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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1950
Page
7
In Litchfield Park Arizona a gunman fired at the Southern Pacific Golden State Limited as it neared the station. Earlier in the week two shots struck the train damaging a dining car door and lounge car window. No injuries were reported and deputies have not found the attacker.
Civil service examinations for police applicants will be held December 4, Chief R. D. Thorp announced. Deadline to apply is December 1. Seventeen new vacancies are anticipated next year if the city approves, with current openings and age and weight requirements specified.
Fort Worth detectives narrowed a likely suspect in the nitro bomb killings of Nelson Harris and his pregnant wife and an attempted bombing. Homicide Chief Bishop cited underworld fear curbing cooperation and noted ties to a friend of Harris, and possible links to a Dallas gambler killed by a similar car bomb.
Texas produced 78,754,811 barrels of crude oil in September from 121,492 wells. The Railroad Commission reported a shortfall of 8,185,000 barrels from the September proration order. Districts 7 B 9 and 10 averaged only three-fourths of their allowances. Net lease storage at the start of October was 9,250,488 barrels.
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