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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1960
Page
13
The oil and chemical industries drive rapid advances in paint making. From Cro Magnon cave pigments to modern hydrocarbon solvents and odorless household paints, progress reshapes coatings with rustproofing lacquers and speckled finishes.
William I. Spencer of First National City Bank of New York and Harry L. Moir of The Pure Oil Co will address the Western Petroleum Refiners Assn three day meeting March 28 30 in San Antonio with Hilton Hotel as headquarters WPRA president W J Carthaus of Great Northern Oil Co Saint Paul Minn will speak S D Breitweiser of D X Sunray Oil Co Tulga will preside
The Vatican announced Pope John XXIII will give the Easter Sunday message from the Vatican. He will speak from the Vatican balcony above St. Peter's Square where crowds will gather to hear his blessing on April 17. The speech will be broadcast by Vatican Radio.
The Rev. John R. Purnell, 28, admitted smashing two locks sealing gas and electrical service to 200 tenants in a West Side building after Con Ed cut power for unpaid bills. He said he acted to help 40 families facing eviction by owner Isidore Falick, who has been fined and faces health and building violations.
Malayan Parliament will be asked to take retaliatory measures against South Africa's apartheid policy. Progressive party officials said they will introduce proposals calling for such action.
Linda Rodrigues 10 receives four rock samples from Moscow after writing to Soviet Premier Khrushchev. The Newark girl became a collector during travels with her father to Portugal and Spain last year and prompted the gift by her November letter.
The piece praises Shamrock's fresh flexible commercials while attacking Gulf Conoco Humble and Mobil for repetitive, uninspired campaigns. It argues industry ads shape public perception and laments wasted opportunities to present a stronger, consumer‑friendly image.
An Oil Institute report notes radiocarbon dating and other atomic clocks as tools for geological research in oil exploration. It cites dating of ancient artifacts, Dead Sea scrolls authenticity, and dating methods like tritium and ionium to infer ages from 2,000 to 40,000 years. By analyzing Gulf of Mexico mud cores and Mississippi delta muck, geologists seek oil deposition patterns and barriers for trapping oil.
J. M. Shea Sr vice president for marketing at American Petrofina told 85 Lubbock area jobbers and dealers that 1959 was the firm’s biggest year since its 1956 founding. He credited good faith and cooperation, noting total industry gasoline sales rose under 4 percent while Finn’s sales rose over 16 percent.
More than 85 percent of the 1,096 common stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange paid one or more cash dividends in 1959.
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