FBI shoots bank robber near Tres Ritos in Taos
An FBI agent fatally shot a blond young man who robbed the First State Bank of 8105 Thursday near Tres Ritos Taos. Bank employees identified the body as the suspect who took cash and a paper sack filled with most of the loot. Identification remains unavailable, aids from fingerprints in Washington Bureau expected.
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Taos
N. M
FBI
First State Bank
Washington
Tres Ritos
Dies While Visiting Kin in Oklahoma
Fredrick Johnson 51 of Albany Oklahoma died in Sea General Hospital in Hamilton Oklahoma City and Albany Oklahoma. He left five sons Ben Wayne Dallas Roy Fort Sill and Albany and eight grandchildren. Remains were taken to Post on Friday for burial arrangements.
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Fredrick Johnson
Albany
Okla
Sea
Hosgus Hamilton
Oklahoma City
Karen
Ben
Wayne
Dallas
Tex
Roy
Fort Sill
Larry
Billy
Hobbsman Jailed Over Nine Hot Checks
A 25 year old Hobbsman was arrested Friday on a charge of passing nine hot checks valued at $100. Elon L. Builta of the Alice Rooms said in a statement he allegedly signed that eight checks totaling $90 were given to the Safeway Store and one $10 check to the Winslow Cafe.
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Hobbsman
Elon L. Builta
Alice Rooms
Safeway
Winslow Cafe
Farling man plead guilty for vagrancy
Richard A. Fore of Farling New Mexico was arrested for vagrancy and pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace Green this morning. He was fined 25 dollars.
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Richard A. Fore
Farling
N. M
Justice of the Peace Green
Adn
Two Ordered To Vacate County Offices
Lea County commissioners report bids for painting the Lea County Airport buildings in Hobbs with Lyle Schlaefli the low bidder at 2633.77. Other business includes appointing Raymond Dalmont custodian of voting machines and moving license vendors to larger rooms. The board approves car rental service contracts and hospital board reappointment. They plan unit tax system with new machines and discuss an upcoming local option election and voter purge.
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Lyle Schlaefli
Hobbs
Lea County
Schiaffli
Fox Big and Lumber Co
Allman and Phillips
Troy Parker
Raymond Dalmont
Dalmont
Ita Blackman
Richard Marshall
B. F. Hines
Guy Rogers
Lea County Hospital Board
Monument
Tom Parker
Delbert D. Coffman
John W. Green
Oaty Thompson
Tom Finn
F. L. Heidel
Lovington
David Boyd
Jal
Finn
Heidel
Boyd
FBI Seeks Johnson on Navy Desertion Charge
Carl I Johnson held on $500 bond for passing worthless checks is also wanted by federal authorities for Navy desertion. The Albuquerque FBI office advised the sheriff that Johnson deserted the Navy in Boston on October 22, 1954.
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FBI
Johnson
Navy
Carl i Johnson
Albuquerque
Boston
Arrestee counts fall for Lovington Police in September
Lovington Police reports show 74 arrests in September, down from 96 in August. The department issued 163 traffic citations, checked accidents, conducted 42 driver examinations, and issued 760 parking citations while assisting 377 motorists and coordinating with county, state police and other departments. Additional routine activity included 21 street lights out, 27 doors open, 13 prowler calls, 43 disturbances, seven fire calls, 19 escorts, and 10 emergency messages.
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Lovington
Caliche
Suits Filed In District Court Lovington 1955 civil docket
Civil suits docketed in Lovington District Court include J B Davis versus J R Lockhart Drilling Co for 1838.90. Andy Huff versus M A Dunaway for 50000. Mary Etcheverry and Sherwood Speegle versus Southern States Life Insurance and Speegle for 2205.84 plus six percent. Blanchard and State of Iowa versus Kyle Conger for child support. Luther Whittle versus Euelah Whittle for divorce and custody. R L Wham versus O W Henderson for 480. Rash versus Chemical Process Co for 1000. Wilkerson versus Wilkerson for divorce. Lindeman versus Roberts for habeas corpus and custody. June Crawford versus Jack Crawford for divorce. Phyllis Ulange versus Gene Ulange for child support for five children and one unborn. Ulange address 1305 E Byers Hobbs. Madison County Illinois joined in suit.
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Lovington
J. B. Davis
J. R. Lockhart Drilling Co
Andy Huff
Southern States Life Insurance Co
Sherwood Speegle
Speegle
Jessie Conger Blanchard
State of Iowa
Kyle Conger
Eunice
Luther M. Whittle
Euelah Mae Whittle
R. L. Wham
O. W. Henderson
Kenneth L. Rash
Chemical Process Co
Audie Mae Wilkerson
Milton Wilkerson
George W. Lindeman
Lois D. Roberts
Louis Roberts
June Crawford
Jack B. Crawford
Phyllis Ulange
Gene Ulange
Dogs Had Rough Time Last Month in Lovington
In September the Sanitation and Health Department nabbed 32 stray dogs with 20 destroyed. Department trucks covered 2 634 miles hauling 2 107 cubic yards of debris. The dump grounds were cleaned, the road rebuilt, and Lea County equipment issued 20 building permits and nine plumbing permits along with six sewer permits and 14 water taps. Inspections included 8 sewer 16 sanitary plumbing 12 final plumbing 8 miscellaneous plumbing 21 building and 5 sanitary.
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Lovington
Sanitation and Health Department
Lea County
Stocks Rise on NYSE After Two Day Slide
United Press reports prices on the New York stock exchange climbed after a two day decline. The market posted its third largest gain of the year, adding two billion dollars in value and reducing the year to date loss tied to President Eisenhower's illness to about fifteen billion dollars.
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United Press
New York Stock Exchange
Eisenhower
Hobbs Man Remanded After Pleading Not Guilty to DWI
Horace V. Brown of Box 414 Hobbs was remanded to Hobbs jail on Friday after pleading not guilty to driving while intoxicated. He remains jailed for failure to post a $100 bond set by Judge Robert Bensing.
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Horace V. Brown
Hobbs
Robert Bensing
Oldtimer Dennis Hudgens Buried in Lovington Rites
Final rites for Dennis Alvin Hudgens were held at the First Methodist Church Lovington at 2 p m Friday October 14 1955. He was 73 at death October 13 born February 3 1882 in Guadalupe County Texas. Survivors include wife Cloma six daughters one son a stepson and stepdaughter along with 25 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Burial followed at Lovington Cemetery with eight pallbearers.
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Dennis Alvin Hudgens
Lovington
First Methodist
Mr. Hudgens
West Avenue C
Guadalupe County
Texas
Ed Hamilton
J. C. Quarles
Hudgens
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Cloma
Irma Looney
Ruth Abernathy
Liberty
Kansas
Gladys Chambers
Golden Dale
Washington
Mildred Hines
Carlsbad
Lilly Ruth McMillian
Roswell
Comer Hudgens
Truman Attacks Legion Over UNESCO Split
President Harry Truman blasted the American Legion for a second time calling it a group of eager beavers and saying its leaders are America Firsters. He spoke at the UN in New York during the same day as the Legion convention in Miami where J Addington Wagner was elected commander and resolutions urged US withdrawal from Korea and aid cuts to India while endorsing the UN.
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United Press Force
Harry Truman
The
American Legion
Legion
Beavers
America Firsters
Mr. Truman
Miami
United States
Unesco
United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization
New York
Dag Hammarskjold
Truman
J. Addington Wagner
Battle Creek
Michigan
South Korea
India
United Nations
Fire on Tatum Highway Extinguished Before Fire Dept Arrival
A small fire on the first rig along the Tatum Highway prompted a 2:30 PM call to the Lovington Fire Department on Wednesday. Firefighters arrived to extinguish the blaze, preventing it from getting worse.
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Lovington
Tatum Highway
Water Department Transplants 500 Trees in September
The Loving ton Water and Sewer Department aided in transplanting over 500 trees donated by the school district. Of these, 100 went to city property and 400 within city limits. The department also pumped 46,610,750 gallons, recorded 127 meter connections and 106 disconnections, added 14 taps, repaired 77 meters, checked 71, replaced 98, fixed 30 leaks, and ran seven water services. Eight sewers were unstopped and prison labor assisted cleaning around the sewer disposal plant. All pumps and wells were cleaned during the month.
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Lovington
Lea County
Harrison
Special Street Improvement Fund
Lovington Public Library
Be Narr MacFadden Dead at 87 Publisher and Health Figure
Be Narr MacFadden, noted publisher and advocate of physical culture, dies at 87 in Jersey City after a brief illness. He suffered a coma last Friday and doctors cite a complicated obstructive jaundice affecting liver and gall bladder as the cause.
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Jersey City
Benarr MacFadden
MacFadden
Jersey City Medical Center
Polio Case Reported in New Mexico Child
The state department of public health reports the 112th polio case of the year, a four year old girl from Sandoval County, is the latest victim.
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United Press
State Department of Public Health
New Mexico
Sandoval County
City finances look solid in September report
City manager Bill Harrison outlined September operations with income at 19 914.33 and expenditures 14 728.81. Major income came from garbage collection 8 820.19 and police fines 4 651.50. Water pumped 46 610 750 gallons, 127 connections, 25 net new customers. Police logged 74 arrests 163 traffic citations and nine accidents. caliche street plan approved with nearby pit access.
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Harrison
United States defends Iran ally plan against Soviet protest
The U.S. rejected Soviet claims that Iran joining a Turkish Iraqi anticommunist defense pact harms Russia. Washington called the move a normal development to promote peace and stability, noting Iran seeks territorial integrity and sovereignty. Russia protests over neighborly ties and reports emerge of bloc arms to Israel and Arab states.
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United Press
United States
Russia
Iran
State Department
Turkey
Iraq
Department
Soviet Union
Israal
Jal Panthers Defeat Santa Rosa In Friday Upset
Jal Panthers were the lone winner on Friday night in Lea County football, upsetting Santa Rosa 13-7. Hobbs Eagles lost to Roswell 18-? Clovis routed Levington 40-6, and Eunice’s Cardinals saw their five game run halted by Fort Sumner 41-25.
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Lea County
Jal
Panthers
Santa Rosa
Hobbs’ Eagles
Roswell Coyotes
Levington
Clovis
Eunice
Cardinals
Fort Sumner
Benson Sets 1956 Cotton Quotas Referendum Date
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson slashes 1956 cotton acreage by 4 percent to curb surplus. He sets 1956 allotment at 304 acres and national marketing quota at 10 million bales and urges farmers to approve the quotas in a December 13 referendum, requiring at least two thirds of voters to approve for them to take effect.
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United Press
Ezra Benson
America
Benson
Formal Murder Charge On Hobbs Woman
Lovington police filed murder charges Saturday against Louise Gipson of Hobbs for the fatal shooting of Naomi Robinson and wounding of Buddy Gipson. The incident followed Gipson discovering her husband with Robinson in the Hobbs home. Buddy Gipson's condition improved Monday after a head wound. A preliminary hearing is not yet set. State police also pursued a separate car theft inquiry in El Paso involving Audie Richards and a man using the name Pearl Monteith or Goodhue in connection to a pickup and check incident.
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Lovington
Louise Gipson
E. White
Hobbs
el Paso
Tez
Richards
R. Goodhue
Richards Place
Captain White
White
Pearl Monteith
Monteith Or
Goodhue
Gallina woman killed in New Mexico traffic death update
Juanita Gonzales, 53, of Gallina, died in a collision with a pickup on US 84 near Abique yesterday. Five others were injured, at least three seriously. This death raises the year's traffic toll to 268, compared with 280 at the same point last year.
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United Press
New Mexico
Juanita Gonzales
Gallina
Abique
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Our Republic
Andrew Jackson
National Bible Week
Laymen’s National Committee
DA. Hudgens
Oldtimer
Frank Pennington
B. M. Rudolph
Conneticut Fire Insurance Co
Robbye Israel
William Israel
D. C. Neal
Claud C. Capers
Joyce J. Hyder
Chas L. Hyder
Welch
Citizens Savings Bank
Virgil T. Wardlow
Pauline Shockley
Donald Shockley
Louise Evans
Manuel Evans
Oda Curtis
Johnnie Curtis
W. M. Snyder
A. E. Ellington
B. B. McDaniel
HEB Construction Co
George W. Belcher
Elinor I. Belcher
E Elizabeth Moore
James D. Moore
Mildred Plummer
C. H. Plummer
Mac Beth Stites
Carnelium Stites
Reita Allen
Donally Allen
Water Department
B. MacFadden
Mr. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mrs. Eisenhower
Bill Harrison
Sanitations and Health Department
Repor
Taylor Montieth
Calicie
U. 5
Galinas
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