Lovington Leader 1956 Lovington Newspaper Advertisement Rates
The Lovington Leader issues from Lea County publish weekly three times a week with rates listed for subscription durations and delivery areas. The paper states editor publisher Kastner and staff, established 1909, and pricing tiers for Lea County and outside Lea County audiences.
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Irvington
New Mexico
LEA County Publishing CO
Kastner Head
Official Publication
Land Office
Lea County
Siam Montes
Lovington
Carrier
Caree
Lee County
Adlai's Goose Cooked? Democrats Face Nomination Vacuum
The piece argues Stevenson’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination is in jeopardy after Kefauver’s recent challenge. It notes divisions among Southern leaders and Washington insiders regarding whether Stevenson, Kefauver, or another candidate will carry the party banner against Ike. The historical snapshot frames a party in flux with no clear front runner.
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Ike
Adlai Stevenson
Demos
Adlai
Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Minnesota
Kefauver
South
Estes
New Tax Provisions Help Sickness Income and Dividends
A 1954 law excludes from tax accident or health insurance payments and injury compensation. It allows up to 100 dollars weekly exclusion for wage continuation during illness, with limits. Dividends: first 50 dollars excluded and a credit up to four percent of dividends above that. Retirement and annuity rules give partial tax relief and credits, with age 65+ affecting eligibility and credits up to 240 dollars per person. Requires earnings over 600 in any ten years before 1955.
Eisenhower backs pork relief stance wary of direct price support
President Eisenhower said the government pork buying program should help farmers but warned against a direct price support plan for perishable pork. Democrats pressed meat packers over profits while 25 Republicans asked for stronger action to raise livestock prices. Butz testified margins risen not due to conspiracy, predicting a fall as hogs drop and prices recover seasonally.
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United Press
Eisenhower
Midwest
Benson
House Agriculture
Earl Butz
Ross Bass
Tennessee
W. R. Pogue
Texas
Butz
USDA
Agriculture
House
Bass
Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress's Farm Bill Battles and School Construction Woes
Congress nears a clash over a farm bill with proposals to repeal the two cent fuel tax for farm use and to cap price supports while a Senate panel crafts its own measure. The school construction bill faces hurdles over school desegregation language and a possible filibuster in the Senate. Efforts to fund highway construction stall amid election-year tax resistance.
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Congress
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Farm Bloc
Rules Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Aid Planned For Erosion Control In Ten NM Counties
The U S Department of Agriculture allocates 100000 for wind and erosion control across Colfax Curry Harding Lea Roosevelt Quay Socorro Torrance Union and Santa Fe counties in New Mexico. A spokesman hints at another allocation within 600 days as $900000 was spent last year on wind erosion projects statewide.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
New Mexico
Colfax
Curry
Harding
Lea
Roosevelt
Quay
Socorro
Torrance
Union
Santa Fe
State Agricultural Stabilization Committee
Cattle Growers Convene For 42nd Albuquerque Session
The New Mexico Cattle Growers Association will hold its 42nd annual convention in Albuquerque March 26 and 27. Prominent speakers from federal and state agencies, industry groups, and academia will address public lands and livestock issues, with about 2500 ranchers expected to attend and recognize potential policy impacts on the national agricultural program.
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Albuquerque
Sherwood Culberson
Lordsburg
John F. Simms
Earl L. Butz
Washington, D.C
Interior
Wesley A. D’ewart
Washington, D. C
Don Collins
American National Cattlemen’s Association
Kit Carson
Colorado
Yar F. Neumann
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Chicago
F. R. Carpenter
Culberson
New Mexico
Dick Snyder
Clayton
General Resolutions Committee
Maurie Sanchez
Anderson Carter
Roosevelt
DeBaca
Albuquerque Country Club
Public Lands
Montana
U. S. Congress
Montana Stock Growers Association
Purdue University
Federal Land Bank of
Louisville
Kentucky
Purdue
Brookings Institute
Collins
O. M. Franklin Serum Company
American National Livestock Association
West
J. S. (Sherwood) Culberson
Victor
New Mexico Cattle and Horse Growers Association
American National Live Stock Association
Pork surplus drive aims to boost sales and prices
The Agriculture Department asks farm broadcasters and food editors to publicize a pork production drive as fall pig supplies hit markets. USDA warns a hogs glut could push prices down, while Congress may be asked to expand a farm surplus sales program still years from its end, with exports already surpassing a billion dollars.
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United Press
Agriculture Department
USDA
Congress
Onion growers to testify at Chicago public hearing
Midwestern onion growers are invited to testify in Chicago on March 24 at a House Agriculture Subcommittee public hearing. The subcommittee studies futures trading in onions and other perishable crops. USDA researchers report a disease spray nearly wipes out the Virginia Pine sawfly, with potential use against other forest insects.
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Chicago
House Agriculture Subcommittee
USDA
Cleveland Clinic shows heart study on closed circuit TV
The Cleveland Clinic operates a closed-circuit TV station focusing on the human heart. A floroscope with an image amplifier provides enlarged bright views of the inside of the body, easily seen in lighter rooms.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
Colgate Defeats Buffalo After Missing Contact Lens
Colgate edged Buffalo 66 65 as a lost contact lens halted play for six minutes. Star guard Jack Nichols, wearing a spare lens after lens loss, scored 20 points in the season win. Nichols uses contact lenses instead of glasses, with a pair costing 350 dollars.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Colgate
University of Buffalo
Jack Nichols
Nichols
Peary Reaches North Pole on April 6 1909
Explorer Robert Peary reaches the North Pole on April 6 1909 confirming a historic polar achievement. The expedition marks a milestone in Arctic exploration and national record of discovery.
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Robert Peary
North Pole
Lubricated Breathers Protect Eyeglass Lenses Study Says
Optical researchers in Geneva New York report that breathing on eyeglass lenses creates a moisture film that reduces scratches during wiping. The moisture acts as a protective layer against dust and other particles.
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Geneva
N. Y
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