Murdered Hobbs Man Identified After Ranch Discovery
William Cabral, missing since March 5, was found buried on the H O Simms ranch near Andrews Texas by Henry Bulman and his son. Authorities traced suspects Art Johnson and wife from Needles California toward Oklahoma City as a manhunt intensified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cabrel
Hobbs
H. O. Simms
Andrews
Texas
Henry Bulman
Eunice
Bulman
Herman
Charlie Trimble
Hobbs City
Texas Rangers
Art Johnson
Oklahoma
Johnson
Trimble
Needles
California
Oklahoma City
Washington Street
Lovington
Cecil Love
Drew Thomas
Capt. White
Santa Fe
Calfornia
Oma City
John Wood
Johnny Suggs
Depuy
Sheriff Peacock
District Court Judgments Cover Divorces and Debts
District court records list multiple divorces on incompatibility grounds with child details for several couples and property notes for others. Civil actions show judgments for plaintiffs totaling hundreds of dollars with interest, plus a dismissal and a receivership showing.
Probate petitions seek adminstratrix in two estates
Mary Eula Swagerty of Elida New Mexico asks Probate Court to appoint adminstratrix for the estate of Dolphin G Morrow. Rubb M Carter petitions for adminstrator of the estate of Glyn Johnson who died intestate leaving $1500 in property. Heirs include Mrs. Johnson’s widow and two sons Duane and Jerry plus a daughter Louise.
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Mary Eula Swagerty
Dolphin G. Morrow
Swagerty
Elida
N. M
Rubb M. Carter
Glyn. Johnson
Mma Shnson
Duane
Jerry
Louise
Elephant Shoot Planned by Truth or Consequences Chamber
The Truth or Consequences Chamber of Commerce invites adults 21 and over to enter an elephant shoot on March 30, 1951. Participants will travel territory around the city to photograph an elephant with a camel for a prize valued in the thousands of dollars. Entry blanks and fees are available at the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. M
Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Edwards
Truth Or Consequences Chamber of Commerce
Edwards
Truth Or Consequences
New Mexico
Don Thompson
Lara
Wildcats Banquet Honors 1951 Dist 10 Champs
The Pep Club hosted a banquet in the school cafeteria on March 17 honoring the 1951 Wildcats basketball team. Supt. Pannell announced lettermen, presented small gold balls engraved Champs Dist 10 1951, and introduced coach Bob Cozzens and Roy Lee Jones. Guy Smith was announced as the 1952 coach. he hails from Indiana and comes with a strong athletic background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildcats
Betty Anderson
Julia Owens
Roma Boggs
Jimmy Black
Florence Anderson
Roy Lee Jones
Boteler
Supt. Pannell
Pannell to Speak at Southwest Regional Conference
Supt Pannell will join the Southwest Regional Conference on Administrative Leadership in New Orleans April 8 to 10. His topic is Coordinating All Public Educational Activities in the Public Schools. Educators from five states join a theme of Public Education the Unifying Force in American Democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pannell
H. C. Pannell
New Orleans
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
T In
American Association of School Administrators
Department of Rural Education
National Council of Chief State School Officers
District Court Here Monday in Lovington Decrees and Judgments Rendered
Judge Roy C. Anderson presided in Lovington with sessions Monday and Tuesday. Divorces granted to Leonora. Actions include Hobber v Hobber and Johnson v Johnson. Quiet title awarded to James Nugent and wife Eunice. Receiver status discussed. several defaults and dismissals noted. Farmers Mutual Hail Co. recovered judgments against Clifford Gray and C A Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Creed
Ernest Creed
Farmers Mutual Hail Company
Clifford Gray
Plaintiff
C. A. Davis
Farmers Mutual Hair Company
G. H. Willis
J. W. Hambright
M. S. McKee
M. B. McKee Company
Lovington Storage Company, Incorporated
Kling Brothers and Company, Incorporated
Clarence T. Kirksey
Albert Ross Creamer
Barnvelee Johnson
John A. Johnson
Cicero Smith Lumber Company, Incorporated
F. N. Burns,Jr
J. B. Whitlop
Carl J. Bonner
Waldo E. Slusher
Benjamin Barzune
City of
Roy C. Anderson
Lovington
Carlsbad
Leonora
Hobber
Clinton L.hobber
Barnville Johnson
Johnson
Virginia Pritchett
Bruce V
The
Face Company
James Nugent
Eunice
Cicero Smith
F. W. Burns, Jr
J. B. Whitley
City of Eunice
M. B. McKee
Dba
McKee Co
Lovington Storage Co
Farmers Mutual Hail Co
H H Willis
Plattsmier Divorce Filing Seeks Custody Alimony
Dortha Darlene Plattsmier sues James Plattsmier in district court for divorce. She seeks custody of their minor child, child support and alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dortha
Darlene Plattsmier
James Plattsmier
CofC Secretary Tries Welcoming In Sheriff Office
Lovington Chamber of Commerce secretary F. G. Stapp recalls shaking hands with a wanted safe cracker in Sheriff Charlie Trimble’s office. The man was well dressed, carrying fine cigars, and accompanied by a light mood as the sheriff prepared to escort him to jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Stapp
Lovington Chamber of Commerce
Charlie Trimble
Stapp
Charlie
Suits Filed In District Court March 17
R. L. Murphy sues O. H. Thompson for 450 for services. Roberson v Leavell & Co seeks damages for injuries at Safeway Store Hands. Irene Windle seeks divorce custody and community property division from Harold Windle. Weston Biscuit Co of Texas sues W. O. McNeese for 1120.27 for merchandise. Memphis Photo Co. sues Jimmy Rawls for 277.70. Gentry v Gentry is a divorce. Mansur dba New Mexico Furniture Co sues S. I. Hardy for 347.02.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Murphy
O. H. Thompson
Chester A. Roberson
C. H. Leavell & Co
Safeway
Irene Windle
Harold S. Windle
Weston Biscuit Co. of Texas
W. O. McNeese
Memphis Photo Co
Jimmy Rawls
Laroma Belle Gentry
Ora Vernon Gentry
George B. Mansur
M. A. Mansur
New Mexico Furniture Co
S. I. Hardy
County agent attends Las Cruces irrigation school
T. C. Perking, county agent, is at Las Cruces attending a weeklong irrigation school for New Mexico county extension agents. Instructors include officials from the U. S. Department of Agriculture and representatives from cement suppliers and other irrigation industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Perking
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Agriculture Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Perkins
Lea County
Frank K. Walker
Crow Returns to Lovington After California Visit
A. B. Crow arrived back in Loving ton after a two week trip to San Bernardino California where he spent time with his daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
A. B. Crow
Lovington
San Bernaddio
Calif
Lea County Approves Two Quick Licenses and Transfer
Lea County commissioners approved two state liquor licenses for Pat's Club and State Line Bar. They also allowed a transfer of Tipton’s license location east of Hobbs, citing over-saturation west of Hobbs and money concerns. The meeting covered welfare, jail feeding, road plans, and a tax renditions session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Commissioners
Montoya
Curtis Patterson
Kenneth Clear
Pat’s Club
Portales Highway
McDonald
Maurice Moose
State Line
Seminole Highway
Hobbs
Carlsbad Highway
H. L. Tipton
Tipton
Etfedes 2
Aggethaino
Lea County
Roy McGregor
Tatum
Pitchfork
Lea County Community Hospital
Hobbs City
Leader
U S Court Hears Appeal of Torture Case in New Mexico
Denver AP reports the U S Court of Appeals heard three ex New Mexico police officers appeal their Santa Fe conviction for torturing Eugene Wesley Byrd, a suspect in the Ovida Coogier murder. Final arguments questioned burden of proof and jury instruction. The officers face up to one year each. judges Sam Bratton A P Murrah and John Pickett preside.
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Denver
Enth
U. S. Court of Appels
New Mexico
U. S
A. H. Clancy
Maurice Sanchez
Earler
Hubert Beasley
A. L. Aporada
Roy Sandman
Santa Fe
Eugene Wesley Byrd
Ovida (Crickett) Coogier
Sam Bratton
A. P. Murrah
John Pickett
ENMU Band to Perform Concert March 22
The Eastern New Mexico University band will give a concert in the school gymnasium on Thursday morning March 22 at 9 00. The public is invited to attend. The Greyhound band is on an extended tour of schools across the southwest region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ENMU
Eastern New Mexico University
Greyhound
Robberts and Jewel Shannon Case Fines
John James Roberts was fined 100 dollars for driving on the wrong side of the road. Jewel Shannon, riding with a drunk driver, was fined 25 dollars. Both cases were heard on March 12 by Judge John Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John James Roberts
Ebergzer
Jewel Shannon
Stiffer Terms Set in U S Mexico Migrant Labor Pact
The latest U S Mexico agreement on braceros tightens terms for migrant labor. It requires U S employers to disclose wage deductions and sets contract minimums, with six month limits elsewhere. Braceros may return early under consent, and joint complaint probes are established. Mexico may post bond lists and reserve a shutdown right if no U S contracting agency is named by July. Transportation for workers remains funded by the U S government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Garner
State Veteran’s Service Committee
J. Edwin Barker
Carlsbad
O. E. Puckett
United States Public Health Service
R. L. Harrison Company
Albuquerque
U. S.mexico
U. S
Mexico
Chihuahua
Hermsillo
Monterrey
Two Injured In Car Wreck Near Tatum
Mr and Mrs Duff Collins and Lee Crenwelge were injured Sunday morning when the car they rode in struck a parked vehicle on the highway between Tatum. They were taken to Lea County Hospital by Smith Yarbro ambulance. The parked car's driver was Robert Shyrock Jr. The accident occurred at 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duff Collins
Lee Crenwelge
Tatum
Lea County Hospital
Smith-Yarbro Ambulance
Robert Shyrock Jr
Burns Keynote at Farmers Bankers Meeting in Carlsbad
Joel Burns vice president of Lovington National Bank spoke at the Agricultural Committee annual meeting in Carlsbad. He urged continued banker farmer cooperation and financial prudence, urging cash purchases and cautious credit use to keep agriculture financially sound in New Mexico. Attendees included Roy Forehand Carlsbad president of the New Mexico Cattle Growers, with Lea County delegates James Hobbs and Charles K. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Burns
Lovington National Bank
Agricultural Committee
Carlsbad
Burns
Crawford Hotel
Bankers Committee
New Mexico
Oe Roy
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Lea County
James Hobbs
Lovington
Charles K. Johnson
Hobbs
The
Lea County State Bank
Beauchamp Released From Alamogordo Hospital
W. M. Beauchamp district court clerk returned home by ambulance after injuries from a car crash near Cloudcroft last month. He was hospitalized in Alamogordo and is now able to move about, while Lovington Fire crews contained a house fire caused by a faulty water heater with extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Beauchamp
Istrict
Smith-Yarbro Ambulance
Beauchamp
Alamogordy
Cloudcroft
Lovington
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Jake Ramsey
Jewell McAdoo
Ivan Reed
United States
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Bruce V. Pritchett
Emma Olvid Berger
John L. Berger
Joan Upshaw
James Leroy Upshaw
Margie E. Wilson
Pearley F. Wilson
Indiana
Probate
Cozzens
Jones
Jake Lister
Dale Phillips
Hobby Gann
C. E. Satan
W.H. Wilder
Kyle Taylor
Bill Hooper
Spencer Graham
Bil Haugen
R. L. Jackson
Edythe Clardy
Leon Rice
Joe Black
Chas. Trimble
Gordon Cone
Jess Benson
Conner Hudgens
D. A. Hudgens
Wm. Hessler
Jim Black
Tom Cammack
Ben Rushing
Wildcat
Guy Smith
Mr. Smith
Martinsville
Army Air Force
475 Air Force Group
Phillipines
Korea
States
al Garten
Court House
District Court
Cofc
Sheriff's Office
Ruth Pannell
Portales
U.S
Ican
Rio Grande Valley
Ment
Farmers-Bankers Meeting
Alamogordo
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