Sweep Makes Clinton Anderson Lead In New Mexico
With 859 of 935 precincts reporting in New Mexico the senate and house contests tilt toward Clinton Anderson and Gov Ed Mechem. Anderson leads with 106 112 to 78 316 while Mechem trails. Fernandez and Dempsey hold large congressional margins over Cobean and Childers. Simms leads Stockton in the gubernatorial race.
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Senate
Congress
Clinton Anderson
Edw Mechem
Antonio Fernandez
John Dempsey
Fernandez
Dempsey
Warren Cobean
Thomas Childers
John Simms, Jr
Alvin Stockton
Lea County Voting Returns: Mechem Wins Senate and Other Races
Local results show U S Senator Clinton Anderson reelected with 3 912 votes and Governor Ed Mechem (R) leading with 2 151 votes in Lea County. Other races list John Simms Jr Democratic governor candidate at 4 219 and Alvin Stockton 1 825 Republican.
Senate Fate Hangs In Balance After Election Night
Democrats win House control with about 31 seat margin and 228 total. GOP at 193 with potential nine more, while committees shift to Democrats led by Jere Cooper and Emanuel Celler. Senate still uncertain as results trickle in across Michigan Oregon Montana and Colorado.
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House
Ways and Means
Daniel Reed
New York
Jere Cooper
Tennessee
Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Celler
Chauncey Reed
Illinois
The
Un-American Activities Committee
Congress
Francis Walter
Pennsylvania
John W. Green Re-elected in Lovington Precinct Race
John W. Green, veteran Lea County official, was re elected Justice of Peace for Lovington precinct defeating L. C. Green. Green received 820 votes to 317 for his Republican opponent, who did not campaign.
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John W. Green
Lea County
Lovington
L. C. Green
Former Hobbs Resident Katherine Michlich Dies in Roswell
Katherine Louise Michlich 28 of Roswell dies and will be buried there Thursday at 2:30 pm. Her body rests at Ballard Funeral Home. A Hobbs High School graduate, she was wife of Capt. J. R. Michlich, a professor at N M M L. Survived by two daughters Nancy and Jean, her mother Bertha Ewing, two sisters S E Bell and E J Collora, and two brothers Albert C Ewing and Bill Ewyeg.
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Roswell
Ballard Funeral Home
Michlich
Hobbs High School
Hobbs
J. R. Michlick
Nancy
Jean
Bertha Ewing
E. Sanger
S. E. Bell
Ottawa
Kansas
E. J. Collora
East Patterson
New Jersey
Albert C. Ewing
Bill Ewyeg
Wichita
Youth Held For Attempting To Steal Aerial
Jerry L. Hollman an 18 year old boy was found tampering with the radio aerial on State Patrolman Otis Haley's car in Hobbs while Haley was off duty. He was booked at Hobbs Police Station on a charge of attempted larceny from an automobile.
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Jerry L. Hollman
Otis Haley
Haley
Hobbs
Reo
Texas Reps Elect First postreconstruction Congressman
Dallas Republicans choose Bruce Alger as their first Texas congressman since reconstruction by narrowly defeating Wallace Savate in the Sta district.
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Bruce Alger
Wallace Savate
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Senator Kefauver Seeks Facts on Gas Rate Increases
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee demands a senate investigation to uncover facts behind the Federal Power Commission decision permitting new natural gas rate hikes. The boosts, totaling over 8 million dollars, took effect yesterday.
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United Press
Washington
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Senate
Federal Power Commission
Roswell Boy to Be Tried as Adult in Murder Case
A 15 year old Roswell boy named Kenneth Lewis faces adult murder charges after allegedly fatally stabbing 18 year old Leon Webb during a dispute over a girlfriend. Dist. Judge George T. Harris ordered adult trial and set bond at $1000.
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Leon Webb
George T. Harris
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Cobean says people have short memory after loss
Warren Cobean concedes defeat in the New Mexico congressional race noting voters forgetful across the state and nation. He cites Tuesday’s results as a backward step while Thomas Childers of Santa Fe accepts a dwindling chance to win.
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United Press
Roswell
Warren Cobean
N. M
Thomas Childers
Santa Fe
Cobean
Record Week In District Court Civil Filings
District Clerk Wm Beauchamp reports 38 civil filings last week totaling 89 for October. The record is 101 in one month. Court will convene November 9 for one day and the week of November 23.
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Wm. Beauchamp
Mobile X-Ray Unit Visits Lovington This Week
A mobile X-ray unit opens at 10 a.m. Saturday November 6 on the northwest square corner and stays open until 6 p.m. It resumes Tuesday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. through November 11, then moves to Monument November 12 to service Buckeye and Mallamar residents. Five local women’s clubs assist with registration and filming and X-rays will be offered free of charge to the public.
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Lovington
Monument
Buckeye
Mallamar
Beta Sigma Phi
Woman’s Club
Junior Woman's Club
Louise Ritchey
Betty Snider
Hazel Berry
Ethel Lampman
Floy Bell
Mary Johnson
Frances McNally
Carole McMeen
Martin Hughes Found Guilty In Tax Evasion Trial
Hobbs rancher Martin Hughes was convicted by a jury of four women and eight men for income tax evasion totaling about 7800 dollars for 1948 and 1949. He was acquitted on charges for 1947 and for a 1951 false statement.
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Albuquerque
Martin Hughes
Hughes
Kittens End Season Saturday at Hobbs
Lovington Junior High Kittens close football season with a Saturday game against Houston Junior High of Hobbs at Eagle Stadium Robbs. After a 27 to 6 defeat to Artesia Junior High they coach for better defense as three defensive miscues produced three Artesia touchdowns. They seek another Hobbs victory after a prior win over Heizer Junior High.
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Hobbs
Kittens
Artesia Junior High
Clardy
Daws
Artesia
Heizer
New Priest Assigned To St. Thomas Church Lovington
Father Brian Redington arrives in Lea County to serve St. Thomas Church Lovington and join St Helena's Hobbs parishes. He will share the Hobbs priest house with Fathers Keenan and Harkins and celebrate four Sunday masses at St Helena's Hobbs.
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Brian Redington
Lea County
Hobbs
Fabian Keenan
Lucian Harkins
Lovington
St. Anthony’s Seminary
Hudson
Albany N. Y
Catholic University
Washington
Fordham
N. Y
St. Helena’s
Jal St Cecelia’s
Lovington Wildcats crippled for pivotal Friday clash
Lovington faces Ft Sumner at Wildcat Stadium with a patched lineup. Key backs Shivers Stolpe hampered by injuries, Bevers slowed by an infected foot, while LeBeau Haggerton and Cates step in to cover. Foxes bring Crenshaw and strong form as Lovington eyes an eight year win streak.
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LeBeau
Haggerton
Stolpe
Shivers
Cates
Rovers
Wildcats
Crenshaw
Tucumcari
Lovington
Foxes
Game Protective Association To Be Organized Here
Dave Wood of the New Mexico Game Department showed films on hunting safety at the Lovington Club meeting. Dr. R. E. Smith was named to help organize a Game Protective Association to aid game birds in Lea County. The club plans an indoor shooting backstop at the skating rink for winter practice. In the turkey shoots, Boyd Taylor won two prizes, with C. T. Grable, Art Mhoon, David Caudle, Jerry Wright, Jim Woodward, R. S. French, Bud Lewis, Richard Byrd, and Val Perry also taking turkeys.
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Dave Wood
N .M. Game Department
Lovington
R. E. Smith
Lea County
Boyd Taylor
C. T. Grable
Hobbs Couple Petitions to Adopt Two Children
A Hobbs couple filed a petition seeking to adopt two children. The case outlines the planned custody arrangement and parental rights, with the petition entering the official court record and awaiting judicial action.
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Hobbs
Navarro Services Today for Heliodoro Navarro
Heliodoro Hurdo Navarro died at his home near Hobbs at 5 a m Wednesday. He was 46, born in Old Mexico and a U S citizen who had lived in the area nine months from Loving New Mexico, employed at Muse Farm. Survivors include a wife and several children. Mass was held at St Helena's Church in Hobbs at 10 a m today with burial in Prairie Haven.
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Hobbs
Old Mexico
U. S
Loving
N. M
Muse Farm
St. Helena’s Catholic Church
Prairie Haven
Mundt Re-Elected in South Dakota Senate Race
Karl Mundt, prominent figure in the Army McCarthy hearings, wins re election in South Dakota defeating Democrat Kenneth Holum. Mundt retained his Senate seat as a Republican, keeping the state represented in Washington.
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Karl Mundt
Kenneth Holum
One Roosevelt Defeated and One Elected in New York
Albany Franklin D Roosevelt Jr was the only member of the Democratic state ticket to lose in the New York State election. He failed to win the attorney general seat, losing to Republican Jacob Javits by over 200000 votes. Observers blamed religious opposition in New York City.
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Albany
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
N. Y
Young Roosevelt
Jacob Javits
New York City
Averell Harriman
Ades
Stockton Telegram to Next Governor Concedes Defeat
Alvin Stockton conceded defeat in the New Mexico gubernatorial race and sent a telegram at 11 29 p m to John Simms congratulating the Democratic candidate on victory. The message wished him a successful administration.
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United Press Ration
Alvin Stockton
N. M
Stockton
John Simms
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Holland Faces Charges Over Hot Checks
Ce W Holland former owner of H and L Television Hobbs faces arraignment after being returned from Albuquerque County jail on a complaint by J L Campbell Eunice Electric Shop for 126 41 two more checks are reported outstanding to J T Sayers Radio Lab and J C Head Griffiths in Hobbs Holland and family had left Hobbs for Albuquerque where he later worked in television
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H&l Television Een
Lawren
Hobbs Hall
Albuquerque
J. L. Campbell
Eunice Electric
J. T. Sayers
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J. C. Head
Griffith’s
Hobbs
Holland
Republican Chairman Hails Bipartisan Support For Good Government
United Press reports Missouri Republican state chairman M. B. Johns Jr wired Democratic state chair Tom Brown Sr. with congratulations and a pledge to steer the two party system toward good government. Johns also sent messages to Sen. Clinton P. Anderson and John Simms Jr. expressing cooperation to advance public welfare.
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Ed Mechem
John Simms Johns
Republican Party
Write-In Victory for Thurmond in South Carolina
United Press South Carolina reports J Storm Thurmond, former governor and states rights candidate, defeats special Democratic nominee Ernest Brown in a write-in win. Thurmond leads with 87,689 votes to 17,286 as 1162 of 1753 precincts report, succeeding the late Burnet Maybank.
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South Carolina
J. Storm Thurmann
Sego
Ernest Brown
Burnet Maybank
Thurmond
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