Lions Work on Ball Park Ready for Soft Ball
The Lovington Lions Club baseball softball field is near completion with an 8 foot fence painted and signs sold. Three lights and poles are ordered and the project is estimated at about 6000 dollars. The field will meet Class A baseball specs and serve softball. the park will be self supporting through gate receipts and concessions. Opening of the 1950 softball season is planned.
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Lions
Ball Park
Lovington Lions Club
Lovington
Students Make Full Honors List at Texas Tech
Reginal Anderson a sophomore in agriculture from Lovington and Billy Bufkin a senior in arts and sciences from Hobbs earned full honors recognition at Texas Tech.
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Reginal Anderson
Lovington
Billy M. Bufkin
Hobbs
Texas Tech
Vatican Break With Czechoslovakia Deepens
Alexej Cepicka the Czechoslovak justice minister and head of the church affairs office says the country’s Roman Catholic bishops are guilty of high treason. He spoke as the last Papal Diplomatic Representative left Prague at the government’s request signaling a near total rupture in Vatican relations.
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Alexej Cepicka
Cepicka
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vatican
Knoxville man seeks divorce over a pawned ring and a movie loan
A Knox ville, Tennessee, man, Fred Weishaupt, files for divorce claiming financial strain after pawning his wedding ring to his wife for a one dollar loan to see a movie. Feconnie Thomas Fort RDSN, address 910 N Cochran in DHbbs, is currently on active duty aboard the USS Fremont. The ship is docked in San Juan, Porto Rico for a four day visit and will depart on the 20th for Charleston, South Carolina, before returning to Norfolk, Virginia.
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Fred Weishaupt
Feconnie
Fremont
San Juan
Porto Reo
Charleston
S. C
Norfolk
Unusual March 16 at Lovington Marriage Bureau Window
On March 16 no couples appeared to license at Lovington courthouse window. One couple, Joe T. Mangum age 23 and Ella Louise O'Quinn age 24, both of Odessa Texas, obtained a license on March 17.
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Lovington
Courthouse
Joe T. Mangum
Ella Louise O’quinn
Odessa
Texas
Volcanic lecture by Dr. Allen at Santa Fe event outlined
Dr. John Eliot Allen head of geology at New Mexico School of Mines presents Volcanoes I Have Known at La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe March 16. The illustrated talk covers five volcano types with New Mexico examples and includes colored slides. Editorial urges drafting Lovington Mayor H W Gillett for a new term.
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Volcamoes
John Eliot Allen
New Mexico School of Mines
New Mexico Miners and Prospectors Association
Santa Fe
la Fonda
Allen
New Mexico
Jamez
Parcutin
Mexico
Cascade Range
Oregon
Socorro
Prisoner in City Jail Is Found Applying for Job
Atlanta police captain says 20 year old Johnnie Delmar does not need a city job as he already performs city labor. Fingerprint check reveals Delmar is serving his fifth term for petty larceny in the city jail.
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Atlanta
Ben Seabook
Johnnie Delmar
Delmar
Seabrook
No Cases Filed Friday in District Court Dockets
Civil and criminal dockets at the district court showed no cases filed on Friday an unusual result for this court records.
Filing Deadline March 28 for Lovington Town Council
The April Lovington election to choose a mayor and two councilmen has seen little action as filing closes at 5 PM March 28. Incumbent council member Kenneth Scoggins plans to seek reelection while Lon Beadle declines.
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John Campbell
Kenneth Scoggins
Lon Beadle
Miss Wilma Shelton to Retire From UNM Library
Albuquerque New Mexico Miss Wilma Shelton will retire July 1 after 30 years of service with the University of New Mexico Library.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Wilma Shelton
University of New Mexico Library
Booker to Be Sentenced At Early Date
Mack Easley Lea County assistant district attorney said Booker likely would be taken to Roswell or Carlsbad soon for sentencing on a bribery charge. Booker pled guilty in Lovington on February 3 for giving a $1,000 bribe to former Mayor J Paul Heard for gambling protection. He testified in the Heard trial in Clovis and said the bribe was paid to Hobbs mayor. Heard was acquitted and Booker has served time in Lea County jail since August. Street gossip suggests a suspended sentence except for time already served.
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Mack Easley
Lea County
L. S. Booker
Roswell
Carlsbad
Booker
Lovington
J. Paul Heard
Heard
Clovis
Hobbs
H. A. Kiker
Santa Fe
Kiker
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
the Ink Spots
Rice Ball Room
Labor Club
W. Kerley
Don Hallam
Jack Roberts
Riker
Reese
I. S. Booker
Looker
Randolph Reese
Kowledge
Supreme Court
Tucumcari
Marshall
Carl Denson
Doctors Office
Furr Food
Hazel Jennings
Jennings
Tasky
Ooxer
Sayor
Dallas
Lright
Odessa
H. A. Riker
Witnecesses
Alston
Owens
Mr. Anderson
Mr. Owens
Beoker
el Paso
Beeker
Ralph Tasker Receives Gift From Quarterback Club
Hobbs basketball coach Ralph Tasker was presented with a suit, shirts and shoes by the Quarterback Club in appreciation of his support of the Eagle Cagers. The club also presented Doyle Sampson with a plaque for the 1949 Hobbs Eaglets football team undefeated season.
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Ralph Tasker
Hobbs
Eagle Cagers
Tasker
Wildcats
Lovington
Hobs
el Hayes
G. W. Sullivan
Don Sanford
Keith Burcham
Kenneth Taylor
Wayne Hill
Larry White
Garland Profitt
John Dunaway
Allen Harmon
Charles Nolen
Charles Ellison
Paul Franklin
Norman Fee
Doyle Sampson
Freshmeat Fotball Eagles
Eaglets
Hobbs Junior Hgh
Liquid Air Demonstrated For Lovington Lions
Officials from Western Oxygen presented a liquid air demonstration to the Lovington Lions Club last Friday. The exhibit showed extreme cold expansion and the ability to support combustion, illustrating liquid air’s potential uses.
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Western Oxygen, Inc. Oxygen Producing
Lovington Lion’s Club
Heard to Go To Trial On Other Charges
Mack Easley says former Mayor J Paul Heard will face trial on false entry and ballot box opening charges. Trials set in Tucumcari and Portales with Judge A W Marshall presiding. Melvin Neal acts as special prosecutor in Hobbs related matters.
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Mack Easley
J. Paul
Melvin Neal
Hobbs
Bill Hollis
Former Hobbs mayor Heard acquitted in bribery trial
A Curry County jury found former Hobbs mayor J. Paul Heard not guilty after nearly three hours of deliberation in a three day trial. The case centered on whether Heard accepted a $1,000 bribe to protect gambling operations and involved testimony on Hobbs incorporation and city officials.
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J. Paul Heard
Hobbs
Curry County
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