McGranery to push probe of oil cartel charges
Justice Department officials say they can prove an illegal international oil cartel existed and punish American participants. The case centers on collusion to divide world markets, fix prices, and control production, with subpoenas issued to 21 companies and the National Petroleum Council dating back to 1928.
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Harry Wilson Sharpe
Washington
Justice
U.S
FTC
Federal Trade Commission
Iron Curtain
National Petroleum Council
Justice Department
Leonard Emmerslick
Lavern R. Disney
James P. McGranery
Truman
Tran
State
Defense Departments
Thomas C. Hennings
D-Mo
Sparkman
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Tr. Truman
Henning
McGranery
Standard Oi of
New Jersey
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd
Iraq Petroleum Co., Ltd
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co
Standard of California
Shell Trading and Transport, Ltd
Royal Dutch Petroleum
Gulf Oil Corp
Atlantic Refining Co
Texas Company
Pan American Petroleum and Transport Co
Standard of Indiana
Superior Oil Co
California
American Independent Oil Co
Kuwait Petroleum Co
Arabian-American Oil Co
Standard-Vacuum Oil Co
Near East Development Co
Kahrein Petrolleum Co
California-Texas Qi Co
Coronado Petroleum Corp
Mexico
Soviet Bloc
Wills Point City Marshal Arrested For Wife Beating
Wills Point, Aug 16. City Marshal Roscoe Belk was arrested at his home on charges of wife beating. Sheriff Clyde Elliott filed assault with intent to murder charges after Belk's wife Cleo was hospitalized with serious injuries. Belk also faced aggravated assault charges for a head wound to Edwin Deverel. District Attorney Joe Tunnel noted Deverel was struck with a pistol. Mayor M Thomas convened a special city council session and Belk was fired.
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Wills Point
Roscoe Belk
Clyde Elliott
Belk
Cleo
Edwin Deverel
Dist
Joe Tunnel
Deverel
M. Thomas
Old Fort Des Moines Fails White Glove Check
At the national WAC convention in Des Moines on August 16 a panel of four former WACs inspected Old Fort Des Moines with a white glove test and concluded the fort no longer passes the standard. Vera Campbell of New York, an original officer training class member from 1942, offered an explanation.
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Old Fort
Wacs
Des Moines
Old Fort Des Moines
Vera Campbell
New York
Activity Books On Sale Monday At Lubbock Senior High
Senior High Principal Floyd Honey announced activity books go on sale Monday for students of Lubbock Senior High. The package includes admission to all Westerner and Cowhand games and events, a yearbook coin, five assemblies, the Ispring football game, The Westerner World subscription, and the senior and junior plays, all for 7.75 dollars. Sales run 9am to 12, 1 to 4pm, Monday to Friday and 9am to 12 noon Saturday. A 3 dollar down payment, with remaining 1 October and 1 November installments, secures a copy.
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Dick Lowrey
E. J
Pinky) Lowrey
Lubbock
Billie Moore
Broadway
Lowrey
Mikie Brady
Mike Brady
Ave. L
Buddy Hill
Volney Hill
26Th St
Lubbock Westerners
Floyd Honey
Honey
Laur Bock
R. W.mathews
Carroll Thompson Junior High
Wells Brought In Past Week Shows Oil Decline
Austin reports 154 oil wells found this week, down from 228 last week, with total for the year at 7,212. Gas well completions stay high at 26 for the week and 552 for the year. 99 dry holes reported. Wildcat results include 12 jot wells, one gasser, 70 dry holes. Operators plugged 99 dry, five gas, 47 oil wells. Calendar day average allowable at 2,964,214 barrels, down 636 from last week.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Marine replacement reports to embattled hill by mistake
S Sgt Dave Moore of Virginia says he fought on Bunker Hill during a Panmunjom area engagement after mistakenly joining the Marine unit. He fired thousands of rounds as Marines defended a hill attacked by Communist forces, and later learned he had been on the wrong position. Moore recalls fear turning to resolve and pride in what Marines can do.
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Derick C. Painton
Korea
Bunker Hill
Dave Moore
South Arlington
Panmunjom
Moore
Foore
Prospects for car market saturations and output limits
Experts discuss long term demand for autos noting backlog of unsatisfied buyers from population growth and wartime production gaps. They contrast prewar and postwar registrations and project 1975 figures of 65 million cars and 20 million trucks, with potential yearly production near 10 million but limited by current facilities.
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U. S
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Wills Point City
Detroit
Houston
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R. C. Hale
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