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Newspaper
Billings Herald
Location
Billings, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1949
Page
2
Tom Carney announces plans to develop latent oil resources near Great Falls with two deep tests and a development well. Tests target Muddy Creek structure at 12-29N 1W, south of Powers, and a block north of Great Falls in SW NW 28 23N 3E. The development well will offset Bannatyne field activity, centering in producing area abandoned in 1975 after market decline.
Montana’s oil prospects are framed as a state benefit with Independent Operators leading surveys aided by geologists from Texas and Montana. The piece argues oil wealth could stay in-state, cites air-borne geophysical mapping and rapid leasing by major companies, and highlights the 56 Petroleum Co. of Miles City as a success story while noting the need for leadership to meet unemployment with industry expansion. It mentions Trigood-Hendrix No. 1 recovery and calls for more geologists, wells, refineries, and pipelines to boost jobs and farms through oil development in Montana and Wyoming.
Mrs. Lillian Prout sues six defendants in Hartford Superior Court claiming a chemical home waving kit caused illness and partial baldness requiring medical care. The suit alleges improper use and defective product.
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