Telephone Strike Looms If Talks Fail This Friday
Hobbs news notes a possible nationwide telephone strike starting Friday that could paralyze communications if current negotiations fail. Separately, Bergere bound over to district court on charges of driving while intoxicated and failing to stop and reveal identity after a June 7 crash injuring a 12 year old.
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Riddle
Joseph Charles Bergere
Reas- Bergere
Turner and
Texas Sts
Hobbs
Sammy McCallum
Lea General Hospital
Woh
Willard Pritchard
John McCallum
Reed
Bergere
J. W. Neal
Bensing
Woodrow W
Roy) Riddle
Robert Bensing
Nettie
Hattie Grogan
W. W
Ororise
New School Named For J L Yarbro
Lovington board of education on June 28 unanimously approved naming the new 24 classroom elementary unit Yarbro Elementary School in honor of J L Yarbro's 25 years of public education service. The building will sit on the former football field west of the junior high gym, with construction to begin by August 1, replacing Old Central.
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Lovington
Central
Death toll on New Mexico highways rises to 136 for year
A one car crash near Laguna on U S Highway 66 claims the life of 79 year old Charles Luther Renner of Marshfield Missouri after his vehicle skids into a bridge. The district reports 136 highway deaths for the year up from 167 at this time last year. Also confirming 29 year old Jimmy Garcia of Albuquerque died in Duke County from injuries in a car train collision last April.
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Lagura
New Mexico
Charles Luther Renner
Marshfield
Laguna
Bernsville County Hospital
Jimmy Garcia
Albuquerque
Duke Cty
Jones and Laughlin unveils steel wire cord for tires
Pittsburgh based Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. announced a steel wire cord for tire reinforcement. The firm said it developed a brass plating method to help rubber adhere to the cord.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
73 Teachers Retire As State Board Reports
The State School Retirement Board announces the retirement of 73 teachers and employees. Forty retire for age, 15 for more than 30 years of service, and 18 for disabilities. Retirement pay typically ranges from 100 to 150 dollars monthly.
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The
State School Retirement Board
Blind Bogie Golf Tourney Here July 4
The Lovington Country Club will sponsor a Blind Bogie Golf Tournament on July 4 with prizes donated by local firms. The event is a blind bogie affair. Fishing boating and swimming will be open to the public on July 4.
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Lovington Country Club
Lovington Youth Runs From Industrial School
A 15 year old Lovington boy Hurley Palmer escaped Springer Industrial School for Boys yesterday from the farm site where he worked on an irrigation project. Officials fear he may be armed after he boasted of taking a gun to aid an escape. Assistant Superintendent J H Gardner says the claim was dismissed as a tall tale but a search is underway and Palmer may have hitched a ride on a freight train. Palmer was courtwarded to the school January 17 1955 for habitual disobedience and incorrigibility. His father is Clarence A Palmer Star Route Lovington.
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Lovington
Hurley Palmer
Springer Industrial School
Yesterady
J. H. Gardner
Palmer
Gardner
Clarence A. Palmer
Star Route
Abandoned Car Reported Near North Main Business
Bill Bradgett reported a car abandoned with a Texas license near his business on North Main. The owner was located and told officers he would move it.
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Bill Bradgett
North Main
Lovington School Bonds Sold To Zahner Co
Lovington School District bonds were sold to Zahner and Company of Kansas City on Tuesday June 28. Zahner bid a net interest of 2.09466 percent with maturities through 1960 and a total premium of 160 dollars. Second bid came from Lovington National Bank at 2 1/8 percent plus 30 dollar premium, about 880 dollars higher overall.
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Lovington
Zahner and Company
Kansas City
Zahner
John Easley
Zahner Company
Boettcher & Co
Denver
Coughlin & Co
Lucas, Eisen & Waeckerle
Quinn & Co
Albuquerque
J. R. Wycoff
Lea County
Quinn and Co
Hobbsfords
Zahner Co
Quinn Inc. Co
Lovington National Bank
State of
New Mexico
Mrs Bertha Hanks Dies at 61 in Hobbs
Mrs Bertha Mae Hanks 61 died Wednesday at 6 15 am in Lea County Hospital born January 21 1894 in Texas lived in Hobbs 30 years Survived by husband W A Hanks two daughters Mrs Oleta Smith and Mrs Betty Baxter two sons Billy and George Hanks one sister Mrs George McNew three brothers Clarence Andrew Billy Follis Burial at Memory Gardens with rites at First Assembly of God Church Hobbs funeral cortege included Earl Kornegay Sam Cain and others
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First
Assembly of God Church
Bertha Mae Hanks
Hanks
Lea County Hospital
Texas
Hobbs
W. A. Hanks
Oleta Smith
Betty Baxter
Friona
Billy
George Hanks
George McNew
Lubbock
Clarence Follis
Andrew Follis
Oklahoma
Billy Follis
Dimmit
Earl Kornegay
Sam Cain
W. W.W. Kluting
Rickie Linley
Oo. R. Shaw
John Hooper
C. M. Sullins
Will Dunnam
J. N. Anderson
W. M. Bingham
Jury Awards $19 800 in Lea County Injury Suit
Jury awards Troy E. Jackson nineteen thousand eight hundred dollars for injuries from a February twenty six truck collision on Oil Center road. He pursued sixty four thousand dollars claiming total and permanent injuries against McVean and Barlow Inc. and Elbert Rhodes of Odessa Texas.
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Lea County
Troy E. Jackson
Oil Center
Jackson
Jack Underwood
Lovington
McVean and Barlow Inc
Elbert Rhodes
Odessa
Texas
Rhodes
Three Quit Sheriff's Dept in Lea County Area
Sheriff Jewell McAdoo loses three deputies with planned resignations and transfers. Reece Greaves moves from radio operator to field man for the Lea County Assessor. Cecil Love named to take Greaves Place. Deputy Joe Pierce resigns July 1 to work two Independent Oil Companies. Miss Marcella Thorn plans to move to Albuquerque.
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Jewell McAdoo
Reece Greaves
Lea County
Ravenelle Tatum
Greaves
Joe Pierce
Eunice
Pierce
Marcella Thorn
Miss Thorn
J. W. Eaves
Albuquerque
Clovis
Cecil Love
Lovington Fire Chief Plans Regular Practice Sessions
Lovington Fire Department Chief Jimmy Woodward schedules regular practice for the 26 firefighters. The group splits into two squads under assistant chiefs Rusty Woodward and Merle Kindel. A special meeting is set for Thursday at 7 p m to organize drills and fireworks handling for July 4 at the Country Club.
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Jimmy Woodward
Lovington
Rusty Woodward
Merle Kindel
Country Club
Lovington Old Timer B J Sledge Dies in Las Vegas
B J Sledge died in a Las Vegas hospital on Tuesday. He lived alone in Lovington and had no local relatives. Known for riding a bicycle around town and doing yard work, he worked for Senator Jack Danglade and others for years before illness led to placement in a nursing home and then hospital. Services were pending arrival of the body in Lovington.
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B. J. Sledge
Lovington
Las Vegas
Mr. Sledge
Jack Danglade
Clovis
Lottery winner donates down payment after fire loss
Wilbraham Massachusetts residents Mr and Mrs Julian Sick won a $500 down payment on a house in a lottery and gave the prize to Harry Harvey whose home had been destroyed by fire days earlier.
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Wilbraham
Mass
Julian Sick
Harry Harvey
Louise Hamilton Sues For Injuries At Roswell Lot
Louise Hamilton files suit in Lea County district court seeking 26200 for injuries from a fall while descending a trailer house steps at Earl Worley Trailer Sales in Roswell. She alleges a misaligned metal rim caused her heel to catch and sever blood vessels and tendons. She seeks 200 in medical expenses and 26000 for lost wages and pain.
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Louise Hamilton
Earl Worley
Roswell
Lea County
Joe Davis
Alpha E. Davis
Mary S. Baker
Elmer L. Baker
Dorothy Fay Sable
Earl R. Sable
Vernon E. Taylor
Ruby L. Taylor
Virgil James Grumbles
Patsy Marie Grumbles
Resume Talks Albuquerque Sparks Labor Dispute
The metal trades council and the Office Workers International resumed contract talks with Sandia Corp. management in Albuquerque on Tuesday. Talks follow 19 recommendations from the atomic energy labor management relations panel.
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Albuquerque
Sandia Corp
Atomic Energy Labor-Managemet Relations Panel
Metal Trades Council
Kestnbaum panel urges shifting soil program to states
The Kestnbaum commission recommends moving some soil conservation duties from the Federal Soil Conservation Service to state control, with states contributing their own funds alongside federal grants. Eight of 25 members opposed, while critics warn of weakening national reach.
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Meyer Kestnbaum
Chicago
Tve
Senate
House
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Commission
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Kestnbaum Commission
USDA
Agriculture Department
Peterson
Capitol Hill
Harold Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
The
Conservation Service
White House
Congress
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Batton
L. S
Cy) Batton
Woodward
West Central
Mr. Batton
Hazel Stivers
Miss Stivers
Peonot
L. S. Batton
Kermit Nash
City Hall
Nettie Riddle
J.L. Yarbro
Industrial
Bertha Hanks
T.E Jackson
Sheriff's Dept
General Telephone Company
Southwest
C. I. O. Communications Workers of American
G. D. Shelly
Leaco
Tatum
San Angelo
Skelton
General Telephone
General Telephone Co
Bernard Brenner
United Press Radio
Washington
Commission On Inter-Governmental Relations
Act of Congress
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