Lea County road plans brighten prospects for Lea County
Lea County commissioners report possible state and federal road work next year after meetings with the State Highway Commission and State Engineer John Bliss. Talks cover a road to the Southwest Public Service Co. power plant near Arkansas Junction, water wells in Lea County, and a disputed Kerr McGee mine site move into Eddy County, with Lovington Chamber pushing for the mine to locate there and potential tax revenue implications for Lea County.
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Lea County
Hobby Gann
Lovington
George Blocker
Jal
J. R. Wycoff
Hobbs
State Highway Commission
John Bliss
Wycoff
Southwest Public Service Co
Arkansas Junction
Carlsbad Highway
Eddy County
Eddy
Leg County
Alfalfa Tests Reveal Soil Alkali Status For Crops
New Mexico A&M College researchers C. W. Chang and H. E. Dregen show alkali levels in soil can be judged by analyzing tissue from plants grown in it. Alfalfa serves as a test crop. high alkali favors cotton over alfalfa, guiding crop choice and potential land restoration.
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New Mexico A&m College
A&m
C. W. Chang
H. E. Dregen
New Mexico
Commercial Grants Support New Mexico A and M Research
Three major firms donated 7500 dollars to New Mexico A&M College's Agricultural Experiment Station for fertilizer use research next year. Mathieson Chemical Corp led with 2500 dollars for nitrogen and phosphorus availability in high lime soils. Phillips Chemical Co and International Minerals and Chemical Corp also contributed. Findings will be published in A&M bulletins and reports.
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Agricultural Experiment Station of
New Mexico
A&m College
A. S. Curry
Mathieson Chemical Corp
Baltimore
College Station
Phillips Chemical Co
Bartlesville
Oklo
International Minerals and Chemical Corp
Chicago, Il
A&m
Dog reunites with owners after long separation
Mr and Mrs Samuel Di Mauro report their year old cocker spaniel walked from Island Park New York about 120 miles away into their Torrington Connecticut yard two months after they moved.
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Torrington, Conn
Samuel di Mauro
Island Park
L. I
Plentiful foods for July announced by USDA official
Potatoes and ice cream have been chosen by the U S Department of Agriculture to feature on the July plentiful foods list. John J Slaughter, field supervisor, soupwest food distribution division, Agricultural Marketing Service, announced.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
John J. Slaughter
Soupwest Food Distribution Division
Agricultural Marketing Service
Pig Crop Up Nine Percent In 1955 Production
U S D A reports 1955 pig crop topped 60,450,000 head, up 9 percent from 1954. An estimated 40,500,000 pigs will be born between June 1 and year end, bringing total 1955 production to about 101,000,000 piglets, marking a 9 percent rise over 1954 farm output.
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United Press
Tipps Uninjured After Car Crash West of Lovington
Charlie Tipps told the sheriff he fell asleep at the wheel about 3 a m on Highway 83, 15 miles west of Lovington, causing his car to overturn. He reported no injuries and planned to tow the vehicle to a local Ford garage.
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Charlie Tipps
Sheriff's Office
Lovington
Tipps
Hobbs Man Named To Legion Offic es
W K Aldridge of Hobbs chosen as commander of the New Mexico American Legion at its Las Vegas convention closing Sunday. V ice commanders include Thornton of Hurley, Whaton of Los Alamos, Harrison of Clovis. chaplain Wingo of Santa Fe. Sergeant at Arms Boyd of Jal. Reed Mulkey of Roswell named national executive committeeman. Dr E H Reed of Portales as his alternate. Auxiliary elects Anthony T Jenta of Alamogordo as president and other officers from Artesia Los Alamos Roy Santa Rosa Albuquerque.
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A Hobbsman
W. K.aldridge
New Mexico
Portales
M.S. Anthony T. Jenta
Alamogordo
Harry Gilmore
Artesia
Monroe Mackey
Roy
Robert Geoffrion
Los Alamos
H. L. Gallegos
Santa Rosa
J. E. Allen
Albuquerque
Quemada Girl Killed In Auto Accident
A 15 year old Quemada New Mexico girl June Johnson died in an Arizona hospital from head injuries after the car she drove failed a curve ten miles north of Quemada. Three other juveniles were injured but released. A second NM traffic victim near Bernalillo over the weekend was 70 year old Robert Charles Gambling struck by a car.
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United Press
Quemada
New Mexico
Arizona
June Johnson
Springerville
Bernalillo
Robert Charles Gambling
Girl's body given to Mayo Clinic for research
A six year old Albuquerque girl Lynee Ellen Swanson who died after months of illness is donated to the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota for research. Parents Mr and Mrs Guy A Swanson hope the gesture aids others with the same pancreatic gland ailment. The child was treated from infancy for a digestion affecting condition.
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United Press
Albuquerque
Little Lynee Ellen Swanson
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Guy A. Swanson
Lynne
Thief Takes $80 From Callahan While He Slept
Joseph Callahan slept in front of the TV and awoke to find $80 missing from his nearby trousers. Police investigated the casual theft as a nighttime pocket pick.
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Joseph Callahan
Hobbs Soldier joins 2nd Infantry at Fort Lewis
Pvt. George H. Huff, 19, son of Paul P. Huff of Hobbs New Mexico, recently arrived at Fort Lewis Washington and joined the 2nd Infantry Division Battery B 12th Field Artillery Battalion. He graduated Hobbs High School in 1954 and entered the Army in January, last served at Camp Chaffee Arkansas.
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Fort Lewis, Wash
George H. Huff
Paul P. Huff
Green Acres
Hobbs
N. M
Fort Lewis
Wash
2Nd
Korea
Huff
Hobbs High School
12Th Field Artillery
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Oil Demand Seen Rising 3 Percent Annually
L. F. McCollum of Continental Oil predicts continued need to locate new reserves despite atomic energy and jet tech. He foresees a 3 percent yearly increase in U S petroleum product demand over the next decade as military machines expand.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Texas
L. F. McCollum
Jold
California
Continental Oilvestment Bankers Association
New Mexico Agencies Authorize Seven Uranium Firms
The State Corporation Commission states seven new uranium firms have been authorized to do business in New Mexico, bringing total authorized firms to 85. No figures on actual uranium production exist yet. Through 1954 a total of 66 uranium firms were incorporated in the state.
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United Press
State Corporation Commission
New Mexico
The Nerve of Kerr McGee Editorial
An editorial criticizes Kerr McGee for plans to mine potash crossing county lines and siphon Lea County water. It alleges Eddy County seeks to block more well permits and calls for forming a water conservation district to recharge Lea County’s underground supply. The piece invites local readers to oppose the project and offers support for action.
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Eddy County
Lea County
Kerr-McGee
Kerr-McGee Group
Five Men Fined In City Court
City Police Judge John W. Green fined five men in a Friday session. Elmer Oscar Story paid 15 dollars for disorderly conduct. Thomas Frank McBryde 25 dollars for drinking in public, his second offense. Julian I. Garcia 25 dollars for disorderly conduct, his second offense and jailed for nonpayment. William Harrison Doyle 15 dollars for drinking in public. Shelby Gilmore 10 dollars for speeding within city limits.
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John W. Green
Elmer Oscar Story
Thomas Frank McBryde
Julian I. Garcia
William Harrison Doyle
Jailed for vagrancy and fined drivers in county court
Burton Bay Weeks received 15 days in jail on a vagrancy charge by Justice of the Peace John W. Green on Friday morning. E. G. Adams was fined 25 dollars plus 5 dollars costs by Justice Green for operating an overloaded tractor trailer truck.
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Justice of the Peace
John W. Green
Justice Green
Non Jury Case Docket Set for July in Juvenile Court
District Judge John Brand will set the non-jury docket today. Court will convene in Juvenile Court on the 13th and probably continue for two weeks.
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John Brand
Weekly Business Review on Factories and Markets
The report shows gasoline supplies around a million barrels weekly with 165 million barrels in storage and production at 25.5 million barrels per week. Steel, autos, coal, and construction rise, with May wage and cost of living steady, and demand for fall apparel and sportswear increasing.
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Dun & Branstreet
Final Rites Held Monday For H J Burns Of Lovington
H J Burns long time rancher and banker of Lovington dies leaving wife Mattie Rowena Daniels two sons Joel and Royce four grandchildren and three sisters Survived by wife two sons and many relatives Funeral at Smith Yarbro Chapel conducted by Rev Bernard Culbertson with interment in Lovington Cemetery.
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Lubbock
Mattie Rowena Daniels
New Mexico
West Texas
Burns Hereford Farms
Lea County Hereford Ass’n
Lovington National Bank
Smith-Yarbro
Bernard Culbertson
Church of the Nazarene
Mattie
Joel
Salt Lake City
Utah
Royce
Lovington
Six held after city police action Saturday night
Six men and one woman were jailed by city police Saturday night. The group includes Inez Bowman 22 charged with disorderly conduct and drunkenness. Winda Boulden 27 charged with drunkenness and creating a disturbance. Otto Anderson Tankersley 42 charged with being drunk. Martinez Cantu 50 charged with being drunk. Antonio Meco Jackson 27 among others.
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Inez Bowman
Winda Boulden
Otto Anderson Tankersley
Martinez Cantu
Antonio Meco Jackson
Disordered Speech Charges Filed Against Two Men
Martin Quintela Ornelas, 42, charged with assault on the person of another. Louis Lincoln Jackson, 31, charged with abusive language.
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Martin Quintela Ornelas
Louis Lincoln Jackson
Midland Moves Up To Second In Longhorn League
The Midland Indians edged Roswell 4 to 3 to climb to second in the Longhorn League behind Artesia. Artesia hammered Big Spring 19 to 8 as Carlsbad beat San Angelo 13 to 8. Od essa Hobbs game postponed by wind and dust. Weaver struck out 14 to earn his 6th win.
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Midland Indians
San Angelo Colts
Indians
Roswell
Artesia
Big Spring
Carlsbad
San Angelo
Midland
Arteria
Sockers
Artesia Numexers
Numexers
Paul Dobkowski
Jim Bawcom
Bob Kerron
Eddie Leke
Rosse Hill
Tocke
Steve Nunez
Thurman Tuker
Potashers
Lok Weaver
Bob McElrath
Sherwood Brewer
Drowned 12-year-old William Atkinson Found at Carlsbad Beach
The ninth Eddy County drowning of the year involved 12-year-old William Atkinson from Hobbs. Lifeguard Ned Shattuck recovered the body about five minutes after the boy was reported missing while swimming south of the guarded area. he had come to Carlsbad with a Boy Scout troop and is survived by his mother Beatrice Atkinson.
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United Press
Hobbs
Eddy County
William Atkinson
Ned Shattuck
Carlsbad
Beatrice Atkinson
Police Probe Robbery at Cros Leys Cafe and Mallamar P O
Law officers investigate an attempted burglary Friday night at Cros ley's Cafe, a filling station, and the Mallamar Post Office. Only a package with car seat covers was taken from the post office. pennies were in the cash register at the station. Deputy James Robinson says entry was gained by prying a hasp and the thief moved through side doors to the cafe and post office lobby. Arthur P. Bryant of the Roswell postal inspection office assists the county police.
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Crosley
Mallamar
James Robinson
Post Office
Arthur P. Bryant
Roswell
Story-Teller Fleeces Minister With Ten Dollar Loan
Rev. Ed Hamilton of the Methodist Church was approached by a smooth talking man claiming to move from Elko Nevada to Lovington. The impostor asked a $10 loan and produced a bounced check claim, but Hamilton uncovered no Elko funds. Deputies are seeking the con artist on a hot check charge.
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Ed Hamilton
Methodist Church
Elko
Nevada
Ralph Martin
Rev. Hamilton
Rev
Hamilton
Lovington
Levinton
Martin
Sheriff's Deputies
Infant Cope Buried Monday
The infant child of Mr and Mrs is interred Monday according to a brief obituary notice. The ceremony occurred in the local area with family in attendance.
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Cope
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E. G. Adams
Weekly Business Review
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National Coal Association
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