Blast Damages Magnolia Butane Plant at Desdemona
Magnolia Petroleum plans to rebuild its Desdemona butane gas plant after an explosion and fire destroyed the engine house and compressor building and damaged two or three butane tanks. Truck driver J E McDonald of Waco suffered arm burns. Authorities suspect a spark during loading of a butane truck. The Bellmead Butane and Appliance Co driver was involved.
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Magnolia Leads Oil Firms With Crude Price Hike
In Dallas on September 22 Magnolia Petroleum and several major companies boosted crude oil prices by 7 cents a barrel in West Texas. Pan American Production, Gulf Oil and Onyx Refining matched Magnolia’s increase, with other firms expected to follow. Stanolind held, not yet authorized to rise. The move followed a Texas Railroad Commission cut in Scurry County fields.
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Upton
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Red Casualties Hit New High in Korean War Day
Tokyo dispatch reports United Nations forces killed and wounded 5,430 North Korean troops and captured 452 in the latest 24 hour period, the highest total in the war to date. The previous peak for casualties was 5,414 killed and wounded with six captured.
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United Nations
AFL-CIO unity eyed as Green secures 27th presidency
William Green was reelected president of the AFL with the aid of 13 vice presidents and Secretary-Treasurer George Meany. He pledged renewed efforts toward AFL-CIO merger and said he would step down if unity served labor. AMA funding and political activity criticized as anti-labor and pro-business.
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Amarillo Attorney George McCarthy Reappointed to State Bar Committee
George McCarthy of Amarillo has been reappointed for the fifth straight year to the Texas State Bar Association's committee on criminal law and procedure. He will be the sole Panhandle attorney on the 20 member panel that reviews the Texas criminal code with state legislators. The appointment was made by Albert P. Jones of Houston, newly elected president of the State Bar Association.
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George McCarthy
Texas State Bar Association
McCarthy
Panhandle
Albert P. Jones
Houston
State Bar Association
Lions Football Names Top Coach and Assistant
Bo McMillin and George Wilson are highlighted as the leading figures on the Lions coaching staff, recognized for their top-flight contributions to the program.
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George Wilson
Ee Lions
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