Slant-Well Drilling Scandal Rocks East Texas Oil Field
In Dallas, Whipstock Bill, a veteran driller, testifies before a Texas House committee about crooked slant-hole drilling that drains neighbor leases. Authorities say over 125 illegal wells exist, with 60 plus junked, and up to 350 crooked wells in the East Texas field. The scheme uses a whipstock and plastic pipe to fake production, prompting the Railroad Commission to cut off leases and halting much of the slant-well activity.
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Whipstock
Bill
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Nenipsion Bill
East Texas
Dallas
Texas House
David Witts
Texas Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Opinions Divide On State Of Business In 1950s Shifts
AP analysis notes mixed signals for the economy with rising profits and record manufacturing sales, yet short of hoped-for targets. It cites 1959 second-quarter profits, unemployment around 5 percent, and calls for longer or shorter work weeks amid demand for more jobs.
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Change Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Commerce
Washington
U.S. Treasury
Labor Department
Trinity Valley Trail Ride Plans Underway for Liberty Route
Plans for the Trinity Valley Trail Ride to Liberty unfold as the event aims to be the largest yet for the Trinity Valley Fair and World Championship Rodeo. The ride starts in Mont Belvieu on October 15 with a VFW Hall dance in Anahuac, then departs at 7 am October 16 for Liberty, arriving around 4 pm. Participants are urged to contact Trail Boss Dorothy Lawrence or Assistant Trail Boss George Williams. riders from multiple Texas communities are expected to join, with last year’s turnout of about 38 vehicles and 40 riders.
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Trinity Valley
Liberty
Mont Belvieu
Anahuac
VFW Hall
Dorothy Lawrence
Rt. 2
Baytown
George
Cowboy
Paton says South Africa infected by fear and hatred
Alan Paton, author of Cry The Beloved Country, criticizes South Africa under Verwoerd for eroding the rule of law. He warns that justice has faded, dissent is criminalized as communism, and many whites cling to privilege while multiracial rule remains distant.
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Durban
South Africa
Alan Paton
Paton
Kloof
Hendrik Verwoerd
Janim
Justice Ministry
Africa
SIL
Verwoerd
United States
Baytown Voters Urged To Adopt Water Amendment
Baytown residents urged to back Water Conservation Amendment Proposal No 4 on the November ballot. Lowell Lammers of Baytown, member of the Statewide Water Committee, cites local groundwater decline and calls for surface water use for drinking water.
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Baytown
Texas
Lowell Lamms
Lammers
Austin
Price Daniel
Water Development Board
La Porte sells bonds at low Texas interest rate
The City of La Porte sold 41000 in bonds at one of the lowest rates in Texas in recent years. An interest rate of 2.55 percent was the low bidder. Five bidders offered under 3 percent. Emmett L. Brown of Maroney Beissner and Co. handled the sale as fiscal agent. Other bidders included Goodbody Co. of Houston and G Edwards and Son of Houston.
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Texas
Emmett L. Brown
Maroney, Beissner and Co
Houston
Hollywood
Frank
Sinatra Jr
Dittmar Co
Jack Benny
Goodbody
Gram. Co
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G. Edwards
Imoré
M. E. Allison
San Antonio
Benny
Maroney
Beissner and Co
CBS
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