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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1955
Page
2
A traditional hot cross buns recipe details ingredients like potatoes milk sugar and lemon peel and provides step by step instructions. The dough is yeast risen kneaded with raisins shaped into rolls and baked with egg wash crosses yielding two dozen buns.
New Mexico high school activities officials released the state basketball tournament pairings. In Class B Wagon Mound faces Lordsburg, Corona meets Santa Rosa, Cliff meets Roy, and Fort Sumner plays Estancia. In Class A Clayton meets Alamogordo, Carlsbad vs Albuquerque High, Silver City Western vs Los Alamos, and Santa Fe St Michael's vs Hobbs.
Carlsbad led Lovington 9 2 early and built a 45 27 halftime edge at Roswell regional opener. Beavers fouled out late as Cavemen rolled behind Bill Cates 21 and Joe Willmore 20 with John Wooten 17 and Tommy Black 10.
A weekly crossword puzzle listing horizontal and vertical clues with a Tibetan theme. Clues cover geography, language, science, history and common crossword wordplay, requiring solvers to fill a grid with intersecting answers.
In Sandwich Newfoundland a magician attempted a dangerous act using seven sticks of dynamite. A fellow escaped with bruises and was nearly harmed. The incident sparked caution about reckless performances and safety. Nearby reports note a Memphis crash, political radio talk, and other unrelated items.
Pvt John F Greenslade son of George F Greenslade of Hobbs New Mexico recently parachuted into Kyushu with the 187th Airborne Regiment Combat Team 22d Engineer Company in Operation Cross Over. The unit assembled on air dropped terrain to complete the exercise.
At Eastern New Mexico University a Euterpean society pledge ceremony included a skit on great composers. Pledges named include Margie Southard Eli da Gary Whitaker Gail Poch Mary Gail Wildman Pat Gormley Peggy Jo Randolph Barbara Wilson.
Greenslade entered the Army in March 1953 and completed basic training at Fort Campbell Kentucky, marking a milestone in his military service.
Several New Mexico counties will be represented as Lovington FFA members enter six barrows and one calf in the South Plains Junior Fat Stock Show at the Panhandle South Plains Fair Grounds March 14–16. S. M. Davis will show the calf, Benny Benge and Dean Alexander will enter barrows, with 1,100 animals entered overall. Judging Monday and Tuesday, auction Wednesday. Sponsored by Fair Association, Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development.
M M Young reported a stray horse in the vicinity of 1213 West Jackson on Sunday afternoon. The horse was captured and taken to the Town Pound for safekeeping.
C Wesley Lyons of Rochester did not seek reelection and will leave the governor's council in January. His nickname arose after he attended a State House meeting on crutches following a broken leg.
At 77, poet Carl Sandburg rejects retirement rumors saying he will continue writing and traveling. He keeps goats on his mountain farm near Flat Rock, North Carolina, remaining active in literary and biographical projects.
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