Handicapped worker proves able at Albuquerque hospital
Frank Bradford, a 21 year old polio survivor who uses a wheelchair since adolescence, was hired as a switchboard operator at St. Joseph's Hospital Albuquerque after failed attempts at clock repair and watch crystal work. He now excels, proving that when placed in suitable employment the physically handicapped can equal or surpass coworkers, seeking equal opportunity not pity.
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New Mexico
Frank Bradford
Frank
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Albuquerque
Employment Service
Connie Mack Retires From Philadelphia Athletics After 50 Years
Connie Mack announces retirement as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics after five decades, ending a reign that yielded nine pennants and five World Series titles. He names Jimmy Dykes to succeed him and Arthur Ehlers as general manager, while Ehlers runs the farm system. Mack declares I am retiring from baseball.
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Mack
Jimmy Dykes
Philadelphia
Arthur Ehlers
Ehlers
Athletics
Card of Thanks for George Sheppard
I wish to express our thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during the illness and death of my husband George Sheppard. Signed Ella Sheppard and Girls.
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George Sheppard
Ella Sheppard
Barbecue Held at Hamilton Ranch Honors Garry Key Birthday
Garry Ross Key was honored on his fourth birthday October 10 with a barbecue at the Hamilton ranch. Mrs. Jack Key hosted the celebration with a large guest list of family friends and neighbors from the area and out of town attendees including J. S. Windham of Carlsbad and Alma Goodwin of Hobbs.
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Jack Key
Garry Ross Key
Key
Patsy
Judy Eidson
Carol
Sharon Candill
Jane
Tommy Cammack
Charles Collum
Buddy Myers
Mary Denman
Lavon Wolfrum
Davy
Linda
Libby Shoup
Kathy Creamer
Rowena Burns
Jerry
Carol Harris
Kathy Coe
Charlotte Nowell
Johnny Campbell
Fonda
Floyd
Stanley Key
Martin Arreguy
Howard Hamilton
Hamilton Ranch
Pelle Etcheverry
Exa Tatum
Dwain Tatum
Kate Garrett
Jake Aad
Tom O’neal
Gray
Paul Moore
Joe Price and
Sherrill
Roy Tatum
J. D. Tatum
Leon Lyles
Joe Black
Roy Stokes
D.A. Anderson
Rena Mae Moore
Joel Davis Frier
Claude Tatum
Inas Tatum
L. M. Lyle
Chad Wiley
Nancy
Jacques Dailey
Nona
J. S. Windham
Carlsbad
Denald Meek
Don
Sam Antonio
Texas
Alma Goodwin
Hobbs
Lovington Eastern Star Chapter Heads to Roswell Grand Chapter
Lovington Chapter No 35 of the Eastern Star reports a successful year led by Worthy Matron Maud Woodward. Attending the Grand Chapter in Roswell are Maud Woodward and officers with Iva Cox, Katie Alston, and others. The chapter co hosts with Roswell, decorates, hosts a tea, and celebrates with banquets and programs.
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Lovington
The
O.E.S
Maud Woodward
Jim Peverly
Iva Cox
Ray Johnson
Elizabeth Clardy
Lottie York
Frances Ann Crow
Eula Howell
Fern Wilder
Marshal
Erma Looney
Ada
Dollie Hardin
Ruth
Grace Neyman
Esther
Myrtle Moore
Martha
Bea Sinclair
Elect
Order of the Eastern Star
Mecca
Roswell
Ktnie Beverly
Frances M. Crow
Katie Alston
Masonic Temple
Order
Bess Bird
J. Embry Wall
Masonic
Lovington Order
D. H. Woodward
Masonic Lodge
D. H. Woodward, Jr
Louise B. Woodward
Eastern Star
Jimmie
Opal
Chaplain
Alden
Louise
Lovington BPW Club Organizing Privileges and Early Presidents
The Lovington Business and Professional Women's Club formed March 21 1931 with charter members including Ella Agniel Lucille Barnes Lister Grace Beauchamp and Emma Coleman. The club lists many presidents through 1950 51 with records incomplete and seeks Eva Tatum for the yearbook. The group meets monthly at the Methodist church basement and promotes business and professional women. Its 1950 51 project is a Library Major Scholarship with officers led by President Mary Ruth McCrory and a full slate of board chairs and committee heads.
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Lovington Business and Professional Women’s Club
Mmes
Ella Agniel
Seth Alston
J. Q. Barnes
Lucille (Barnes) Lister
Grace E. Beauchamp
Margie Caperton
Emma Coleman
Nellye Glascock
Eliza Graham
Rebecca Graham
Ben Fort
L. F. Griffith
Laura Mae Keemer
Myrtle Kindel
Emma McDonald
Mary Power
Alice Spearman
Mary H. Stansell
Floy Tatum
Lucille Lister
Mary Ruth McCory
Lovington
Mary Ruth McCrory
Idella Keen
Marjorie Waits
Ada Mae Hair
Genevieve Arnold
Ira Blackmon
Ethel Yacion
Ben Hessler
Ben Badgett
Jewel Henry
Mary Payne
Lottie York
Camera Club To Meet On Monday Night
The Lovington Camera Club will meet Monday night at the Leonard Ritchey home. Each member is urged to bring a print for exhibitions and discussion.
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Lovington Camera Club
Leonard Ritchey
Oil field in miniature blooms on Kansas farm
A Kansas farm hosts the world s smallest oil field run by a professional drilling contractor. It features three wells that yield four barrels of crude daily when rain falls, drilled from a depth of 11 feet. The piece then pivots to critique a generation of clever youths who fail to apply their brains in useful ways.
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Kansas
Mecher Attacks State Officials Over Payroll Links
Republican candidate Edwin L. Mechem accuses PSC member Manuel Baca and oil commission worker Gilbert Lopez of political rolls and demands Mabry act. He also targets Santa Fe residency rules for Baca and cites Las Vegas ties. Democratic opponent Miles vows no tax hikes and supports irrigation projects and rural electrification. Martinez urges no pre-primary referendum. Fernandez lauds state oil industry amid hopes Korea War ends.
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Edwin L. Mecher
State Public Service Commission
T. J. Mabry
Albuquerque
Mechem
Manuel Baca
Las Vegas
Gilbert Lopez
Oil Conservation Commission
Baca
PSC
Mabry
Santa Fe
GOP
Lopez
Guy Shepard
John E. Miles
Board of Education
Roswell
Joe L. Martinez
Martinez
Antonio Fernandez
China
Greenglass Pleads Guilty in Atomic Spy Case
David Greenglass a 28 year old former Army sergeant and member of the Klaus Fuchs ring pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage. He worked at Los Alamos in 1944 and faced sentencing December 4 with expectation to testify against fellow ring members including sister Ethel and her husband. The case grew from a July indictment in Santa Fe charging $500 paid for information and a Los Alamos project statement. Judge William Bondy set bond at $100,000.
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David Greenglass
Klaus Fuchs
Atomic Spy Ring
New York
Greenglass
Los Alamos
New Mexico
David Gold
Anatoli A. Yakovlev
Russia
William Bondy
Ethel Greenberg
Gold
Philadelphia
Santa Fe
Soviet Russia
Los Alamos Project
Carl Hatch
George Sheppard mislabeled in obituary
George Sheppard who died last week was a patient at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque and not at the Veterans Hospital as claimed. Heppard was not a veteran.
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George Sheppard
Presbyterian Hospital
Albuquerque
Veterans Hospital
Sheppard
Republicans Criticize Truman Speech in U S Far East Policy Debate
Republican leaders in the United States dismissed President Truman's address as political and urged clarification of Far East policy. Senator Knowland demanded a clearer stance on Formosa and UN matters, while Tokyo experts predicted a favorable reception. London papers led with front pages as Daily Telegraph praised the peace partnership call.
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London
Tokyo
Guy Gabrielson
Truman
Wake Island
Gabrielson
General MacArthur
Asia
Formosa
Red China
United Nations
William Knowland
California
San Francisco Opera House
Far East
Knowland
New York
MacArthur
Korea
Washington
Daily Telegraph
Texan resists Tide lands transfer amid eight million dispute
Land Commissioner Bascom Giles refuses to turn over federal tide land funds claiming ownership rests with Texas. After the Supreme Court backed the federal claim, Giles asserts the eight million plus remains in the state school fund and vows jail if required, stating he will resist federal accounting demands.
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Bascom Giles
Tidelands
Supreme Court
United States
Texas
Giles
Indifference Warns Hoover On Voter Apathy
Former President Herbert Hoover warns Americans face loss of liberty due to widespread voter indifference. In a civic manifesto for an engineering society, he calls elections the foundation of government and notes millions of qualified voters skip ballot casting.
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Herbert Hoover
United States
Hoover
Campus party dominates UNM student leadership posts
Members of the campus party at the University of New Mexico today hold most of the important posts on campus. Bob Starkey of Moths-As USP candidate heads the freshman class. Judy Thompson of Salinas, California is vice president and Katie Taylor of San Francisco, California secretary-treasurer.
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University of New Mexico
Bob Starkey
Moths
USP
Judy Thompson
Salinas
California
Katie Taylor
San Francisco
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