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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1955
Page
2
Spring brings active scenes ideal for photo albums. From planting and blossoms to kids playing, painting fences, and pets, a series of images can tell a family story. A child with a paint brush and fence offers a classic before, during, and after sequence.
State comptroller Daniel Smith and others review files to decide which firm will receive New Mexico's advertising contract. The delay follows questions about whether the Ward Hicks Agency kept 2 percent prompt-pay discounts from bill publishers instead of passing them to the state. Five bidders remain in contention as Hicks faces focus amid Democratic fundraising ties.
The French senate defeated a communist prejudicial motion aimed at blocking the German rearmament treaties. Observers in Paris expect final approval of the accords after a show of hands rejected the motion, echoing past defeats of similar efforts in the national assembly.
W A Bill Anderson reports sales of two bulls to Winston Bros. of Snyder Texas one bull to Dick Sterling of Roswell New Mexico and three bulls to Frank Cowden Jr of Midland Texas.
United Press reports New York newsmen witnessed Dr. Malcom Bersehn, 27, read a five page self written statement on arriving at Idlewild Airport after three years in a Chinese prison on spy charges. His controlled voice broke into a shriek as he proclaimed espionage claims and peace rhetoric before his family guided him away.
Senator Richard Neuberger urged a non-partisan tribunal to oversee campaigns. He told a New York audience the body would curb slander and character assassinations in candidate speeches.
A list of well locations in Lea County shows multiple rigs from Drickey Queen Morris R Antwell to Caprock George H Williams 2 Metex State drilling to 3 100 feet and 3 200 feet rotary from specified section lines. The notices cover various operators including Joseph I O Neill Jr Elizabeth A Williams Neville G Penrose Pure Oil Co Caprock and Federal entities with details on north south and east west line offsets.
Details of multiple oil wells in Eddy County show rotary drilling progress from various sections and lines. Operators include American Petroleum Corp, Caprock Cactus Drilling, Continental Oil, Shell Oil, Southern Petroleum, and others with depths from 3 000 to 13 565 feet and start times listed as at once.
Records detail multiple oil wells in Chaves County New Mexico showing daily oil outputs, gravity figures, and gas oil ratios. Wells include Drickey-Queen-Cities Service Oil Co and Oil Co 5-C Government among others with perforations and open holes noted.
Readable drill reports describe several wells from fields like Gulf Oil Corp and Amerada Petroleum. Entries list sections, lines, depths, oil gravities, daily barrels or gas output, and treatment actions such as fracture, acidize, or open-hole operations.
A Federal jury in New York found Henry Grunewald and two codefendants guilty of influence peddling and tax fraud in a conspiracy trial. Federal authorities pursued the case against Grunewald, dubbed the Dutchman, in relation to illicit payments and tax scheme charges.
A high school basketball game between Coeur d Alene and Lewis and Clark was cancelled due to slick conditions. No scores or rescheduled date provided.
Elizabeth Forehand of Carlsbad was elected president of the Junior New Mexico Cattle Growers Association at the Albuquerque convention. Bob Stuart of Albuquerque was named vice president, Marica Doak of Gladstone secretary, and Darrell Crenshaw of Melrose treasurer. Forehand follows her late father Roy Forehand who led the association in the early 1950s. Officials also noted a junior varsity basketball slip due to a gym floor wax incident after a dance last night.
A retro feature notes how homemakers face constant duties and stress. It touts reclining chairs as relief, easing tension at shoulders, back, hips, knees and ankles, while offering fabrics and wipe clean surfaces.
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