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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1955
Page
1
Two Hobbs youths ages 11 and 12 crawled into city sewer pipes near Alston and McKinley after school. Police and fire units surrounded the area as frantic parents waited. At 5:30 p.m. the boys emerged unharmed and returned home.
New Mexico high school football races start forming with Farmington earning a semi final bye on November 18. Roswell leads District 2 with potential three way ties if Clovis wins. Albuquerque High faces Las Cruces for the 3-A crown. Class B titles settle as Santa Rosa, El Rito, and Lordsburg clinch early leads.
Midwest hog prices dropped to 13 year lows amid large farm shipments with losses mainly 25 to 75 cents across hogs and sows. More than 100000 hogs arrived for sale at 12 markets, two day receipts around 202000 head, while Indianapolis market remained shut by a livestock handlers strike.
Vice President Nixon urged genuine friendliness to promote peace at a Washington gathering of the spiritual foundation. He said understanding alone cannot conquer ill will and greed among nations and called for a revival of faith worldwide.
Argentina's government under President Lonardi orders the Peronist Party disbandment and rounds up 50 suspected plotters as it consolidates power after ousting Juan Peron.
North J. M. Kaiser of Muscoda Wisconsin is visiting son Jim Kaiser and family. He says he likes the southwest.
Mr and Mrs Max O Mittage of Eunice sue William A Stearns and Witt and Ross of Carlsbad along with Gulf Oil Corp for 107375 damages plus 37500 medical expenses 1875 car value and 500 wages from a school bus contract when Stearns dump truck collided with a Gulf Oil pickup causing severe injuries to Mrs Mittage and damages to their Chevrolet in Eunice Texas Avenue and 4th.
J. D. Jeffery was cited for running a stop sign and causing an accident at the corner of Second and Avenue J. He was driving a 1950 Olds and hit a pickup owned by Glen Booker Oilfield Service driven by Carl Alexander. Alexander was taken to Lea County Hospital in Hobbs with non serious injuries. The Jeffery car sustained $250 damage and the pickup $200.
Several Lovington Country Club players Hank Hensley Jim Morgan Dave Caudle Leo Jones Tuffy Carson and M C Scott attended the Artesia golf tournament on Tuesday. The Pecos Valley Tournament for Women is set for Hobbs on November 3 with local plans to send entrants.
Officer Billey Wiggington reported his wife misplaced a red Gator purse in Wackers store Lovington on Tuesday evening.
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche lauds President Eisenhower as a unifying national figure and civic leader in a New York speech. He notes Eisenhower's military prowess and cites potential 1956 presidential prospects while calling the address non political.
Tommy Choate has appealed a $50 plumbing code fine issued by the City of Levington. The appeal was docketed on the civil docket in District Court on Tuesday with $200 bond posted.
In observance of Art Week Lea County hosts an art exhibit Thursday and Friday at Hobbs Woman's Civic Club Building from 2 to 6 PM with artists from Jal Lovington Lujice Lunice and Tatum and Hobbs. Entries accepted Tuesday and Wednesday 10 AM to 4 PM. Rules require original work within last two years not previously shown in Lea County and a $1 entry fee. Schools are invited to attend. Contact Mrs Mack Easley Mrs James Courtney Mrs L A Lane or Mrs Glin Spears for more information.
In Hobbs last week a stranded mother with three children aged 2 4 and 5 received aid after police learned she was deserted by her husband. A bus driver donated 3 to feed the children and the woman was given hotel room and a free ticket to Odessa arranged by bus officials.
Ray Wilson Young, 36, of Hobbs, was bound over to district court without bond on a murder charge. He allegedly stabbed Ray Anderson Smith during a Hobbs hotel fight early Friday. Witnesses included Lt. G. B. Cooper and Undersheriff Jake Fort. Evidence shown included a knife and bloodstained clothing.
President Eisenhower ordered development of a relief plan to aid areas hit by unemployment. Dr. Arthur Burns and Dr. Gabriel Hauge outlined a local aid and new industry strategy, aiming to include it in the state of the union and economic report next year. Ambassador Lodge voiced cautious hope on aerial arms inspections with Russia.
Lt. Governor Joe Montoya will be the featured speaker at the New Mexico Jaycees Board of Directors meeting in Hobbs from November 4 to 6. He will speak at the Jaycees banquet at the Hobbs Woman's Civic Club Building on Saturday evening. Hobbs Mayor Ed Laughlin will give the Friday welcome.
Old records show that over a century ago ships crossing the Atlantic sometimes took up to 45 days and shuffleboard was a popular onboard pastime.
The Oil Conservation Commission says New Mexico will reach its billionth barrel of crude oil during the day. Since 1923 the state has produced this much oil, with most growth in the last five to ten years. Executive Secretary William O. Macey forecasts the next billion barrels within about a decade, likely sooner.
County clerk John Love coordinates voter registration efforts for the Dry election in Lea County. Notaries, bar owners, church workers, and other locals participate to register potential voters, with Love stressing no re registration for those already registered.
Air National Guard units nationwide joined a practice alert named Operation Stop Watch. At 8:28 a.m. CDT, 73 squadrons, many with jets, were alerted to test readi ness to repel an attack and to time the process of alerting, manning, and employing fighter interceptors after a state of air defense readiness is declared.
Senator Richard Russell of Georgia said Ohio Governor Lausche is well thought of by voters. He voiced admiration for Lausche calling him a middle of the road Democrat and suggested he could be a Northerner acceptable to the party. Russell said he has no plan to run and criticized Adlai Stevenson and Averell Harriman as too far left.
J. D. Adams was arrested on a fugitive warrant from Colorado City Texas and held in the Lea County Jail at Lovington. Texas officers will return him to face charges of issuing hot checks after a disturbance call to the Church of God.
Melvin D. Hensley files for divorce from Lorraine A. Hensley and requests custody of their three children. The filing marks the latest step in the domestic dispute.
Hobbs resident Charles Ranson Hambely, 38, pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated after a two car head on collision on Turner Street that caused 440 dollars in damage and left six people injured. He was remanded to city jail on a 100 dollar bond. Doroty Mac Glenn, 20, of Warren Camp Monument, suffered injuries alongside Hambely in the crash.
Mr and Mrs J E Gilstrap of Springer New Mexico are visiting their son J W Gil strap.
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