Cold Wave Grips Britain Halting Major Industry
Europe’s cold snap cripples British industry as gas cuts halt assembly lines in midlands plants and thousands are laid off. Hospitals log hundreds of fracture and hypothermia cases while Parliament faces a potential censure vote over winter power shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Frost
London
Europe
Harold Wilson
English Midlands
Brighton
Norway
Weather Bureau
Oslo
Sweden
Baltic
Britain
Wilson
Labor
House of Commons
Two Pipe Firms Indicted for Bid Rigging and Price Fixing
Grand jurors charged Gifford Hill American Inc and associated firms with conspiring to maintain high prices for concrete pressure pipe sold chiefly to Texas municipalities. Lloyd Earl chairs United Concrete Pipe and faces penalties up to $50 000 for individuals and 50 000 for corporations. The indictment notes sales exceeding 6 million and aims to curb competition and deceit. Lord MacDonald of Cowcringer, a Labour figure and ex governor of Newfoundland, died at 77.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
U.S
Gifford-Hill-American, Inc
Dallas
Gifford- Hill Pipe Co
American Pipe & Construction Co
Monterey
Calif
United Concrete Pipe Corp
Baldwin Park
United States Pipe & Foundry Co
Birmingham
Ala
Lloyd K. Earl
Arcadia
United Concrete Pipe
Ing
Local Marine organize aid group to connect Americans with Vietnamese
Charles McKiever a former Marine colonel heads RSVP Reach the South Vietnamese People a Goldsboro NC effort to channel money and supplies to war zone residents through Marine Corps civic action officers A contact Maj Earnest Graham letter inspired the plan and donations have funded screens and clothes for orphans in the central highlands
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKiever
Marine Corps
South Viet Nam
Maj
Earnest Graham
Goldsboro
Maj. Graham
East Carolina College Center
Seymour Johnson Air Forces Base
RSVP
Graham
Yugoslavia to Buy U S Grain in Installments
Belgrade Yugoslavia signed an agreement to purchase 650000 tons of American wheat for 40 million dollars with payment in dollars in 12 annual installments starting two years after delivery. Last November the U S sold Yugoslavia 700000 tons for 45 million dollars. A note on giant pandas mentions Tibetan forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
Space budget likely to stay in last year's range says Miller
Rep. George P. Miller says despite Viet Nam costs the administration may keep space funding near last year’s level. He notes last year’s House Space Committee authorized 5.18 billion and 5.17 billion was appropriated this year while Johnson’s State of the Union made no space mention. Miller hints NASA detail secrecy and expects a budget summary this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey Gould Washington
House Space Committee
George P. Miller
Dcalif
Miller
Viet Nam
Johnson
Congress
Defense
State of the Union
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jim Webb
NASA
James E. Webb
Grilling Touch Burden On McNamara In Senate Hearings
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, flanked by Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, carries a heavy war report as he explains to senators the need for 12.76 billion more for Vietnam. The session, labeled executive, continues with further questions on Capitol Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kelly Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Earle G. Wheeler
McNamara
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Certified Public
O.K
Wheeler
House
Capitol Hill
Locations and Completions in Midland and Andrews Areas
A catalog of oil and gas locations and completions listing Midland Farms units in Gray and Andrews Counties, Penwell Glor, Stateline Elles, Crane and Hilla Mcfnight, plus related wells and lease details such as section, block, land units, and production figures including bopd and gravity. The record names operators like Pan Am, Depco, Atlantic, Fullerton-Ray Smith, and Gull, with various tract identifiers and lease references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Midland Farms
Gray
Pan Am
N. Tara Se-Andrews
Midland Farm
N. T&p
Penwell
Howard-Glassonck
Pal RA
Andrewa
Fullerton
Ray Smith Orig. Co
University
FN & Wil
James E. Galloway
Stateline
Elles
OWDD
Allen K. Trobaugh
Monahans & Rea
CRANE
Hilla
Mcfnight
Waddell
EL Fee
Oward
Corcent
Wilburn HB
Reais
H&tc
Basin area oil well operations encounter blowout and control efforts
Readable fragments describe multiple oil wells in the NORTH BASIN AREA including Terry-McPariend and GAINES sites with sections and blocks. The operation focused on conditioning holes before casing when a well blew out at 9 856 feet and was later controlled. Gas flow occurred after a dot from 13 017 feet and mud was used to kill the well. pressures reached 3 900 psi.
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North Basin
Terry—Mcpariend
Kouthland- Kmith
Bik
J. H. Gibson
Pal Sur
Waa
Renee
Univ
Bec
Lest
Lea
Superior
Gs. A
Penntail
Bridges
Medrig
Lime
Hell No
Ninle
Exploration Staked In Kent County
Oil and gas activity spans Kent, Terry, Andrews and Gaines counties with multiple wells. Tom B Medders stakes a 6,900 foot wildcat near Clairemont, while Swabs Oil reports a successful swab in Terry County resulting in 9.9 barrels of oil from 11,268 to 11,275 feet. Andrews counters with a drillstem test yielding 1,080 feet gas and 90 feet oil, plus mud data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom B. Medders
Wichita Falls
Wallace
Clairemont
Kent County
H&tc Survey
Terry — Cities Service Oil Co
Hinson
Mound Lake
Fusselman
Brownfield
Terry County
Section 40
El&rr
Andrews
Chambers & Kennedy
Mobil-Chalke
Ellenburger
Andrews County
PSL
Wichita-Albany
Hockley — Apache Corp
Bailey Estate
Levelland
Hockley County
Strawn
Labor
League 28
Hood County School Land Survey
Strawn Wildcat Crockett — Delta Drilling Co
Odessa
Pauley Petroleum, Inc
Midland
Meybin
Ozona
Crockett County
Transcontinental Gas Plans $230 Million Expansion
Houston AP report says Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. unveiled a $230 million expansion to add a new New York entry and a fourth main transmission line. The plan includes a $24 million underwater New York Bay crossing and would raise daily deliveries by 480 million cubic feet to over 3.4 billion. Clyde McGraw said much work will occur this year with broader increases through 1969.
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Houston
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp
New York Metropolitan
Clyde McGraw
Transcontinental
Gulf Coast Aras
New York City
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Federal Power Commission
New York Bay
Laurence ‘Harbor
Long Beach
Long Island
McGraw
Hudson
134Th St
72Nd St
Narrows
Brooklyn
Consolidated Ejiction
Brooklyn Union Gas
Long Island Lighting
Gulf Coast
Coast Guard Cutter Stands By Disabled Oil Rig
A Coast Guard cutter stood by a disabled drilling rig about 1 1/2 miles off McFaddin Beach near the Sabine River mouth while two tugs moved to tow the rig to shore. The incident occurred Thursday as rescue efforts progressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Port Arthur
McFaddin Beach
Sabine River
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Pedwin
Tan
Wildcat
Oxford
Boys’ Department
Midlands
Ita
France
Shorten
Whipple
Dale Beach
Dayle
Ars
Rey
Hanki Gayle Reich Tigard Ore
Belgium
Adriatic
Bay of Nin
Serbia
Kara
Malaga
Mediterranean
Tibet
Mitchell
W. L. Hamilton
Colorado City
Mitchell County
G&s Co
Goldsmith
T&p Survey
Gaines — Shell Oil Co
W. M. Moore
Wasson, South
Wichita- Albany
Denver City
Gaines County
Petuctlin
Davidson Ranch Field
State Bank
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