Texas Railroad Commission Cuts March Oil Allowable
The Railroad Commission reduced Texas March oil production by 118 405 barrels per day to 3 118 751. Officials cited rising imports and high stocks as reasons. Major company representatives testified, debating long term supply shifts between Texas and Canada while the Commission set different proration days for key fields.
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The
Railroad Commission Today
Texas
Socony-Vacuum
Standard of California
Canada
Oil Regulatory Commission
Alvin Lane
Dallas
West Coast Pipeline Co
F. W. Bartlett
Lane
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Texas Oil
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West Coast
Cadle
Ernest O. Thompson
Big East
Pantex
Pickton
Pewitt Ranch
Hawkins
West Texas
Phillips Goldsmith
Ft. Chadbourne
East Texas
Grand Jury Sets Monahans Probe In Beating Case
The special Grand Jury will meet at 9 a m Thursday to consider aggravated assault charges against Monahans District Clerk J C Avary and his wife Helen. Victim Velma Powell a 22 year old telephone operator and Korean War widow was beaten and taken to the Avary home. Powell was treated at Monahans Hospital and later went to her parents home at 913 S Pope. County Attorney Tom White filed the charges after learning the Avarys believed Powell had spread a rumor about their family.
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J. C. Avary
Helen
Avarys
Velma Powell
Miss Powell
Monahans Hospital
S. Pope
Tom White
White
Avary
Ward County
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Voice of America waste may border on treason says McClellan
Sen. John L. McClellan told the Senate Permanent Investigating Committee that waste and mismanagement in the Voice of America may border on treason. The Arkansas Democrat cited hearings revealing the VOA aired writings of Howard Fast amid links to Communist fronts. Freeman testified that waste could run into the millions.
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John L. McClellan
State Department
Voice of America
Arkansas Democrat
Senate Permanent Investigating Committee
Howard Fast
Fast
House Un-American Activities Committee
McClellan
Joseph R. McCarthy
Frederick Freeman
Legislators Wrestle With Redistricting In Texas
Legislators map a 22nd Texas congressional district amid shifting populations after the 1950 census. Plans redraw districts including Panhandle, Valley, Central and East Texas, adding counties and altering incumbents while facing resistance from some lawmakers.
Sabrejets Down IMIGs To Help U.S. Bombers
U S Sabrejet pilots shot down seven MiG-15s defending 379 UN bombers in a massive two wave attack on a North Korean tank infantry training school near Kangso west of Pyongyang. The day produced 139 buildings destroyed with 750000 pounds of explosives and four Sabrejet pilots each downing multiple enemy aircraft led by Capt Manuel J Hernandez Jr who claimed two MiG-15s for six total. The action followed weeks of heavy air and ground combat across the Iron Triangle with UN tanks pounding fortifications and 76 bunkers five observation posts 11 gun positions and four tunnels reported damaged.
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United States
United Nations
Kangso
Pyongyang
Manuel J. Hernandez Jr
Miami
Fla
Fifth Air Force
Navy
Bataan
Chinnanampo
Hearing Set on Bill to Create New Midland-Ector Court
A hearing on a bill to establish a new district court for Midland and Ector counties is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. next Monday in Austin before the House Judicial Districts Committee. Rep. W. G. Kirklin Odessa and Rep. Huron Brown Midland introduced the bill, proposing a permanent court for both counties in addition to the existing two-county district, with Brown later saying he will amend to assign one court per county. The State Bar Association favors a temporary court for the two counties.
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State Bar Association
Judicial Districts Committee
Omar Burkett
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Burkett
Stephens
Senate
House
House Committee On Criminal Jurisdiction
Supreme Court Refuses Rehearing in Water Dispute
The Supreme Court today refused to rehear the Martin County water case. It had ruled January 21 that the Colorado River Municipal Water District waited unreasonably long before seeking a court order against operation of the Martin County District. The court struck down an injunction granted to the CRMD. The Martin County District had suggested settlement with Big Spring. The court rejected the motion for rehearing.
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Four French Air Force officers die in C45 crash
The crash here last night killed seven airmen including four captains and three corporals of the French Air Force. The V formed wreckage was found near the airfield with authorities beginning inquiries.
Kermit meat wholesaler found guilty of selling horsemeat as beef
Kermit Provisions owner Tom Gordy was convicted by a Winkler County jury in a 10 minute deliberation for selling horsemeat as hamburger and fined 1000 dollars and sentenced to two years in Winkler County Jail. The case involved sales to more than 20 Permian Basin cities.
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Monahans
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Kermit Provision Company
John Lee
John Dennison
W. A. Carrouth
Kermit
Kermit Provisions Company
Carrouth
J. H. Arnett
Texas State Health Department
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Arnett
Winkler
L. L. Gray
Leslie Lee Alford
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Midland
Lubbock
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Pecos
Crane
Big Lake
Andrews
Iraan
Sheffield
Seminole
Lawmakers Fight To A Draw Over Auto Inspection Law
Texas lawmakers clash in Senate and House hearings over the Auto Inspection Law. Tokens include supporters and opponents arguing for and against the law with stalled action pending final votes in both chambers.
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Texas
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House
U S Mexico clash over wetback numbers
Mexican officials dispute U S counts of illegal farm workers while U S authorities insist record numbers crossed last year and may rise in 1953. AFL-CIO warns legal entry fails to stop wetbacks amid calls for closer border cooperation and stronger hiring laws.
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Rio Grande
Afl-Cio
Migratory Labor
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EU S. Eirapa
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Chihuahua
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Mexico
Priests Fired in Communist Hungary Police Orders
Vienna news report states the Office for Church Affairs in Communist Hungary ordered the discharge of 80 Roman Catholic priests from Wiener Tageszeitung. The action reflects postwar church state control amid political tension in Hungary.
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Austria
Hungary
Wiener Tageszeitung
Price Assails Eisenhower Korea Plans as Campaign Ploy
Rep Price Democrat Illinois labeled Ike's Korea proposals as little more than campaign politics. He attacked plans to train South Korean divisions and end the 7th Fleet shielding Red China. Price warned of new raids by Nationalist forces and doubted later Chiang forces could raid the mainland without U.S. help.
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Rep
Price
D-Ill
Eisenhower
Korea
Congress
State of the Union
Armed Services Committee
House
Senhower Iide
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Red China
U. S
7Th Fleet
South China
Chiang
Foremosa
China
Solons Work On Notice To Russia
Senators from the Foreign Relations Committee working with President Eisenhower prepared two notices to Russia. One warns Stalin and satellite states that the United States condemns persecution of Jews behind the Iron Curtain. The other states the United States disowns any secret executive agreements that enslave people.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Soviet Union
U. S
Ex Odessa Officer Admits Circulating Police Petitions
Former Odessa police sergeant Ben R. Jenkins said he directs seven petitions in circulation among Odessa voters with about a thousand signatures collected. The petitions seek to empower the city to establish and run a police department and set duties for officers, with mayor and council chosen citywide for two year terms.
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Gunnell
Fred Gage
Jess Cariker
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Stone
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