Pampa and Oklahoma City Drilling Debates Stir Local Civic Discourse
The text discusses civic duty and chamber membership, cites a Pampa classified list, and notes an Oklahoma City drilling ordinance controversy. It reports on local civic pride, legal questions about drilling within city limits, and a dubious math example about chain letters and costs. It mentions election noise, a Lions club incident, and editorial calls to action.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
God Parks
Legge Urges Slow Sale In Grain Marts In Kansas
Clyde Reed reports in Topeka that Kansas wheat growers harvest a record acre age but 40 million bushels short of the peak, storing grain to avoid selling at low prices. Federal Farm Board chair Legge has urged delaying market movement. Authorities say the price slump confirms growers’ reticence to sell. The Southwest region is noted with a page reference to WHEAT.
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Topeka
Kans
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Oil Production in Gray County Sees Large Increase
Gray County's oil output climbs by 2,346 barrels week over week as Hum ble Qi} and Refining withdraw from crude purchases. Gray county totals reach 75,640 barrels with Panhandle at 107,980. several wells show notable initial productions and total depths. Nearby counties show mixed results with Gray leading gains while Hutchinson and Potter report declines.
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Gray County
Panhandle
Texas Company
Paulkner
Wright
Archer
Wilcox Oil and Gas Company
Combs-Worley
Empire Gas and Puel Company
Sailor
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Midwest Excploration Company
Bowers
Smith and McDonald’s No
Chapman
Carsop
Gray
Hutchinson—pag
Moore
Potter County
Milk Grades Announced for Pampa by Health Officer
Dr. I J Worrell announces city milk grades under U S Public Health Service standards. All milk and supplies in Pampa are graded with caps marked by grade and posted where sold. Grade A Pasteurized is safest, with Grade A raw also noted, Gray County Creamery and Taylor Farm Dairy listed with permits and grades.
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Pampa
U. S. Public Health Service
Worrell
Inits
Gray County Creamery
Taylor Farm Dairy
Talley Addition Election Set for July 8 Vote
The Talley addition plans a July 8 vote on incorporation to form a town and allow improvements. J G Christy of the Pampa Development Company filed the petition, signed by 63 residents, to seek incorporation for streets, a school, and services.
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Talley Addition
Ivy Dr. Duncan
Elec
J. G. Christy
Pampa Development Company
Addition
Greater
Pampa
Christy
Will Equal Old Mark At 501 Sunday
Chicago aviators Joan and Kenneth Hunter seek to extend the 420 hour endurance record in the City of Chicago monoplane. After a 17 day vigil they battle fuel and oil leaks as a relief crew aids from the mother ship. If they surpass 420 hours, a new endurance record could be pursued on July 13.
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Chicago
City of Chicago
Joan
Kenneth Hunter
St. Louis
Hunter Brothers
Sky Harbor
Bracon
Hunter
Walter
Albert
Irene
Louis
Hunter Brothers of
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Houston Clings to Lead in Building Permits
Dallas June 28 Houston led the state in building permits for the week with 400 044 dollars bringing the year to 804 236 dollars still the top total. Dallas placed second at 326 157 dollars for the week and 5 638 585 dollars for the year. Austin reported 641 876 dollars for the week and 2 071 268 dollars year to date, surpassing last year’s first six months total.
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Dallas
Houston
Austin
Arthur
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Lubboele
el Paso
Beaumont
Amarillo
Shreveport
Harlingen
Plainview
Corpus Ohri
Galveston
Wichite
Falls
Pampa
Waco
Clue in Bomb Case Shocks Amaranth? Payne Family Says
In Amarillo on June 28 relatives of Mrs Payne said the bomb intended for her husband caused the fatal blast that killed her as a son named A D Payne 14 survived with severe injuries. Police, still without a motive or arrests, reported fragments of an explosive container and a damaged car area as possible clues.
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Amarillo
Payne
J. ©. Johnson
Austin
Lovington
N. Mex
A. D. Payne
J. 14
Amarilloans Injured in Railroad Crossing Collision
A collision near White Deer at a railroad crossing injured Arlean Harrington and Mrs. I. A. Hill of Amarillo. Mrs. W. Sisbald sustained fractured ribs. her husband was lightly hurt. The truck driver was unhurt. Ambulance aid arrived and transported victims to an Amarillo hospital. Also note a separate statistic: over 93.24 million dollars of U.S. books and pamphlets exported in the last three months.
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Tril
Arlean Harrington
White Deer
O'Slock
I. A. Hill
Amaritie
W. &. Sisbald
Amarillo
Pampa Residents Back Pioneer Memorial Building Plan
Pampa citizens and members of the Paribandie Plains Historical Society show strong interest in a Pioneer Memorial building to honor early settlers. L. F. Sheffy says residents want a tangible, living tribute beyond books and prints, amid growing sentiment to honor frontier heroes.
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Panhandle Plains
Pampa
Canyon
Paribandie Plains Historical Society
Historical Society
L. F. Sheffy
Shelfy
Moving of Houses to Pampa From Other Towns Continues Briskly
Housing moves from Amarillo and nearby towns to Pampa surge as residents shift vacated properties. City building inspector F E Townsend notes brisk activity and rising permits totaling 647338 for the year. Permits include a $3000 frame house in White House addition and a $1500 tile stucco structure in Wet addition. The practice accelerates due to quicker, cheaper relocation versus new construction. The Chicago Board of Trade bell now sits in a museum after 45 years marking market hours.
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Lowns
Pampa
Amarillo
F. E. Townsend
Amarilla
Aimarillo
Mr. Townsend
Townsend
Tar. C. Graham
Fraie House
White House
Union Oil and Gas Company
B. J. Gutherich
Restraining Order Dissolution on Highway 66 Case
Judge Braly dissolves the restraining order stopping the Texas Highway Commission from condemning or building Highway 66 through B T Watt property near McLean. Watt plans appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals with a $2000 supersedence bond. The ruling allows imminent domain actions to proceed pending higher court decision.
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State Highway Commission
B. T. Watt
McLean
Clifford Braly
114Th District Court
Watt
Court of Civil Appeals
Amarillo
Braly
A. A. Ledbetter
Sloan Blair
Texas
Highway Commission
Wat Smith
Cook, Smith and Teed
Jail Delegation Seeks Lynching Suspect. Sheriff Refuses
Five Port Arthur men approached the county jail in Beaumont seeking the release of Rainey Williams, an accused attacker. Sheriff Covington stood firm, arguing the case should run its course. Tensions remained high as deputies armed the jail with rifles and a submachine gun near the death cell, signaling readiness to resist violence.
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Port Arthur
Williams
J A Pearson Honored for Work with Veterans
J A Pearson, grand chef de gare of the Texas Forty and Eight, was honored at the Amarillo V F W convention for his work aiding ex service men. He received acclaim at a Kerley Crossman American Legion post luncheon where Frank Thomas introduced him. Attending guests included T and Lawlor and Sherman White.
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J. A. Pearson
Texas Department of the
Amarillo
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kerley-Crossman Post
American Legion
Frank Thomas
Thomas
Will Saal Boxer G. K. Gaylor Postmaster Orders Box Closures
Acting postmaster G. K. Gaylor announced receipt of orders from the post office department to close all boxes at Union Ice on July 1. The directive affected box operations and required immediate action by local patrons.
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G. K. Gaylor
Post Office Department
Union Ei
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Clyde Reed
Farm Board
Henry Li. Jordan
Office of Justice of the Peace
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Amarilloans
United States
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Exchange 2 Chicago Board of Trade
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