Oil discoveries report in Pecos and Andrews counties
The Fort Worth area paper notes three oil discoveries completed in South Basin Pecos County and Andrews County. Key wells include Harper 725 barrels daily at 37.8 gravity after acid treatment, and Queen perforations yielding production with 6,000 gallons of acid. Locations span sections near Imperial, Sheffield, and Stanton with detailed depths and casing data.
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Pecos Bell
Canfield No
Harper
Goen Strike Gauged In Fisher Area
U S Smelting Refining and Mining Co Midland completed its southeast Fisher County wildcat No 1 Lawks four miles southeast of Sylvester as a Goen lime discovery with potential 2388 barrels of unreported gravity oil daily through a 16/64 inch choke at 15 hours and 1080-1 gas oil ratio. The 6155 foot well lies near Section 41, Block 1 HT&BRR survey, two miles southeast of Sylvester. The reentry strike is 1583 feet from north and 467 feet from west lines of Section 9, Block B-16 Public School Land survey.
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Imperial
Pecos County
Humble Oil & Refining Co. No
Ccs&rgng Survey
Sheffield
Martin County
Arible
OL & Resring
Mid-land
Ieat
Elsie W. Campbell
Wheeller County School Land Survey
Stanton
Northfield
Queen Wildcat
Andrews
Smith
Midland
Kath Idrews County
McGrath & Heen Alexander
San Anares
Tubb
Metz
Pempelled
W. E. Connell
U. S. Smelting Refining & Mining Co
Fisher County
Lawks
Sylvester
Sylvester (Goen
CRANE
Gulf of Corp
W. N. Waddell
Crane County
Isecovers
Gaines County
TXL Oil Co
H. E. Buck
Seminole
Explorer
East Ilines
Section 17
Block A-19
Brennand
Strawn
Spraberry Well
Martin
John L. Cox
Ida Bristow
Ankara
Turkey
T&p
Bahama Reefs Help Map West Texas Oil Wells
Fort Worth oil geologist RB L Evans spoke before 35 members of the Lubbock Geological Society on how Bahamas reef formation mirrors Capitan reef in West Texas. He linked elkhorn croals and algae to barrier reefs near Androsland and noted lime muds to limestones, oolitic deposits, and grape stone in areas of tidal energy, suggesting modern reef studies guide locating potential oil reservoirs.
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Bahama Islands
West Texas
Andros
Delaware Basin
Trans-Pecos
New Mexico
Evans
New Deal FHA Group Holds First Meet At High School
The Future Homemakers of America in New Deal held its first meeting of the year in the New Deal High School auditorium. The group's inaugural project is a fundraising car wash at the high school from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Officers for the coming year include Jane Mewmuass president and LaVerne Bell second vice president.
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Homemakers of
Shallow Grayburg Wildcat Drilled Near Eddy County
Houston based firm Strake will drill a 2300 foot Grayburg wildcat No. 1 38 State in east Eddy County. The location lies 11 miles southeast of Loco Hills and a mile northwest of Hackberry pool, with coordinates described near Section 36 196 30e.
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G. W. Strake
Houston
Grayburg
Eddy County
Loco Hills
One-Well Garza Pool Offset Near Garza County Field
The venture involves J. E. Blakey Jr of Justiburg and J K Dorward. it offsets the West Dorward (San Andres) field in Garza County. The project spans 4% miles south of the Union Line, within Block 6, H&GN survey, with contract depth 2,100 feet and annual output around 6 million bushels.
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J. E. Blakey, Jr
Justiburgee Ee
J. IC. Dorward
Dorxward
San Andres
Garza County
Ser
Compremata
H&gn
Kennedy abandons Woods nomination amid Senate fight
Washington source says President Kennedy will not appoint George D. Woods of First Boston as head of AID following Democratic opposition tied to his Dixon-Yates role. The move aims to avoid a protracted Senate clash that could derail other administration priorities.
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Capitol Hill
Kennedy
New York
Senate
Woods
First Boston Corp
Dixon-Yates
Lewis Hawkins
Mississippi
Washington
Ghostley Generating Co
AEC
West Memphis
Ark
George D. Woods
Tennessee Valley
Ruth- Wenzell
TVA
U.S
Mississip
Prampi Valley
Edgar Special
H. Dixon
Eugene A. Yates
First Boston
Eisenhower
Memphis
Dixon
Yates Group
Dixon-Yates Power
Damag
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Lemas Fepurke
Une Woods
Agency For
International Cooperation Administration
Henry R. Labouisse
White House
Labouisse
ICA
State Department
Congress
Mr. Woods
Rick
Hubert L. Humphrey
D- Minn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Three Charged In Death Of Guard At State School
UpI reports three youths charged with murder in the death of guard Billy Malone at the State School for Boys in Gatesville. Malone was beaten about the head with a softball bat during a break from the dorms. Attorney Byron McClellan said additional inmates, all 16, will be charged as they turn 17.
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Gatesville
UPI
Malone
Billy Malone
Byron McClellan
Clifford Dean Sheets
Bell
McClellan
Senate backs jobs rights plan for Berlin duty recalls
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a bill to guarantee reemployment protections for civilians entering or recalled to active duty after August 1, 1961 during the Berlin crisis. The measure aims to uphold civilian rights for servicemen called to service.
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Senate Group
Okays Jobs Rights Plan
Washington
Senate Armed Serve Committee
Berlin
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Martin and Andrews
Montoya
South Basin
Countier
Goen
Fisher
Mexico City
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General Electric
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Freezer
Aca
FHA
Jane Mewmuass
LaVerne Bell
Glenda Norwood
Earlene Worthan
Molly Vickage
Judy Jane Louden
Atnnirets
Ruth Halebrook
Judith Essary
Par Mamantacten
Eddy
Garza
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Rockies
New England
Appaciaus le Lakes
Ohio
Tennessee
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ED Carroll
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Ansco Mark
Ansco Movie
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