Wayne Winters Joins Lovington Leader As Assistant Publisher
Wayne Winters has joined the Lovington Leader staff as assistant publisher with focus on advertising and photography and news coverage. He comes from Cuero Texas where he was business manager of the daily Record and has led numerous papers including the Prescott Arizona Daily Courier and McKinley County Warrior in New Mexico. He has won New Mexico State Press Association photography awards and authored Blood and Gold in the Land of Enchantment. He is a Civil Air Patrol captain and National Photographers Association member.
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Wayne Winters
Lovington
McKinley County Warrior
Galloup
Gallup
Douglas
Wyoming
Casper Wyoming Morning Star
Winters
New Mexico State Press Association
Valencia County
iAs
Men
Male
Stag
Denver Mort SA
Los Angeles Times
The
National Photographers Association
Civil Air Patrol
Beaumont area baby kidnapping ends with safe return
A baby born at Beaumont Baptist Hospital was kidnapped 30 minutes after birth and found unharmed in Houston early Sunday. The suspect, a 29-year-old Houston mother of three, faces kidnapping charges and is back in Beaumont. Hospital staff confirm positive identification by footprints and the mother’s husband learned the full story from the doctor.
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Beaumont
Texas
Beaumont Hospital
Houston
Beaumont Baptist Hospital
George W. Wharton
Guy Dalrymple
Schultz
Benson Pushes Flexible Farm Supports Over Rigid Parity
In Salt Lake City Secretary Ezra Benson warned that rigid high price supports would worsen farm income losses. He told the Pacific dairy and poultry association that advocates favoring 90 percent parity are backed by labor leaders posing as farm experts. Benson urged support for the administration’s flexible price support program.
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Salt Lake City
Ezra Benson
Pacific Dairy and Poultry Association
Benson
House Agriculture Committee
Mrs Lovington To Be Chosen Tuesday Night
Lovington residents attend Lea Theatre Tuesday to crown Mrs Lovington who will represent Lovington in the state Mrs New Mexico contest. Eight contestants vie for the title judged by Mary Payne Dave Lee Jones Clem Clements and Orville Owens with scores announced after all acts. Coronation follows the announcement and the winner advances to the national Mrs America pageant.
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Lovington
Lea Theatre
New Mexico
America
Ruth Minton
Juanita Clark
Dave Holloway, Jr
Mary Payne
Dave Lee Jones
Clem Clements
Orville Owens
Genevieve Arnold
Ida West
Mrs. Lovington
McKay Reigns Heavyweight Champion In Lovington Ring
George McKay retained the heavyweight wrestling title by defeating Dick Little Eagle last Friday night when the Indian challenger could not continue, the bout stopped after McKay won the first fall. Upcoming Friday March 25 features Tito Carreon versus Konrad von Krupp in a two of three falls bout, plus Pancho Valentino versus Tony Falletti and Jim Cox versus Arturo Meril in one fall matches.
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George McKay
New Mexico
Dick Little Eagle
Lovington
McKay
Stillwater
Okla
Tito Carreon
Los Angeles
Konrad von Krupp
Bonn
Germany
von Krupp
Lovington Ragsle
Swift
Carreon
Pancho Valentino
Mexico City
Tony Falletti
el Paso
Lovington Arena
Freeze Kills Fruit Blooms
A spring cold front and snow hit Lea County New Mexico and wider areas. State Police warned travel hazardous on snow slick highways. Snow totals reached up to six inches in scattered zones with Lovington reporting 23 inches. Farther north warnings for northeast livestock and highways. Southeast faced extreme cold tonight. Hobbs Lovington partly cloudy and windy. overnight freeze expected. Tuesday clears with rising temperatures 58 after a low of 22.
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United Press
Lea County
New Mexico
Sunady
Tatum
Lovington
Hobbs
Teachers Union Leader Blasts Ike Plan
West New York New Jersey AFL Teachers Union President Carl Megel denounces Eisenhower federal school aid proposals as a banker's dream and an educator's nightmare. He criticizes the six billion dollar program to add 340000 classrooms over three years, saying presidents consulted money lenders rather than educators.
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West New York
N. J
Carl Megel
AFL Teachers Union
Eisenhower
Stassen Named Special Assistant on Disarmament
President Eisenhower appoints Harold Stassen as a special assistant with cabinet rank to develop disarmament policy. Stassen leads the Foreign Operations Administration.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Foreign Operational Administration
Stolen TV Reported From Home on Artesia Highway
A television set was reported stolen from a residence along Artesia Highway. Authorities investigate the incident and review nearby surveillance for leads. No suspects named at this time.
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Artesia Highway
Rotary Presents Library With $279.50 Check
Cliff Yearwood presented the Lovington Library with a $279.50 check from the Rotary Club. The funds, raised during the 50th anniversary project, will buy books and were presented in the Lea County State Bank lobby with Jim McLaughlin, Rotary president, also attending. Yearwood serves as Rotary treasurer and Celebration Committee chair.
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Cliff Yearwood
Lovington
Rotary Club
Rotary
Lea County State Bank
Jim McLaughlin
Industrial survey talk set for Lovington Chamber dinner
Lovington Chamber of Commerce will host consultant Bert Blanton on Thursday April 7 at the Liano Hotel to discuss an industrial survey for Lovington. Blanton seeks 3400 dollars for the study plus an industrial forecast from 1955 to 1980. Ten planning committee members invited the wider group to attend.
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Mary Payne
Lovington Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Planning Committee
Roger Smith
Virgil Carrington
Clyde Lawson
Beecher Martin
Mrs. Payne
Bert Blansten
Dallas
Texas
Lovington
Blanton
Liano Hotel
Weekly Business Review highlights a volatile week in markets
The week featured a sharp market swing from a worst since World War II low to gains led by steel auto and construction. February industrial production rose to 134 of the 1947-49 average, with strong housing starts and high consumer income. Major stories include Remington Rand Sperry merger talks, Bethlehem Steel Youngstown Sheet merger approval pause, and a new Consol Edison nuclear plant plan.
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United Press
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Senate
Stock Exchange Study Committee
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Bethlehem Steel
Justice Department
Consolidated Edison Company of New
Laundry Found Open by Police Report
A Lovington Steam Laundry was found open at 6 15 PM on Saturday with the owner J A Young en route to Camden Texas saying nothing was rising and he didn t know on Monday morning that the place had been left open. Police blotter notes people entering and leaving and no one in charge.
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Carl Brooks
Weldon Allen
James Robinson
Lovington
Robinson
Brooks
Johnny Jett
Allen
State Supreme Court
District Court Sentente
Camden
Texas
J. A. Young
Owent
NH Public Schools Report Finds Half Buildings Over Fifty
A Concord study of New Hampshire public schools shows more than half of the school buildings are over 50 years old.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
New Philco Will Be Shown on Wednesday
Sacra Bres of Lea County showcases the 1955 Philco refrigerators on Wednesday with several door prizes to attract attendees. All local residents are invited to attend the display event.
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New Philco
Horse Leaps on Car After Frightened by Driver in Waynesburg
Maurice Helpenstine filed a $139.89 damage claim in Waynesburg accusing the horse owner of failing to control the animal after a grazing horse leaped onto his car hood as he passed.
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Waynesburgh
Maurice Helpenstine
Religion Must Come From Heart Presbyterians Told
The president of a theological seminary cautioned that revival now sweeping the nation may stem from mass manias and band wagon enthusiasm. He urged the National Council of Presbyterian men that genuine revival begins with repentance in the heart of the people rather than church attendance stats.
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Chicago
National Council of Presbyterian Men
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