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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1955
Page
2
Senator Paul Douglas urged the government to adopt a five point program to help hog producers. He called for two government purchase programs to support hog prices around 14 cents per pound, the lowest since early 1946, and criticized the agriculture department for inaction.
H K Aldredge of 1211 East Snyder Hobbs reports he swerved to avoid a group of playing children and struck a tree in the 100 block of North Dalmont Hobbs. Damages to the car were estimated at 200 dollars.
Department officials announce a campaign to raise hog product consumption. Agriculture Secretary Benson would open a government program to buy pork in limited quantities when such action is deemed necessary and advisable.
The WSCS of the First Methodist Church Hooks held a study course titled Economic Rehabilitation On and Off the Reservation. Mrs. W. C. Rigg led the session with remarks on self help and government aid. Narratives and film strip Strangers in Their Own Land were shown, Ira Hayes story included, and Let There Be Light drama presented.
J. Howard Edgerton, president of the United States Savings and Loan League, warned Michigan businessmen at a Michigan Savings and Loan League meeting that population explosion in the 1960s would create social, political and economic challenges. He urged proactive planning rather than waiting for problems to emerge.
Birth announcements from Lee County Hospital dated October 21 to October 24 show multiple newborns with parents in Hobbs Lovington and surrounding areas. Names include Donald Gary Jr Rickey Dale Camilla Dee Alfred Eldon Gary Don Deborah Gail William Bracken and others with weights and dates.
The October 21 and 22 marriage license notices list numerous couples with ages and their home towns across Texas including Midland Brownfield Carlsbad Odessa Hobbs Andrews Lovington Seagraves Crane Sea graves Jal and adjoining areas. Names include Fay Suitt Abraham Brown Mary Bernal Frank Contreras Rosa Aschbacher L E Davis Bessie McGyre Hubert Hunter Barbara Barr Geo Bridges Ollie Stump O S Brown Dolly Freeman Raymond Palmour Nancy Shawer Jim Nichols Nelma Smith James Allen Adelina Dela Rosa Gavino Vasquez Estelle Seward Fred Smith Donna Saunders Ralph Hill Ethel Rudoloff Ernest Bush Josephine Gilbert Timothy Powell Mary Reedy How ard Allen Hattie Barrett Fayben Light Evelyn Williams Adenour Dorothy Nunnally L L Burress Maudie Clark and others.
Two mothers file habeas corpus in District Court to gain custody of their children. Carol Eugene McKee, 53, is sought by his mother Ida Jewell Smith, who says he is held by Wanda Sue McKee in Eunice. Both are former wives of C. A. McKee who deserted them. Smith claims she allowed custody to C. A. McKee for two weeks and cannot recover him. she had custody after divorce. The writs, heard November 1 at 9 a.m., also cover Jeanne Bullock vs Alfred Sloan and Edith Sloan for Alfred Lemuel Sloan III. Other district suits include several divorces and civil actions for compensation and appeals.
Representative Emanuel Cellar of New York proposes cutting federal aid to any state defying the Supreme Court school desecration order. He blames a coalition of Southern Democrats and Mid Western Republicans and urges a federal law to withhold aid from noncompliant states to safeguard civil rights.
Colonel Alpha H. Kenna, retired Army chaplain and World War II veteran, speaks at the Lea County Knife & Fork Club meeting at Hobbs Country Club on Tuesday November 1. He notes a trend toward nonmaterial values and a religious basis for peace, recalling his service with the 88th Infantry Division in Europe and as a 1919 Paris American Legion founder delegate.
Nine Russian sailors arrive in Seattle from Formosa en route to New York to start life anew. They denounced their homeland 16 months earlier after their tanker was seized by Chinese Nationalists near Formosa. They refused to return with the ship’s captain and 28 others and were granted political asylum sponsored by the Church World Service.
Intimates discuss where President Eisenhower may spend his Florida convalescence after leaving Fitzsimons Army Hospital. He may visit Gettysburg briefly, with warm weather sites favored before returning to Washington. golf and mobility are noted as part of recovery.
In Umatilla Florida a deputy sheriff accuses Sheriff Willis McCall of trying to hide a shooting at CIO United Packinghouse Workers. Twelve Negro citrus workers were wounded by shotgun blasts during a Wednesday meeting. The governor sought an investigation. McCall later said he conducted a full inquiry and would share all details.
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