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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1963
Page
1
In four games over 4% hours, four Andrews squads faced four Kermit squads. The Freshman Gold tied, the Andrews Colts won 21-8, the B team won 6-0, and the varsity posted a 16 4 victory Friday night as Mustang fans cheered a weekend of strong showings.
Walton Field observers noted heavy scouting for the Kermit vs Andrews game with Fort Stockton's larger squad tracking each move. A goal line fumble in the closing minutes unsettled Pt Stockton fans while Kermit partisans stayed in the box and rooted for the Yellowjackets.
Highway patrolmen Buff Angel and Kenneth Turner teased about parking on the Ker mit highway to stop southwest bound traffic while Andrews fans moved northeast. Angel noted Andrews fans are orderly and traffic has been accident free for years as they return from a ball game with Monrahans and Wink fans nearby on the same road.
Counsel for the T and P Railroad seeks a two month recess after J P Kerr of Georgetown testifies. Examiner Edmund Prity weighs extension as Permian Basin Railroad and T and P prep for cross examination could fill next week. A corridor suggestion proposes drawing names of participants for Christmas prize exchanges.
After nearly 28 months and four postponements, the Ted Ray Ivy murder trial opens in Judge Russell Austin's 108th District Court. Jurors include 146 witnesses. key witnesses and defendant statements are delayed by missing participants and absent spouses. Ivy is charged with murder in the Oct 1961 shooting of Lemuel Albert Brock at a Briscoe farm north of town.
Strawn discovery near Jocelyn Varn no 1 University in Andrews County shows 1900 feet from south line and 1980 feet from west line. Latest test flowed 92 barrels of oil in 24 hours through a 11/4 inch choke at 11 275 278 feet with tubing pressure 875 psi. Earlier tests produced 66 barrels in 12 hours at 8 64 inch choke and 1250 psi with 241 000 cubic feet daily gas. Additional context notes nearby Devonian pool openings and multiple wells in the MAK pool with varied flow rates and acidizing fractures.
Gerald McCaskill, vice president and commercial loan officer at Commercial State Bank, is promoted to executive vice president and managing officer, replacing Bil Young who moves to Paris. McCaskill’s background includes Hereford State Bank, U S Department of Agriculture service, Navy service in World War II, and a 1950 Texas A&M graduate. He and his family reside at 1000 NW 13th St. Young relocates to Paris to head a newly chartered bank set to open December 1.
In a tense game, Kermit rallies from a 10 point deficit but Andrews Mustangs hold on. Benji Lawrence powers 65 yard drives for Yellowjackets while Jerry Brannon and Floyd Lindsey contribute key stops and a late Nolen interception ends Kermit’s rally. The Mustangs lead 10-0 after the first quarter as Glenn Pipes recovers a fumble and Joe Lyles adds a field goal.
Witnesses at the ICC hearing on a proposed 78 mile Permian Basin Railroad between Odessa and Seagraves described plans for steel, chemical, and castor bean development across Ector, Andrews, and Gaines counties. Testimonies covered iron ore shipping, plant construction, castor bean expansion, and expected rail traffic boosting local industry and commerce.
Homer B Bexley sued Employers Reinsurance Corp and won 1500 in compensation for alleged total and permanent disability from injuries while employed by Parker Drilling Co. County Criminal Court convenes November 4 with DWI first on docket. judge Roy D Bennett notes delays due to illness and a witness setback.
Rev. Henry Saller, pastor of Wesley Methodist Church, is appointed to Kentwood Methodist Church in Big Spring by the Northwest Texas Conference. Rev. Phillip Widmer will take the Wesley Church pastorate there. Pastor Saller and his family will move to Big Spring soon.
Absentee balloting on amendments begins at 9 a m Monday in the county clerk’s office per Charlie Burkett county clerk The major item on the ballot calls for removal of poll tax The second amendment would provide aid rooms for needy aged disabled blind and needy children A third provision plans a disability and death compensation fund for all Jefferson County officers and employees The final resolution seeks a 15000000 increase in the veterans land fund
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