
City Police Court Busy Disposition Three Days
Judge John W. Green presiding reports fines and bonds for several defendants. Raymond Van Brock fined 10 for drunkenness. Russell S. Holder 100 for riding with a drunken driver. Morris B. Brown bond forfeited 25. Erasmo Garbay 15 for drunken in public. Francisc Galvin 10 for drunken in public. John R. McKelvins drunken driving bond 150 and license barred one year. Frank Mauro Jr 15 speeding. Earl Garassie 15 speeding. Bobby Gene Shirley 15 stop sign offense. Mercedes Hernandez 25 drunken in public. Cladue Earl Thompson 25 drunk. Jack Collins 25 drunk.
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John W. Green
Raymond van Brock
Russell S. Holder
Morris B. Brown
Erasmo Garbay
Francisc Galvin
John R. McKelvins
Runaway Motorcycle Crashes Into Hobbs Electric Windows
A motorcycle stolen from Wayne Shoults of Safeway crashed through two plate glass windows of New Mexico Electric Service Co. in Hobbs early Friday. The bike, valued at 350 dollars, was damaged 150 dollars. No arrests have been made.
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New Mexico Electric Service Co
Hobbs
Safeway
Wayne Shoults
Dunham Street
Polio Second Shot Clinic Set For June 28
The second polio vaccine dose will be given Tuesday June 28 at the Junior High gym on Jefferson Ave from 9 a.m. to noon. Only students who had the first shot earlier report with a parent to sign a parental request form available at the clinic.
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Jefferson Ave
Woman Held For District Court After Stabbing
A preliminary hearing in Judge John W. Green's justice court bound Ola Mae Brockington over for trial on a charge of assault with intent to maim after a June stabbing at the M and M cafe. Prosecutors say she stabbed Janie May Buford from behind amid jealousy over a supposed affair.
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John W. Green
Justice of the Peace Court
Ola Mae Brockington
Brockington
Janie May Buford
M&m
Divorce Suits Dominate Court Docket
Rita Allen vs Donally Allen and others headline a docket heavy with divorce actions. Restoration of names, marriages abroad, and adjoined suits such as compensation for injuries and insurance claims fill the list, including Lin den J. Smith v A. E. Swift and Traders and General Insurance Co. Damages sought total several thousand dollars across cases.
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Rita Allen
Donally Allen
William T. Ragland Jr
Charlene Ann Ragland
Hazel Turner Johnson
James R. Johnson
Eunice
Garland Melvin Burgin
Linden J. Smith
A. E. Swift and Son
Traders and General Insurance Co
Denson and Pennington of
Hobbs
H. E. B. Construction Co
Mollie Shelton
Mariethel McConal
Garland McConal
D. R. Robbins
E. F. Moran, Inc
Standard Insurance Co
Jailed in Default for Reckless Driving
Ysidoro Piaz DeLeon of Lovington jailed Wednesday morning in default of a 625 fine set by City Police Judge Green for reckless driving. He was arrested at 11:02 p m Tuesday on South Main Street by Officer White, paid the fine, and was released.
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Ysidoro Piaz DeLeon
Lovington
Green
DeLeon
South Main St
Officer White
Three Men Arrested After Liquor Incident in Lovington
Three drunks were jailed after Lovington police action on Thursday night. George Edward Henson 27 was charged with driving while intoxicated. Horace William Vick 34 was charged with being drunk. A. J. Jarman 27 was charged with driving while intoxicated.
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Lovington
George Edward Henson
Horace William Vick
A. J. Jarman
RR Co. Wins $25 000 Suit For Damages
A Lea County jury found for the Texas and New Mexico Railway Co in a 25 000 damage suit by J T and Le land Gwinn filed after floods in Lovington in May 1954 The City of Lovington was dismissed as a party The verdict held the railroad was not negligent and floods were an act of God The Gwins lost topsoil crops baled hay and home damage from floodwaters
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Lea County
Texas & New Mexico Railway Co
J. T
Leland Gwn
Lovington
George T. Harris
Gwin
Gwins
Robert Ward
Melvin C. Neal
Railroad Company
Mack Easley
Hobbs
Hobbs Youth Killed in Ft Stockton Auto Crash
Melvin Chidester 19 of Hobbs died in a Friday morning wreck near Ft Stockton Texas when his pickup struck a culvert. He is survived by parents Mrs. and Mr. Hubert Chidester Hobbs a sister Mrs. Bill Cramer Los Alamos four brothers Bustler Sam Buddy and Jess all of Hobbs and North Africa and Milne Sand. grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Roland Pep New Mexico. Funeral at Griffin Chapel Hobbs Sunday 10 A M with burial in Tatum Cemetery. He attended Hobbs High and was in FFA.
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Turner Melvin Chidester
Ft. Stockton
Texas
East Marlang
Hobbs
Gentry Bros
Dell City
North Sea County
Hubert Chidester
Bill Cramer
Los Alamos
Bustler
Airforce
North Africa
Sam
Milnesand
Buddy
Jess
Joe Roland
Pep
New Mexico
Griffin Chapel
FFA
Tatum Cemetery
Three Injured In Wreck On Rural Road
Hiawatha Williams drove a Lovington County Club pickup that wrecked about 4 30 am injuring three men Leroy Ruth and Edgar Carter sustained minor cuts while Williams suffered lacerations and bruises The vehicle sustained about 500 in damage and all were treated at the Lovington Clinic
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Wrecck
Hiawatha Williams
Lovington Country Club
Leroy Ruth
Edgar Carter
Lovington Clinic
Maljamar Lions Receive Charter At Formal Presentation
About 175 people gathered in the Maljamar Recreation Hall for the charter presentation of the Maljamar Lions Club. Carl Rudolph district governor presented the charter, Lovington club officials assisted, and Jimmy Abbott and Chad Wiley received extension awards.
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Maljamar Lions Club
Claude R. Crossley
John J. Lee
Kyle W. Taylor
O. L. McCutcheon
Cecil E. Holeman
Aubry R. Northam
Lion Taner
Ollie R. Blanton
Claude E. Vinson
Walter A. Hammond
George M. James
Alfred 0. Duckworth
Phillip G. Cooley
Ted R. Garrett
Edward Hailes
Jimmy R. McCutcheon
Ralph L. Mc@ill
James J. McMurray
H. K. Phillips
Robert E. Ross
L. O. Shrader
Curtis J. Stack Jr
Evirt W. West
Artesia
Hobbs
Lovington
J.C. Head
Capitola
Cornett
Kyle Taylor
D. D. Archer
Lions Clubs
Carl Rudolph
Crossley
Jimmy Abbott
Lovingtn
Cecil E. Holemann
America
Officials Push Reopening of Hobbs Air Base
Lea County leaders and area chambers launch drive to reroute the Hobbs Air Base to active status. Breach ers will be sent to an Air Force inspection team visiting next week to outline advantages of reactivation over new bases in Las Vegas and Carlsbad.
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Hobbs
Chamber of Commerce
Lea County
Hobbs Air Base
U. S. Air Force
Tatum, Hobbs and
Lovington Chambers of Commerce
Air Force
Dennis Chave
Effo.t
Three American POWs among five released by China
China releases five Korean War prisoners including three Americans identified as Cpl. Lewie Griggs of Jacksonville Texas Cpl. Otto Bel of Olympia Washington and Will iam Coward of Dalton Georgia The move follows a Chinese Red Cross Society announcement noting the men asked to leave China and that they were among 22 who refused repatriation The fate of the Americans remains uncertain while the defense department says they could return home but would face prosecution for staying with the Reds
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London
Red China
Peiping
China
Red Cros Society
Lewie Griggs
Jacksonville
Texas
Otto Bel
Olympia
Washington
William Coward
Dalton
Georgia
U. N
Coward
Monticello
Arkansas
G. I
Reds
Jewell Bell
Albert Griggs
Greggs
A Green
W. A. Wart
State Police Office Relocated to Chamber of Commerce
State Police officer Otis Haley announced the police office has moved from the city hall. The city needed the former police station space, so the officer will operate from the Chamber of Commerce offices or at home when not on assignment.
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Otis Haley
Haley
Chamber of Commerce
Lovington City Commission Agenda Set for June 21 Meet
Five major items comprise the Lovington City Commission semi monthly agenda. City Manager James W. Harrison lists topics including a report on the collection and related municipal matters to be discussed in the chambers behind the police station.
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Lovington
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Charles Martin Schubert
George Schubert
Green Acres
J. C. Head
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Maljamar Lions
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