Senate Passes Farm Bill Itself Meets Ike’s Approval Hope
The Senate approved a compromised farm bill aimed at President Eisenhower, removing fixed price supports and most double pricing, retaining a soil bank plan, and rejecting pay-for-not-plant commitments in an election year. It now goes to a House Senate Conference Committee before final action.
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United Press
Senate
Eisnhower
Voice Voce
Eisenhower
House Senate Conference Committee
Harry
Planning Cornish Studies for Santa Fe Master Plan
Santa Fe planning commission met Friday night to study city plans used by larger cities. City manager Bill Harrison said the board will be occupied for several months in study before drawing up a master plan for Lovington.
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Lovington
Santa Fe
Bill Harrison
New Mexico A and M College Receives Pi Gamma Mu Charter
Pi Gamma Mu approves a charter for New Mexico A and M College, with a fall 1954 formal chapter establishment. The organization promotes social science scholarship and service, with NM A&M faculty members named to join the society.
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State College
N. Mex
New Mexico A and M College
Pi Gamma Mu
Sigurd Johansen
History and Social Sciences
New Mexico
A and M
National Academy of Economics and Political Science
W. A. Alford
P. M. Baldwin
School of Arts and Sciences
L. L. Damien
Ira G. Clark
L. D. Haight
Burl L. Noggle
M. G. Anderson
Paul W. Zickefosoe
Charlotte bank lists surplus asset scrap er after sidewalk heater
Charlotte Michigan based National Bank of Charlotte declares its cement snow scraper as a surplus asset after installing an electric heating system under its sidewalk. The move highlights the bank's asset management after construction work.
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Charlotte
Mich
National Bank of Charlotte
Driver Cited For Fesure To Yield After Accident
One lane traffic citation issued after a two vehicle collision at avenue F and second street. Ira L. Morgan cited for failing to yield to W. L. Westbrook. Morgan’s Lovington box 1153 address vs Westbrook at 709 S Fifth Street. Vehicle damage measured at 82 feet.
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Ira L. Morgan
W. L. Westbrook
Avenue F
Second Street
Morgan
Westbrook
Lovington
S 5Th Street
Eight year old shows bravery after father dies in plane crash
In Austin Texas eight year old Jimmy Rose tells a classroom tale of his father being killed in a plane crash two days earlier. He explains his mother urged bravery and not crying while admitting she cried a lot.
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Jimmy Rose
Austin
Texas
Jimmy
Drunk Blamed For Causing Fire in Hobbs Trailer
Hobbs firemen fought two small blazes in quick succession. At 421 W Dunham a bed trailer burned as a intoxicated resident staggered out, later jailed. The second fire at 505 E Clinton, blamed on kitchen wiring short circuit, caused negligible damage.
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George C. Buess
Bastille
James L. Evans
E. Clinton
Reds Plea To End Cold War At Mollet Party
The Russians pressed for a settlement to end the cold war during a Moscow stag party for French Prime Minister Guy Mollet. Khrushchev called the war a corpse after toasts with vodka while Mollet expressed approval of ending the Cold War. He warned some still seek its resurrection.
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Guy Mollet
Moscow
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Mollet
Perjury Charges Possible After Denver Un American Probe
Denver reports indicate indictments for perjury may follow hearings of the House Unamerican Activities Subcommittee. Chairman Francis Walter said witnesses could face perjury charges after the third day of testimony. He proposed two Taft Hartley Act amendments on loyalty oaths for union workers and American citizenship for elected union officials. Walter noted all elected Mine Mill Locals heads in El Paso are not American citizens. Six witnesses, including Mine Mill employees, invoked the fifth amendment to resist questions about Communist Party ties.
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Denver
House
Subcommittee
Francis Walter
Pennsylvania
Democrat
Walter
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
el Paso
Texas
Communist Party
Russia Favours Disarmament Talks Says Stassen
Harold Stassen cites Russia's troop cut back as a move toward renewed disarmament negotiations with the west. He notes less distrust between the U.S. and Russia than five years ago and says eight Task Forces of American experts will meet May 29 to reassess Russia's one million two hundred thousand troop cut within a year and guide U.S. disarmament policy.
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Harold Stassen
Russia
Kremlin
West
Eisenhower
Washington
United States
Stassen
Mason brothers die in COVERT car collision
Ralph and Cecil Mason, brothers, were en route to visit when their cars collided at a slippery intersection in COVERT Michigan. Authorities reported no further details available at this time.
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Covert, Mich
Ralph
Cecil Mason
Beggar Took Taxi To Work Rumor Circulates In Toronto
Police in Toronto pursue a case of a high living, totally-disabled beggar who is said to make about 40 dollars daily. He allegedly builds a new home for his family and commutes 40 miles to his stand each day by taxi prompting questions about licensing regulations.
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Toronto
Jewels Missing From Hotel Safe in Wichita Mystery
Diamonds valued at 110000 dollars vanished from a downtown Wichita hotel safe. The gems were kept for guest Nate Revsner of Chicago, an independent wholesale jeweler. Det. Bill Kiepper investigates a tip that a hotel registrant entered the vault with one case and left with two, possibly containing the diamonds.
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United Press
Wichita
Kansas
Nate Revsner
Chicago
Bill Kiepper
Child questions wearing T shirt at tea parties
Four year old Samuel Junno in Hartford reacts to a T shirt given by his mother asking if he must wear it to tea parties. The light hearted moment captures a child's candid reaction to clothing and social occasions. Samuel's remark reflects playful family life in Connecticut.
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Hartford
Conn
Samuel Junno
Eunice Doctor Wins Permanent Injunction at Sea General Hospital
Dr Levon A Akopiantz wins permanent injunction against Sea General Hospital authorities to allow him staff privileges and practice. Judge T E Hensley rules the hospital barred him unlawfully and orders minor privileges for one year with senior staff oversight. Results of Oregon primary show Stevenson and Morse leading. Eisenhower unopposed for Republicans.
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Eunice
Sea General Hospital
Levon A. Akopiantz
Akopiantz
T. E. Hensley
Portales
Lovington
Bix
Dr. Akopiantz
Dr. Akoopiantz
Akopantz
Bible Saves Cop From Stabbing Incident
Fort Worth police sergeant credits a shirt pocket Bible with saving his life after he stopped Claude Hodges from killing himself with an ice pick. Hodges stabbed the Bible and wounded himself 28 times. the officer suffered multiple injuries but is expected to recover.
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United Press
Fort Worth
Lawrence Wood
Claude Hodges
Hodges
Wood
Marilyn Monroe Undergoes Tonsil Removal in Toledo
Seven year old Marilyn Monroe reportedly had her tonsils removed at Mercy Hospital in Toledo. The blond blue eyed patient was described as recovering well after the procedure performed recently.
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Toledo
Marilyn Monroe
Mercy Hospital
13 year old girl wins national spelling bee in Washington
The 29th National Spelling Bee crowned a 13 year old Pittsburgh policeman's daughter as champion after prevailing over 62 contestants in Washington.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Lovington Teen Falls Short In National Spelling Bee
Melody Sachko wins top prize after 9 hour contest elimination of rivals. Connie Pruit exits after misspelled extirpator. Second place goes to Sandra Owen of Justus Ohio. $1000 cash, large cup and New York weekend prize awarded.
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Lovington
Washington
Connie Annette Pruit
Melody Sachko
Scripps-Howard
Sandra Owen
Justus
Ohio
Melody
Jeremaid
New York City
Cennamo Loses Breach Suit Over Marriage Promise
Bridgeport, Connecticut. Mrs. Anna Cennamo failed to prove a $50,000 breach of promise claim against George Walser. A judge ruled the alleged marriage proposal from 21 years ago did not meet the required proof to enforce the promise.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Anna Cennamo
George Walser
English Businessmen Jailed For Western Embargo Violations
Three British businessmen were found guilty of plotting embargoed shipments to Iron Curtain countries. Henry Owen fainted in court as jurors convicted him and two colleagues of violating the Western embargo on metals worth about three million dollars. Sentences ranged from two to four years.
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London
Iron Curtain
Henry Owen
Owen
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Benson to Visit Drought Areas in Iowa and Nebraska
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson plans a two day tour through drought threatened farmlands in Iowa and Nebraska. He will visit at least one farm in Iowa’s southwestern tier counties on Tuesday and travel through southeast Nebraska on Wednesday.
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Benson
Iowa
Nebraska
Ames
Ezra Taft Benson
County Records Seventh Road Death in Lea County
Lea County reports its seventh traffic fatality from an automobile crash early Saturday. Alvarado Lizalde, 33, a Mexican national employed by the Lea County Farm and Livestock Bureau, died Thursday at Lea General Hospital from injuries. Driver Jose Macias of Lovington faces charges of driving while intoxicated driving without a license and being involved in an accident. The wreck occurred at the Jim Reed Road Cemetery Road intersection on the north edge of Lovington about 2:30 a.m.
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Lea County
Alvarado Lizalde
Lea County Farm and Livestock Bureau
Lea General Hospital
Lizalde
Jose Macias
Lovington
Jim Reed
Cemetery Road
Jets Punctuate Armed Forces Day in Hobbs
Armed Forces Day observance in Hobbs featured eight jet fighters, likely F 86s, roaring overhead at over 300 mph. The planes appeared without warning, looping in a northeast then southwest path and vanishing from view. Officials at the Hobbs observation tower did not sight the flight.
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Armed Forces
Hobbs
CAA
Technician Shortage Hurts Airpower Race
DETROIT AP General Nathan Twining, Air Force Chief of Staff, warned the nation is losing its lead in the airpower race to Russia due to a acute shortage of technically trained personnel. He said the shortage could undermine national security and must be wiped out.
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Detroit
Nathan Twining
Russia
Twining
Air Force
Orange police radio relay blamed on freak weather
Orange Connecticut police chief Carl A. Peterson said unusual weather caused broadcasts from San Antonio and New Orleans to be heard on the Orange police radio. He joked that a couple of women dispatchers were discussing a fried chicken recipe and that he was hungry.
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Orange, Conn
Carl A. Peterson
San Antonio
Tex
New Orleans
Laredo
Orange Police Radio
Lenin Faulted Stalin On Deathbed Warning Surfaces
A Moscow youth newspaper reports that on Lenin's deathbed in 1924 he warned Stalin was a power hungry hasty leader unfit for sole command. Lenin purportedly urged collective leadership and even suggested replacing Stalin with a more patient loyal figure. The piece notes Lenin's testament was published abroad later by Trotsky.
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Marx
Moscow
Lenin
Stalin
Communist Party
Russia
Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Dry Weather Delays Grasshopper Hatch in Lea County
Lea County farmers report slow grasshopper hatching due to ongoing drought. Experts say wet conditions boost populations and the predicted infestation may delay until favorable weather returns as egg pods can remain dormant through summer.
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Lea County
Village Mill to Open in Three Weeks on South Main
The Village Mill plans a three week opening at 1102 South Main just north of Lea County Lumber Co. The restaurant will operate 24 hours daily with seating for 120 and a private dining room. Chinese food will be served. Owner Austin Meeks also runs Millers Cafe on the Artesia highway.
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South Main
Lea County Lumber Co
Austin Meeks
Millers Cafe
Artesia Highway
United Fund to Mail Letters Beginning Drive
Lee Jones chairman says letters will be mailed to businessmen with Lovington offices and to out of town or out of state headquarters to announce the United Fund Drive which will start in October.
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Lee Jones
United Fund
Lovington
Two Local Youths Charged With Forging Checks
Police report two local youths ages 13 and 9 were caught at McKenney's Dry Goods Store trying to pass a $5 check. They allegedly cashed eleven forged checks using the names Black Brown and White. the older boy writes, the younger passes. Names withheld by police.
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McKenney
Patterson Rites Set In Hobbs For William B Patterson
Funeral services tentatively planned for today at the First Baptist Church in Hobbs for William B Patterson 63 who died Saturday morning at Lea County Hospital after a short illness. He was born February 1 1893 in New Lexington Tennessee married Rosé Edith Bigham October 5 1913 moved to Hobbs 1942 from Lawn Texas and worked 14 years for Price’s Creamery. Survivors include widow son W B Jr two brothers and four sisters.
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First Baptist Church
Hobbs
William B. Patterson
East Scarbauer
Patterson
Lea County Hospital
New Lexington
Tennessee
Rosé Edith Bigham
Ovala
Texas
Lawn
Price’s Creamery
Clyde Campbell
Griffin
W. B. Jr
Tatum Lad Injured At Rodeo Grounds
Bill Green reports a boy named Tatum was struck by a car at the rodeo grounds Friday afternoon. He sustained multiple bruises and cuts but his injuries are not considered serious.
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Bill Green
Tatum
Rodeo Grounds
Students form Collegiate Enterprises to create part time jobs
Brookings based Collegiate Enterprises a division of the S D State College Foundation becomes a nonprofit firm to provide students with employment. The program aims to help students support themselves by arranging part time jobs through campus and community connections.
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Brookings
S. D
South Dakota State College
Collegiate Enterprises
S. D. State College Foundation
Two New Umpires Added In SWL
Two umpires join the Southwestern League roster as Al Martin from Cumberland Maryland and Henry Krane from Tucson Arizona bring five and three years of experience respectively. They replace Earl Gardner Fritz Brown and Pat Vastano who are on the inactive list. Gardner returns home to Marysville Kansas Brown to Hartford Kansas. Air Force Captain Julian Carlin and Red Goodwin continue part time umpiring near Goodfellow Air Force Base and Roswell respectively. Krane was set to join Goodwin at Roswell for Thursday night games.
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al Martin
Cumberland
Maryland
Martin
Henry Krane
Krane
Tucson
Ariz
Earl Gardner
Fritz
Brown
Pat Vastano
Gardner
Marysville
Kan
Hartford
Air Force
Julian Carlin
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Carlin
Red Goodwin
Roswell
Goodwin
First Holy Communion at St. Thomas Lovington
Fourteen children received their First Holy Communion on May 13 at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Lovington. Recipients include Rosa Garcia Miguel Medina Margaret Drexler Fernando Sarz Maria Carmel Garcia John Wheelees John Reagan Sherry Bernel Joan Hobbs Michael Allen George Orana Lillie Quiroz Kathey Bradford and Socorro Ornelas.
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St. Thomas Catholic Church
Lovington
Father Ly
Rosa Garcia
Miguel Medina
Margaret Drexler
Fernando Sarz
Maria Caramel Garcia
John Wheelees
John Reagan
Sherry Bernel
Joan Hobbs
Michael Allen
George Orana
Lillie Quiroz
Kathey Bradford
Socorro Ornelas
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