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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1954

Page

9

Houston Oilman Calls Gas Price Controls Unsound

L F McCollum of Continental Oil told Tulsa officials that Federal price controls on field gas are a cancerous growth of federal bureau power and harm consumers. He argued controls misallocate gas across state lines and could push producers to keep gas in-state, risking industrial shifts away from gas-producing regions.

Tulsa L. F. McCollum Houston Continental O1, Co Federal Power Commission Federal Bureau McCollum

Oregon condensate tax proposal by Texas AG statement

Attorney General John Ben Shepperd said condensate saved from produced gas should be taxed at full value like oil. He added condensates in cycling operations are taxable at 60 percent of gross value, but tax applies only to condensate produced and saved.

Austin John Ben Shepperd Robert S. Calvert Shepperd

Hemingway in running for Nobel Prize this year

Stockholm sources say Ernest Hemingway, a teaching candidate for the Nobel Literature prize for nearly a decade, is likely the winner after nine months of deliberation. The committee has narrowed contenders to Hemingway and Halldor Laxness of Iceland. decision announced Thursday.

Stockholm Sweden Ernest Hemingway Hemingway Leeland Halldor K. Laxness

Interior Bureau Sets Texas Spending Of 10.9 Million Next Year

The Interior Department announces Texas appropriations for the coming year totaling 10,860,913. Major allocations cover the Bureau of Mines and conservation 206 research health and safety 41 500 general administration 35 000 and construction 6,000,000 for photon production at Excell Texas. Other funds go to Geological Survey National Park Service Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs with projects including Santa Elena Canyon road realignment water system improvements and land acquisitions at Big Bend National Park. A stray line notes shell from a turtle’s shell remains.

Washington Interior Department National Park Service Santa Elena Cariyon Road Todd Hill Burro Mesa Biz Bend National Park Fish and Wildlife Service Tota Bureau of Indian Affairs Education and Welfare

Warden backs guns in Missouri prison mess hall

Jefferson City Oct 26 UP The Missouri state penitentiary warden recommends permanent gun turrets in dining halls after a riot that began Sept 22 left five convicts dead and caused 67 injuries and over 50 million dollars in damages. Deputy Warden Steinhauser said several inmates resisted leaving cells but a warning shot calmed the crowd. Circuit Judge Sam Blair and Prosecutor James Ritex inspected the prison and found everything in order.

Jefferson City Missouri Ralph Bidson Noo W. P. Steinhauser Tarek Bidson Runnce Circuit Sam Blair James T. Ritex Cole County Eidson

Lily Dache Loses Gems To Burglars

In Dallas on October 28 thieves stole about 30 000 dollars in jewelry from fashion designer Lily Dache’s hotel suite. A suspect was arrested and a lie detector test planned. Missing items include a 10 000 pearl and diamond necklace two diamond earrings a diamond ring emerald bracelet several bracelets and a mink stole valued at 1200.

Dallas Lily Dache New York Miss Dache Art Living Fashion Calito

Rescue Planes Search Alps For U S C 47

Rescue planes and ground parties comb the jagged Alps seeking a U S C 47 transport missing since Sunday with 21 airmen aboard. Earlier reports of wreckage in Alpine peaks raised hopes, but were later identified as relics from an old crash in the French graveyard of aircraft.

Nich Franer Alps A. U. Alco Harkier

Wealthy dream sparks hunt for Stradivarius in New Haven

Alfred McWeeney found a worn violin tucked in his attic marked Antonius Stradivarius. Yale music professor Howard L. Bent Wright inspected it and valued the instrument at 3.85 dollars, prompting interest in its true provenance.

New Haven Alfred McWeeney

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