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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1950
Page
4
Philadelphia report announces the death of Justice William B. Linn of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He is the third justice to succumb on the court this year. Publication dated June 14, 1950.
A tavern owned by Mrs Olga Wall reported a theft of $247 last night from a cigar box inside the premises. Police are investigating the incident and reviewing nearby surveillance for clues.
AUSTIN July 13 The US Supreme Court will wait until this fall to act on a Texas petition for a rehearing of the tidelands case Texas Attorney General Price Daniel said the court has given the state 20 days to file the petition The court is on vacation so no action until fall Daniel said he would not reply publicly to Land Commissioner Bascom Giles letter but hopes for a united front to defend the suit and seek congressional action preserving tidelands for the public school fund Giles favors sending the fight to Congress while Daniel aims to finish the court case
Oil and Gas Journal reports a record weekly crude output across the nation, marking the sixth straight record week. Average daily production reached 5,246,250 barrels, with Texas and Oklahoma contributing to gains while Kansas and Oklahoma saw declines in the week ending June 10.
Six pipeline companies protested before the State Tax Commission against a 150 percent rise in petroleum storage tank assessments. They argued tanks are overvalued after depreciation while Chief Tax Commissioner Harrold Sellers noted tanks should be assessed equally, regardless of age, with rates set at 25 cents per barrel capacity this year.
Texaco reopened the Port Neches refinery after a 69 day strike. Workers returned and operations began with supervisors aiding, while union Local 228 challenged the move as still airtight. A crowd of strikers and families circled the refinery as payables resumed.
Texas crude buyers report a firm July demand for 71 773 barrels daily more than June. The Railroad Commission lists advance nominations of 2 445 984 bpd for July versus 2 742 211 bpd in June. The panel will set July production at a statewide hearing. Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson said a July rise near 100 000 bpd over June is feasible.
Olton Lions Club holds installation ceremonies with a kitchen barbcue. Earth Lions Club President Earl Miller acts as installing officer. John R B Fulmer is re elected president with several new directors and officers listed. The group has funded eye testing for Olton schools and sponsors a Boy Scout troop.
Soviet newspaper reports Dorothy Lamour is in Germany to teach "rowdy American colonial soldiers" proper manners, presenting the visit as a cultural mission by a screen star.
Firemen fought a fierce blaze at the Pan American No. 1 Holley oil well near Big Spring. Geologist Jack Morris Bristow died from burns after the blowout. M. M. Kinley and crew planned a late pitch to cap the well with bulldozer shields as spectators clogged rural roads.
Algonquin Gas Transmission Company opened its bid to build a 33 million dollar pipeline system to supply Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut at a most reasonable rate. The plan connects with Texas Eastern near Lambertville New Jersey and features a large gas storage field near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Northeastern Gas Transmission Company is the rival bidder.
Detectives arrested a 46 year old unemployed man today in Fort Worth as a suspect in the fatal baseball bat beating and robbery last week of Troy M Roberts 66 year old second hand store operator.
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The suspect confessed to selling a saw to Roberts on the day of the crime but denied knowledge of the beating and robbery. Roberts was found unconscious behind the store, $500 in cash missing, and died hours later without regaining consciousness.
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