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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1955
Page
10
Tens of thousands of new oil wells will be drilled in the United States this year and about one third will be dry. In new field wildcat drilling odds are even poorer with about one producer in nine. In proven areas three of four wells produce. By year’s start US wells total 1 435 895 with 107 724 gas, 387 480 dry, 31 278 service wells.
An old Indian trick remains in use in oil refineries as a safety flame atop flare stacks. If wind blows out, internal electrical ignition kicks in, with a backup circuit and an expert bowman ready to relight using a flaming arrow in emergencies. PAY INCREASES FOR BEGINNING ENGINEERS CHICAGO-(UP) Starting salaries for new engineers rise with 1955 June grads at IIT earning $381 monthly, up from $363 in 1954.
In Fort Knox Kentucky a daughter born to Patricia Higgins 22 Valley Station was the fifth child delivered in a police cruiser by Jefferson County Patrolmen Emmett Dunaway and Thomas Markum. The event underscores the officers’ late night delivery experience and the family’s health following the birth.
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