Community and Youth Center funds push nears completion
Lovington community and Rotary supporters rally to raise funds for a new Community and Youth Center. Major donor Jack Danglande challenges the group to match $5,000 with $10,000, with Ernest Simmons adding $2,500 and numerous local businesses and residents contributing sums from $100 to $500 as the drive accelerates.
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New Mexico
Jack Danglande
Ernest Simmons
Lovington
McAlester Fuel Co
Lovington Auto Co
Lea County State Bank
Lovington National Bank
Cliff and Bess Yearwood
Alston Abstract Co
H. C. Parnell $100; Mayor Leonard Richards $100; J. M. Denton
Barney Hayes
Woodrow Coe
Mary Whelan
A. C. Holder
Hubert Maddox
Rotary Club
United Nations Flag speech in Vermont 1950 by Warren R. Austin
Ambassador Warren R. Austin spoke at a United Nations Flag ceremony in West Charleston Vermont on October 17 1950. He explained the UN flag represents universal membership principles not replacing state or national emblems and embodies collective action for peace and freedom.
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Warren R. Austin
United Nations
West Charleston
Vermont
Escaped Chinese Reds Reported by North Korea Snippet
United Press reports First Corps captures a Chinese Communist soldier who says 20,000 more Reds crossed into Korean territory. Intelligence notes rising Northern Korea tensions with concentrations near Sinuiju and Chongjin as U S and British forces advance toward the border. General MacArthur aides refuse confirmation on north frontier orders.
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Dean
United Press
First Corps
North Korea
Glenn Stackhouse
Korea
Kanggye
Chongjin
Yalu River
China
Sinuiju
MacArthur
Daughter Born to Former Leader Editor in Albany
Mrs. Guzzie Dearduff announces the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Sullivan of Albany Oregon. The baby named Susan Dorcag was born October 2 weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces. Mr Sullivan edited the Leader for several months in 1948 and Mrs Sullivan helped with local news. They have many friends in Lovington.
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Guzzie Dearduff
Steve Sullivan
Albany
Oregon
Susan Dorcag
Sullivan
Leader
Lovington
Mhoon’s Watch Repair Moves to Cammack Drug
Mhoon’s Watch Repair has moved to the Cammack Drug store on Main Street from the Lovington Real Estate Building. Owner Mhoon will offer Wyler watches costume jewelry and other pieces and provide complete repair service for jewelry and watches.
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Mhoon
Cammack Drug Store
Main Street
Lovington Real Estate
Wyler
Attorney For Doomed Negro Challenges Law
First Lieutenant Leon Gilbert of York Pennsylvania has been sentenced to die for disobeying an order to advance against Korean Communist troops. His lawyers argued the court martial lacked proper jurisdiction, claiming the war article used is inoperative without a declared war and that Gilbert was mentally unfit due to battle strain. final approval rests with President Truman.
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Washington
LLP
Leon Gilbert
York
Pennsylvania
Judson Ruch
William Wogan
Judicial Council of the
Judge Advocate-General’s Office
Gilbert
Truman
Clifton Eugene Lewis Attends Abilene Christian College
Clifton Eugene Lewis from Lovington is listed as a sophomore at Abilene Christian College for the 1950 fall semester in Abilene Texas.
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Christian College
Abilene
Tex
Clifford Eugene Lewis
O. E. Lewis
Lovington
Abilene Christian College
Suits Filed In District Court
October filings include Leader Specialty Co. vs W F Irwin for 154.43 plus costs in Hobbs. Eleanor Powell seeks divorce and custody from Andrew Powell with child support and fees. Petitions filed for guardianship and oil lease actions for Lonnie Craig and Barbara Craig minors and Harris minors. Jennings Hughes sues Halley for quiet title.
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Leader Specialty Co., Inc
W.F
F. Irwin
Hobbs
Eleanor Powell
Andrew Powell
Lonnie Earl Craig
Barbara Ellen Craig
Bennie Craig
Orval A. Stephens
Gladys Idel Stephens
Paula Harris
Ray C. Cowan
James Henry
Mary Edith
George Thomas Harris
Jennie Hughes
R. L. Halley
Mrs. T W Coleman Elected Western Regional Director
Mrs. T W Coleman of Melrose New Mexico was elected western regional director of the National Home Demonstration Council at the annual meeting in Biloxi Mississippi on October 16. She has long served in home demonstration work including presidencies and parliamentarian roles with local clubs Roosevelt County ranch life and two universities cited. Mr and Mrs Logan Beal were called to California to attend the funeral services for Beal's mother.
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T.W. Coleman
Melrose
National Home Demonstration Council
Biloxi
Miss
Coleman
New Mexico
Mississippi
Roosevelt County
Logan Beal
California
The
Lands University
Texas Tech
Beal
Nological College
Lt Burl Farris Honored With Going Away Party
The local Civil Air Patrol hosted a going away party for Lt Burl Farris on Tuesday the 24th at the Civil Air Patrol Building located at the Army Air Base. Farris, now residing in Lovington, is returning to active service.
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Burl Farris
C.A.P
Civil Air Patrol
Army Air Base
Farris
Lovington
New Mexico 4-H Members Observe National Achievement Week
New Mexico 4-H club members join nationwide observances from November 4 to 12 with the theme Better Living for a Better World. About 8500 youth will present club achievements, recruit new members, and honor leaders while highlighting projects and world peace efforts.
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New Mexico
L. S. Kurtz
Charles F. Brannan
Thanksgiving Proclamation Calls for Prayer for Peace
President Truman proclaims Thanksgiving for 194? urging Americans to pray for peace in church homes and daily life. He notes the date as the fourth Thursday in November and appeals to the Most High for divine mercy and global peace.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Local Union Plans Strike Vote at Studebaker Plant
The CIO Auto Workers local president at Studebaker's South Bend Indiana plant says a strike vote will be held tomorrow. Hill says a strike will not be necessary if management resumes bargaining in good faith as before.
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CIO Auto Workers
Studebaker
South Ben
Indiana
Hill
Truman calls for foolproof world disarmament pact
President Truman told the United Nations General Assembly in Flushing that free nations must pursue a foolproof world-wide disarmament pact before halting arms. He urged comprehensive limits on all weapons and warned that disarmament requires real, verifiable steps, not promises.
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United Press
Truman
World Today
United States
United Nations General Assembly
Flushing
New York
Water abundance reshapes dust bowl region outlook
A government report says the five state dust bowl area including Oklahoma Panhandle Texas and New Mexico has abundant rain water and green crops. Moisture levels are high with lakes and ponds reappearing and winter wheat prospects improving across Kansas Oklahoma Colorado and New Mexico.
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Dust Bowl
High Plains States
Oklahoma Panhandle
Colorado
West
Texas
Kansas
New Mexico
Perryton
High Plains
Oklahoma
Hubert Collins
Topeka
Louis P. Merril
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Fort Worth
Plains States
Ben Peckenpaugh
Clifton Etter
Lamar
Prowers
Baca
Bent
Cyril Luker
Soil Conservation Service
Albuquerque
Writer predicts equal rights would be a comedown for some women
A writer argues that granting women equal rights could prove a comedown for certain women, suggesting social consequences and reactions as equality becomes reality. The remark reflects ongoing debates about gender role expectations.
Hereford Sale in Cheyenne Nets $297,675 Average 3720
Millard Eidson of Lovington New Mexico purchased three pure bred Hereford head at the 18th Annual Wyoming Hereford Ranch Sale in Cheyenne on October 5. The eighty lots offered brought in $297,675 for an average price of $3720.94.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Millard Eidson
Lovington
New Mexico
Local People Attend Rodeo in San Francisco
Mrs. Fern Sawyer Eidson left Wednesday for San Francisco to enter the Cutting Horse Contest at the Cow Palace Rodeo. She travels with Mrs. Bill Shelton and Mrs. Johnny Mae Penny as spectators accompany them to one of the Big Four rodeos in the United States.
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Fern Sawyer Eidson
San Francisco
Cow Palace Rodeo
United
Eidson
Bill Shelton
Johnny Mae Penny
French Say Red China Aiding Indo China Uprising
The French report Red China is aiding the Ho Chi Minh rebels in Indo China. Chinese Communist officers allegedly advised rebel troops as fighting began September 18 and, after five weeks, French forces claimed a first victory recapturing a border fortress.
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Red China
Indo-China
Ho Chih Minh
Bunche Named Harvard Government Professor
Dr. Ralph Bunche Nobel Peace Prize winner and UN peace maker has been named professor of government at Harvard University. He was appointed January 16 by the corporation and confirmed by the board of overseers April 10. Bunche accepted a leave of absence due to United Nations commitments.
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Ralphe Bunche
Palestine
United Nations
Harvard University
Bunche
UN Trusteeship
Harvard
Wives and Allowances Cause Husband’s Borrowing Gripes
A witty note suggests men resent giving wives an allowance as wives spend most of it before husbands can borrow back, reflecting domestic finance humor.
Football games canceled after player death at Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception High School canceled its last three football games after 14 year old Albert Jaramillo, a member of the team, died from injuries sustained in a game last weekend. Monsignor George Reifer says other athletic programs will be expanded to compensate. the story notes broader state athletic schedule changes.
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Albert Jaramillo
George Reifer
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Wyoming Sale
Reds
Dr. Bunche
Immaculate Conception High School
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