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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1955
Page
3
National Bible Week runs October 17 to 23 marking its 15th year with the Laymen's National Committee praising its role in reviving religious interest. The national poster pairs Plymouth Rock with the Bible under the theme The Bible Is The Rock on Which Our Republic Rests.
The Lovington football season is in doubt as unfinished stadium construction and material delays push opener relocations to Artesia and Clovis. Analysts note home crowds boost team morale and bettors favor home field, hoping the Wildcats play at least one game on home turf this year.
Miss Eleanor Bontecou, a noted civil liberties expert and consultant to the new Senate subcommittee on constitutional rights, guides spadework for hearings on liberty versus security. A lawyer and scholar, she cites her wartime and legal career, and her passion for justice, as she reflects on American freedoms.
The essay argues collectivism erodes individual freedom while urging a return to principle and divine law. It contrasts labor unions' coercive power with voluntary freedom and warns that expediency weakens democracy. A Blue Ridge anecdote of a returning chestnut grove symbolizes rebirth of liberty under God.
Bell Telephone Lab powered a sun driven phone call in Americus Georgia using a 432 cell solar battery delivering about 100 watts per square yard. The experiment shows potential for off grid communications though full commercial use lies 20 years ahead due to cost. Russian tests report solar heating water and melting steel with mirrored rays.
Better Than Nothing. New Britain Connecticut. The school board, with a budget of $3,233,916.18, finished the fiscal year with a four cent balance.
A Russian delegation of top housing officials tours the United States to compare production, housing styles, and living spaces. They note Soviet limits on labor and materials versus U.S. market-driven growth, and seek American techniques to ease crowding near industrial centers.
Senator George Aiken contends the farm parity formula misreads current prosperity, arguing it ignores new production methods and regional gains. USDA data show prices edging up to eighty five percent of parity, while other farm moves include a proposed land rental plan and talks of Hill for agriculture secretary.
United Press reports Morocco’s uprising threatens a larger conflict as French authority in North Africa weakens. The piece traces Morocco from ancient Mauretania through colonial struggles, highlighting Franco Spanish tensions and the potential chain effects on Europe, including links to the Spanish Civil War and WWII precedents.
A 14 year old Madison boy fired a squirt gun from a bus window striking Ray Decker’s glasses. Decker’s car was damaged by the water. The youth was apprehended, lectured and released to his parents. The piece notes the dollar bill’s nine month life expectancy per the U S Treasury.
In Farlawn New Jersey judge weighs which principal in a suit is the quack Irving Leibowitz accuses Clarence Hartwick of duck noise while Hartwick claims Leibowitz imitates ducks outside his home. Nearby Grand Rapids resident Lawrence Precious reports a prowler stole two beehives and 160 pounds of honey from a Michigan home.
A three-year-old boy in suburban Detroit took his mother's purse containing $2500 and went out with four friends in St Clair Shores. When his mother caught up, he had only five pennies left and no one knows where the rest of the money went.
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