Two Injured in Saturday Night Fracas at Lea County Home
Clyde Lawson and Wilma Lawson with multiple wounds were taken to Lea County hospital after a cutting affray at a home on Saturday night. F. H. Lawson was jailed on assault charges as the incident involved threats and a knife in a heated family dispute.
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T. Y. Tidwell
Lawson
Finch
Lea County Hospital
Clyde Lawson
Wilma Lawson
Forrest H. Lawson
City Commission Set for Tuesday Meeting in Cornish
The City Commission will hold its regular semi monthly meeting at city hall Tuesday at 7 30 p m The agenda includes sewer system extension to Denco addition and Halliburton expansion of the water system and planning and zoning board recommendations for a platting ordinance The meeting will be open to the public.
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City Commission
City Hall
Denco Addition
Halliburton
Planning and Zoning Board
Democrats Blast Administration On Three Fronts
Congressional Democrats attack the administration on three fronts farm defense and electric power. Poage argues Senate farm bill features raise surpluses and depress prices while the administration backs them. Senators O Mahoney Kefauver and Jackson criticize handling of the Army Air Force dispute and leadership. A secret House subcommittee report calls for firing two interior department officials over federal power sales favoring private utilities.
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United Press
Senate
House
W. R. Poage
Texas
Joseph O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Ing
Estes Kefauver
Henry Jackson
Washington
Fued
Charles Wilson
Eisenhower
Interior Department
North Sea Red Cross to Offer Free Summer Swim Lessons
The North Sea Chapter of the American Red Cross will run free swimming classes at Lovington Country Club pool starting June 11 for all public school first graders and up. Elaine Chapman leads beginner to advanced life saving and adult classes with two 3 week sessions priced at 3.50 per session. Registration May 31 to June 2 for session one and June 28 to 30 for session two.
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American Red Cross
Lovington Country Club
Elaine Chapman
Red Cross
Country Club
FBI To Probe Beating of Negro Prisoner by Police
City officials deny civil rights violations after a reported beating of George Williams, an ex convict, by City policeman H Cunningham Bill Wiggington and Chief Bill White. An FBI inquiry from Albuquerque will visit Hobbs within days to investigate the alleged incident and civil rights claims. Williams’s attorney Hammel Carrell said the vagrancy sentence would be appealed as new developments were anticipated.
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FBI
Bill White
Bill Harrison
Hobbs
Albuquerque
Jerry Wright
Harrison
H. Cunningham
Bill Wiggington
Chief White
White
George Williams
Williams
Hammel Carrell
Savisky Defends Police Over Civil Rights Allegations
City commissioner Al Savisky defended the police department on Monday after rumors of civil rights violations. He cited FBI training on only necessary force and expressed confidence in Chief Bill White and all officers. He urged citizens with evidence to contact him.
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al Savisky
FBI
Bill White
Hobbs Man Escapes Police Then Is Captured After Run
Frank B. Jester of Hobbs eluded officers in a high speed car chase on the Eunice highway and on foot for miles before being captured. He faces charges of speeding stop sign violations driving with a revoked license and reckless driving with additional state charges filed. Jester pleaded not guilty and is held on a $300 bond pending Thursday’s hearing.
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Hobbs
Eunice Highway
Old Monument Road
Monument
Frank B. Jester
Elm Grove Courts
Hoover Wimberly
Jester
Bob Bensing
Lowell Stout
Poppy Day Activities Planned by Lovington VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post of Lovington will decorate soldiers graves in the cemetery on Memorial Day and place a wreath on the courthouse memorial. Johnnie Ray and Bill Palmer brought in three more VFW members in Roswell to Capitan to assist in officer election and installation. Plans announced for a district seven picnic and a poppy sale in Lovington on Saturday May 26.
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Lovington
Johnnie Ray
Bill Palmer
Roswell
VFW
Salem Curtis
Asa Guffy
Tom Forbis
Capitan
The
Post
Mrs Tom Jackson Buys Rudolph Casselberry Home on West Avenue B
Mrs Tom Jackson purchased the Rudolph Casselberry house at 322 West Avenue B and plans to rent the property.
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Tom Jackson
Rudolph Casselberry
West Avenue B
Jail 9 Drunks On Weekend
The weekend police roundup jailed nine intoxicated individuals including one woman 29 year old May Lewis of Ta tum. Others named are J R Crow der 30 Dickinson TX S P Smith 55 Lovington J M Bass 33 Pine land TX R Garcia Lovington W D Jacobs 51 L Jones 34 local motor court F M Hernandez 41 Bert Dorty farm employee and O B Haynes 33 East State route. Fast driving fines totaled 20 with Todd Webber paying half and Sally Blackmon Cavason the remainder.
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May Lewis
Tatum
J. R. Crowder
Dickinson
Texas
S. P. Smith
Lovington
J. M. Bass
Pineland
R. Garcia
W. D. Jacobs
L. Jones
F. M. Hernandez
Bert Dorty Farm
O. B. Haynes
Todd Webber
Sally Blackmon Cavason
Bayard Tavern License Suspended in New Mexico
State Liquor Director Hilton Dickson suspended the license of H G Caldwell who runs the Triangle Tavern at Bayard for after hours sale. A hearing on April 11 led to the action regarding the February 11 incident. Charges against Ben Montoya and Carmel Romero of the Adobe Club in Pojoaque were dismissed. A later hearing on April 18 found sufficient evidence to justify the case.
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Santa FE
N. M
Hilton Dickson
H. G. Caldwell
Triangle
Bayard
Caldwell
Dickson
Ben Montoya
Carmel Romero
Pojoaque
Albert Ayala Competes in Battalion Tests in Germany
Army Specialist Third Class Albert L. Ayala, 22, with the 9th Infantry Division in Southern Germany, took part in battalion tests. A truck driver in Headquarters Company of the 47th Regiment, Ayala entered service in January 1953 and arrived in Europe in November 1954. He is the son of Eustacio Ayala of Lovington and is married to Zenaida, who lives in Carlsbad, New Mexico.
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Albert L. Ayala
Zenaida
Carlsbad
N. M
9Th Infantry Division
U. S. Seventh Army
9Th Division
Ayala
Fort Carson
Colo
Europe
Ayla
Eustacio Ayala
Lovington
Lovington High School
Period of fair weather with warm daytime temperatures
Forecast shows generally fair weather with minimal precipitation. Temperatures average 6 to 12 degrees above seasonal norms. Day highs near 80 to 90, nights from 40s to 60s, warmer in the south and cooler in the north.
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Manly
Buck Junior Wins Jumping Frog Championship
Twelve year old Bill Basacker of Oakland cheers as Buck Junior, a frog, wins the Angels Camp jumping contest in front of 22 000 spectators with a leap of 15 feet 9 inches. The Japanese entry takes the booby prize with just over two feet. The event is tied to Mark Twain's Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and draws frogs from around the world.
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Bill Basacker
Oakland
California
Buck Junior
Bill
Angels Camp
Mark Twain
Calaveras County
New Excuse For Speeding
State Patrolman Rocky Payne arrested a man for speeding 70 mph on highway 18 south of Lovington early Sunday. The driver offered his wife and him had a quarrel and were racing home to break up a fight, claiming he was rushing to avoid the fight.
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Rocky” Payne
Payne
Highway 18
Lovington
Hobbs
Lovington High School Spanish Club Elects Officers
The Lovington High School Los Llaneros club elected officers for the coming year at a May 17 meeting. New officers include President Margaret Wilson, Vice President Mike Binkley, Secretary Nancy Lowery, Parliamentarian Jimmy LeBeau, Reporter Glenda McNabb, Historian A. D. Black, and Song Leader Myra Parke. Plans for next year's activities were outlined.
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Lovington High School
Los Llaneros
Margaret Wilson
Mike Binkley
Nancy Lowery
Jimmy LeBeau
Glenda McNabb
A. D. Black
Myra Parke
GM lays off more auto workers amid lowest output pace
The General Motors Corpora tion cuts another group of employees while the United Auto Workers urge government aid. Automotive News shows May production at about 478000 cars with Fisher and Pontiac divisions hit by layoffs. UAW calls for mass meeting in Detroit with officials invited as unemployment nears 159000 in the industry.
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United Press
General Motors Corporation
United Auto Worker
Automotive News
G-M
Fisher Body
Cadillac
Pontiac
Fisher
Michigan
Pat Quinn
U.A.W
Detroit
Patrick McNamara
Mennen Williams
Labor Department
U.A.W. General Motors National Council
Pickett Spent Over $4900 on Governor Race
The article reports Ingram B. Pickett’s Democratic nomination bid for governor costing about 4953 in campaign expenses. It notes Pickett spent 1800 on TV, 912 on ads, and reveals Simms spent 1051 in the primary with much funded by the Simms for Governor Club. Robert Stephens spent just over 300.
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Ingram B. Pickett
Picket
Secretary of State
Tall Corporation
John Simms
Pickett
Simms
Simms-for-Governor Club
Robert Stephens
Powder Puff Derby entrant dies on pleasure flight
Marjorie Miller of Reynoldsburg Ohio finished 14th in a Powder Puff Derby field of 22 at Havana Cuba. After the race she made a short pleasure hop to Havana and died when the plane overshot the field and crashed into a steep cliff. Co pilot Bonnie Butler of Zanesville Ohio was seriously injured. Another airman died and a second was injured in a separate Gulf of Mexico light-plane incident.
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Marjorie Miller
Reynoldsburg
Ohio
Havana
Cuba
Bonnie Butler
Zanesville
Naval Air Base
Gulf of Mexico
Weekly business picture shows mixed steel and auto trends
The week saw record low heavy construction awards and a dip in auto output though demand for steel remained strong. United States Steel plant strike in Alabama helped depress production, while fabricatorsCut back due to metal shortages. Retail trade rose 9 to 13 percent year over year aided by Mother's Day promotions and home goods sales.
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United Press
United States Steel
Alabama
Stel
Ward
Dan and
Bradstreet
Prosperity Wave Shows Higher Output Across Industries
The review notes increased coal production and electricity output week over week and year over year. Car loadings, gasoline production, and inventories reflect strong vehicle use, with major lines up from last year. Steel and crude oil rise, soft coal up 13 percent, wholesale prices higher, while wholesale food prices peak yet stay below last year. Industry plans 39 billion dollars for expansion this year, a record, per Mc Graw Hill.
Eight Die In Elyria Car Train Crash At Grade Crossing
A New York Central passenger train struck a car at a grade crossing in Elyria Ohio killing eight people. The impact scattered parts of the car for three quarters of a mile and no survivors were found.
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Elyria
Ohio
New York Central
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