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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1950
Page
2
The note specifies meetings or events occur twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays. It outlines regular sessions and recurring timing for participants, likely in a workplace or club setting. The wording emphasizes a stable cadence and routine attendance.
A bill known as the Spence Act H.R. 2756 would let the President seize control of production, set budgets, create government plants, regulate trade, fix prices, and inspect private records to enforce the act. Proponents warn it mirrors totalitarian powers, while critics call it a threat to liberty and national democracy.
A group of nearly 100 country editors urge Congress to shrink federal size and costs, end subsidies, cut social services, balance the budget and reduce debt, and return authority to states. They worry current majorities push socialism and call for voters to elect fiscally responsible editors to Congress.
The piece notes unresolved questions about Truman and labor leader Lewis while examining coal miners’ threats to refuse returning to work and the stalemate ahead.
The piece rebukes claims that the Hoover Committee urged taking away medical care from veterans as false. It argues the assertion is scurrilous and questions the moral judgments of Americans amid debates on wartime benefits.
The Houston Press cites wartime excise taxes still in effect four and a half years after the war to discourage travel and business. Illinois Retail Association officials urge immediate repeal, warning of reduced inventories including furs and jewelry and delaying purchases while Congress acts for economic welfare.
The Grapevine notes a fundamental power shift in New Mexico as Anglo voters rise, Spanish speakers lose dominance, and the 1950 gubernatorial race hinges on the June 6 primary. It cites Victor Salazar and Senator Chavez as pivotal, outlines reapportionment impacts, and mentions a potential independent Democratic movement in eastern counties.
In Lea County New Mexico the ancillary executrix Marion Taylor Underwood has filed a final account and report for I J Underwood deceased. A hearing is set for March 30 1950 at 10 00 AM in Lovington Probate Court to hear objections determine heirship and distribute the estate. The notice includes named heirs and unknown claimants and lists Heidel & Swarthout Lovington as the executrixs attorneys.
Post Office address Box 867 Roswell NM appears in a district court seal notice dated February 17 1950. W M Beauchamp clerk of the Lea County District Court signs the document. Publication runs in Lovington Leader on February 21 28 March 6 and March 13 1950.
A reformed logger recounts a lurid East Side robbery tale from the mob era. An old candy store keeper traps three gangsters in the cellar by rolling mattresses into a bundle and ties them with clothesline. The hoodlums search the cellar, then flee to the roof as the old man feigns banked furnace heat. The gangsters later become the hunted as the story ends with a taunt about the mattress memory.
An essay argues free speech requires free hearing and free thinking. It warns that emotions can derail reason, urging citizens to listen honestly and assess speeches by lasting logic. It emphasizes protecting free press, radio, churches, and motion pictures while sustaining open minds.
Charles Moody told police two men pounced on him as he waited for a streetcar. He said he attacked, hitting one man in the face and striking another, while the robber fled with Moody’s wallet though his discharge papers remained.
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