Bart Bartlett Honored by Panhandle Oil Aides
Oil men at the API dinner in Amarillo salute Norman Dana Bartlett editor of the Amarillo Daily News and Globe Times for 28 years of reporting on oil. Gen Ernest C Thompson presents a silver tray tribute with praise for his honesty and bold opinions amid a crowd of regional oil groups.
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Bart
API
Panhandle
Norman Dana Bartlett
Kansas
Herring Hotel
Southwest
Drake
Hapgood Well
Amarillo Daily News and Globe Times
N. D. Bartlett
Union Phillips Aaree on Wales Borger Wage Pact
AF of L Local 351 and Phillips Petroleum Co. reached a 4.75 percent wage increase for all Local 351 employees. The raise averages over 10 cents per hour across 18 bargaining units in Borger. The agreement is retroactive to March 1, 1955, and stays in effect until May 1, 1956 with a wage opening Sept 1 1955 by either party.
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Borger
AF of L Local 351
Phillips Petroleum Co
Local 351
Amarillo Residents Oppose Trade Stamp Tax
11 000 Amarillo residents sign petitions opposing any bill taxing trading stamps. Rep Bill Andis of Amarillo says he cannot vote for the proposal while the House revenue and taxation committee reviews the measure.
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Amarillo
Daily News
Austin
Bill Andis
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Andis
Phillips Sets Filibuster Record in Texas Senate
Texas Senator Jimmy Phillips claimed the national record with a 23 hour 35 minute continuous filibuster in the Texas Senate to press funding for Sealy Hospital Galveston. His bid for an extra million dollars a year to aid charity hospitals failed 14 to 11 as he urged House Senate action on a 1 billion dollar appropriation.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Jimmy Phillips Es
John Sealy Hospital
Galvestion
Wayne Morse
Dove
Morse
National Senate
Tidelands
Sealy Hospital
House
Senate
Phillips
Galveston
University of Texas Medical School
Associated Press
Jimmy Phillips
Texas Senate
Income Tax Slash Fails Demos Drop Hope of Cut
A Democratic plan to cut income taxes $20 per person was killed in a House-Senate conference, leading to a Senate bill that only continues current rates for another year. The move ends the broader tax cut effort, with final action expected next Tuesday.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Bomber Crashes Near El Paso Killing Military Crew
A B47 medium bomber crashed in a residential area two miles south of International Airport El Paso. Military casualties are feared though officials said information was not yet confirmed. Crowds swarmed the scene as Biggs and Fort Bliss personnel assisted.
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EL Paso
Tex
Biggs Air Force Base
Biggs
el Paso Times
Ted Vogel
Vogle
Public Information Office
International Airport
Thompson Warns Oil Men To Concentrate Energy
Gen Ernest O Thompson warned the oil and gas industry to focus efforts on depletion allowances oil imports and amendments to the Natural Gas Act. He noted Congress has 35 to 40 industry bills and said federal control of gas prices faces consideration though President Eisenhower leans toward state regulation. The Amarillo meeting elected Jack Turner district chair and reported 278 unitization projects adding 3.5 billion barrels of oil and gas liquids to reserves.
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Ernest O. Thompson
Washington
Mid- Continent
American Petroleum Institute Division of Production
Texas Railroad Commission
House Commerce Committee
Thompson
Congress
Texas
Eisenhower
Commerce Committee
Jack Turner
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Wichita, Kan
Tough Fight Over 10 Percent Pay Raise Faces House Vote
The Senate voted 72 to 21 to grant a 10 per cent pay raise to 1.5 million federal workers and 500,000 postal employees, risking a presidential veto amid budget concerns. The measure then moved toward the House where opponents promise tougher action. The plan totals about 720 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Civil Service
Post Office Department
Sens
Beall
Butler
Duff
Ives
Kuchel
Calif
Langer
Malone
Nev
McCarthy
Wis
Young
Non-Golfers Deported Three Squirrels By White House Squeeze
White House reports three nongolfing squirrels deported after Operation Squirrel Trap. Press secretary Hagerty says there will be no more trapping as groundskeepers disciplined the issue on Eisenhower's putting green amid Senate chatter and fundraising for a save the White House squirrels fund.
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White House
House Today
James Hagerty
Hagerty
Eisenhower
Sen. Neuberger
D-Ore
Haggerty
Plainsmen Named To Gas Committee
Two Panhandle representatives Guy Hazlett of Borger and J Edgar Wilson of Amarillo were named to a House sub committee to study bills making natural gas available for irrigation. Joining them are Rep J W Cooper Jr of Corpus Christi as chairman Robert W Baker of Houston and Marshal Bell of San Antonio. Appointments by Rep Tom King of Dallas. Sub committee to report to the main committee next Wednesday.
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Daily News
Austin
Panhandle
House
Guy Hazlett
Borger
J. Edgar Wilson
Amarillo
J. W. Cooper Jr
Corpus Christi
Robert W. Baker
Houston
Marshal Bell
San Antonio
House Committee On Oil, Gas and Mining
Tom King
Dallas
New Potter Court Bill Advances to Gov Shivers
A bill to create a new Potter County county court at law awaits Governor Allan Shivers signature after passing the House. The court would share jurisdiction with justice courts, funded from the county salary fund, with the judge appointed by the county commissioners to serve until the next general election.
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Daily News
Austin
Potter County
Allan Shivers
House
Justice of the Peace Courts
Texas Faces Third Spring Front With Cold Wave and Dust
A Canadian air blast pushed Texas toward a late season cold snap. Temperatures plunged from a Thursday high of 74 to Friday low near 15 in Amarillo, with highs not exceeding 25 yesterday afternoon. Snow and blowing dust affected visibility in Grover and the Panhandle, while Laredo reached 97 ahead of the front.
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Amarillo A
Partis
West Texas
Panhandle
Winter
Miss Spring
Amarillo
Grover
Laredo
Mercury
Dalhart
Upper
Texas
Cannon Battalion Arrives in Germany to Guard Iron Curtain
The Sixth U. S. Army Atomic Cannon Battalion arrived at Bremerhaven to reinforce West Germany for European defense. The unit brings six 280 mm guns, bringing total atomic cannon in West Germany to 36 to guard the Iron Curtain frontier.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
U. S. Army
West Germany
Iron Curtain
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Rockies
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Iraq
Daniel
Panhandle Chapter
Division of Production
Desk & Derrick Club
Panhandle Geological Society
Panhandle Oil Scouts Association
Panhandle Petroleum Landmen’s Association
The
Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Wes Izzard
Union
Phillips Aaree
Wales
Margaret Mayer
Mac Roy Rasor
West
Sears New Homes
J. Ed Warren
National City Bank of New York
Fred Nessage
Pampa
API District
Gen. Thompson
Amatrilia
Turner
C. A. Husted
Husted Construction Co
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Executive Branch
Sen. Monroney
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