Taft Blames Truman For Korean War in Local View
Local write up notes Taft blaming Truman for the Korean War while promoting a Little League film shown in Levington with two screenings. The piece explains Little League Baseball Inc. and Carl Stotz run leagues for ages 10 to 12 with Williamsport as HQ and United Rubber Co. as sponsor.
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Levington
Little League Baseball, Inc
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Carl E. Stotz
United States Rubber Company
Little League
United Rubber Company
Little Baseball, Inc
Lovington BPW Arts Exhibit Sponsored by Local Club
Lovington Business and Professional Women sponsor an art exhibit from March 18 to April 1 featuring New Mexico artists. It will be at Lovington Public Library with chairman Mrs. Vid Reed. BPW members should reserve by March 19 and March 20 for a breakfast honoring senior girls at Llano Hotel.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
New Mexico
Lovington
City All
Vid Reed
Lea
Llano Hotel
Credit Bureau
B PW
Llano
Evelyn Bevans
Ada Mae Hair
Ethel Yadon
Marjorie Waits
Taft Attacks Foreign Policy At Arizona Rally
U S Senator Robert A Taft spoke to over 5000 at Highland High Gym highlighting Republican differences with the Truman administration He criticized Democratic rule calling for a principled campaign to avoid a nation demoralization and warned against an independent vote He defended the Korea war and alleged corruption in the income tax office while promoting a nonintervention foreign policy.
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Arizona
Taft
Truman
GOP Women Meet in Hobbs Luncheon Plans
Mrs Charles Miller presided at the Hobbs Republican Women's club meeting held at Mrs Minnie Hollis home 317 Yucca Drive. The group read the club constitution and by laws and received a letter from state president Mrs Sporing Carlsbad. Attendees discussed Tafts Carlsbad speech and April Hobbs visit plans for entertainment chair Mrs Don Hillis with Mrs George Schubert and Mrs Hollis assisting. Refreshments were served to members including Mrs Powell Parks Cannon Shaffer Schubert Miller Hillis and Rhees.
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Charles Miller
Hobbs
Republican Women’s Club
Minnie Hollis
Yucca Drive
Sporing
Carlsbad
Taft
Don Hillis
George Schubert
Hollis
Mmes
D A Powell
H Parks
L. D. Cannon
P. R. Shaffer
Miller
W. B. Rhees
Gowan of Littlefield Visited Lovington for Business
Thomas A. Gowan of Littlefield Arizona spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Lovington on business.
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Thomas A. Gowan
Littlefield
Arizona
Lovington
Hood officers nab 33 cases of liquor in Lovington
Lea County sheriff's deputies seized 33 cases of whisky rum and gin from a small rear house of a Lovington resident last Wednesday. No charges have been filed as authorities investigate and determine disposal.
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Ors
Lovington
Lea County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff’s Office
Judge Green Grants Early Release In DWI Case
Magistrate John W. Green allowed Jack Ernest Wooten to be released from a 10 day DWI sentence after three days due to a family emergency. A $50 cash bond was accepted and Wooten is to complete seven days upon crisis end, then receive the bond back.
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John W. Green
Jack Ernest Wooten
Wooten
Lovington Library Receives Several New Volumes
The Lovington Public Library acknowledges gifts from Mrs. J. C. Mansker include The Writer Tower Rickshaw Boy Man-Eaters of Kumaon Saints and Strangers Clhinny Brown The Year of Decision Independent People Headhunting in the Solomons Fair Stood the Wind for France Pastoral Look to the Mountain Lydia Bailey and With Lawrence in Arabia. From Mrs. O J Williams Kamin Destiny the Bedside Estate Rommel the Desert Fox and Combined Operations. Memorial addition Fulton Ourster's The Greatest Book Ever Written joins the Old Testament collection.
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Lovington
J. C. Mansker
Tower
Kumaon
Clhinny Brown
Solomons
France
Lydia Bailey
Lawrence
Arabia
O. J. Williams
Kamin Destiny
Rommel the Desert Fox
Fulton Ourster
Lions Club to Sponsor Wallace Bros Circus in Lovington
The Lions Club met Friday at noon for a general business session. They planned a one day Wallace Bros Circus appearance in Lovington on April 20 and discussed the first softball meeting for this month. Twenty eight members attended with guests Butler Sumner Benny Teas Jake Hill and Frances Macatee.
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the Lion's Club
Wallace Bros
Lovington
Butler Sumner
Benny Teas
Jake Hill
Frances Macatee
Return Home By Mr and Mrs Wayne Cullen
Mr and Mrs Wayne Cullen returned to their Gary Indiana home on Wednesday after visiting Mr and Mrs Dale Cullen for a week They enjoyed their visit to this country very much.
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Wayne Cullen
Gary Ind
Dale Cullen
Registration Board Purges Voting Lists
The Lea County registration board authorized removing non-voting registrants from the last two general elections and those who have died. County Clerk Eva Tatum said notices will go out with final purge notices within 10 days, and affected individuals must re register to vote.
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Board
Eva Tatum
Red Cross Drive Started Friday
The National Red Cross membership drive began Friday March 14 and runs through the month. James Hobbs is chairman of the Northern Lea County Chapter, assisted by Mrs. J. P. Morgan fund drive chairwoman of Lovington. They have appointed fund drive leaders from Crossroads, Tatum, McDonald, Buckeye and Mallamar to call on business and residential areas. Lovington residents may donate at the Lea County Bank or Lea Insurance office with James Hobbs or Ben Hessler.
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National Red Cross
James Hobbs
Northern Lea County
J. P. Morgan
Lovington
Hobbs
Morgan
Crossroads
Tatum
McDonald
Buckeye
Mallamar
Reggie Anderson Receives Honors At Texas Tech
Lovington New Mexico student Reggie Anderson will be honored at Texas Tech during the All College Recognition ceremony on March 19. He is named Black and Bridle Scholarship winner and will receive Individual Honors for scholastic achievement in the spring and fall 1951 semesters as the top ranking student in Agriculture. Texas Tech notes annual recognition for academics, athletics, leadership, and campus service with honors varying by time and distinction.
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Reggie Anderson
Lovington
N. M
Texas Tech
Division of Agriculture
Walter Anderson
Tech
Home Demonstration Agent Assumes Lea County Duties
Miss Lucy Kelly began duties as Home Demonstration Agent in Lea County on March 17. She earned a B S in Home Economics from New Mexico A and M College and graduated in 1948. She previously served as assistant Home Demonstrator in Albuquerque until October 1949 before returning to Magdalena New Mexico.
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Lucy Kelly
Lea County
Kelly
New Mexico A & M College
Albuquerque
Magdalena
New Mex
Agent to Carlsbad visit by Cass county official
Carl Crutchfield, county health agent, spent Wednesday in Cass City meeting local officials and reviewing public health measures. He planned to tour facilities and discuss sanitation and disease prevention with town leaders.
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Carl Crutchfield
Cass
First Softball Meeting March 27
Preliminary plans are to be made at the softball meeting on March 27 in the Lea Room of the Liano Hotel. A large turnout of last year’s softball league supporters is expected with all managers players and potential sponsors invited. Last year there were 10 teams and many more may join this year as games move to Lions Park.
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Liano Hotel
Olive Motor Service Opens in Lovington
Mr and Mrs S A Olive relocate to Lovington and open Olive Motor Service at 14 West Avenue G a 30 by 80 foot building moved from Rising Star Texas They will offer gasoline general motor repair welding oil field service and mobile tune up work Snooks Edwards and W J Olive assist with plans to hire more mechanics and a telephone is expected soon Olive has five years experience teaching mechanics in the Eastland County Vocation School Texas.
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S. A. Olive
Lovington
Olive Motor Service
Rising Star Texas
Olive‘s
Olive
Snooks Edwards
W. J. Olive
Eastland County Vocation School
Texas
Visiting Kansan Details Business Trip West
Albert Jay of Wellington Kansas traveled to Lovington and Hobbs as a business visitor. He and his wife have been visiting Texas and New Mexico points and are returning home after several months in Phoenix and Tucson.
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Albert Jay
Wellington
Kansas
Lovington and
Hobbs
Mrs. Jay
Texas
New Mexico
Phoenix
Tucson
Scouts Hike To Carlsbad Overnight Trip with 32 Scouts
Boy Scouts of troop 44 trekked to Carlsbad for an overnight hike returning Saturday. They carried their bedding and did their own cooking. Scout Master Hugh Harris and assistant Al Strawn led thirty two scouts on the trip.
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Boy Scouts
Hugh Harris
al Strawn
Carlsbad
ENMU Dean Cole speaks at Lovington Wildcats banquet
Dean Martin Cole of Eastern New Mexico University was the speaker at the Lovington Wildcats basketball banquet. The event occurred in the school library at 6:30 p.m. with about 120 attendees. Afterward a band from the New Mexico Military Institute played at the Youth Center for dancing.
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Dean Martin Cole
Eastern
New Mexico University
Lovington Wildcats
New Mexico Military Institute
Judge Long Files For Town Judge
Probate Judge Mildred Long has filed for Lovington police judge. Current holder John Green also seeks the post and reelection as Justice of the Peace for Precinct 8. Don Woodward and J C Griffin also vie. Term of Probate Judge expires December 31 1952.
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Mildred Long
Lovington
John Green
Precinct 8
Green
Justice Office
Don Woodward
J. C. Griffin
Grass Fire Damages Turner Ranch Pasture Land
Firefighters responded to Fred Turner Jr on Thursday around 2 20 PM to control a grass fire that burned a considerable area of pasture. No buildings were damaged and the incident caused no further losses.
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Fred Turner, Jr
Flagg Inn case returns to Lovington court in Heards dispute
District court in Lovington hears motions to set aside a 1951 agreement in the quiet title suit over the Flagg Inn Camp in Hobbs. J. Paul Heard Geneva Heard and Allie J. Heard are involved as their quit claim deeds and a warranty deed are reviewed amid settlement cash and court procedures. Influenza and measles spikes lead New Mexico health report with McKinley and San Juan counties hardest hit.
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Flagg Inn of Hobbs
J. Paul Heard
Geneva B. Heard
New Mexico
Cecil Goodwin
Lovington
Flagg Inn Camp
Hobbs
Heards
Heard
Reneva Cooley
Otto Smith
Clovis
J. Paul
Geneva
Jim Sellers
Oklahoma City
Allie J. Heard
Paul
Goodwin
Flagg Inn
Louis Armijo
G. T. Hanners
Presbyterians Hold Special Services March 23 29
The Presbyterian Church will conduct evangelistic services from March 23 through March 29 with nightly 7:30 starts and a 10 am Wednesday service. Special music planned each evening. The Hobbs church choir sings Sunday night and Rev. William A. James of Cleveland will be the evangelist.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Hobbs
Wiliam A. James of
Clivis
Mrs. L. C. Arnold Visits Midland With Parents
Mrs. L. C. Arnold spent the weekend in Midland visiting her parents, sharing time with the family and noting the trip.
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Mrs. L. C. Arnold
Midland
Carter Addition Underway In Lovington Growth Plans
The Carter addition in Lovington enters full swing with paving of three east west streets and one north south street. Edgar Martin is the paving contractor. W. W. Carter plans expansion and modern homes in the area. Builder Clay Lawton plans eight FHA houses within three weeks and 66 more lots for FHA homes next year. An elementary and a high school are to be built nearby, with the high school adjoining the Carter addition and the new elementary school east of the project.
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Carter
Lovington
Edgar Martin
W. W. Carter
Clay Lawton
Carlsbad
Lawton
Mrs. Small heads to Camp Hood for new home
Mrs. Robert Small left Friday for Camp Hood Texas to join her stationed husband. 3rd class Petty Officer Robert M. Miller, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Miller, 905 N Dalmont Hobbs, was home for a week after graduating from E C G specialist school at Great Lakes Illinois. He will return to the U S Naval hospital in Philadelphia after leave. he has served in the Navy for about 18 months.
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Robert Small
Camp Hood Texas
Robert M. Miller
Charles Miller
N. Dalmont
Hobbs
E. C. G. Specialist School
Great Lakes Illinois
U. S. Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
Penn
Navy
Legion Auxiliary Plans For Officer Visit
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary met at the home of Mrs. Charles Campbell March 17 at 7 30 p m to plan the official visit of Mrs Margaret Charitt state president of the American Legion Auxiliary She will arrive in Lovington April 3
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American Legion Auxiliary
Charles Campbell
Margaret Charitt
Albuquerque
Lovington
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Ford Frick
Albert B
Happy) Chandler
Lovington Bpw
U. S. Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Chicago
Sen. Taft
Highland High
H'i.ng
Korea
Great Britain
China
United Nations
Ness
Charlie Trimble
Judge Green
Samaritan
Lovington Library
Lions
Lion’s Club
Registration Board
Lea County Registration
Red Cross
Miss Kelly
Lion’s Park
Dean Cole
Judge Long
Slim Richards
Kirby Schenck
Lester Alston
Turner Ranch
State
Court
Rio Arriba
Presbyterians
OLD Bills Almanac
West Point
St. Patrick’s Day
William Jennings Bryan
Boston
Stephen Decatur
Lovington Credit Bureau
Genevieve Arnold
Legion Auxiliary
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