Texas Petroleum Industry Plans Massive 1948 Expansion
The Texas petroleum sector expects a 500 million dollar outlay on new equipment, drilling, and exploration over a 24 month span, aiming to lift output beyond the 1947 peak. Predicted daily crude and natural gas production set records as Texas projects and pipelines expand.
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Texas Petroleum Industry
Max B. Skelton
Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Ernest O. Thompson
Cy Texas Railroad Commission
Iemandis
President's Daughter Declines Lucrative Restaurant Offer
The president's daughter rejects a $10,000 weekly singing job in a Times Square restaurant. Ralph, the offeror, had announced the bid last night, noting the young concert star declined the business opportunity.
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New York
Oak
Margaret
Tree
Times Square
Ralph Ating
Local News Briefs From Lubbock Area and Tragic Crash
Mrs. L S Mast of 1620 Ave Q returns home after hospital stay at Lubbock Memorial. Mrs B T Jordan of Tyler visits family in Lubbock while her wife recovers from surgery. Police report Tom Love found dead inside his locked residence at Twenty fourth and East Ave F with gas stove burning, $311.50 and belongings undisturbed. Fire at 217 S Ave U to 1212 Ave F caused by wiring. residents safe. A Dallas woman and 14 year old girl died when their car left highway 176 near Kaufman and plunged into the Trinity River.
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L. S. Mast
1620 Ave
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
B. T. Jordan
Tyler
Lubbock
Mast
California
Robert E. Strickland
West Texas Hospital
Tom Love
Twenty-fourth
East Ave. F
Love
Kaufman
Dallas
Highway 176
Trinity River
Ben Fr.iaaptient
Bertha Louise Parnell
Dal
Attorney General Rules Teachers Salaries Within Law
The attorney general ruled that salary schedules meeting the minimum pay required by the new law are not subject to approval by the state superintendent or board of education. He cited Goose Creek and Abilene as districts paying unequal wages by race, and noted Texarkana and Eagle Pass had schedules not meeting minimums. New schedules from Eagle Pass and Texarkana were approved or promised, and Pampa and White Oak districts submitted compliant plans.
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Austin
Board of Education
L. A. Woods
Abilene
Goose Creek
Woods
Chester E. Ollison
Texarkana
Eagle Pass
Ollison
Pamps
Pampa
White Oak Common
Longview
Gilbert M. Denman
State Board of Education
Episcopal Diocese Conference Opens In Austin
The 99th annual Texas Episcopal diocese conference will meet January 25 to 27 in Austin. Bishop Clinton S Quin of Houston will preside and discuss a bi racial study of church issues and the possible designation of Christ Episcopal church in Houston as a Diocesan cathedral.
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Houston
UPM
Texas Episcopal Diocese
Austin
Clinton S Quin
Christ Episcopal Church
Beaumont
LO Survey Shows Light Drop to United States Worker Total
International Labor Office reports unemployment fell below 1946 levels in late 1947 across most countries. In the United States 1,687,000 people were unemployed at October end, 2.8 percent of the labor force, down from 2,270,000 in 1946.
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United States
Montreal
International Labor Office
U. S
Former Atomic Energy Official Joins Texas Research Foundation
Dr. Robert J. Speer formerly with the Atomic Energy Commission at Oak Ridge Tennessee was announced as a new principal chemist in the chemical division of the Texas State Research Foundation at Renner Texas. He served at the University of Texas from 1937 to 1941.
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Dallas
Jan
Robert J. Speer
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Texas State Research Foundation
Renner
Tex
TSRF
Speer
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Philadelphia
United Light and Railways Company
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Markos Vilfiades
S Ave. U
Ave. F
Bnt
Attorney General
Episcopal Diocese
Abernathy, Texas
Atomic Energy
Manan
of Texas
Plains Clinic
D. W. Douglas, B. A
B. A
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Gladiator
Dresner
Signer
Mark Allen American
Halliburton
Brown Seffian
TAX Inc
Ladies Hat and Shoe Cases Tax Inc
Ladies Hanger Cases Tax Inc
Fortnighters, Good Tax Inc
the Hub Clothiers Luggage Department
Meyer Harris
the Catholic Church
Information Service
Lubbock, Texas
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