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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1956
Page
4
The article notes a sharp rise in cargo thefts and hijackings in the postwar era, with losses exceeding 100 million dollars yearly. Thieves mimic Prohibition gangs, targeting liquor and goods, while insurance and retail prices climb as costs are passed to consumers.
A distressed message from an elderly woman speaks of suicide due to loneliness, raising concerns over her wellbeing. Separately, a health and safety column notes there are 20 poisonous snakes in the United States across four types: coral snakes, copperheads, water moccasins, and rattlesnakes.
The article advises planting lawns in fall for deeper roots and weed suppression, with September as ideal and late August or November workable. It discusses seeding rates, fertilizing, soil neutrality, rolling debates, and proper mowing heights for Kentucky blue and bent grasses. The piece closes with a personal note on Mrs. Clint Dobbs returning from a Florida trip with a Texas detour and Cuban sightseening.
Mr and Mrs Bill Rawlins return May 22 from Austin Texas where they attended the Presbyterian Seminary during the past year. They will be guests of Rev and Mrs G F Garlington. A family night supper will be held in their honor. He plans to start an experimental farm and school for Indians near the headwaters of the Amazon.
Two brothers aged seven and eight trigger a crime spree in Topeka after a Jesse James film. They steal $1,755 total including $1,200 from an open safe, $500 from a drug store, and $55 from a filling station before police capture them. Authorities weigh remedy options for the youths.
An explosion at Universal Match Corporation ordnance plant near Marion Illinois injured seven workers in a loading room as a remote control machine loaded a flash cartridge for a practice bomb. The blast blew the room roof but did not knock out 12 inch concrete walls. All seven were taken to Marion Memorial Hospital. injuries not considered serious.
Governor Averell Harriman criticized the Eisenhower administration's public housing program as restricting rather than expanding needed homes. He called for at least two million houses annually to tackle the national shortage and argued housing policy is a federal responsibility.
A college professor calls the national debt trivial but the remark alarms as theory meets finance. The exchange hints at skepticism toward academic views on economics and public debt.
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