Plains Farming Staple Up On Area Cotton
1966 cotton staple length in the South Plains showed modest gains over 1965. USDA statistics report an average of about 15 16ths inch with 12 percent of the crop at 1 inch or longer, and 2 percent at 1 1/2 inches or longer. Improvement credited to southern area conditions after October freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
South Plains
Lubbock
Brownfield
Lame- Sa
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Howard
Dickens
Briscoe County
PCG
W. K
Bill) Palmer
U. S. Census Bureau
Oil Union OCAW Announces New Oil Worker Settlements
The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union says new two year contracts were agreed with Texas Refinery, American Oil Co. refineries, Atlantic Richfield Port Arthur, Tidewater Phillips Av on, Shell California, Tenneco Chalmette, Union Pure Oil California, and Texaco sites. Grospiron noted 60,000 workers covered with plant by plant deals and wage gains of 14 cents Jan 1 1967 and about 15 cents Jan 1 1968, plus 13 to 15 cents hourly in pension and hospitalization improvements. Port Arthur strike involved 4,000 to 5,000 workers. Negotiations continue nationwide with no strikes as yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
OCAW
A. F. Grospinion
Texas
American Oil Co
Texas City
Tex
el Dorado
Ark
Sugar Creek
Salt Lake City
Utah
Atlantic-Richfield
Port Arthur
Tidewater
Phillips Petroleum Co
Avon, Calif
Shell Oil Co
California
Martinez
Long Beach
Shell
New Orleans
Tenneco Oil Co
Chalmette
Union-Pure Oil Co
Rodeo
Wilmington
Santa Maria
Calif
Toledo
Ohio
Texaco
Grosprion
National Oil Bargaining Policy Committee
Grospiron
International
International Brotherhood of Filectrical Workers
Eleventh Hour Settlement Ends Chicago Teacher Strike
Chicago's public schools and junior colleges reopened after eleventh hour settlements with the Cook County Teachers Union and Chicago Teachers Union. The deals avert a second strike and bring raises, new health coverage, and personal leave for 23,000 teachers, with junior colleges gaining $20 monthly rises plus $30 later. City to seek state and federal funds. real estate taxes may cover local costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Cook County Teachers Union
Chicago Teachers Union
City College
Oscar E. Shabat
Illinois
City College Board
Oil tests and wildcat drills dominate Lea Roosevelt Eddy counties
Midwest Oil Corp reports oil during a drillstem test at No 6 State Lea County seven miles northeast of Mallamar with 90 minutes flow yielding 200 feet of free air 90 feet of drilling mud and 1500 feet of water. Amerada and Mobil report condensate and gas shows at other Roosevelt and Eddy County wildcats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest Oil Corp
No.6
Wildcat
Mallamar
Lea County
Roosevelt
Crossroads
Roosevelt County
Tom L. Ingram
Roswell
Amerada Petroleum Corp
Red Lake
Eddy
Mobil Oil Corp
Purdue
Witdcut
Malaga Field
Eddy County
David Falken
No. 1
Shell Federal
Carlsbad
New Toastmaster Chief Installed at Teleco Club
C F Brown Jr was installed as president of Teleco Toastmaster Club at Farrs Cafeteria Town and Country Shopping Center for the year. Other officers named include Paul Anderson J A Ferrill Bob Cokerham T L Sims and W L Bloodworth Kennedy was table topics winner. CAPETOWN South Africa plans a new shrimp cannery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Brown Jr
Teleco Toastmaster Club
Farr
Town and Country
Paul W. Anderson
J. A. Ferrill
Bob Cokerham
T. L. Sims
W. L. Bloodworth
Bo Kennedy
James Avery
Judge Paschen Denies Speck Case Judge Change
Chicago circuit court judge Herbert C. Paschen refused a defense bid to withdraw from presiding over the Richard Speck murder trial. The move was called untimely, with the defense declining to detail prejudice. Speck’s trial remains set for February 6 in Peoria after a venue change from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Herbert C. Paschen
Dallas
Richard Speck
Paschen
Paschhen
Getty
Speck
Peoria
Tea Break Sacrifice Enables 100 Day Shipyard Repair
In Birkenhead England shipyard workers met the 100 day deadline on a repair contract by giving up tea breaks. The repair firm thanked the workers noting they saved 14 days by doing without the traditional tea breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birkenhead
England
UPI
Waiting for Break In Bray Shooting Probe at Standstill
Tahoka police chief says the Dec. 8 shooting of Bray remains a tough case with no new material leads after a week. Investigators from city county and state levels pursue mostly insignificant clues as they examine Bray's 20 gauge shotgun, clothing, and dealership merchandise sent to the DPS crime lab in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahoka Probe
Bray
Tahoka
Jack Miller
Miller
SMU
Pittsburgh Steelers
General Motors
Burclars
Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory
Austin
Stock Seminar Will Be Held Thursday
Rauscher Pierce Securities Corp presents Perspective ’67 a stocks outlook seminar chaired by Russell Cleveland in Ko Ko Palace Room 101 5201 Ave Q at 8 p.m. public invited reservations via 505-7431 or office 1217 12th St. Cleveland a Wharton graduate with Wall Street experience leads Southwest seminars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rauscher Pierce Securities Corp
Russell Cleveland
Dallas
At & P.m
Ko- Ko Palace
Ave. Q
Chester Marston
Lubbock
Cleveland
Wharton School of Finance
University of Pennsylvania
Wall Street
Southwest
12Th St
Civil Court Dismissal Over Juror Question Halts One Trial
Civil trials in Lubbock faced delays as a mistrial was declared in one case when a juror questioned evidence during examination. Jack and Charley Harvey seek 16000 for injuries from a December 28 1964 collision at Indiana Gardens Shopping Center with defendants Gloria and Sterling Emens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
99Th District Court
Howard C. Davison
Davison
Jack Harvey
Charley Harvey
Harvey
Gloria Emens
Indiana Gardens Shopping Center
Winnera Carol Durrett Sanders
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Gaines Gives New Producer In Southeast Texas Oil Field
Pennsylvanian strike gauged in southeast Borden County reports H. L. Brown and W. J. Heath of Midland completed an oil discovery at No. 1 J. G. Davis wildcat, pumping 152 barrels of 42.5 gravity oil plus 35 percent water in 24 hours with a gas oil ratio of 530 to 1. Location 660 feet from north and 2,369 feet from west lines of Section 69, Block 25, H&TC survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Brown
W. J. Heath
Midland
J. G. Davis
Wildcat
Gail
Borden County
H&tc Survey
Gaines
Dry Hole
Cottle Great Western Drilling Col
Portwood
Dunlap
Cottle County
Pecos
Mobil Oil Corp
J. Howard Hodge
Cayanosa
Pecos County
CRANE
Maxwell Oil Co
Fort Worth
J. C. Maxwell
Crane County
San Andres
Coke
Coke County
A. G. Hill
Abilene
Ralph H. Harris
Bloodworth
Wellsite
Winfield Scott Survey
Silver
Bronte, Spiva & Doss
Abilene No. 3 E
Jackson
J. W. Jackson Survey
Leppart
Palo Pinto
Wildcat and Abandoned Wells Charted Across Texas Fields
A survey of oil and gas activity lists multiple wildcat and abandoned wells from Cochran to Midland. Entries include Texaco No 10 FE near Slaughter Trust, Garza George R Brown No 16 near Fort Rogers, Lloyd Patton No 1A near John Troy Vaughn, and Gulf Oil Corp re entries near Midland and Pyote, with depths and offsets noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochran — Texaco, Inc
LA FE
Slaughter Trust
Wildcat
FS & Els
Elk
Armstrong Csl Sur
Levelland
Cochran Texaco
Fs & Wis
Lab
Carson Csl
GARZA
George R. Brown
Fort Rogers
Outpost
J. W. Massey Sur
Post
Menard — Lloyd Patton
John Troy Vaughn
Stepout
Tw&ng Sur
Fort McKavett
Midland
Gulf Oi Corp
Sur
Gulf No. 1
University Lands
Locations And Completions List of Oil Wells and Fields
A dense compilation of oil and gas well locations, completions, and production figures across multiple Texas counties including Crane Howard Midland Ector Glasscock Midland Pecos Reeves Ward and more. Entries name operators such as Humble Oil & Refining Co Gulf Oil Corp Texaco and OWD W. Howard, with sec township range references and elevation data, along with production metrics and geological notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CRANE
Sand Hills
Judkins
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Howard—Wildcat
Clear Fork
Craft Thompson
Dallas
Ws&s. Satterwhite
T&p
Big Spring
Midland
Gulf of Corp
le Sweetie Peck
Mitchell—Latan-Howard
East
A. L. Holley
T.L
Als Glasscock
Howard Glasscock
Queen Sand
Seven Rivers
Apeo Ol
Corp No. & Phillips
Ord
Gor
Dean & Wolfcamp
Soho Petroleum
Gis Mitchell
Satan Howard
Fast— Mobile Corp No
Mary Foster
Pilinburger
Gulf No
Derrick Winfield
Texaco Inc
Reeves Fee
South
Standard OU Co. of
Texas
Hardage & Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
OIL Union
Gulf, Continental
Marathon Oil
Texas Water Development Board
High Plains
Marvin Shurbet
Petersburg
Twdb Board
Shurbet
Hale County
TWDB
Joe G. Moore Jr
IRS
Moore
Hale
Swisher
Crosby
Board of Education
Lea Venture
Capetown
South Africa
Marlee Baker
Barbara Jordan
Houston
Brea
Hollywood
Jeannie Riley
Petticoat Junction
Jerry Lewis
Gordon Paulk
Jack Faulks
Robert H. Bean
140Th District Court
Paulk
Faulks
Ahouse
Lamb County
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Dawson
H. L. Brown, Jr
Sansom
Patricia
Dawson County
League
Borden County School Land Survey
B. A. Forsythe Survey
Venture
Chartiers Corporation
Earle M. Craig, Jr
Pres
Midland Natl. Bank
Lady Call
Brady
Finance & Thrift Corporation of
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